Rajesh Ponnurangam Infosol Lets get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports Rajesh Ponnurangam Infosol 9/22/2018

Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports AGENDA BI 4.1 & Crystal An Introduction to BI Portfolio Roadmap for Crystal Data sources Crystal Data sources in your organization Crystal 2013/2016 What’s new Crystal 2016? How’s it different from Crystal 2011/2008? Crystal for Enterprise What’s Crystal for Enterprise? Data Connectivity Overview Best Practices Obstacles & Lessons Learnt 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

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[ Reporting High Productivity for Report Designers Quickly build formatted reports on any data source Securely distribute reports both internally and externally Minimize IT support costs by empowering end users to easily create and modify their own reports Enhance custom applications with embedded reports 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

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SAP Crystal Report Proven world standard for Pixel Perfect Reporting Easy to consume, highly formatted documents with guided interactivity Personalized, information rich documents communicate value quickly For Internal Operational Reports and Customer Facing 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Transform Data to Stunning Pixel-Perfect Documents Connect to data directly or via semantic layer Intuitive free-form reporting with simple workflows Transform, format and layout data with precision and powerful methods Securely distribute relevant reports globally to millions in batch or on-demand Embed reports within business applications 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

SAP Crystal Reports in BI 4.X SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise SAP Crystal Reports 2013/2016 Major update & re-design of the Crystal Reports Designer and associated processing servers Provides the foundation for all future releases of Crystal Reports Incremental update to CR 2008/2011 with a few new features Focused on serving the needs of standalone, CR for Visual Studio, and CR for Eclipse users Continue to deliver existing functionality with no regressions 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise Highly formatted, professional looking reports with interactivity New report designer user experience for improve report creation productivity UI Harmonization across SAP BusinessObjects clients reduces user learning curve and accelerates adoption New Charts to visualize insights Greatest breadth and depth of data connectivity Support for new Semantic Layer to guarantee a trusted, single version of the truth Interoperability between SAP Crystal Reports and SAP BusinessObjects Analysis provides insightful information to be delivered as formatted reports New SAP connectivity to SAP BW and SAP ERP provides a consistent data access across the BI suite New Direct to Data connectivity with shared data connections 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

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Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports Smart Formatting Smart Guidelines Guidelines for easy column resizing Drag and drop to reorder column Automatic resizing and column shifting for object and column insertion Smart Default Formatting Designer detects patterns in formatting and adjusts automatically 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Consistent across BI Suite 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports Common Semantic Layer Crystal reports for Enterprise with Universes (.UNX) Connectivity to .UNX universes Exposes data in easy, every day business context via integrated query panel and shared semantic layer Break data silos, combine data from heterogeneous sources within a report with multi-source universes Hierarchical navigation SAP ERP data access: model ABAP Functions, Info Sets and InfoSet queries in .UNX universe Other BI Clients can consume the same universes Leverage the strengths of each tool against 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Direct to Data – Changes from Crystal 2008/11/13/16 Two methods of direct connectivity Relational Connection Objects Data connection is stored on the BI Platform Designed for integration with the platform Desktop Connections Data connection is stored in the Report Similar to traditional direct to data from CR 2011 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

How it works Reports Managed by the BI Platform SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise SAP Crystal Reports 2013/2016 CR for Enterprise reports saved to BI Platform MUST use Relational Connection objects to hold connection info. CR 2013 reports continue to store connection info in each report. 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Managed Reports - Advantages Good citizen of SAP BusinessObjects suite Life Cycle Management Connection dependencies are detected CMS Clustering Multi-tenancy Scalable and Reliable 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

How it works Desktop (unmanaged) reports SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise SAP Crystal Reports 2013/2016 Reports outside of the BI Platform repository contain connection info, as they always have 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Best in Class SAP BW Access What is BI Consumer Services (BICS) BICS is the BW data access layer for BEx tools BICS is built upon native SAP-only API calls What is the value of direct native BICS access Streamline data access architecture for TCO reduction Perform optimally through native API Expose all BW metadata: hierarchies, variables, structures, … Leverage investments in BEx query design 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports Low TCO 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports Crystal for 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

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Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports FAQ Can both CR 2013/2016 reports and CR for Enterprise reports reside or run on the same BI 4.x system at the same time? Yes Can both the desktop CR 2013/2016 designer and the CR for Enterprise designer be installed on the same workstation? If I have many CR 2008/XI 3.1 reports, how should I upgrade to 4.x and what version of CR should I use? Upgrade to 4.x and utilize CR 2013/2016. Consider using CR for Enterprise of new projects. Migrate CR 2013/2016 reports to CR for Enterprise when time permits. How long will CR 2013/2016 versions be around and supported for? No End of Life support 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports FAQ How do I migrate a report from CR 2008/2011 to CR for Enterprise? Open the CR 2008/2011 report with CR for Enterprise, change the data source and save to the new format. I am a new customer with not current CR content, what version of CR should I use with the BI 4.x Platform? If you are a new CR customer, evaluate CR for Enterprise first. The feature set may suit your needs, and the there is no need to consider migration if you start with the newest designer. 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports Partial Migration What is a partial migration? Moving repository objects from BusinessObjects 3.X to BI 4.X and leaving the original data connections Can I still use my existing data sources? Yes. The Upgrade management tool will place your reports as Crystal reports 2013/2016 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports Full Migration What is a full migration? Moving all repository objects from BusinessObjects 3.X to BI 4.X and completing the migration by converting to Crystal for enterprise 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports Crystal for Enterprise Only UNV Support No UNX Support Only UNX Support No UNV Support BW Access No Support for Direct access Native Support for Bex Queries HANA Direct access to SAP HANA analytic views & Calculation view No Support for Direct access - Connection only via JDBC/ODBC 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Adopt SAP Crystal Reports for enterprise (only if needed) SAP Crystal Reports for enterprise (CRe) Foundation for all future releases of SAP Crystal Reports “Risk free” adoption of Innovation Preserve existing investments - Run with existing CR 2008 content Adopt at your own pace - Run CR 2011, CR 2013/2016 and CRe content from the same common platform 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports Key Learnings Crystal Reports 2013/16 and Crystal Reports for Enterprise will co-exist in BI 4.x Crystal Reports 2013/16 is fully supported for the life of BI4.x SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise is the platform for future innovation Report migration will require manual steps today (set data source location workflow) Universes(.UNX) offer a powerful way to share the semantic layer across multiple tools in the BI Suite 9/22/2018 Let's get Crystal Clear with Crystal Reports

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