Crystal Reports XI R1/R2: Report Design II Business Reporting Solutions
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| Audience | The target audience for this course is report designers who are responsible for creating and distributing reports and have completed RD110R2.
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| Prerequisites | Learners who attend this course should have completed RD110R2.
To be successful, learners who attend this course must have working knowledge of:
• Windows conventions
• Basic database concepts
• Experience using a web browser |
| Synopsis | This course is designed to give learners comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge to plan and create reports that will help them analyze and interpret information.
As a business benefit, learners will find that their increased understanding of formulas, variables, arrays, templates, parameters, summaries, and sections will help them make more effective report design decisions and create more efficient reports.
BusinessObjects XI R1 and BusinessObjects XI R2
This offering is applicable for both BusinessObjects XI Release 1 and XI Release 2 audiences.
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| Topics | Report Creation Review
• Using your Crystal Reports knowledge
Using the Repository
• Using the repository
• Creating a report from a repository data source
Creating Formulas
• Using functions and operators
• Defining control structures available
in Crystal Reports syntax
Managing Reports
• Using the Workbench
• Publishing reports to BusinessObjects Enterprise
Using Variables and Arrays
• Using variables
• Using arrays
Building Parameterized Reports
• Defining and creating parameters
• Building a report with multiple parameters
• Using edit masks and descriptions
• Creating a date range parameter
• Grouping using parameters
Using Report Templates
• Applying report templates
• Building a template without a data source
• Removing a template
Summarizing Data with
Cross-Tabs
• Building a basic cross-tab
• Formatting a cross-tab
Using Report Sections
• Using sections
• Using group related functions to
format sections
• Using section underlay
• Using multiple column reporting
Building Specialized Reports
• Using the Running Total Expert
• Creating a form letter
• Adding a hyperlink to a report
• Using Dynamic Graphic Locations
• Building a report with alerts
• Building a top N report
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