What are crystal reports and dash baords?

hello friends,
what are crystal reports and dash baords?
when they use?
navagation steps for crystal reports and dash boards?
bye
srinu

Hi Srinu,
Crystal Reports:There are a lot of threads concerning Crystal Reports. Just make a search!
Check this link:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/collaboration.sdn?contenttype=url&content=https%3A//forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa%3FforumID%3D43%26threadID%3D44917%26messageID%3D453030%23453030
Dashboards:The Web report in BW each have specific URL. But for the users it is difficult to remember the URL.
So they create a Dashbord which essentially displays the main page from where you can navigate to the report that you want. The dashboard typically may contain chart also. The dashboards are now designed in Enterprise Portal. The dashboard main page would be different for different users based on their role.
Bye
Dinesh

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