Crystal Reports 2008 /XI Report Design II - Business Reporting - Training from CSI

Duration
2 days

Delivery Type
Instructor Led

Audience:
The target audience for this course is report designers, who are responsible for creating and distributing reports and have complete Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design Fundamentals

Prerequisites:
None

Course Outline

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 analyse 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.

Using the Repository

• Use the repository
• Create a report from a repository data source

Creating Formulas

• Use functions and operators
• Define control structures available in Crystal Reports Syntax

Managing Reports

• Use the Workbench
• Publish reports to BusinessObjects Enterprise

Using Variables and Arrays

• Use variables
• Use arrays

Using Report Templates

• Apply report templates
• Build a template without a data source
• Remove a template

Building Parameterised Reports

• Define and create parameters
• Build a report with multiple parameters
• Use edit masks and descriptions
• Create a date range parameter
• Group using parameters

Summarising Data with Crosstabs

• Build a basic crosstab
• Format a crosstab

Using Report Sections

• Use sections
• Use group related functions to format sections
• Use section underlay
• Use multiple-column reporting

Building Specialised 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