SAP Crystal Reviews & Product Details

Since I started using SAP Crystal I have realized the great difference of this software and others since I consider that the experience that SAP Crystal gives us is very different since it is a perfect combination between programming and design which allows us that our reports can be adapted to our style or corporate style, a touch of personalization always works well in our reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In my opinion SAP crystal does not have big errors, however, I think that it can improve the small errors that it does have to improve the user experience, such as making the platform a little more intuitive for inexperienced users, since although when mastering it is easy enough to use when we are just starting to use it, it can be quite a tedious process to make any report or any configuration, as well as to optimize the software to reduce the consumption of resources that in certain moments it may have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Your professional approach to reporting with flawless deployment designed for industries that need to have a robust system that is capable of monitoring a number of metrics that not any reporting software can perform. Crystal Reports is able to handle thousands of reports per week without any drawbacks, it has very varied designs and elements which are easily integrated to work as a unit with the possibility of many options to represent diagrams and data not only in a tabular way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If it is necessary to have a report for two different audiences for example Managers and Executives the developed has to modify all the security settings of each of the reports resulting in duplicate reports which is not at all time efficient at the same time while presenting a security risk. It has a steep on its learning curve especially for users or developers who do not have strong programming bases in .NET or Java. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

First i love the way this tool connects to the different Data sources like Oracle and many others and how the tool gives the user freedom to involve personal requirements according to the business requirement on different reports.

SAP Crystal runs smoothly even on Windows 7 and the integration with other platforms like HTML 5 and other tools like Adobe Flash.

The tool usage is very simple to customizing of any reports, and the accuracy of the services provided by the tool is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No complain on the tool usage, since no complications on the tool implementation, and also the performance is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lots of data connections options. Very powerful. Allows endless amount of customization for report creation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steep learning curve. Can be slow to report on large datasets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is extremely customizable, quite flexible with different inputs and above all the output it generates is really clean and modern when it comes to representing the data you need when analyzing your results or showing to your customers or executives. Setting the columns to match the database that is synchronized with it is just great, which is particularly helpful for creating list reports. The ease of writing SQL statements directly for data pulls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unfortunately the documentation is one of its weakest points, it is not very easy to follow since it is not designed to have a technical approach but a more general approach which does not help at all when solving a specific doubt, so the documentation section will not be a place to go to learn how to write amazing reports. It's not entirely intuitive as it's pretty robust software, so it's almost certain to have to pay for the training to understand it thoroughly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAP Crystal offers a wealth of tools to efficiently and securely handle all management indicators and all types of analysis needed in the enterprise. Its interface is user-friendly and offers simple options for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAP Crystal's technical support is lousy and they have no organization in dealing with problems that we present to them as their customers. The software also needs fixing in future upgrades to allow better performance than the current one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the fact that even other platforms can smoothly and efficiently integrates different reports to SAP Craystal.

Quite simple for the user previewing and also making some adjustments to the reports. as well as sub reports adding.

Easy simple reports generations with the program, and it allows importing various data from several data sources, like Universe, SQL among others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For the new users, it can be kind of tricky to get to understand everything about some reports requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to connect to nearly any data source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

On second monitor, some features fail to work consistently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It doesn't crash like the older version we had if you click on it one too many times. I like that SAP Crystal 2016 is easy to work with. I like the newer screen design. I like that SAP Crystal 2016 creates clear and easy to read reports. I like that Microsoft print to PDF is included with the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We had to figure out how to change our reports so the would work with the newer version of SAP Crystal. The older version we had would let you run multiple reports at the same time 2016 doesn't though. The buttons were different from the older version so we had to learn the new buttons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The easy access to pull information and to create a report from them as well as been able to export these reports to other software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not been able to find any, I guess some times take more steps to format the report. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far so good. We plan on integrating SAP's Crystal Reports into our new ERP system. Its capabilities should meet our needs for report. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I disliked the amount of support available from SAP. I had a simple question regarding the license not activating correctly. I couldn't get someone on the phone who could point me in the right direction. It took a long time of fumbling through the forums to figure out how to resolve my activation issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of transition from older version. Thx Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

None at this time. Still learning and finding my way around Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Works well with my ERP and manufacturing software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing so far. Need to work with it more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Crystal report are canned report, formatted report for printing purpose, like Legal reports, they has to be printed in predefined format, with cell size/cell width or logo etc. each and everything is modifiable). This tool is picture perfect reports since each thing is customizable. You can connect to multiple databases and send the free hand SQL for querying the data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The security implementation is not good. Since query is done without any middle layer like BO universe, report can bring lot of data, no control on data level security etc. Also, the interface is not as good as Web Intelligence or other reporting components. Look and feel while developing is also not very friendly. Lot of adjustment to be made to make a template Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAP Crystal provides joins, graphs, visulaizations, so manay other options to sort, arrange and compress data are available. It allows the customization for the various reports that we generate on a daily basis and also allows for multiple users to feed and draw data from it. I like having everything is one place with the flexibility of expanding or changing if need be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are lots of functionality a person needs to be familiar with. One of the downsides is that you would need someone experienced in developing the reports that you can create in SAP Crystal. We were fortunate enough to have an in-house developer who knew what to do and what we needed. Additionally, I have heard that it can be a bit pricey when switching from another software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interaction with SQL and the ease to set up new reports and forms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The formulas are sometimes hard to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is helpful in making and customising reports from a variety of data sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have not find any dislike of SAP Crystal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like specific information from a very large database. You can easily format it to go into an Excel sheet or into a designed pdf. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has so many features that it is very challenging to a beginner. You definitely need to have someone else that uses it to teach you because the books are insanely large and very dense to read. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the system allows us to compile every piece of information we need to run our managers meeting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the fact the system isn’t very user friendly as it lags very much during our peak seasons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With many report generating products in the market, Crystal Reports is cheaper in comparison to others. After some practice, it is easy to help create simple reports and pull data from your data source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With more advanced products coming into the market and others existing products making upgrades, I feel like Crystal is slowing fading away. Other products like Tableau and SSRS look years ahead of Crystal and look so much better when presenting data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the features included in SAP Crystal reports allows me to create reports that are complex and professional. I like the glut of features included in SAP Crystal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the complexity of the program is its best feature, and its most difficult feature. learning how to use the software is an undertaking. it is well worth the effort though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAP Crystal provides the customization for the various reports that we generate on a daily basis and also allows for multiple users to feed and draw data from it. I like having everything is one place with the flexibility of expanding or changing if need be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the downsides is that you would need someone experienced in developing the reports that you can create in SAP Crystal. We were fortunate enough to have an in-house developer who knew what to do and what we needed. Additionally, I have heard that it can be a bit pricey when switching from another software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is a very customizable reporting software. Can create any report tied to almost any database Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Need to have a decent knowledge of coding to get reports to work correctly, not for the average computer user Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.