Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design (BOC310)
Who Needs to Attend
Report designers who are new to Crystal Reports and who are responsible for creating and distributing reports
Prerequisites
Working knowledge of:
- Windows conventions
- Basic database concepts
Follow-On Courses
- Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions (BOC320)
- Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies (BOC330)
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 analyze and interpret information. You will learn to use Crystal Reports 2008, a powerful, dynamic, actionable reporting solution, to design, explore, visualize, and deliver reports via the web or embedded in enterprise applications.
This course provides an in-depth approach to the entire report creation cycle from planning a report prototype to distributing a report.
Certification:
Certification towards Business Objects Certified Professional Crystal Reports (BOCP-CR)
What You'll Learn
- Plan and create reports to help analyze and interpret important information
- Increase understanding of report processing, formulas, custom functions and subreports to make more effective report design decisions and create more efficient reports.
Course Outline
1. Planning a Report
- Database concepts
- Plan and develop a report prototype
2. Creating a Report
- Create a report
- Add tables
- Examine the design environment
- Insert objects on a report
- Preview a report
- Save a report
- Position and size objects
- Format objects
3. Selecting Records
- Define the Select Expert
- Determine the criteria for record selection
- Understanding saved and refreshed data
- Apply record selection
- Apply additional record selection criteria
- Modify record selection
- Apply time-based record selection
4. Organizing Data on a Report
- Sort records
- Group records
- Summarize data
5. Formatting a Report
- Add graphical elements
- Combine text objects with database fields
- Apply specialized formatting
- Insert fields with pre-built functions
6. Applying Section Formatting
- Format sections
- Create a summary report
7. Creating Basic Formulas
- Define a formula and its purpose
- Create formulas
- Apply Boolean formulas
- Apply If-Then-Else formulas
- Apply date calculations
- Apply number calculations
- Apply string manipulation
8. Applying Conditional Reporting
- Determine trends in data
- Format data conditionally
9. Representing Data Visually
- Create a chart
10. Distributing a Report
- Export a report
- Save a report to BusinessObjects Enterprise
Classroom Dates and Locations
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Course Code: 8504
Registration Information
$1300 CAD
2 Day Course
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