SAP Crystal Reports in SAP BusinessObjects 4.

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Agenda

Introduction SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise SAP Crystal Reports 2011

SAP Integration with Crystal Reports

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SAP Crystal Reports

Integration with our existing software landscape has worked well, both with the SAP solutions and with the non-SAP applications. Without a doubt, SAP Crystal Reports is our connectivity world champion.
Takasago Europe GmbH

Millions of users of SAP Crystal Reports across the world*

When youre looking for the top report writer, look no further than Crystal [Reports], which is probably OEMed and embedded in more applications than any other commercial BI tool.
The Forrester Wave Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms, Q4 2010

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SAP Crystal Reports

Proven World Standard for Formatted Reports Professional-looking reports ideal for external customer communication.
401 (K) statements Utility Bills Invoices Printed forms Bank statements Portfolio letters

Connect to any data source and model complex business logic within the report
High Volume Publishing - Personalized documents tailored to customer needs
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SAP Crystal Reports in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0

With the release of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) 4.0 , there will be two versions of Crystal Reports available for use with the BI Platform.

SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Major update & re-design of the Crystal Reports Designer and associated processing servers

SAP Crystal Reports 2011

Incremental update to CR 2008 with a few new features Focused on serving the needs of standalone customers (Partners and Volume customers) Continue to deliver existing functionality with no regressions

Focus on the needs of the Large Enterprise & customers with SAP deployments
Provides the foundation for all future releases of Crystal Reports

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SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Capabilities

SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Create Stunning Documents faster than ever before

Tabbed Tool Bar

Point and Click

WYSIWYG Easy-to-use Navigation Panel

Easy-to-use, new design environment for novice and professional designers Create simple reports to represent complex data within a few minutes Streamlined experience across the suite
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SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Intuitive User Experience

Insert groups

Insert totals

Manage groups and sorts

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SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Drag and Drop Charts

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SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Smart Formatting

Smart Guidelines
Guidelines for easy column resizing Drag and drop to reorder column Automatic resizing and column shifting for object and column insertion

Smart Default Formatting

Designer detects patterns in formatting and adjusts automatically

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SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Semantic Layer Aided Design Tips

Leverages information from the universe to provide suggestion on the content

Message
The recommended aggregation type for this measure is sum
This {object_type} may have multiple values in this context; only the first value is being displayed. The delegated measure cannot be calculated for this context A hierarchy field should be placed in a hierarchical group area.

Resolution / Comments
Review the aggregation type in your total.
Review the placement of your object Review the grouping criteria Consider using a hierarchy level object instead

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SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Consistent Experience Across the BI Suite

Modern styling and unified look and feel for all BI solutions

Common query design experience across all data sources

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SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Semantic Layer - Reduced learning curve and effort to build reports

Single trusted version of the truth

Exposes data in easy, every day business context Break data silos, combine data from heterogeneous sources within a report Integrated query panel and shared semantic layer Hierarchical navigation Multi-source support

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SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Hierarchical Navigation

Hierarchy in Crosstab

Hierarchy in Chart

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SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Interoperability
Analyze data , zero in on the area of interest , leverage the view within SAP Crystal reports to broadly publish the reports
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for OLAP

SAP Crystal Reports for enterprise

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, Edition for MS Office

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SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Improved Multi-Lingual Capabilities
Crystal Reports metadata
Text Objects Prompts Tooltips Anything with text

Supported by SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise features

Translation Manager Translate Locally or via Export/Import using XLFF Schedulable Translation
Schedule reports in multiple languages

Benefits
Reduces the time taken for the creation of reports in multiple languages Reduces the number of reports required for global deployments
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SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Platform Driven Alerting

Users subscribe to alerts within BI launch pad Notifies subscribers when specific criteria has been met

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SAP Crystal Reports 2011

Capabilities

SAP Crystal Reports 2011

UI remains the same as CR 2008 Incremental update to CR 2008 with a few new features Focused on providing existing customers with functionality which they have today

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SAP Crystal Reports 2011

New Read-Only Report format
Cannot be opened in Designer
Export from Crystal Reports 2011

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SAP Crystal Reports 2011

Export to XSLX From Designer

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SAP Crystal Reports 2011

Export to XSLX From Viewer

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SAP Crystal Reports 2011

Integration with Visual Studio 2010

WPF Viewer
Fully functional viewer Parity with WinForm and WebForm viewers For integrating in WPF apps

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Integration with SAP Landscapes

Crystal Reports in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 SAP Data Connection Options

Crystal Reports 2011
Improved Direct Access to SAP BW Query via MDX Migration path for existing BW Query Crystal Reports 2008 reports Set database location to Crystal Reports 2011 BW MDX Driver

Crystal Reports for Enterprise XI 4.0

SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 suite consistent Data Access to SAP BW Access SAP NetWeaver BW via dimensional universes Direct Access to BEx Queries via transient universes (BICS)

Functionality planned for future release

Direct access to SAP ERP for Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0

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Crystal Reports in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Lifecycle Management

Crystal Reports 2011
Crystal Reports objects managed by BW Publisher and transport integration with SAP NetWeaver BW

Crystal Reports for Enterprise XI 4.0

SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Suite approach Leverage one solution for all Lifecycle Management via integration between SAP BusinessObjects Lifecycle Manager and SAP CTS+

Functionality planned for future release

As Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0 reports are no longer saved to SAP NetWeaver BW repository, the following features are not available: Support for Report Report Interface Support for variable personalization
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Crystal Reports in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Prompting

Crystal Reports 2011
Functionally identical to Crystal Reports 2008

Crystal Reports for Enterprise XI 4.0

Support for SAP variable concepts natively in Crystal Reports Designer and SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
Key date Hierarchy / Hierarchy Node Hierarchical LOV

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Crystal Reports in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 SAP Integration - Summary

SAP Crystal Reports 2011
Continues the same direct connectivity to SAP BW as in Crystal Reports 2008 Continues the same direct connectivity to SAP ERP as in Crystal Reports 2008 Lifecycle Management integration with SAP NetWeaver BW Multi-lingual capabilities for SAP-based reports managed via SAP NetWeaver BW SAP prompting support via online prompting feature including Report Report Interface and Personalization

SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0

Leverages improve suite wide connection to SAP NetWeaver BW No direct connectivity to SAP ERP in the SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 release Integrated with suite wide integrate between Lifecycle Manager and CTS+ Multi-lingual capabilities via SAP BusinessObjects Translation Manager SAP prompting support handled via common semantic layer

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