SAP Crystal Server Review
September 09, 2016

SAP Crystal Server Review

Calvin Harris | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Crystal Server

We use SAP Crystal Server to make reports that we need to track a multitude of things and we also use it for reports that we discuss with clients.
  • Creates some great reports
  • Helps you communicate your points visually
  • Simplifies a great deal of data into something that's simple to understand
  • Not always easy to work with
  • Cannot export directly into PowerPoint
  • Problems with security levels for different people
We have a lot of clients who use SAP Crystal Server that we collaborate on reports with and this was a big reason for why we work with SAP Crystal Server. If I had to rate all the other analytics programs that I have worked with against SAP Crystal Server I would rate SAP Crystal Server one of the better programs.
SAP Crystal Server is well suited for complicated reports, especially when you have to take a lot of data and make it accessible. It can be a bit of a hassle when more than one person has to work with the same report and you need to change the security levels for them.

SAP Crystal Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
9
Customizable dashboards
7
Report Formatting Templates
7
Drill-down analysis
7
Formatting capabilities
6
Integration with R or other statistical packages
7
Report sharing and collaboration
4
Publish to Web
8
Publish to PDF
10
Report Versioning
5
Report Delivery Scheduling
7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
8
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
8
Predictive Analytics
7
Multi-User Support (named login)
7
Role-Based Security Model
4
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
4
Responsive Design for Web Access
6
Mobile Application
7
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
6