On-Demand Reporting Made Easy | TrustRadius

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform for our reporting and dashboard data analysis. GP Dynamics and our custom ERP are the data sources we need analyzed. It is being used across all departments for real-time reporting, which is used to manage our daily activities of registration, airline flight data, resource booking and forecasting, budgeting and program execution.

Pros and Cons

Fast, on demand reporting.
Rapid development of new business analysis.
It is low maintenance once configured and deployed to production.

Report scheduling and distribution.
Quicker methods to bulk load reports into the reporting pool.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft BI

Crystal Reports has the most features that we need for our custom and purpose built reports.

Other Software Used

Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Integration Services, Microsoft BI, Salesforce Community Cloud

Likelihood to Recommend

Browser based reporting using Crystal Reports is a core strength. Crystal is the most sophisticated reporting tool available that I have found.