Crystal Reports 11 Advanced Training- Course Outline

COURSE INFORMATION

Duration: Two Days
Price: $1050
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TARGET AUDIENCE & PURPOSE

Crystal Reports Advanced is for people with basic Crystal Reports report design skills wishing to expend their knowledge and skills.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course participants should be able to:

  • Using the repository
  • Manage reports
  • Create complex formulas
  • Using variables and arrays
  • Build parameterized and specialised reports
  • Use report sections
  • Describe report processing
  • Use Subreports

PREREQUISITES

Participants should already:

  • Knowledge of Windows conventions
  • Basic database concepts
  • Knowledge of Crystal Reports Introduction topics

COURSE CONTENT

1. Advanced Reporting Features

1.1. Parameters

  • Defining and creating parameters
  • Building a report with multiple parameters
  • Creating parameters using date, number and string fields
  • Creating report titles using parameters
  • Grouping using parameters
  • Sorting using parameters

1.2. Subreports

  • Defining subreports
  • Creating an unlinked subreport
  • Creating a linked subreport
  • Creating an on-demand subreport

2. Advanced formulas and functions

  • Creating complex formulas
  • Using loop control structures
  • Using variables in formulas
  • Using arrays functions
  • Creating formulas using nested functions
  • Creating running totals
  • Using shared variables between subreport and main report

3. Describing Report Processing

  • Understanding multipass reporting
  • Using evaluation time functions in formulas
  • Using dynamic array
 

4. Specialised Formatting

  • Using the section expert for advanced conditional formatting
  • Creating form letters
  • Adding a hyperlink to a report
  • Using Dynamic Graphic Locations
  • Creating report alerts
  • Using the Group sort expert to create a top N report

5. Charts and maps

  • Creating and formatting charts
  • Creating maps

6. Data management features

  • The Business Objects Enterprise Repository
  • The Workbench

 

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