SAP Crystal Reports Initial Setup
MVD Prasad
Assistant General Manager at Soma Enterprise
There is no issue with that. Additionally, it provides flexibility, especially in the context of business intelligence, where dashboards play a crucial role. Typically, users transition from Crystal Reports 53 to later versions, like SAP Crystal Reports 7 and 8, which introduce additional features such as PIN security for enhanced security purposes.We currently utilize on-premises solutions. However, it appears that the trend is shifting towards cloud-based platforms, where many processes are now handled automatically.
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MohammadShafiullah
MANAGER - IT SYSTEMS at Fabtech
The initial setup of the solution is pretty easy.
The solution is deployed on-premises.
We had deployed the solution long back in our organization, and it was a seamless deployment.
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Software Development Head at a retailer with 11-50 employees
The internal team of developers at my company was involved in the deployment of SAP Crystal Reports since it is a part of or embedded in the application that we deploy. In other words, we write reports with SAP Crystal Reports in our application and then issue an application to the users. The reporting part is done with the help of SAP Crystal Reports.
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Nasr Rafiq
IT Manager at AE POWER
The initial setup is straightforward.
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it_user448413
Senior Application Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Initial set up was straightforward. You got instructions on how to install Crystal, how to set up your ODBC connections and the Oracle 10g client, which is what my business uses. There were no problems with the install on any of the PC's or desktops within the organization.
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IT Specialist - Crystal Reports / SQL Server at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
Straightforward for me. I only had to install the Crystal Reports client and the SAP Integration kit. Everything worked as intended after that.
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Patryk Golabek
CTO at Translucent Computing Inc
The difficulty of the initial setup depends on your skillset, and I would say that it is somewhere between straightforward and complex. Getting it going within your web application takes some time for things such as getting the proper JAR files.
The server can deliver the reports to you, but you still have to integrate it with your database. This is something that can be time-consuming.
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Syed Fahad Anwar
Principal System Developer at HHRC
The initial setup was very straightforward.
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Founder & CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It was simple and easy to install. The hard part was knowing/learning the structure of your data source and what you want to do with that data. Like any skill, it takes a long time to master. I have done incredible, innovative things with Crystal Reports, but only because I knew it so well and could synthesize breakthrough ideas on how to give the customer what they wanted.
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Database Administrator/Application Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
The setup is pretty straightforward. You can install all options to make it easier.
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Dell Stinnett-Christy
Senior Manager at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
As a desktop tool, it’s very easy to install. The one thing that can be a “gotcha” is that you have to be logged in as a user that has Administrator credentials on the workstation because the install updates registry settings and adds a couple of files to subfolders under C:\Windows.
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Business Integration Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Initial setup needed to be performed by an IT administrator. Data connectivity was also a function reserved for IT.
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Senior Business Intelligence Tools Administrator at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
The initial setup is complex. They need to have clearer instructions on how to configure servers for the best performance.
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Manager - Healh IT Systems, HIPAA and Compliance - Meaningful Use Analyst at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
It was already set up when I began my current position, so I wouldn't know whether setup was straightforward or complex.
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BI Expert at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Complex if you are not using Windows Servers. There are a huge number of options that allow you to make detrimental choices that you may not be aware of. Not much different than any other enterprise wide reporting system.
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it_user448308
Senior Reports Programmer at a university with 10,001+ employees
I wasn't involved in the implementation.
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IT Senior Programmer Analyst at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Fairly straightforward, especially with 2013. With XI, some options were not checked that we needed. With 2013, they are.
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Programmer / Reports Designer at a printing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The setup is very straightforward. We experienced no difficulty installing the product on our systems.
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Corporate Trainer/Consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
I have the single user version, and had no problems.
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Manager Data Sciences at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The last install was a few years ago, and if I don’t remember much about the upgrade (to a new laptop), then the upgrade is pretty much straightforward.
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Manager, Development at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It was pretty straightforward in terms of setup. It contains the basic setup for data sources. It has a good amount of options which makes the software flexible.
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Database Expert at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
The architecture/setup was handled by someone before me, so I can’t speak firsthand to any difficulties. However, from my conversations with that individual, there were no serious hang ups or difficulties with the initial setup.
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Senior Developer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
It was straightforward in terms of installation, development and deployment.
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Senior MIS Project Manager at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The initial setup straightforward and it's easy to setup.
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Consultant on Health Care Reporting and Analytics at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
It was fairly straightforward.
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GB432
Manager of Architecture/Design at a government with 501-1,000 employees
The initial setup was easy and straightforward.
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Developer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup is straightforward. However, on a couple of occasions the licensing was corrupted and required uninstalling and reinstalling the software.
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Senior Reporting Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Straightforward set-up.
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Consultant Commercial & ShipConnect / VRS at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
It's very straightforward.
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Data Analyst at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Straightforward. Crystal has an easy installation process.
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Director at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
It's straightforward.
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Data Analytics and Integration at a wellness & fitness company with 501-1,000 employees
There were no issues encountered during the deployment. You need to delete prior versions before implementing the latest one because they seemed to clash.
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Sr BOBJ/HANA Consultant at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Straightforward as it has a native development tool, or working with .Net and (or) Java and deployment to Management console. Setting up the management console is a process.
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Senior Programmer - DB Mgt & Crystal Reports at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
It was already part of Visual Studio. Later on we bought the developer edition and the installation was very simple.
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Programador C#, MVC, Entity Framework, Crystal Reports, ORACLE at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees
I just have just one situation that I am afraid to update the Crystal Reports DLL version in production to get some features . I do not feel confident to update it even though I have a guarantee that everything will work fine.
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