Yes, you can download a copy of Oracle Crystal Ball from edelivery.oracle.com

The current release of Crystal Ball can run on supported 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Excel.

The following bit-level compatibilities apply:

• 32-bit levels of Crystal Ball products must be used with 32-bit Microsoft Excel and Windows on 32-bit computers.

• 32-bit Crystal Ball can be used in emulation mode with 32-bit Microsoft Excel on 64-bit computers using all of the 64-bit Crystal Ball platforms as well as 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 3, Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2/R2+. When running in 32-bit emulation mode, Crystal Ball has the same 1–1.5 GB memory limitations encountered when running on 32-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems. Other 32-bit limitations also apply.

• 64-bit Crystal Ball is compatible with 64-bit versions of Microsoft Excel and Windows.

Crystal Ball is designed as an Microsoft Excel add-in, so it requires Excel and an understanding of Excel. However, by using the Crystal Ball Developer Kit, you can easily incorporate Crystal Ball into many different type of applications.

We recommend migrating your Crystal Ball Models to Julia if you want to put them into production in clusters or in the cloud.

No. However, going over the basics makes it much easier. Most books that cover business math and basic statistics will provide you with most of what you need to know.

However, one of the easiest and fastest ways to get up to speed is to check out our training or remote consulting support solutions.