Business Objects Crystal Decisions

Business Objects Crystal Decisions® is the business intelligence choice of small to mid-size companies that want to optimise business performance, discover new opportunities and get an edge on their competition. It addresses all business intelligence requirements from flexible ad-hoc reporting and dashboards, to powerful data integration, to insightful performance management.

Flexible, fast to deploy and affordable, Business Objects Crystal Decisions makes it easy for growing companies to get immediate insight into their business data for quick, well-informed decisions.

It includes all the essentials you need to get up and running quickly and many benefits which include:.

• Flexible BI tailored to your business
• Secure, easy-to-understand data for rapid decisions
• Rapid deployment options for faster time-to-value.

Different Editions

Crystal Editions is built on the BusinessObjects XI Enterprise BI Platform and is available in three editions, each with cascading levels of functionality.

Business Objects Crystal Decisions Standard Edition

The standard edition provides an integrated suite of query, reporting, analysis, visualisation and dashboard tools, integration with Microsoft Office and SharePoint environments and scheduling and auditing capabilities for management.

• Ad Hoc Reporting – Access live company data instantly in familiar tools like Microsoft Office and SharePoint, presented in business-friendly terms with flexibility in how they get it.
  
• Analysis – provide focused insight which enables users to understand and analysis key information in relation to a specific business issue.
• Dashboards – provide relevant metrics, alerts and monitoring tools to everyone in your company who needs to understand business activities.
• Office Integration – you will be able to explore, extract, transform and deliver data anywhere so that end users have information that is accurate, timely and trustworthy.
• Security – you can secure data at user, group, object or even row level allowing users to only view and access the data they have rights to. While also leveraging common security protocols like LDAP, Windows NT, Active Directory and Kerberos. Your information is always protected.
• And more!
  

Business Objects Crystal Decisions Professional Edition

Includes all of the core features included in the standard edition plus powerful data integration.

Combine the flexibility of ad hoc reporting and analysis with the power of data integration and you can deliver trusted BI to all your employees - in the tools they use every day - so they can make confident decisions based on trustworthy information.

Business Objects Crystal Decisions Premium Edition

Includes all the features included in the Standard and Professional editions plus scorecards, metrics and alerting.

Transform the way your company uses information to improve business performance. Premium Edition is designed to address the complete BI needs of small to mid-size companies - in a single, affordable solution. It adds insightful performance management to the reporting, analysis and data integration features of the Professional edition to ensure trusted, strategic decision-making at all levels of your company.

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