SAP Crystal Dashboard Design 2011 Personal Edition is point-and-click, Flash-based data visualization software. It creates interactive dashboards and graphical data presentations from Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and other external data sources. It is the successor to SAP's Xcelsius Engage data visualization software.

This donation provides one user license and an unlimited viewing license for live data sources.

Benefits for Organizations

If you have experience with spreadsheets or database software, you can use SAP Crystal Dashboard Design to:

• Create dynamic and interactive presentations using your organization's data
• Monitor and predict key performance indicators at your organization with visuals based on live data

Major Capabilities

• Data visualization: Visualize trends and get insight into the impact of business changes
• Single dashboard: Consolidate reports and information from multiple sources into one view
• Hypothetical models: Examine changes with "what if" analyses
• Export data: Share dashboard views online through Microsoft Office documents, Adobe PDF documents, or any Flash-enabled device

Choose Carefully

The administrative fee for this product is not refundable, and the product cannot be exchanged.

Obtaining This Product

When your donation request has been approved, TechSoup will send a message to your organization email address with instructions for obtaining and activating this product.

• Hardware:
• 1.8-GHz (or higher) processor
• 2 GB or more RAM
• 900 MB available hard-disk space
• Software:
• Windows XP with SP2; Windows Server 2003 with SP1; Windows Vista; Windows 7
• For integration with SAP Crystal Reports via Live Office or SAP Crystal Reports Server Web Service Design Tool – SAP Crystal Reports Server 2008
• For integration with Microsoft Excel – Excel XP/2003/2007/2010 (32-bit only)
• Data sources (any of the following):
• SOAP-based web services
• Excel 2003/2007/2010 (32-bit)
• SAP Crystal Reports via Live Office
• XML
• SQL Server Reporting Services 2005
• LiveCycle Data Services
• Flash Variables
• Any ODBC data source via SAP Crystal Reports Server Web Service Design Tool

• Eligible organizations may request four SAP Business Objects software products per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30).
• This donation is available to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and to public libraries. Public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database.
• Donated products will be distributed to qualifying organizations only, not to individuals.
• SAP Business Objects products are not available for distribution to certain education-related institutions including faculty groups, associations for alumni, and parent-teacher groups, organizations that support political parties or candidates, religious organizations (except for those with a secular community designation), professional associations, labor/fraternal associations, professional sports groups (except certain clubs, community centers, and recreational facilities), hospitals or hospital support, nursing homes, health care provider associations or registries (except certain health plans), health insurance, scientific research (except for research of diseases or other medical research), or conferences.
• Donation recipients must be willing and able to provide information to SAP for the purposes of creating a case study or testimonial on this product.
• Organizations must abide by the terms and conditions outlined in the SAP Software License and Related Services Agreement.
• Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
• SAP Business Objects products may not be transferred or resold.