#1 most frequent
United States of America
57.6%6,297 installations of 10,936
What is SAP Crystal?
SAP Crystal is an analytics and reporting software solution for SMBs. SAP Crystal comprises Crystal Reports for pixel-perfect reporting, and SAP Crystal Server for automated distribution and self-service access to reports, dashboards and data exploration.
Categories & Use Cases
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Screenshot of Pixel-perfect reporting solution
Top Performing Features
Customizable dashboards
Customizable dashboards are dashboards providing the builder some degree of control over the look and feel and display options.
Category average: 8.6
Report Formatting Templates
Category average: 8.1
Drill-down analysis
Drill down analysis is the ability to get to a further level of detail by going deeper into the hierarchy.
Category average: 8.4
Areas for Improvement
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
A customizable, open source API Gateway is a fast and scalable type of API
Category average: 7.7
Javascript API
A Javascript API is a type of API
Category average: 8.2
Java API
A Java application programming interface (API) is a list of all classes that are part of the Java development kit (JDK)
Category average: 8.1
Who Buys & Uses SAP Crystal
#2 most frequent
Canada
6.8%743 installations of 10,936
#3 most frequent
India
5.0%546 installations of 10,936
SAP Crystal Reports - A Little Outdated Giant of Reporting
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use SAP Crystal Reports to create management reports in web apps. For developer like me it is a convenient reporting tool as it integrates well with Microsoft Visual Studio. For my clients it offers various output formats like PDF, Excel spreadsheet etc.
Pros
- SAP Crystal integrates well with Microsoft Visual Studio so development is easier.
- It accepts data in different open formats like XML so it can be used with wide range of data sources like databases or web services or web APIs outputting data in XML format.
- A wide variety of reporting formats like List, Cross-Table, Master-Child etc. can be designed. Fields can be formatted in a variety of data formats like Date, Currency etc. Grouping, Summary, Calculated fields can also be added.
Cons
- Installing process needs to be more user-friendly. It takes a lot of time. Finding the correct version extension for Visual Studio is harder than you think.
- Since it's an old and evolved product, it's stable and complete; however, this has caused it to become bulky and slow in the runtime.
- "Help" material is not organized properly. You have to search the community pages if you are using some advanced feature like conditional formatting.
Return on Investment
- Being an early mover in web reporting it was a de-facto tool for reporting. But now with other players coming in, it has lost that competitive advantage.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Progress Telerik
SAP Crystal for report generation
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I work in a cloud based organization. I work with health care clients. I used SAP Crystal for reports generation. I used SAP Crystal for creating and distributing reports for my clients business related data giving insights about their health related data whether related to revenue,doctors,patients,medicines and so on. Also within my organization it facilitated reports creation giving infor. About our regular tasks such as billing reports,shifts etc.
Pros
- Regular report refresh scheduling
- Various data connectors
- Advanced calculative reports
Cons
- Better product marketing
- Swift UI enhancements
- Source control management
Return on Investment
- Training required as nagative
- Highly formatted reports positive
- Less scalable nagatives
Usability
Other Software Used
Microsoft Power BI, Azure SQL Database
SAP Crystal Report Viewer and Server APIs one stop solution for developing Reporting software extensions
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
SAP Crystal reports are used for securing Real-time data based on templates, This works very handy for managing facilities. And provide an efficient way to make decisions and have an edge to make decisions quickly. This provide a low to no code way to implement reporting functionalities. More over with some extra efforts we can also integrate it with an IIS server using .NET or Scripting langaugaes.
Pros
- Attachment and integration to Database with similar structure
- Utilize Views effectively in relational DB
- Easy implementation with C# applications
Cons
- More Precise highlighting to errors in formulas
- Better hints for alignment
- UI of Reports can be more Suggestive
Return on Investment
- Positive ROI
- Works well with communication with Stakeholders
- Helps in making decisions quickly
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Bravo Reporting and ClearReports
Other Software Used
Slack, Autodesk Fusion, Autodesk Civil 3D
CRYSTAL CLEAR REPORTING WITH SAP CRYSTAL
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Proulx Mfg has utilized SAP Crystal for our reports for several years; We can appreciate SAP personalization to customize the data our company requires from our platforms which helps target root cause issues by easily using selected parameters that SAP reporting tools provide by showing our financial tools, inventory data, and company performance even at a standard or customization level SAP Crystal Reports is a great insight to our company demands for managing data with ease.
Pros
- Accessible data within our company network
- Easy to personalize data and report parameters
- Works seamless with our database servers
Cons
- Sorting edit grid data
- designing seems limited at times
- imaging doesn't always load up to size
Return on Investment
- Our company relies on SAP for our reporting needs and couldn't imagine the impact without having this product
- SAP Crystal has primary added value into our presentation reports
- Our company appreciates that SAP is end user friendly to novice and advance users
SAP Crystal is excellent for report building and aggregations
Pros
- Aggregations
- Output in various formats
- Multiple data sources
- Summarizing data
Cons
- Maybe a little bit more easy to drag and drop/WYSIWYG capability
Return on Investment
- Improved response times for operations
- Summarized totals allow for quicker decision making
Other Software Used
TIBCO Spotfire, Microsoft Power BI
