Crystal Reports Server
Licensing Terms
License Types
- Concurrent access license ( CAL ): Provides access to the system for any individual, up to the CAL limit; Once all the CALs on a system are consumed, additional logons are prevented until another CAL is freed up.
- Named user license (NUL): Provides guaranteed access to the system for named individuals
- CALs are intended for casual reporting users.
- NULs are intended for users that require guaranteed access to reports, Xcelsius dashboards, and Dashboard Builder functionality.
Supported Desktop Software
Data-Driven Publishing
The number of publishing recipients varies according to the number of concurrent access licenses ( CAL ) licenses.
5 CAL |
100 recipients |
10 CAL |
250 recipients |
20 CAL |
1000 recipients |
Maintenance and Support
- Maintenance is purchased separately.
- Customers with active maintenance receive both support and upgrade assurance to new major and minor versions of the software.
Restrictions:
- A single deployment may not exceed 100 CAL and 100 NUL.
- For each deployment, Crystal Reports Server 2008 may be installed and used only on a single server.
- Clustering, load balancing, and failover are not supported.
- Xcelsius viewing and Dashboard Builder functionality are only available with NULs.
- Data-driven publishing is only available with CALs.
- SAP BusinessSuite and SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse connectivity are not supported.
- SAP BusinessOne connectivity is supported.
For Developers:
- Developers who use this technology to build applications that will be redistributed, sold, or deployed to a third party, need to purchase a copy of Crystal Reports Server 2008 for each installation.
- An OEM license is required when granting access to commercial applications that use Crystal Reports Server to third parties.
- Contact oemsales@sap.com for more information on how to embed Crystal Reports Server into on-premise or hosted applications.