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Introductory Report Design
Overview
This two-day course is designed for beginner to
intermediate Seagate Crystal Reports user who needs to
quickly become proficient in creating and modifying reports.
Some of the topics include creating a basic report, record
selection, sorting, grouping and summarizing, basic queries,
exporting to other formats, and formulas.
Who should attend
Information Professionals or business users who need to
quickly become proficient in creating and modifying reports
within their organization.
Prerequisites
Students must have a working knowledge of Windows
applications. Basic knowledge of database concepts such
as tables, fields and records is also necessary. The
prerequisite assignment for this course is to review Chapter
5 of the Seagate Crystal Reports User's Guide and
complete the Hands-On Tutorial portion of that chapter.
What you will learn
Report Design
Exploring the Report Design window
Starting a new report
Exploring the Design Tab
Placing objects on your report
Previewing your report
Positioning and sizing objects
Formatting objects
Using Text Objects
Record Selection
Using the Select Expert
Using the Select Record options
Defining the Select Expert's features
Understanding saved vs. refreshed data
Applying Record Selection
Using the Format Editor to modify the Record
Selection statement
Applying Record Selection on Date Fields
Sorting, Grouping and Summarizing
Sorting Records
Grouping Records
Working with groups
Summarizing
Using Grand Totals
Presentation Quality Reports
Using Special Fields
Applying lines and boxes
Inserting a picture
Text Objects
Combining Text Objects with Database Fields
Combining Text Objects with Special Fields
Formatting individual elements of a Text Object
Linking
Defining linking concepts
Adding/removing databases from a report
Using Smart Linking
Working with links
Formula Basics
Using formulas
Using the Formula Editor
Using basic calculations
Using string manipulation
Applying basic date calculations
Applying If Then Else formulas
Applying Boolean formulas
Section Formatting
Changing the size of a section
Formatting sections with the Section Expert
Creating a Summary report
Conditional Reporting
Using Conditional Formatting
Using the Highlighting Expert
Charting
Using the Graph/Chart Expert
Graphing on Summary information
Graphing Detail or Formula fields
Drilling down on a graph
Customizing a graph
Geographical Mapping
Understanding Geographical Mapping
Mapping summarized data
Customizing a map
Basic Report Distribution
Exporting your reports
Viewing from a web browser Crystal
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