FAQ: B1P&D comparison with SAP Business One 10 – Boyum Help Center

B1 Productivity Package has many modules and features. Among them is our B1 Print & Delivery module.

B1 Print & Delivery is an advanced Crystal Report integration, enabling users to email all their communication with customers and vendors from SAP Business One, in any language, saving them tons of time and briefcases of money. By activating one Crystal Report, users can manage all Marketing Documents making B1 Print & Delivery the ideal tool to customize the customer’s system in a quick, easy, and profitable way.

Among the many features are the following:

Take over the entire document handling process for sales and purchase documents. You have the option to control each of the delivery methods (Print, show, Email, PDF and add document).
Minimize your workload by automatically grouping, scheduling, and sending out mass e-mails every minute, hour, day, or month.
Work with multiple layouts of different business partners or on the fly choose a different layout.
Every single action you can do can be customized in detail with the powerful report action configuration which can be email being sent out, saving the document, SQL query, activity, internal message, conditional action, and more

SAP Business One 9.2 version included enhancements in sending e-mail options which are also included in the B1 Print & Delivery. However, those additional features are very minimal and basic in capabilities compared to what the Print & Delivery module can offer.

Here is a comparison chart that details the differences between functionalities available in SAP Business One 10 vs. B1 Print & Delivery:

Comparison of B1UP features to SAP 10
#	Functionalities in B1 P&D	B1 P&D	SAP Business One 9.1
1	Automatically create and send PDFs by mail when adding a document	Yes	Yes
2	Define a company default	Yes	Yes
3	Define e-mail groups to business partners to be used as distribution lists	Yes	Yes
4	E-Mail Documents in a Bundle	Yes	Yes
5	You can define default text for the mail subject and body	Yes	Yes
6	Save reports automatically in the desired format	Yes	No
7	Add additional attachments to e-mails	Yes	No
8	Select recipients from over 10 different places or by e-mail category	Yes	No
9	Send e-mail from outlook directly or save it as a draft	Yes	No
10	Send e-mail using Exchange account directly or save it as a draft	Yes	No
11	Group e-mails based on document or business partner level	Yes	No
12	Create activity in SAP Business One automatically when mail is sent	Yes	No
13	Create internal messages with attached documents	Yes	No
14	Create conditional actions based on SQL values	Yes	No
15	Use multiple actions type for example to send out e-mail, save it in an archive, execute a SQL clause all at the same time	Yes	No
16	Assign separate crystal templates for print, e-mail, PDF, and word-buttons	Yes	No
17	Create advanced report selection criteria based on Business partner group, UDF field value, etc..	Yes	No
18	Run reports in schedule with multiple options	Yes	No
19	Run mass delivery e-mails based on SQL and other advanced conditions	Yes	No
20	See a detailed delivery log to get an overview of reporting actions	Yes	No
21	Print and email from any database data based window in B1 (including add-ons)	Yes	No
22	Print and email internal reports that are not based on a specific window	Yes	No
23	Use dynamic syntax and SQL in emails to form its body format and text	Yes	No
24	Send HTML based mails	Yes	No
25	Allow external edit of crystal reports and share of the same layout across multiple databases	Yes	No
26	Allow additional custom parameters in Crystal reports files	Yes	No
27	Access alternative layouts via right-click	Yes	No
28	Allow custom triggers of print/email (via B1UPs macro system)	Yes	No
29	Batch email BP statements (Account Balance)	Yes	No
30	Choose print on the fly in batch printing	Yes	No
31	Allow dynamic number of copies selection with dynamic syntax and SQL	Yes	No
32	Allow print previews on secondary monitor (external window)	Yes	No
33	Allow emailing directly from preview screen	Yes	No
34	Email subject, body, and attachment name can be translated (SAP translate screens)	Yes	No
35	Allow full control over default to, cc and bcc	Yes	No

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