Introduced with the release of Crystal Reports 2011 (version 14.0), the read-only. The design file can be saved without data, or with data for later viewing or sharing. The file extension for Crystal Reports' proprietary file format is. The latest version released is Crystal Reports 2020 (14.3.x) on June 13, 2020. SAP acquired BusinessObjects on October 8, 2007, and released Crystal Reports 2011 (version 14) on May 3, 2011. Crystal Decisions was acquired in December 2003 by BusinessObjects, which produced versions 10, 11 (XI) and version 12 (2008). Crystal Services was combined with Holistic Systems to form the Information Management Group of Seagate Software, which later rebranded as Crystal Decisions and produced versions 4.0 through 9.0. After producing versions 1.0 through 3.0, Crystal Services was acquired by Seagate Technology in 1994. marketed the product (originally called 'Quik Reports') when they could not find a suitable commercial report writer for an accounting software they developed add-on products for, which was ACCPAC Plus for DOS (later acquired by SAGE).
Terry Cunningham and the Cunningham Group originated the software in 1984. Crystal Reports is a business intelligence application marketed to small- and medium-sized businesses by SAP.
