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Is Crystal Reports still relevant?
While Crystal Reports remains a reliable, functional piece of software, it is not the only game in town. Businesses looking for ways to analyze data may find several alternatives that have arrived on the scene that can meet their needs just as well – or even better.
Is it hard to learn Crystal Reports?
Learning Crystal Reports is not difficult. However, you need to spend a few hours or a few days to learn the basics. I have reached the conclusion that the best way of learning Crystal Reports is through video tutorials. 135 minutes of watching and 5 minutes of reading!
Why do we use Crystal Reports?
The main purpose of Crystal Reports is to allow users to pull their desired data from a data source, such as an Oracle or MS SQL Server database, and present the data in a repeatable and organized way.
What companies use Crystal Reports?
Companies Currently Using SAP Crystal Reports
| Company Name | Website | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Fannie Mae | fanniemae.com | (800) 232-6643 |
| Alameda Health System | alamedahealthsystem.org | (510) 437-4800 |
| Cox Automotive | coxautoinc.com | (855) 449-0010 |
| LabCorp | labcorp.com | (336) 229-1127 |
What can replace Crystal Reports?
Top 5 + 1 Alternatives to SAP Crystal Reports
- Microsoft Power BI. Microsoft’s data visualization tool includes a suite of tools for working with data.
- Metabase.
- Tableau.
- Qlik Sense.
- Tibco Jaspersoft.
Is Crystal Reports part of Business Objects?
Crystal Reports is a popular software application applied in business intelligence for designing and generating reports, pulling data from a wide range of sources. Crystal Reports is currently developed by Business Objects Company, a division of SAP, having originally been developed by Crystal Services Inc.
What are the prerequisites for working with Crystal Reports?
Before installing SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio ensure the following requirements are met:
- You are logged into the computer as Administrator.
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 or newer is installed.
- Microsoft NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or higher is installed.
- Microsoft Windows Update KB2999226.
Can Crystal Reports export to Excel?
When viewing the Crystal Report in Acctivate, you can select the Export button on the toolbar of the Report window.
- Click the Format: drop down list and select the Microsoft Excel 97-2000 – Data only (XLS) format.
- The Excel Format Options window will appear.
What are prerequisites for working with Crystal Reports?
What are the disadvantages of Crystal Report?
Here are the drawbacks/cons of using SAP Crystal Reports: Crystal report is not a very user-friendly tool for learning as error decryption is tedious and hard to figure out.
Does NetSuite use Crystal Reports?
Crystal Reports has many options for offloading data processing to remote data; this enables real-time reporting. With the support for JDBC in Crystal Reports, the CData JDBC Driver for NetSuite brings this capability to Crystal Reports.
Is Tableau similar to Crystal Reports?
Crystal Reports is a veteran reporting software (one of the first of its kind, actually), and Tableau is a web-based report visualization software that has taken off in recent years.