Crystal Reports XI: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions

This eLearning 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.

Who should attend?

The target audience for this course is report designers who are responsible for creating and distributing reports and have completed RD110.

What will I learn?

After completing the course, learners will be able to:

Use the Repository
Create formulas
Manage reports
Use variables and arrays
Create templates
Build parameterized reports
Summarize data with Cross-Tabs
Use report sections
Build specialized reports

Course Topics

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

Prerequisites

To be successful, learners who attend this course must have working knowledge of:

Windows conventions
Basic database concepts

Certification applicability

This course is a core course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP) certification.

Delivery and duration

The suggested time to complete this e-learning offering is 16 hours.

Price

Public Per Delegate € 450,00.

To register for training

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