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</p><p><b>Crystal Analysis</b> (a.k.a. <b>Crystal Analysis Professional</b>) is an <a href="OLAP" class="mw-redirect" title="OLAP">On Line Analytical Processing</a> (OLAP) <a href="Application_software" title="Application software"> application</a> for analysing business data originally developed by <a href="Seagate_Software" title="Seagate Software">Seagate Software</a>.
</p><p>It was first released under the name <i>Seagate Analysis</i> as a free application written in <a href="Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a> released in 1999. After disappointing application performance, a decision was made to rewrite using <a href="Active_Template_Library" title="Active Template Library">ATL</a> <a href="Component_Object_Model" title="Component Object Model">COM</a> in <a href="C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a>. The initial rewrite only supported <a href="Microsoft_Analysis_Services" title="Microsoft Analysis Services">Microsoft Analysis Services</a>, but support for other vendors soon followed, with <a href="Holos_(software)" title="Holos (software)">Holos</a> <a href="OLAP_cube" title="OLAP cube">cubes</a> in version 8.5, <a href="Essbase" title="Essbase">Essbase</a>, <a href="IBM_Db2" title="IBM Db2">IBM Db2</a> and <a href="SAP_BW" class="mw-redirect" title="SAP BW">SAP BW</a> following in later releases. The web client was rewritten using an <a href="XSLT" title="XSLT">XSLT</a> abstraction layer for the version 9.0 release, with better standards compliance to support <a href="Mozilla" title="Mozilla">Mozilla</a> based browsers, this work also set the building blocks for support for <a href="Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a>.
</p><p>Crystal Analysis relies on <a href="Crystal_Enterprise" title="Crystal Enterprise">Crystal Enterprise</a> for distribution of analytical applications created with it.
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<ul><li><i>Seagate Analysis</i> 1999, by <a href="Seagate_Software" title="Seagate Software">Seagate Software</a></li>
<li><i>Crystal Analysis Professional</i> v8.0, 29 May 2001 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040214165523/http://www.businessobjects.com/news/presscd/2001/052901.asp">[1]</a> by <a href="Crystal_Decisions" title="Crystal Decisions">Crystal Decisions</a></li>
<li><i>Crystal Analysis Professional</i> v8.1, Q4 2001 by Crystal Decisions</li>
<li><i>Crystal Analysis Professional</i> v8.5 9 July 2002 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040214172637/http://www.businessobjects.com/news/presscd/2002/070901.asp">[2]</a>, by Crystal Decisions</li>
<li><i>Crystal Analysis Professional</i> v9.0 9 April 2003 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040409211504/http://www.businessobjects.com/news/presscd/2003/040902.asp">[3]</a>, by Crystal Decisions</li>
<li><i>Crystal Analysis Professional</i> v10.0 8 January 2004 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040110173046/http://www.businessobjects.com/news/press/press2004/prod_crystal_v10_08012003.asp">[4]</a>, by <a href="Business_Objects_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Business Objects (company)">Business Objects</a></li>
<li><i>Crystal Analysis Professional</i> v11.0 31 January 2005, by Business Objects</li>
<li><i>Crystal Analysis Professional</i> v11.0 Release 2 30 November 2005 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.businessobjects.com/news/press/press2005/20051130_bo_xir2_prod.asp">[5]</a>, by Business Objects</li></ul>
<p>Future versions will be released under the name, <i>BusinessObjects OLAP Intelligence</i>.
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