Not Easy to Use, But Powerful
July 12, 2016

Not Easy to Use, But Powerful

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Crystal Reports

We use it to prepare customized reports with data from our CRM database. It is currently only used by one department and it addresses the limitations with the canned reports that exist in the database we use.
  • The ability to create customized formulas is wonderful and makes it easier to only include the data needed in the report.
  • The design interface makes it easy to design reports and place information where needed.
  • Editing allows information to be suppressed which helps to eliminate duplicate information.
  • It is not easy to use if you are looking to include advanced information like formulas. Some of the more advanced functions require some research into how to do them.
  • It would be nice to be able to add additional detail sections and be able to prevent them from duplicating on every single page. It was difficult to work with this and I ended up creating a separate report in order to have it look the way I needed it to.
  • The entire edit interface needs to be easier to use. When editing sections or text boxes, it takes some knowledge to know and understand how the options affect the outcome.
It is less appropriate if there is not a regular need to use it because Crystal Reports is an expensive tool.

SAP Crystal Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
Not Rated
Customizable dashboards
Not Rated
Report Formatting Templates
Not Rated
Drill-down analysis
Not Rated
Formatting capabilities
5
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
Not Rated
Publish to Web
Not Rated
Publish to PDF
7
Report Versioning
Not Rated
Report Delivery Scheduling
Not Rated
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
Not Rated
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
Not Rated
Predictive Analytics
Not Rated
Multi-User Support (named login)
Not Rated
Role-Based Security Model
Not Rated
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
Not Rated
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated