SAP Crystal Reports

Avantages

This current program that needs no introduction is the most accurate and systematic product for all reports and statistics, as well as the development in our Bussines

Inconvénients

It is a very advanced and well-known program..!

Avantages

a. Excellent dashboard with inbuild AI coding language
b. Based on python language and solid UI/UX design
c. Securely linked with other tools like SAP ABAP, Tableau and google workspace
d. Ample amount of storage space with Realtime tracking
e. AI enabled automation available which makes your report effective and customized

Inconvénients

a. Way too expensive for unlimited access license, not right for small-med enterprises
b. API integration with non google support tools are a bit problematic. It needs inhouse product team to work on.

Avantages

It connected to our POS system to make reports.

Inconvénients

When we upgraded out POS system we are no longer about to send out reports. It was hard to actually make reports with the report builder.

Avantages

It is easy to use. Easy to set up. Allows a lot of datasources, and you can play with the information once you get it

Inconvénients

Sometimes, it can be dificult to define the sections on te report, based on metrics and single fields.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à SAP Crystal Reports

Avantages

- My Journey in SAP Crystal Reports started when my career in SAP also started. It has been a crawl, to a walk kind of journey where initially, I could only do some basic things in Crystal Reports but now I can do some pretty amazing staff with the application like Drill downs, create layouts from scratch, reports with sub reports,charting, report optimization etc.- SAP Crystal report is a very important tool in the SAP ecosystem and very crucial to a successful career in SAP. You literally cannot call yourself a senior SAP Consultant if you have not attained a certain level of expertise in Crystal reports. - With SAP Crystal reports you can create interactive reports from various data sources both SAP and Non- SAP data sources which can be customized to the very specific client needs.- It goes without saying that SAP Crystal Reports integrates seamlessly with applications in the SAP Ecosytem. - One of the most awesome things about SAP Crystal Reports is the fact that reports and layouts can be exported and shared in various formats including excel, pdf, and more.

Inconvénients

- There is definitely a learning curve involved in crystal reports. If you want to be able to do respectable things in Crystal reports, then you might want to invest in acquiring the knowledge. For example, I have had to buy like 2 courses from Udemy on the same. The courses have been a huge help. I wouldn't be where I am today without the courses.

Avantages

Ease of use - ability to link up multiple data sources. Customizations are user friendly and quick to learn.

Inconvénients

SAP Crystal Reports fulfils all the aspects we needed for our custom database reports.

Avantages

It did exactly what was advertised which was great

Inconvénients

It is very inflexible with Intergrations

Avantages

Crystal reports helps me create presentable reports both for myself and for my clients.It's a robust and advanced tool that has many capabilities. First of all it is compatible to most of the common database options for ERPS - Microsoft SQL, Oracle, HANA database etc.The drag and drop capability of crystal reports makes it easy to do basic things like adding a new column in an already existing report.Crystal reports has a powerful functionality that enables me to add the desired parameters to my reports. An example of a common parameter in reports is the rate range parameter.Another useful functionality of crystal reports is the fact that you can export your report in various formats like Excel, PDF etcCrystal reports integrates well with other all SAP Products.

Inconvénients

Since Crystal reports is a complex and robust tool, it has a bit of a steep learning curve. If you want to be able to do powerful and meaningful stuff using crystal reports, you must be willing to put in the work to learn how to use it properly and be willing to put in daily practice so that you do not forget how to use it.

Avantages

I use SAP Crystal Reports in supporting my application reporting needs by integrating it with the Oracle Database via a JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) driver. The integration is very simple and resembles the same JDBC code that we use when connecting from a Java application or server component to the Oracle database. Very nice formatting features that can simply help lay the relational tabular data from multiple SQL views or queries to the report generation engine. Performance is extremely high even with large data sets which makes it a great tool for supporting real-time reporting. I know that Crystal Reports can integrate with other databases via custom plugins. I actually used it back in the day with MS-SQL Server and the experience was great as well.

Inconvénients

1. The price is a bit high for single user licenses.2. Adding permissions to a category of reports is not that easy to configure. It has to be done on a report-by-report basis.

Avantages

What I like the most about SAP Crystal Reports is the fine tuning when doing data visualization, it gives you excellent tools to make the task easy and accessible for the end user.I also like the ease of use whenever you're filtering and making use of the reporting tools.The integration with the product was not complex but it had a lot of configuration to be done.

Inconvénients

I think there are some features that could be improved, like for example database connection and responses, sometimes whenever you're using old databases that have a good response, the tool works flawlessly, but when a connection is refused or problems arise, you do not have a good logging tool to keep track and follow the issue.The integration was not difficult but it was really configuration heavy, I think that works well in favour.

Avantages

the best part about crystal reports is how easy it is to visually design reports, also linking with an SQL Database is amazing, it allows you to connect to the back end of your system and pull through what ever you like whenever you like, you can export the file with the database parameters and take the file with you. its a fabulous tool with 2 decades of usage to back it.

