Ascension Health System · Healthcare · Nashville, TN · 20 weeks
140 Crystal Reports migrated to Power BI in 20 weeks
Ascension spent $1.1M a year on Crystal Reports licenses for 140 operational reports used daily by clinical and finance teams. We migrated all 140 reports to Power BI Premium, cutting average report run time from 4 hours to 8 minutes and eliminating the annual licensing spend.
Challenge
Ascension Health System relied on 140 operational reports built on SAP Crystal Reports, costing $1.1M per year in licenses. Complex reports took up to 4 hours to generate. The vendor announced the version they used was reaching end-of-life, forcing Ascension to choose between migrating to a modern BI platform or replacing the system entirely.
Outcome
We migrated all 140 reports in 20 weeks, 10 weeks ahead of the original plan. Eliminating Crystal Reports cut licensing costs from $1.1M annually to zero. Report generation times fell from 4 hours to 8 minutes, and the migration finished on schedule without disrupting daily operations.
Results
- $1.1M Annual licensing saved
- 4 hrs to 8 min Report generation time
- 140 Reports migrated
- 20 wks Delivered ahead of schedule
We expected this migration to take 30 weeks. Thinklytics delivered it in 20, eliminated our Crystal Reports licensing entirely, and our reports now run in minutes instead of hours. The team is finally getting full value from the dashboards.