SAP Crystal Reports Previous Solutions

it_user448413

Senior Application Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have used numerous report writers in the past and by far Crystal Reports is the best. The user friendliness and versatility to create custom reports and designs to fit my customers needs has been a real useful business tool.

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it_user185778

IT Specialist - Crystal Reports / SQL Server at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

No previous solution used.

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Patryk Golabek

CTO at Translucent Computing Inc

We use a variety of different approaches for giving clients the data that they want to see. The first step is understanding what the client need is. If it is just a basic report that they don't want to change often, then we can get away with something static. Most of the time, we have to put in a few variables, or parameters.

Because Crystal Reports costs a lot of money, is a specialized skill, and isn't necessarily better, we try to focus on the data that they need and put it on a dashboard instead. There is a spectrum of things to consider when deciding on the suitability of any particular solution.

When we go back and speak with clients, a lot of the time we find that they don't really need Crystal Reports. They need something that is a canned report that they can go back and look at all the time. If that's the case then you can get a simple HTML5 page, which is much faster to develop and easier to maintain. Ultimately, it depends on the client's use cases.

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Syed Fahad Anwar

Principal System Developer at HHRC

We previously used SQL Server reporting services. These are also good but complex in some scenarios, like child reports.

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it_user581817

Founder & CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

No other solution has been used. I've been working with it since I worked in Tech Support for Seagate Software when they owned and supported the application.

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it_user435318

Database Administrator/Application Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

This product was recommended by our banking system vendor.

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Dell Stinnett-Christy

Senior Manager at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have used several reporting tools, including Web Intelligence which comes with SAP Business Objects. Each has its own place in the grand scheme of deploying a Business Intelligence solution. Crystal Reports is the tool for “picture perfect” reports, like form letters, or for very complex requirements. It is also a moderately priced tool that is good for smaller companies or for companies producing software that requires some reporting capabilities.

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it_user269151

Business Integration Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We worked with other solutions concurrently. SSRS was another reporting solution we used.

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it_user432762

Senior Business Intelligence Tools Administrator at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

We have always used Crystal Reports. We have enhanced our reporting by using Tableau as well for dashboards.

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it_user167046

Manager - Healh IT Systems, HIPAA and Compliance - Meaningful Use Analyst at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees

I haven't used anything similar to Crystal Reports in the past.

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it_user5802

BI Expert at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have been a Crystal report shop for a long time as it is a product supported by or primary data vendor. We have also tried to go to SQL Server Reporting Service but found it too limited. We have one product now using Cognos Elite. I find it very comparable but more clunky to use. View full review »

it_user448305

Programmer / Reports Designer at a printing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have used other versions in another workplace. At my current workplace, Crystal Reports 8 was previously used. This version was selected because of its ability to work with the IDAPI files.

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it_user432603

Town Clerk's Office: General IT, Crystal Reports, Laserfiche Admin, Granicus Admin at a local government with 501-1,000 employees

I believe it was bundled with our Tyle/Eden solution.

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it_user449409

Corporate Trainer/Consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

I created many reports using Access. Crystal reports is similar, but more robust.

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it_user434991

Manager Data Sciences at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We have a product built on the Business Objects environment and also offer Crystal Reports instructions to connect to another product via JDBC. In-house analytics is primarily Microstrategy with Tableau scattered about.

I use Crystal Reports because Business Objects, MicroStrategy, and Tableau are too limiting for me. I analyze data and processes using real-time data.

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it_user161895

Database Expert at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

I started out with Crystal Reports and Enterprise. I have used a few others in a limited capacity since then, but was disappointed in all.

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reviewer1397571

Senior MIS Project Manager at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I used Crystal Reports when it was incorporated with Visual Basic. It has now been separated, which makes it easier.

We also use Microsoft Power BI, which allows you to use graphs and filtering on one page. You can also see the different objects on one page. It is more on the graphical side.

They still have the same functionality where you can drill down to the lowest level, depending on the database schema.

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it_user174756

Senior Data Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

What little I have seen of other products I would select CR and BOE but I am not the decision maker of the organization..

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it_user456381

Consultant on Health Care Reporting and Analytics at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

Previously, I used MS Excel, then Access before moving on to Crystal Reports.

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it_user463368

Crystal Reports Developer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I was not part of the search/decision making process. I don’t know why the organization’s developers/decision makers chose this product to present their reports. They continue to use it, so it must be satisfying their needs.

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it_user163092

Senior Reporting Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Back in the days (90s), Quick Reports that came with Delphi. Crystal Reports had more functionality hence the switch.

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it_user628023

Microsoft Nokia Service Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

I used Excel, but that was a long time ago when the BI tools were very basic.

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it_user431850

Director at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

I've been using this since v7.