SAP BusinessObjects Reporting with Crystal Reports
Leveraging Crystal Reports to achieve highly formatted standard reporting
In Crystal Reports 2008, SAP's product portfolio now features an integral standard for highly formatted reporting that is precise down to the last pixel. This has opened up an array of all-new approaches to report creation in SAP BW. Let us introduce you to the new functions in version 2008 on the basis of straightforward BW examples.
- Crystal Reports – sales channel analysis
Key features:
- Highly formatted layouts for forms and company reports, as well as legal reporting in which interactivity is limited
- Company-wide mass distribution in various formats
- Reports based on all company data sources
- Reporting embedded into operative and tactical applications
- We have worked with SAP to develop native integration as a means of support:
- BEx Query Designer has been integrated into Crystal Reports Designer.
- Crystal Reports has been integrated into the SAP deployment life cycle and transports.
- Reports can now be translated into various languages at the push of a button.
- Users now have direct access to BW cubes, BEx queries, ODS objects, InfoSets, ABAP queries and functions, and SAP tables.
WebIntelligence für die intuitive Web-Analyse
With Web Intelligence, it's easy to generate queries and reports without the involvement of your IT department. This is possible thanks to a browser-ready Java applet with an intuitive user interface.
Create sophisticated dashboards with Xcelsius
Xcelsius is SAP’s new flagship software for generating interactive dashboards and publishing cutting-edge rich Internet applications (RIA). In addition to where it fits into SAP's greater product portfolio, we can show you the potential of this new tool based on the results of a past customer project – including a live demo.
In our workshop, we investigate in detail the extent to which the replacement of the web application designer and the integration into SAP has succeeded.
- Xcelsius dashboard – sales channel analysis
- Value driver analysis – interactive simulation of scenarios
Key features
- Enables users to create dashboards without programming skills
- Intuitive interface
- Possibility to integrate data directly from SAP NetWeaver BW
- Wide variety of export formats, such as:
- PowerPoint
- PDF
- Flash
- ...and many more - Integration into SAP Enterprise Portal and SAP BusinessObjects InfoView
Multidimensional, ad hoc: SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis
In the Microsoft Office edition of SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis, users of SAP NetWeaver BW have had access to the successor of BEx Analyzer since mid-2010. As a Microsoft Office add-in, the tool facilitates multidimensional ad hoc analysis based on SAP BEx queries, query views, and SAP NetWeaver BW InfoProviders. Besides an intuitive user interface and rapid response times, this latest addition to the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio features integration with Microsoft PowerPoint.
- SAP Business Objects Advanced Analysis for Microsoft Excel
- Integration of analysis units in Microsoft PowerPoint
Key features:
- Add-in available for
- Microsoft Excel 2007
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
- Microsoft Excel 2003 - Intuitive exporting of analyses in Microsoft PowerPoint
- Integration of dynamic charts
- Full functional scope of Microsoft Excel
- Direct integration of data from SAP NetWeaver BW
- Integration into SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
