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Use

The integration of SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports and SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius in SAP Business Suite provides you with analysis functions that are integrated in the user interface and processes: Embedded Analytics.

Implementation Considerations

Configuration

For more information about the configuration, see SAP Solution Manager under Start of the navigation path Solutions/Applications Next navigation step Basic Configuration Next navigation step Configuration Structures End of the navigation path.

Installation

For more information about the installation, see SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/bosap-instguidesInformation published on SAP site or SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com under Start of the navigation path SAP BusinessObjects Next navigation step All Products End of the navigation path.

Conditions of License

Take note of the license conditions for using SAP BusinessObjects.

Integration

Embedded Analytics comprises an attractive display of data using products from SAP BusinessObjects such as Crystal Reports or Xcelsius.

Embedded Analytics contain the following integrations:

  • Crystal Reports as an alternative for displaying simple lists in SAP GUI ALV Grid, Web Dynpro ABAP ALV, and POWER lists

  • Crystal Reports for the formatted display of data from queries

  • Xcelsius for the graphical or interactive display of data from queries in dashboards

Features

Predefined reports and dashboards provide a detailed, graphical, or interactive display of (transaction) data from SAP Business Suite or from SAP NetWeaver BW.

Users can call these functions in SAP NetWeaver Business Client, in SAP NetWeaver Portal, or on the user interfaces of SAP CRM.

List Display with Crystal Reports

The integration of Crystal Reports provides an alternative for displaying simple lists in SAP List Viewer for SAP GUI, Web Dynpro ABAP ALV, and POWER lists.

See List Display with Crystal Reports

Queries and Crystal Reports

The integration of Crystal Reports supports a formatted display of data from queries.

See Displaying Data from Queries Using Crystal Reports

Queries and Xcelsius Dashboards

The integration of Xcelsius supports the graphical or interactive display of data from queries in dashboards.

See Displaying Data from Queries in Xcelsius Dashboards

Restrictions

You can evaluate and display data from SAP systems only.

More Information

For more information about delivered Xcelsius Dashboards and Crystal Reports, see SAP Help Portal under http://help.sap.comStart of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step BI Content Next navigation step BI Content 705 Next navigation step Extension BI Content 705 End of the navigation path.