SAP Crystal Reports Overview

SAP Crystal Reports is a reporting tool that helps build reports without programming using design wizards and parametrization. It offers features like flexible reporting, pixel-perfect documents, and mobile access to self-service BI reports.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Competitive Intelligence, Generation Of New Leads, Sending & Publishing Communications, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using SAP Crystal Reports.

Other use cases:

  • Opportunity Management
  • Digital Signature
  • Proposal & Quote Management
  • Products & Pricelist Management
  • Collaboration
  • Contact List Management
  • Social Media Analytics
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Business Priorities

Scale Best Practices and Grow Market Share are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using SAP Crystal Reports.

SAP Crystal Reports Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

SAP Crystal Reports works with different mediums / channels such as Offline. On Premises. and Website.

SAP Crystal Reports's features include Dashboard, Calculator, Recording, etc. and SAP Crystal Reports support capabilities include AI Powered, 24/7 Support, Chat Support, etc. also SAP Crystal Reports analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"...It generates reports from very large databases and allows for great customization of those reports...." Peer review by Micha B., IT/Admin, Financial Services

Peer review evidence (same sources as the product rating summary)

"...SAP Crystal Reports is a business intelligence tool that is mainly intended for databases and bringing together data for analysis...." Top Business Intelligence tools in market
"...Generate reports from huge databases and on top run time logic !..." Peer review by Umesh S., Head Technology
"...With sub-reports, it is possible to link together tangentially Connected Data sources, expanding the opportunities of publishing relevant information onto a single page or report...." Peer review by David D., Report Developer, Computer Software

SAP Crystal Reports, Phocas, ZAP Data Hub, Striim, Clicdata, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Business Intelligence. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Popular Business Setting

for SAP Crystal Reports

Top Industries

  • Computer Software
  • Information Technology and Services
  • Construction

Popular in

  • Mid Market
  • Small Business
  • Large Enterprise

SAP Crystal Reports is popular in Computer Software, Information Technology And Services, and Construction and is widely used by Mid Market, Small Business, and Large Enterprise.

SAP Crystal Reports Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

How does SAP Crystal Reports facilitate Competitive Intelligence?

How does SAP Crystal Reports facilitate Generation Of New Leads?

What Are the key features of SAP Crystal Reports for Sending & Publishing Communications?

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well SAP Crystal Reports solved their Business Intelligence needs. Cuspera uses 1453 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Business Intelligence needs.

 

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What buyers ask before choosing SAP Crystal Reports

What is SAP Crystal Reports?

SAP Crystal Reports is a reporting tool that helps to build reports without programming using the report design wizards and parametrization capabilities for report design. It leverages built-in sorting, formulas, ranking, conditional formatting, parameters, grouping and search capabilities. It helps to enhance customer relationships, scale best practices, and grow market share.

It helps to manage security settings for the reporting environment, identify users with single sign-on capabilities and audit individual reports by tracking changes and usage. It also provides ready-to-consume information, as reports and dashboards, to colleagues, suppliers, partners and customers creating print-ready reports from the disparate data sources, and add flexibility to the reporting with the use of product wizards and parameters.

Its features are flexible reporting, pixel-perfect documents, embed images and bar codes, sharing and exporting, benefit user interface in multiple languages, enable mobile access to self-service business intelligence reports and more.

What is SAP Crystal Reports used for?

SAP Crystal Reports is a Business Intelligence Software mainly used by its customers to Scale Best Practices and Grow Market Share by Competitive Intelligence, Generation Of New Leads and Sending & Publishing Communications .

What are the top features of SAP Crystal Reports?

Dashboard, Calculator and Recording are some of the top features of SAP Crystal Reports.

Who uses SAP Crystal Reports?

SAP Crystal Reports is used by Computer Software, Information Technology And Services and Construction among other industries.

What are SAP Crystal Reports alternatives?

Phocas, ZAP Data Hub, Striim and Clicdata are popular alternatives for SAP Crystal Reports.

Where is SAP Crystal Reports located?

SAP Crystal Reports is headquartered at Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16, 69190 Walldorf, Germany.
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Peers used SAP Crystal Reports for competitive intelligence and generation of new leads

SAP Crystal Reports Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.42/5

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Analytics

3.99/5

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Custom Reports

3.52/5

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.42/5

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Analytics

3.99/5

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Custom Reports

3.52/5

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SAP SE News

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SAP positions Verena Siow as Regional President, Asia Pacific

SAP has appointed Verena Siow as the Regional President for Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, she will focus on driving customer success and accelerating business transformation across the region. Siow has extensive experience in the technology sector and has held various leadership roles at SAP, including President and Managing Director for Southeast Asia.

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Verena Siow named new SAP Regional President, Asia Pacific

SAP has appointed Verena Siow as the new Regional President for Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Siow will focus on driving customer success and business transformation across the region. With extensive experience in the technology sector, she aims to enhance SAP's AI innovation and enterprise transformation efforts.

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SAP names Verena Siow Asia-Pacific President

SAP has appointed Verena Siow as the new president for the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Singapore, she will focus on enhancing customer business value across the region.

Executive

SAP promotes Verena Siow to regional president, Asia Pacific

SAP has appointed Verena Siow as regional president for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. She will focus on customer outcomes and business transformation initiatives. Siow has been with SAP for 15 years, previously leading business suite operations in APAC.

SAP SE Profile

Company Name

SAP SE

Year Founded

1972

HQ Location

Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16, 69190 Walldorf, Germany

Employees

10001+

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