SAP Crystal Server 2013 Priority One support will be ending on 31 Dec 2020 so now it’s a good time to start planning your migrations to either SAP Crystal Server 2016 or to the next versions of SAP Crystal Reports and SAP Crystal Server that will be released in Q2 2020. SAP Crystal Reports 2020 will have additional features added and SAP Crystal Server 2020 will be based on the latest Business Objects Enterprise version BI4.3 that is due to be generally available (GA) in Q2 2020.
SAP Crystal Server
Along with the release of SAP Crystal Server 2016, a new license was introduced. The new license, named SAP Crystal Server, is available with both named user and concurrent session options. The new SAP Crystal Server license gives customers access to SAP Crystal Server 2016 or SAP Crystal Server 2020 with an active maintenance contract, access to subsequent service packs and versions.
This new license also now includes access to Crystal Reports with each named user license and unlimited publishing with Concurrent Sessions, both of which were previously chargeable add-ons.
Additional details for the new license are listed in this table:
|
Crystal Server 2016 / Crystal Server 2020 |
Crystal Server 2013 |
Feature |
Concurrent Session |
Named
User |
Concurrent Access (CAL) |
Named User
(NUL) |
License Sizes |
5 |
1 |
5, 10, 20 |
5 |
Maximum Size |
50 |
100 |
250 |
100 |
Client Tools Included |
None |
Crystal Reports
|
None |
None |
SAP Crystal Reports viewing |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Included |
SAP Lumira Integration |
Included |
Included |
Not available |
Included, starting with SAP Crystal Server 2011 SP4+ |
Delivery of Content to Mobile Devices |
Included |
Included |
Not available |
Included |
Data Driven Publishing (see Publishing section below) |
Unlimited publishing included |
Available with concurrent session prerequisite |
5 CAL - 100 recipients |
Available as an add-on (CAL pre-requisite) |
10 CAL - 250 recipients |
20 CAL - 1,000 recipients |
250 CAL - Unlimited recipients |
SAP Crystal Reports Viewing |
Included in both CAL and NUL |
Included in both CAL and NUL |
Sharepoint Portal Integration Kit |
.NET and Java APIs |
Live Office |
All Other Features |
To get access to the new features in SAP Crystal Server 2016 or higher customers will need to purchase the new SAP Crystal Server license through either SAP partners or the SAP Store.
Customer who have a current maintenance contract for CS2013 can upgrade their software version to CS2016 and they will continue to have access to technical support for the timelines of CS2016. However, the new features delivered in CS2016 will not be unlocked as new licenses will need to be purchased to access those new features. The same applies if a customer does a technical upgrade to CS2020 when it is GA later in Q2.
If customers need more than 100 Named User and/or 50 Concurrent Sessions, they should consider SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI software which is the business intelligence (BI) choice for small and mid-sized companies. SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI has increased capabilities over SAP Crystal Server and can address any BI requirement in a package that's easy-to-use, easy-to-maintain and cost-effective including:
- Pixel-perfect enterprise reporting
- Flexible ad hoc query reporting and analysis
- Dashboards and visualization
- Information search and exploration
- Integration with Microsoft Office applications
- Mobile access to rich reports and analytics
Useful links:
SAP Crystal Licensing Overview
https://www.sap.com/documents
SAP Store
https://www.sapstore.com/Product-Categories/Analytics/c/sb_analytics
SAP Crystal Server
https://www.crystalreports.com/server/
Crystal FAQ
https://www.crystalreports.com/faq/
SAP Analytics Business Intelligence, Statement of Direction
SAP-Analytics-Business-Intelligence-Statement-of-Direction
SAP Crystal Products - End of Mainstream Maintenance Dates
https://wiki.scn.sap.com
SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI
https://www.sap.com/cmp/td/sap-bi-edge-edition.html
Iver van de Zand
SAP Vice President Solution Management - Augmented BI
