Review the stars
August 11, 2017

Review the stars

Katy Wilk | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

SAP Crystal Reports

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Crystal Reports

The whole company used Crystal. We use it as a system to work in tandem with databases, and to provide users with data to allow for thorough and detailed analysis and interpretation. We use it to create detailed and clear reports and presentations, and also use it to generate reports based on information that is collected from virtually any data source.
  • Create highly formatted reports
  • Connects to an array of data sources
  • Integrates with a range of applications
  • Not Business User-Friendly
  • Licensing Model is Confusing- and Costly
If you have a CR developer on staff, or can afford to hire a CR developer, then Crystal Reports may be an option. However, you might want to think about what you’ll be sacrificing by not using an agile, business user-friendly BI solution. Additionally, if data security and customer support are at the top of your needs list, CR may disappoint you.
Crystal Reports offers a vast assortment of advanced formatting and presentation options that give a skilled developer the power to create professional, highly formatted and complex query reports

SAP Crystal Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
7
Customizable dashboards
3
Report Formatting Templates
5
Drill-down analysis
3
Formatting capabilities
5
Integration with R or other statistical packages
6
Report sharing and collaboration
3
Publish to Web
7
Publish to PDF
2
Report Versioning
7
Report Delivery Scheduling
8
Delivery to Remote Servers
6
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
7
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
4
Predictive Analytics
8
Multi-User Support (named login)
3
Role-Based Security Model
8
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
9
Single Sign-On (SSO)
7
Responsive Design for Web Access
7
Mobile Application
3
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
9
REST API
4
Javascript API
2
iFrames
6
Java API
8
Themeable User Interface (UI)
6
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
7