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Reports XI - 2008 Advanced |
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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. |
| Length
- 2 Days
Class Time -
8:30 to 4:30
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Prerequisites
Proficient knowledge of Windows environment
and a thorough understanding of relational database concepts are required.
Successful completion of the
pre-requisite exercise is strongly recommended. |
Price
$1095
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COURSE
OUTLINE Introduction
Introduction Objectives About Crystal Reports
Training Philosophy
Pre-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 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.
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