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From: The Museum System (TMS)
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Sent: Friday, October
12, 2007 2:53 PM
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Subject: To learn or not to learn
Crystal Reports
After silently following this Listserv the past several months, I’m finally braving to poll the group to help me figure out whether it would be more practical for me to learn Crystal Reports or to outsource. I am particularly interested in replies from folks who work at smaller institutions (vs. institutions large enough to have staff members whose job descriptions may be primarily focused on TMS). I have been advised in the past that the Crystal Reports program is too complex to bother learning given my other job responsibilities.
Did you learn Crystal Reports? Was it difficult to master in the limited proportion of time that you can actually allocate among your other job duties to hone your report building skills? I am particularly interested in hearing from folks who do not have a computer science background, since I have no doubt that Crystal Reports is a piece of cake for techies. I want to know if Crystal Reports can be mastered by mere mortals!
Maja Clark
Collections Technician, Shangri La
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
4055 Papu Circle
Honolulu, HI 96816
(808) 792-5506