Crystal Reports XI R1/R2: Report Design III Report Processing Strategies
Duration 1 Day
AudienceThis course is designed for report designers, who have taken CR: Report Design I – Fundamentals of Report Design and CR: Report Design II – Business Reporting Solutions and who are responsible for creating and distributing reports.
PrerequisitesTo be successful, learners who attend this course should have attended the following offerings:

  • Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design RD110R2 (Instructor-led) or RD110eR2 (eLearning)

  • Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions RD210R2 (Instructor-led) or RD210eR2 (eLearning)


In this course you will be working intensively with Crystal Reports. To successfully understand the content and complete the activities, you must already have:
  • Knowledge of Windows conventions
  • Basic computer skills
  • Experience using a web browser
  • Basic database concepts
  • Knowledge of concepts taught in the Associate level course
SynopsisThis course is designed to give learners comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge required to plan and create reports that will help them analyze and interpret important information.

As a business benefit, learners will find that their increased understanding of report processing, formulas, custom functions and subreports will help them make more effective report design decisions and create more efficient reports. BusinessObjects XI R1 and BusinessOjects XI R2 This offering is applicable for both BusinessObjects XI Release 1 and XI Release 2 audiences.
Objectives
Topics Describing Report Processing
• Describing multipass reporting
• Using evaluation time functions
• Using a dynamic array

Using Subreports
• Defining subreports
• Creating an unlinked subreport, a linked subreport, and an on-demand subreport
• Using shared variables in a subreport
• Using subreports to link “unlinkable” data

Creating complex formulas
• Creating complex formulas
• Using loop control structures
• Using arrays functions and loops
• Using nested functions

Using Custom Functions
• Creating custom functions
• Using custom functions
• Modifying custom functions