Crystal Reports 2008 Report Design (5 Days)

2 MARCH 2009

T.B.A.

T.B.A.

$1,100

4 MARCH 2009

T.B.A.

T.B.A.

$1,100

9 JAN 2009

6 MARCH 2009

T.B.A.

$550

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Crystal Reports 2008 Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design
Training Course (RD-11008)

Course Description

Crystal Reports 2008ฎ is a powerful, dynamic, actionable reporting solution that helps you design, explore, visualize, and deliver reports via the web or embedded in enterprise applications. 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.

As a business benefit, you will find that this course is an in-depth approach to the entire report creation cycle from planning a report prototype to distributing a report.

Course Audience

The target audience for this course is report designers, new to Crystal Reports, who are responsible for creating and distributing reports.

Prerequisite Education

Not applicable for this offering.

Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience

To be successful, you must have working knowledge of:

• Windows conventions
  
• Basic database concepts

Additional Education

To increase your skill level and knowledge of Crystal Reports, the following courses are recommended:

• Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions
  
• Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies

• Define database concepts

• Plan and develop a report prototype

• Create a report

• Add tables

• Describe the design environment

• Insert objects on a report

• Preview a report

• Save a report

• Position and size objects

• Format objects

• 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

• Sort records

• Group records

• Summarize data

• Add graphical elements

• Combine text objects with database fields

• Apply specialized formatting

• Insert fields with pre-built functions

• Format sections

• Create a summary report

• 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

• Determine trends in data

• Format data conditionally

• Create a chart

• Export a report

• Saving a report to BusinessObjects™ Enterprise

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Crystal Reports 2008ฎ is a powerful, dynamic, actionable reporting solution that helps you design, explore, visualize, and deliver reports via the web or embedded in enterprise applications. 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.

As a business benefit, you will be able to increase your understanding of formulas, variables, arrays, templates, parameters, summaries, and sections. This course will also help you make more effective report design decisions and create more efficient reports.

Course Audience

The target audience for this course is report designers who are responsible for creating and distributing reports and have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design.

Prerequisite Education

You should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design. If you have taken a previous version of Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design, then you should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Quickstart.

Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience

To be successful, you must have working knowledge of:

• Windows conventions
• Basic database concepts
• Experience using a web browser

Additional Education

To increase your skill level and knowledge of Crystal Reports, the following courses are recommended:

• Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies
• Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design IV - Optimizing Report Data

Course Topics

1 Using the Repository

• Use the repository

• Create a report from a repository data source

• Use functions and operators

• Define control structures available in Crystal Reports Syntax

• Use the Workbench

• Publish reports to BusinessObjects Enterprise

• Use variables

• Use arrays

• Apply report templates

• Build a template without a data source

• Remove a template

• Define and create parameters

• Build a report with multiple parameters

• Use edit masks and descriptions

• Create a date range parameter

• Group using parameters

• Build a basic crosstab

• Format a crosstab

• Use sections

• Use group related functions to format sections

• Use section underlay

• Use multiple-column reporting

• Use the Running Total Expert

• Create a form letter

• Add a hyperlink to a report

• Use Dynamic Graphic Locations

• Build a report with alerts

• Build a top N report

• Integrate an Xcelsius Flash SWF into a Crystal report

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Crystal Reports 2008 Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies
Training Course (CR-31008)

Course Description

Crystal Reports 2008ฎ is a powerful, dynamic, actionable reporting solution that helps you design, explore, visualize, and deliver reports via the web or embedded in enterprise applications. This one-day instructor-led course is designed to give you comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge required to plan and create reports that will help you analyze and interpret important information.

As a business benefit, you will find that your increased understanding of report processing, formulas, custom functions and subreports will help you make more effective report design decisions and create more efficient reports.

Course Audience

The target audience for this course is report designers, who have taken Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design and Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions and who are responsible for creating and distributing reports.

Prerequisite Education

• You should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design.
• You should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions.
• If you have taken a previous version of either Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design, or Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions, then you should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Quickstart.

Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience

To be successful, you must have working knowledge of:

• Windows conventions
• Basic database concepts
• Experience using a web browser
• Crystal Reports

Additional Education

To increase your skill level and knowledge of Crystal Reports, the following course is recommended:

• Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design IV - Optimizing Report Data

Course Topics

• Use multi-pass reporting

• Use evaluation time functions

• Use a dynamic array

• Define subreports

• Create an unlinked subreport

• Create a linked subreport

• Create an on-demand subreport

• Use shared variables with subreports

• Link “unlinkable” data with subreports

• Describe alternate solutions to using subreports

• Use Print State functions

• Use loop control structures

• Use loop control structures with arrays

• Describe a custom function

• Use custom functions

• Use XML and web services data

• Use a transform in XML exporting

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