How does SAP Crystal Dashboard Design integrate with
other SAP Crystal Solutions?
22 July, 2010
Fritz Feltus
Presales – EMEA Distribution
Agenda
1.
SAP Crystal Reports Integration
2.
SAP Crystal Reports Server Integration
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SAP Crystal Reports
Enterprise Reporting
Crystal Reports 2008
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First Reporting tool for Windows, since
1992
 Create refreshable Forms, Invoices,
Statements, Letters
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Report design tool that enables you to
create and deliver highly formatted
reports via the web or embedded in
enterprise applications
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Form-based, print-optimized reports
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Report designers can connect straight to
datasource or a semantic layer
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Connect to virtually any datasource
On-report what-if scenario modeling
Key Benefits
Decision
Time
No
saver
export to other tools
Reduce
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support tool
report count
Operational reporting
Key Benefits
•Execute decisions faster
•Gain operational efficiency
•Leverage existing processes
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Compelling data presentations
Key Benefits
•Information-rich reports
•Interactive report exploration
•Graphics bound to report data
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SAP Crystal Reports & Dashboard Design Integration
DEMO
Agenda
1.
SAP Crystal Reports Integration
2.
SAP Crystal Reports Server Integration
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SAP Crystal Reports Server 2008
Shape your decisions with interactive reports and dashboards anywhere
Centralised Business Intelligence Content
Management Server
Publish Reports & Dashboards to the Web
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Secure

Cost Effective

Easily accessible
Share Content with All Users via Portals
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Information Consistency
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Common Information Repository

Single Point of Access
Automate Report Delivery in Virtually Any
Format
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Email, Personal Inbox, FTP, File System
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Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint
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PDF, Crystal Reports .rpt, XML and more
Manage, Share, and Deliver Reports and Dashboards to All Users
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SAP Crystal Dashboard Design viewing
Crystal Reports Server
Publish Dashboard Design SWF files on Crystal Reports Server
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Users can securely open, view, interact with and share dashboards
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Dashboards are connected to static or live data sources.
Get a better view of your business performance
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Dashboard builder
Crystal Reports Server
Build custom views of the data to meet specific needs
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End users can easily assemble their own dashboards from existing content
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View summarized dashboards and detailed Crystal Reports content next to each other in
Infoview. The content pieces are interconnected.
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Monitor information with dashboard – drill into details with Crystal Reports
Xcelsius
content
Crystal Reports
content
Better business insight with summary dashboards and detailed reports
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SAP Dashboard Builder integration
DEMO
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