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Expand All Collapse All Overview         Complete report design and management solutions for small businesses and functional departments Stunning visualization of your business data – giving any user the ability to make the right decisions Comprehensive business intelligence and performance management software – specifically for midsize companies Best Fit       Best fit for companies that… Need powerful reporting with access to any data source; require functionality for viewing, managing, sharing, and distributing. reports and dashboards Need powerful data visualizations, interactive business dashboards, and the ability to perform "what if" scenario analysis for more informed decision making Need comprehensive capabilities for enterprise reporting, ad hoc query and analysis, dashboards and visualization, data management, planning and budgeting, or strategy management Solution Highlights       Partner support Thousands of partners across every industry and in 80 countries Language support Available in 16 languages Available in 12 languages Available in 12 languages Company size/number of employees 10 - 500 10 - 500 100 - 2,500 IMPLEMENTATION TIME       Typical 1 - 8 days 1 - 8 days 4 - 8 weeks IT Approach       IT staff/capabilities n/a n/a Have at least minimal IT resources On-premise Hosting On-demand     Desktop deployment   Crystal Reports Solutions Crystal Reports Server Xcelisus SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI SAP BusinessObjects Edge Planning and Consolidation SAP BusinessObjects Edge Strategy Management Report creation, user defined Create, manage, and deliver high-quality reports that can be "user" designed and deployed         Data visualization and dashboard creation Consolidate company data into a single dashboard to manage performance       Reports and dashboards on a single server Open, view, and interact with reports and dashboards and share them securely over the Web, in Microsoft Office documents, via e-mail, and on corporate portals; use automatic report scheduling and delivery         Report personalization Personalize report content and deliver reports to thousands of internal and external recipients – in a single session         Ad hoc reporting, query, and analysis Create reports and dashboards "on the fly" and drill down on any data to understand "root causes" for course correction; supports multiple data sources           Data integration Graphically extract, transform, and load (ETL) data and identify the impact of changes in source systems on reports and dashboards (impact analysis for IT; data lineage for business user)       *     Pre-configured data mart options Faster implementation with prepackaged data mart solutions – sample reports, prebuilt data flows, and business logic       *     Data quality Centralize the discovery, correction, and prevention of data issues across the organization.       **     Packaged planning and budgeting Support complete top-down and bottom-up approaches.           Forecasting and modeling Create rolling forecasts and incorporate real-time actuals with historical data.           Financial consolidation Support fast close and improved compliance.           Statutory reporting support Produce and manage reporting for internal and external needs.           Scorecards Support effective communication enabled by strong visualization.         Objectives and initiatives tracking Prioritize resources through insight into dependencies between goals and initiatives and shifts in strategies and associated risk.           * Available in SAP BusinessObjedct Edge BI, version with data integration ** Available in SAP BusinessObjedct Edge BI, version with data management