RD110eR2 - Crystal Reports: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design

Goals

• This 12-hour eLearning 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 find that this course is an in-depth approach to the entire report creation cycle from planning a report prototype to distributing a report.

Audience

• The target audience for this course is report designers, new to Crystal Reports®, who are responsible for creating and distributing reports.

Prerequisites

• * Prerequisite Education
• Not applicable for this offering. * Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience (To be successful, you must have working knowledge of:)
• Windows conventions
• Basic database concepts

Content

• Planning a Report
• • Defining database concepts
  • Planning and developing a report prototype
• Creating a Report
• • Connecting to a data source
  • Adding tables
  • The design environment
  • Inserting objects on a report
  • Previewing and saving a report
  • Positioning and sizing objects
  • Formatting objects
• Selecting Records
• • Defining the Select Expert
  • Determining the record selection criteria
  • Defining saved and refreshed data
  • Applying record selection
  • Applying additional record selection criteria
  • Modifying record selection
  • Applying time-based record selection
• Organizing Data on a Report
• • Sorting records
  • Grouping records
  • Summarizing data
• Formatting a Report
• • Adding graphical elements
  • Combining text objects with database fields
  • Applying specialized formatting
  • Inserting fields with pre-built functions
• Applying Section Formatting
• • Formatting sections
  • Creating a summary report
• Creating Basic Formulas
• • Defining formulas
  • Creating formulas
  • Applying Boolean formulas
  • Applying If-Then-Else formulas
  • Applying date calculations
  • Applying number calculations
  • Applying string manipulation
• Applying Conditional Reporting
• • Determining trends in data
  • Formatting data conditionally
• Representing Data Visually
• • Creating a chart
• Distributing a Report
• • Exporting a report
  • Saving a report to BusinessObjects™ Enterprise

Notes

• Course length: 12 hours
• Additional Education (Additional education offerings that we recommend include:)
• • Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions
  • Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies
  • Crystal Reports XI R1/R2: Report Design IV - Optimizing Report Data
• Applicable Certification
• • This is a core course in the Business Objects Certified Professional: Crystal Reports XI certification.

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