Generate professional reports

SAP Crystal Reports is a business and productivity tool developed by SAP SE. This office suite program will help you to produce data reports regardless if it’s from SAP or non-SAP data sources and be able to export them in various formats. If you have basic knowledge of database connection then this software solution will be quite handy for you to use or to learn to work with various databases.

What is the use of SAP Crystal Reports?

Through the specialized tools that this utility offers, you will be able to generate reports from simple to advanced levels that are feasible for multi-page and pixel-perfect data reporting. Managers and business leaders will specifically benefit from this program and its ability to work with various data sources. It instantly allows them to connect to sources including relational databases like Oracle, OLAP, XML, etc. In addition, you can also join data from multiple sources.

All the reports created here are flexible and highly-customizable. You can also select your preferred language and format for your personalized reports before delivering them to intended business end-users. By far, it can provide localized reports for over 24 languages across the world such as French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, etc. Furthermore, you will be able to open reports generated using this tool interactively on any of your mobile devices.

The entire service of this program needs to be purchased and you will have three licenses to choose from—Single User license, Named User License (1 NUL), and Concurrent Access License (5 CAL). Although, keep in mind that the later version of this program only supports 64-bit systems. If you using a strictly 32-bit system, you can still opt for the older version, SAP Crystal Reports 2016, which will still provide a good set of features for your needs.

For managers and business leaders

For small and medium-sized businesses, SAP Crystal Reports will be a handy tool to help you formulate better strategic decisions. This will especially come in handy for managers and business leaders that aim to generate and present highly professional reports that include helpful and easy-to-understand visualizations. However, before considering purchasing this software solution, it would advisable to have some prior knowledge of the basics of a database.