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Can a good Report Writer like R & R or Crystal Reports accomplish the same functions?

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Can a good Report Writer like R & R or Crystal Reports accomplish the same functions?

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: No, for a number of important reasons. The biggest reason is that Report Writers typically are “read-only”, and unable to pre-process and store data. Data modeling experts will tell you that pre-processing is up to 80% of the entire effort of an analysis project.