XL reporter successor to SAP Business One

Some SAP Business One users have been missing a tool that comes with previous ones SAP Business One versions was delivered: the XL reporter. With this one could on the data basis of SAP Business One, Excel reports create and manage and distribute within SAP B1.

This tool was a blessing, especially for those who struggle with SQL queries. Veteran SAP Business One consultants often shed tears for the reporting tool kit, not least because many good report templates have disappeared since the ?disappeared? of the XL reporter gathering dust in the drawer.

Perhaps one reason why SAP stopped supporting the XL Reporter was that it was not an in-house development. The technical capacities of SAPHANA a completely different caliber. Pity ? despite it.

However, the (former) creators of the XL reporter themselves provided a replacement. The successor product is called BI360 and is a comprehensive reporting solution for a company. The name already indicates that you can use the XL Reporter from the reporting tool to the Business Intelligence Suite has expanded.

In addition to the topics already addressed by the XL reporter, such as finance, sales ? and performance reports, however, the BI360 ? Reporters now also topics like budgeting, consolidation and forecasting picked up. Web reports and dashboards can also be generated, which is also new. Additional data sources with SAP Business One data can also be displayed.

Of course he's focused Manufacturer Solver not only on the SAP Business One market, but sees itself much more as an open reporting tool.

There are now also a number of competitors on the market who help to prepare and display the data from SAP B1. But maybe it's still worth taking a closer look at the successor to the XL Reporter, especially for Business One users who are "close to Excel".