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| Overview This workshop is designed for experienced Crystal Report users. The intent of the course is to increase the design skills and expand into the expert features and powerful functionality of Crystal Reports. This workshop delves into the most complex techniques used for creating reports and solving reporting problems, as well as hands-on practice time with formula solutions |
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| Length
- 2 Days Class Time - 8:30 to 4:30
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| Prerequisites Students must have taken the Introductory Report Design course and/or understand basic report design concepts such as linking, record selection, sorting, grouping, summarizing, basic formulas, conditional reporting and section formatting. Proficient knowledge of Windows environment and a thorough understanding of relational database concepts are required. Successful completion of the pre-requisite exercise (at the bottom of the page) is strongly recommended. |
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| Price
$1095 |
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| COURSE
OUTLINE
Introduction Introduction Objectives About Crystal Reports Training PhilosophyPre-Qualification Exercise for the Power User Workshop Power User Workshop Class Objectives About This Manual Tips, Notes, and Warnings Refresher Exercise Lesson Objectives Review of Planning a Report Creating the Report Placing Fields on the Report Creating the Formulas Advanced Grouping Selecting Certain Records Helpful Hints for Formatting the Report Adding and Working with Text Objects Hiding and Suppressing Sections Power Formatting with Multiple Sections Lesson Objectives Using Multiple Sections in Reports Using the Section Expert to Work with Sections Conditionally Formatting Multiple Sections Advanced Drill Down Group Level Challenge Exercise - Formatting with Multiple Sections Challenge Exercise - Conditionally Formatting Multiple Sections Prompting with Parameters Lesson Objectives Parameter Fields Overview Parameter Field Considerations Creating a Parameter Field Using a Parameter to Select Records Using a Parameter Field Creating a Pick List for Parameter Values Importing a Pick List Adding Parameter Values to Text Objects Allowing Multiple Values in Parameters Using Multiple Parameter Fields in Reports Specifying and Limiting a Range for a Parameter Limiting the Range for a Parameter Using Parameters in Conditional Formatting Using an Edit Mask to Limit String Parameters Sorting with a Parameter Challenge Exercise - Using Parameters Subreports Lesson Objectives Understanding Subreports Unlinked versus Linked Subreports Creating an Unlinked Subreport Linking a Subreport Database Links versus Subreports in One-to-Many Situations Creating On-Demand Subreports Creating Hyperlinks Using Subreports to "Link Unlinkable" Data Challenge Exercise - Creating Reports with Linked Subreports Creating Powerful Groups Lesson Objectives Using the Group Expert Using a Field Name to Customize the Group Name Using a Formula to Customize the Group Name Field Creating Custom Groups Grouping on a Formula Field Using Group Selection to Filter the Records in the Report Grouping Hierarchically Additional Practice Exercise - Create Customized Grouping Brain Teaser - Using Group Selection Challenge Exercise - Creating a Group Using a Formula Using Advanced Formula Features Lesson Objectives Understanding How Crystal Reports Processes the Data What Is a Pass? Using Evaluation Time Functions Working with Variables Declaring a Variable Assigning a Value to a Variable Using a Variable in a Formula Variable Scope Separating Statements in Complex Formulas Working with Arrays Challenge Exercise - Understand and Set Up the YTD Comparison Report Challenge Exercise - Declare Variables and Conditionally Assign Values to Them Running Totals Lesson Objectives Understanding Running Totals Creating Running Totals for a List of Numbers Conditional Running Totals Challenge Exercise - Creating Running Totals Challenge Exercise - Creating a Conditional Running Total Working with Cross-Tab Reports Lesson Objectives Understanding How Cross-Tabs Affect Your Data Creating a Cross-Tab Report Creating a Cross-Tab with Multiple Rows or Column Applying a Formatting Style to the Cross-Tab Customizing the Cross-Tab Format Changing Background Colors Formatting Individual Cells Changing the Summary Operation Suppressing Rows, Columns or Totals Repeating Row Heading for Multi-Page Cross-Tabs Using Alias Names for Column and Row Headings Charting Cross-Tabs Challenge Exercise - Cross-Tab Reports The Repository Lesson Objectives Understanding the Repository Getting to know the Crystal Repository Creating your own Repository Repository and Text Objects/Images Repository and SQL Commands Repository and Custom Functions Challenge Exercise - Creating a Report using the Crystal Repository Report Templates Lesson Objectives Understanding Report Templates Applying Report Templates Creating your own Report Template Rules for Report Templates Challenge Exercise - Creating a Report Template and Applying it Introduction to Custom Functions Lesson Objectives Understanding Custom Functions Using a Custom Function Basic modification of a Custom Function Sharing a Custom Function Advanced Formula Syntax Lesson Objectives Select Case Statement For Loop While Do loop Join and Split Using the above syntax in a report SQL Commands Lesson Objectives Understanding SQL and ODBC Why Use a Command? Writing a Report Against the Command Advanced Linking Lesson Objectives Using the Database Expert Adding and Removing Databases from the Report Remapping Database Fields Using the Map Fields Dialog Box to Remap Fields Adding Tables to a Report Multiple Times Changing the Join Type for a Link Optional The course includes extensive optional “challenge” exercises for users who want to test their skills at a more advanced level. Pre-Qualification Exercise Using the Xtreme sample database that ships with Crystal Reports, create a report that invoices customers for each order. This report needs to show the customer billing address, the PO#, the sales person, the order date, the requested date, the ship date and the company that shipped the order. The Details section should list the product ID, the product name, the description, the unit price, the quantity and the line item total. Select only those orders with an Order Amount greater than zero and with a ship date between January 1, 1997 and March 31, 1997. Group on the Customer ID, then on the Order ID. Display each order on its own page. Sum the line item total amount for each Order ID. Calculate the sales tax for the order at 6% and total the subtotal and sales tax. You will need to pull data from the following tables:
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