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SAP Crystal Reports
Crystal Reports, a custom reporting tool for the creation, editing, and running of reports through the Citrix interface is being retired.Â
What does this mean for you
Full support of Crystal Reports ended December, 2024. If you currently utilize Crystal Reports, you will need an action plan to find alternative reporting tools as soon as possible.Â
Replacing Crystal Reports
Spreadsheet Server from insightsoftware allows a seamless transition of data. With its direct ERP connection, Spreadsheet Server provides fast access to the data you need and substantially reduces the number of clicks and the effort you would need to go through to do the same thing in Crystal Reports. Spreadsheet Server empowers you to simplify and streamline report creation by combining and retrieving data from any ERP module directly in Excel. Once you have created a report, you can refresh and update it automatically, so you no longer need to recreate reports from scratch every time. This keeps the data you’re working with fresh and removes the chance for errors that are so prevalent with manual processes.
How to maximize your new reporting tool
With Spreadsheet Server, you can quickly create cash flow and profitability reports. You can compare payroll, business expenses, and material costs against previous years to analyze changes. Review costs over periods of time to measure performance. You can create ad hoc reports on project costs and income, and drill down on the information that you need to make good business decisions.
Spreadsheet Server is equipped with integrated drill-down capabilities to granular ERP data that speed up variance analysis and offers fast answers to ad hoc questions. All Spreadsheet Server reports are drillable, allowing you to quickly navigate from summary data into detailed transactions, to investigate variances or answer your follow-up questions.
Unlike lengthy BI tool installs and upgrades, Spreadsheet Server installs in hours. Its intuitive user interface, easy data integration, and self-help systems enable you to get up to speed fast and get immediate answers to your questions – no waiting on IT. Spreadsheet Server also comes with a range of pre-built reports that are better suited to the needs of finance teams than the statement-like reports available in Crystal Reports.
- The GL Report Workbook includes 12 General Ledger reports to cover common financial reporting needs. This is available to all users who have Spreadsheet Server.
- Prebuilt Operational Reports are another option. The tool comes stocked with operational reports to address your wider reporting needs and to complement the GL Report Workbook, all of which we make available to you with Spreadsheet Server.  On top of that, there are hundreds of queries available out of the box.
- Query Exchange is a library where users’ queries are shared inside Spreadsheet Server. Within this library, you can access hundreds of queries built by peers in your industry, so you can leverage these prebuilt queries and change their parameters to suit your needs.
Spreadsheet Server allows you to quickly adapt queries to fit your needs, enabling you to run reports in an instant that would previously have taken you hours to build from scratch. This means you have more time to analyze the data and generate insights, rather than wasting time on the creation of the report.
It’s time to leave slow, frustrating, overly technical reporting processes in the past. It’s time to replace Crystal Reports with Spreadsheet Server. Watch our on-demand webinar to see how Spreadsheet Server can cut your financial reporting time in half.
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