SAP Crystal Dashboard Design

Ray Kemp

SAP Crystal Reports & Dashboard Design MasterclassSeptember 22nd 2010, SAP Maidenhead

Topics for this mornings session

• Building a Dashboard from scratch• Linking a Dashboard to Live Data

SAP Crystal Dashboard Design

Building a Dashboard from scratch

Lets look at a “mock up” of what we want to achieve

SAP Crystal Dashboard Design

SAP Crystal Dashboard Design

SAP Crystal Dashboard Design

SAP Crystal Dashboard Design

SAP Crystal Dashboard Design

Where does the data come from?

SAP Crystal Dashboard Design

Excel (embedded)

XML Data Source

Web Service

Live Office

Universe

Linking a Dashboard to Live Data

• Data comes in via Excel as “middleware”• Excel is not required for the final dashboard to

run

• XML data via Excel• A web service via Excel• Live Office via Excel and from CR Server• Future ... Direct from a Universe

SAP Crystal Dashboard Design

THANK YOU