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Saravana RavikumarSaravana Ravikumar 

As a salesforce administrator or developer, is it worth learning one of these reporting tools like crystal reports , SSRS or power BI ?

SwethaSwetha (Salesforce Developers) 
HI Ravi,
As a Salesforce administrator or developer, learning a reporting tool like Crystal Reports, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), or Power BI can offer several benefits, depending on your specific needs and the nature of your role. 

As a Salesforce administrator or developer, it is worth considering learning one of the reporting tools available for Salesforce. Here are some insights from the search results:

> Salesforce offers four types of standard reports: Tabular, Summary, Matrix, and Joined. These report types provide options to organize and present data in different ways.

> There are many third-party reporting tools available for Salesforce, such as Weflow, Tableau, Klipfolio, InsightSquared, Domo, Sisense, Zoho Analytics, and more. These tools offer additional features and functionality beyond what is available with standard Salesforce reports.

>Reporting tools can help administrators and developers to extract and analyze customer data, sales rep performance, summary reports, and more with ease. They can also provide more advanced data visualization options, such as charts, graphs, and dashboards, to help users better understand and interpret the data.

>Salesforce reporting tools offer complete and effective reporting solutions out of the box, while also giving users the opportunity to customize their CRM reporting to meet their specific needs

See related:
https://nektar.ai/blog/7-salesforce-reporting-tools-to-consider-in-2023/
https://coefficient.io/salesforce-reporting-tools-2023
https://www.klipfolio.com/blog/top-salesforce-reporting-tools

If this information helps, please mark the answer as best. Thank you