With the integration of SAP Crystal Reports and SAP BW, you can create formatted reports (Crystal Reports) and make them available to your users.
The graphic below provides an overview of the processes for creating and publishing Crystal Reports:
You can choose existing queries or callBEx Query Designer and create a new one there.
When designing a query that the report is based on, you should ensure that it does not contain more characteristics and key figures than are required in the Crystal Report. If the query that the Crystal Report is based on has more characteristics or key figures, performance problems can arise because the OLAP processor calculates the whole query.
You can find more information in the documentation for Crystal Reports Designer and in BusinessObjects XI Integration for SAP Solutions - User Guide, which you can find on the SAP Help Portal, under help.sap.com → SAP BusinessObjects → All Products.
The Crystal Reports are saved in the BW system and managed in Data Warehousing Workbench. Crystal Reports can be transported with the BW transport system.
If you want to use Crystal Reports from Business Content, you need to activate them, assign them to a BW role and publish them on the BusinessObjects Business Intelligence server component. This also enables these reports to be accessed by users.
You have created a Crystal Report and can make it available to your users using the Web browser or the portal.
You can precalculate data for Crystal Reports with BEx Broadcaster. More information:Filling the MDX Cache