Crystal Reports: A Future Contender?
July 26, 2017
Crystal Reports: A Future Contender?
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
SAP Crystal Reports
Overall Satisfaction with SAP Crystal
Crystal Reports was the primary reporting tool for Epicor Vantage 8.03 and Epicor ERP 9. With the release of Epicor 10 while the software still supported Crystal Reports, officially Epicor's primary reporting tool became Microsoft SSRS. Anyone who generated reports out of Epicor did so with the Crystal Reports Runtime. A few power users used Crystal Reports Developer to design or change new or existing reports. Crystal Reports provides one of the primary methods to generate reports out of Epicor.
- Layout & Formatting
- Grouping
- Sorting
- Aggregates
- Custom Calculations
- The ability to rotate images
- Export to Excel
- Some versions attempted to 'intelligently' auto rotate on print preview & printing
- SSRS Report Builder
Other than Crystal Reports the only other reporting software I have used is SSRS Report Builder. While it is very possible to do anything in SSRS Report Builder, Crystal Reports just feels like a more mature product, with more obvious features for complex report building. On the other hand, while SSRS Report Builder was designed for and associated with Microsoft SQL Server, it does not have to be used exclusively with SQL Server. SSRS Report Builder can be used with other data sources other than SQL and the Report Builder can be obtained for free from Microsoft.