Symptom
- What are the format we can save reports to?
- What are the format we can export reports to, from Crystal Reports?
Environment
- SAP Crystal Reports 2016
- SAP Crystal Reports 2020
- SAP Crystal Reports 2025
- SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.2
- SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.3
Resolution
- You can export a report to the following format:
- Crystal Reports:
- Crystal Reports (RPT)
- Crystal Reports Read-Only (RPTR)
- HTML 3.2
- HTML 4.0
- Microsoft Excel (97-2003) (XLS)
- Microsoft Excel (XLSX) ( New from Crystal Reports 2020 )
- Microsoft Excel (97-2003) Data-only (XLS)
- Microsoft Excel Workbook Data-only (XLSX)
- Microsoft Word (97-2003) (RTF)
- Microsoft Word (97-2003) - Editable (RTF)
- ODBC
- Record Style - Columns with spaces
- Record Style - Columns without spaces
- Report Definition
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Separated Values (CSV)
- Tab Separated Text (TTX)
- Text
- XML
- XML (Legacy)
- Crystal Reports for Enterprise:
- Crystal Reports Read-Only (RPTR)
- Microsoft Excel (97-2003) (XLS)
- Microsoft Excel (97-2003) Data-Only (XLS)
- Microsoft Excel (XLSX) ( New from Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.3 )
- Microsoft Excel Workbook Data-Only (XLSX)
- Microsoft Word (97-2003)
- Microsoft Word (97-2003) - Editable
- Separated Values (CSV)
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Report Definition
- XML
- Plain Text
- Tab Separated Text (TTX) (Page Based)
- HTML 4.0
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Note for SDK:
The new MS Excel format (.xlsx ) is currently not available in .NET or Java ( Eclipse ) and BOE SDK's
An Enhancement has been requested to add a new ENUM value to add this format in the future.
See Also
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For a list of Crystal Reports functionalities supported by exporting format, see the following SAP Knowledge Base Article:
1946358 - Crystal Reports features supported by exporting format - For details on XLSX support:
https://blogs.sap.com/2021/12/08/sap-bi-4.3-sp2-whats-new-in-crystal-reports/
Keywords
Export format, xport, CR , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , How To
Product
SAP Crystal Reports 2016 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2020 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2025