What Does SAP Recommend for ERP Reporting?
The SAP strategy for production ERP reporting is Crystal Reports. With tailored connectivity for SAP ERP and the ability to connect to virtually any corporate data source, Crystal Reports is the best reporting software for SAP ERP customers to standardize on. Additional reasons to consider are that Crystal Reports is one of the most widely used reporting software in the world and with more than a dozen generations of major software releases, Crystal delivers more capability and functionality than any other reporting software on the market.
What Crystal Reports Integration does SAP Deliver for ERP Data?
SAP delivers a driver for Crystal Reports called the BusinessObjects Integration Kit for SAP. This driver allows Crystal Reports to connect to SAP ERP data directly or to SAP Business Warehouse (BW). If using SAP BW, you can also use the Integration Kit to connect BusinessObjects Universes to your BW environment for other Business Objects capabilities like Xcelsius Dashboards and Web Intelligence Ad hoc query. The Integration Kit translates ERP tables and fields to intuitive names rather than cryptic field names.
While the Integration Kit for SAP resolves some of the complexity of the data model by delivering intuitive field and table names, it does not identify which of the thousands of SAP ERP tables are required for a report and how these tables need to joined to return accurate results in your reports.
How to Jump Start a Crystal Reports Implementation Project for SAP ERP?
If you need quick results and want to standardize on a foundation of best practice reporting techniques throughout your organization, Preferred Strategies BI Quick Launch delivers Templates and Report Samples for Crystal Reports for SAP ERP financial information. BI Quick Launch will simplify reporting for users and accelerate report development cycles. BI Quick Launch can shave hours to days off each SAP Financial report you develop.
What Profile of Individual is a Good Candidate to use Crystal Reports?
Like all full-featured, powerful report writing software applications that can be used to address complex requirements, report writing requires a certain technical skill set and time commitment to become proficient. If you start using Crystal Reports out of the box without BI Quick Launch you will have to identify SAP ERP tables required for your report, join these tables within the report correctly and start building several formulas that are required to transform ERP data into meaningful, accurate information on your report.
Without BI Quick Launch, Crystal Reports will likely become a toolset restricted to your Information Technology department. With BI Quick Launch Crystal Reports can be developed by power users and analysts outside IT. More than half the people Preferred Strategies delivers Crystal Reports training to are outside IT.
How Do We Effectively Train People on Developing Crystal Reports for SAP ERP?
Preferred Strategies delivers a unique on-site training program for Crystal Reports tailored for SAP ERP using BI Quick Launch Templates and Report Samples. Through the Preferred Strategies training program your people will be empowered to develop their own reports and learn how to use the software with data that is familiar to them, your SAP ERP data.
Preferred Strategies team members are certified on Business Objects software including Crystal Reports and can help you and install and configure Business Objects software quickly and effectively.
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