Inconvénients

the biggest con with this, is the price, its very expensive and is only available on a perpetual licence, every time they release a new version you have to pay for the new one. their pricing model is very outdated.

Avantages

simple and cost effective
tight integration with sap
easy deployment and scalability

Inconvénients

user interactiveness on report designs, lacks ease of use for end users to build reports of their own.

Avantages

Crystal report are canned report, formatted report for printing purpose, like Legal reports, they has to be printed in predefined format, with cell size/cell width or logo etc. each and everything is modifiable). This tool is picture perfect reports since each thing is customizable. You can connect to multiple databases and send the free hand SQL for querying the data

Inconvénients

The security implementation is not good. Since query is done without any middle layer like BO universe, report can bring lot of data, no control on data level security etc. Also, the interface is not as good as Web Intelligence or other reporting components. Look and feel while developing is also not very friendly. Lot of adjustment to be made to make a template. Of late there are no much improvements made and it is costly for a customer to get the report created via a development project.

Avantages

I love how I can take data from our database and present it in a pleasing way for our users. I have been using Crystal Reports for almost 20 years and find it very powerful. I can build a report very quickly and a few simple format changes and make it look professional. I developed a program to run a series of reports with parameters passed from the program. I can do our month end process in minutes instead of running 100 reports one at a time. So it is great for creating a report and easy to add to a .NET program to be run automagically. Pretty cool!

Inconvénients

It can be time consuming to build a complex report with lots of formulas. Not a fault of the software. Just the process is long at times when you have over 100 formulas. It would be nice if there was a feature where you could easily clone a formula and then change it quickly for each situation. Although, maybe in a newer version of CR this might be possible.

Avantages

SAP Crystal Reports is one of the tools I most enjoy working with. Sincerely. It's linked to SQL - we can get our signature on a report that looks vulgar - through code. We were able to do 1001 things, and really have a style. It is an art, combined with the fact that it is programming. It is fabulous. I really love working with Crystal - it's my weakness of how good it is.

Inconvénients

Like any software, if the code is too heavy, or if it is a very complex procedure, crashes a little. But nothing special. Tolerable and irrelevant in the case.

Avantages

Almost every business application requires reports of their data on daily/monthly basis.
They require reports not only in tabular form but also they need visual digrams to analyze performance of their business.
As a developer i always use crystal reports to develop complex reports that require charts and grouped data for readability and correct and ultimate analysis.
Its easy to develop and connect with underlying datatables.
Any kind of complex colored, tabular and visual report can be generated from this.i really love it.

Inconvénients

Its my favourite reporting engine and there is nothing to be liked least about it.
I used it from beginning and got fan of it.

Avantages

The ability to customize reports is helpful.
Comprehensive. The system has the ability to report on many aspects of business.

Inconvénients

Difficult to learn report writing requirements.
Trial and error yields unproductive data reporting.
Once parameters are established for requests, downloading data fields is sometimes slow.

Avantages

Its comprehensive, well know and used across industries so many designers. Basic graphing but robust reporting.

Inconvénients

Could be more user friendly, you need about six months to get good at it

Avantages

Crystal Reports is the standard for banded reporting. The functionality is amazing and there is almost nothing I can't do with it.

Inconvénients

The subscription pricing model sucks. SHould be able to purchase once and get our value out of it.

Avantages

I liked its compatibility with many software, especially those based on C# and ASP.NET, so it is indispensable in our software for extracting and analyzing reports .

Inconvénients

I don't find any major downsides, but the user interface should be improved to be easier and more friendly .

Avantages

The flexibility of what I can do with my data is invaluable. I am able to create custom reports to extract necessary information from our databases.

Inconvénients

The newer version of this software does not allow me to open a new report while another report is generating, but it does so more quickly than the old software, so it's a give and take.

Avantages

Our company prints our checks with SAP Crystal Reports. The checks look very professional and it is very easy to use. We have four companies that we use SAP Crystal for printing checks and it is very easy to jump from one company to the next and the checks look so good. This software is used with our Spectrum accounting software.

Inconvénients

I don't know how I would contact support if I needed it for this software. If we have issues, we have to get help from an IT person at our work.

Avantages

Connects to SQL and it gets the data as needed, and with the right formulas and know how, you can customize the reports to your liking get as specific as you need.

Inconvénients

Dated interface and not the most user friendly. If you have never used it, getting it set up and running might be a little confusing, but if you know some basic SQL, you can make it do what you need.

Avantages

It doesn't required a framework to create a new report, you can use the tool directly and you don't have to be a developer to create or customize a new report, the preview option is quite fast and once you set up a data sample yo que edit while in preview mode

Inconvénients

Is not very intuitive to use some tools, is not full design move or developer move, the appearance is not being updated in a while, and to edit a query can be a little frustrated sometimes