Directly pushing data to Crystal Reports other than ODBC?

[BrentHedden]

I'm exploring the idea of using Crystal Reports (v14) using data pulled directly from a FileMaker source (hosted on FMSA 11). I'm been able to successfully setup an ODBC connection and create a few simple reports so far, so everything is looking OK. Except for the speed of extracting data, which is a known "problem" with ODBC.

Is there any other options to directly pull data from FileMaker into C.R.? I didn't see and XML or ESS options when setting up a data source inside of C.R. But it's very possible that I didn't see them as such, as I'm a newb with C.R. I'm using FMServer Advanced 11 and can set it up however I need to if needed.