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BI 4.0 Client Tools

Crystal Reports for Enterprise (CR4E / CR Java)

Henry Banks

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1. Overview

2. Common Semantic Layer (CSL)

3. Configuration

4. Exporting

5. ML reports in BOE

6. Report Designer

7. Analysis to CR interoperability

8. SAP integration

9. CR11 and CR4E coexist on BOE

Agenda: Crystal Reports for Enterprise


Easier UI navigation for

existing and new report designers

Align common UI elements across the entire SAP

BusinessObjects suite

Streamlined UI


Streamlined UI for inserting

groups

Streamlined UI for

inserting totals

One UI to manage

groups and sorts

Groups, Totals and Sorts


Charting


Smart Guidelines

Guidelines for easy column resizing

Handles for column reordering

Automatic resizing and column shifting for

object / column insertion

Smart Default Formatting

The designer detects patterns in formatting

settings in the document and adjust defaults automatically

Smart Guidelines


Message Resolution / Comments

The recommended aggregation type for this measure is "xxx". Review the aggregation type in your total.

This {object_type} may have multiple values in this context; only the first value is being displayed.

Review the placement of your object

The delegated measure {xxxx} cannot be calculated for this context Review the grouping criteria

A hierarchy field should be placed in a hierachical group area. Consider using a hierarchy level object instead

Semantic Warnings

Leveraging semantic information from the

Universe, the designer provides UI feedback on

possible report design flaws

Semantic Warnings – ‘Recommended Review’


1

23

Converting to CSL


Hierarchy in

Crosstab

Hierarchy in Chart

Hierarchy Aware


Multi Source DF Enabled


Consume Analysis View

in CR

Consuming Analysis Views


Crystal Reports metadata Text Objects

Prompts

Tooltips

Anything with text…

Supported BusinessObjects Enterprise features

Translation Manager

Translate Locally or via Export/Import using XLFF

Schedulable Translation

Schedule reports in multiple languages

Multi-Lingual Capabilities


Notifies individual subscribers when specific data criteria has been met

Subscriptions are managed within the InfoView portal by users

Users can subscribe to an alert when viewing a report or by viewing a list of alerts in a “subscription center”

Platform Driven Alerting


SAP Integration

Data Access SAP BW:

– SAP Cubes via ‘legacy’ MDX UNV

– Direct Access to SAP BW Queryo Common OLAP connection centrally managed in BOE or IDTo Leverage SAP BICS BEx interface via ‘Transient Universe’

Prompting Native support

– Support native SAP variable concept o Hierarchical Node & LOV ; Key date

Multilingual– Use Translation Manager

Life Cycle Management– Use BOBJ Life Cycle Manager


This presentation and SAP’s strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This document is provided without a warranty of any kind either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

Crystal Reports for Enterprise Data Connectivity Options for SAP Customers


NO direct to data support

NO direct to OLAP support (other than BEx Queries)

No direct access to SAP ERP (R/3)

NO Live Office support

NO Enterprise Search

API & SDK Gaps (new AJAX and RESTful SDK planned for 4.1 to provide support for almost any web development environment. )

CR for Enterprise XI 4.0 SAP BW reports no longer save to SAP BW repository, the following features are not available on CR for Enterprise SAP BW reports:

– RRI

– SAP Variable Personalization

What’s Not in the Initial Release


Crystal Reports for Enterprise

Java Reporting Component

Dimensional Semantic Layer

XMLA BICS

BIP Web Service

CMS

Connection Server

Relational Datasource

SAP BW

MS SQL Analysis Services

HTTP(S)

CORBA

JCo

HTTP(S)

web-services for RPT

CORBA for data-access / universe retrieval Connection

Server Instance

Architecture


Crystal Reports Services Overview

Overview of services required by Crystal Reports functionality:

“Crystal Reports Processing Server” 2 types exist for ENT and 2011 documents

“Crystal Reports Job Server” 2 types exist for ENT and 2011 documents

“Crystal Reports Cache Server” 1 type for both types of documents

“Crystal Reports 2010 Viewing and Modification Service” Provides support for Crystal Reports 2010 SDK applications Provided by a Report Application Server

Crystal Report 2010 Scheduling Service Now consolidates legacy List of Value Scheduling Service


Architecture Overview

BOE Server bit Server Type

Adaptive Job Server 64bit • Processes both CR2011 & CR4Ent content schedule jobs

Crystal Reports Cache Server 64bit • Handles cache for both CR2011 & CR4Ent content for “Processing Servers”

Crystal Reports Processing Server

64bit • Processes CR4Ent content

Connection Server 64bit • Retrieves data for CR4Ent designer

Crystal Reports 2011 Processing Server

32bit • Processes CR2011 content

Report Application 2011 Server

32bit • Processes RAS SDK apps (CR2011 content)


Overview of the Crystal Reports SDKs offered by Crystal Reports versions

CR 2008 reports RAS SDK applications can migrate immediately: Fully supported by Crystal Reports 2011 processing stack

BOE Java SDK available immediately for Crystal Report 2011 : Applications using the Crystal Reports processing servers to view reports will be fully

supported (i.e. OpenDocument & URL-based API ) Applications using the BOE SDK to schedule / publish reports are fully supported

Building applications which utilize the .NET SDK not be possible in the initial release

No SDK support to modify “CR for Enterprise” documents Customers looking to build applications that modify or create reports

designed using the SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise Designer will have to wait for a subsequent release


Questions


• 3.1_CRE_create_csl_rpt_lab.pdf• 3.2_UsingCommonConnect_Lab.pdf• 3.3_Member_Select_Lab.pdf• 3.4_DesignWorkflow_Lab.pdf• 3.5_UsingSmartGuide_Lab.pdf• 3.6_CRE_Hierarchy_lab.pdf

Labs


CR positioning & upgrade considerations: http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/From+Crystal+Reports+2008+to+SAP+Crystal+Reports+2011+or+SAP+Crystal+Reports+for+Enterprise

CR4ENT High-Level Architecture:https://portal.wdf.sap.corp/irj/go/km/docs/guid/d19638fb-61e4-2d10-8eae-a24f3c58466c

Further Reading:

http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/From+Crystal+Reports+2008+to+SAP+Crystal+Reports+2011+or+SAP+Crystal+Reports+for+Enterprise

https://portal.wdf.sap.corp/irj/go/km/docs/guid/d19638fb-61e4-2d10-8eae-a24f3c58466c


Thank you!


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