Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions
Duration 2 Days
AudienceThe target audience for this course is report designers who are responsible for creating and distributing reports and have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design.
Prerequisites You should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design. If you have taken a previous version of Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design, then you should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Quickstart.
SynopsisCrystal Reports 2008 is a powerful, dynamic, actionable reporting solution that helps you design, explore, visualize, and deliver reports via the web or embedded in enterprise applications. This two-day instructor-led course is designed to give you comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge to plan and create reports that will help you analyze and interpret information.

As a business benefit, you will be able to increase your understanding of formulas, variables, arrays, templates, parameters, summaries, and sections. This course will also help you make more effective report design decisions and create more efficient reports.
Objectives
TopicsLesson #1 - Using the Repository
  • Use the repository
  • Create a report from a repository data source

    Lesson #2 - Creating Formulas
  • Use functions and operators
  • Define control structures available in Crystal Reports Syntax

    Lesson #3 - Managing Reports
  • Use the Workbench
  • Publish reports to BusinessObjects Enterprise

    Lesson #4 - Using Variables and Arrays
  • Use variables
  • Use arrays

    Lesson #5 - Using Report Templates
  • Apply report templates
  • Build a template without a data source
  • Remove a template

    Lesson #6 - Building Parameterized Reports
  • Define and create parameters
  • Build a report with multiple parameters
  • Use edit masks and descriptions
  • Create a date range parameter
  • Group using parameters

    Lesson #7 - Summarizing Data with Crosstabs
  • Build a basic crosstab
  • Format a crosstab

    Lesson #8 - Using Report Sections
  • Use sections
  • Use group related functions to format sections
  • Use section underlay
  • Use multiple-column reporting

    Lesson #9 - Building Specialized Reports
  • Use the Running Total Expert
  • Create a form letter
  • Add a hyperlink to a report
  • Use Dynamic Graphic Locations
  • Build a report with alerts
  • Build a top N report
  • Integrate an Xcelsius Flash SWF into a Crystal report Americas
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