RD21008e - Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions

Goals

• This 8- to 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 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.

Audience

• The 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

• * Prerequisite Education
• 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. * Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience (To be successful, you must have working knowledge of:)
• Windows conventions
• Basic database concepts
• Experience using a web browser

Content

• 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 Crosstab
• • Building a basic crosstab
  • Formatting a crosstab
• 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
  • Integrate an Xcelsius Flash SWF into a Crystal report

Notes

• Additional Education (To increase your skill level and knowledge of Crystal Reports, the following courses are recommended:)
• • Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies
  • Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design IV - Optimizing Report Data
• Level, Delivery, and Duration
• • This core eLearning offering is an 8- to 12-hour course.
• Applicable Certification
• • This is a recommended course in the Business Objects Certified Professional: Crystal Reports 2008 certification.
• Additional Information
• • Visit: http://www.businessobjects.com/services/training/. Americas

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