Reports are often thought of as an afterthought of a
database system. Often budgets do not allow for a great deal of time to spend
on the design of the reports. Using the techniques above will allow you to
create reports that are rich in design without a large time investment. Crystal
Reports provides many tools to make reports rich in design, but it is
ultimately up to you to make the design decisions.
This article only scratches the surface about design.
Creating reports that are rich in design takes practice, over time the design
decisions will become easier.