Overview

This two-day course is designed to build on the topics learned in Report Design Introduction to increase report design skills and discover the reporting power of Crystal Reports. Along with hands-on practice, the course covers grouping options, formulas such as variables and functions, geographical mapping, parameters, cross-tabs, and report distribution.

Audience

Learners who want to further develop their basic report design skills using Crystal Reports

Prerequisites:

Learners must have taken the Report Design Introduction course and/or understand basic report design concepts such as linking, record selection, sorting, grouping, summarizing, basic formulas, conditional reporting and section formatting. Learners who have not completed Report Design Introduction course should complete the prerequisite exercise and bring it to class.

Topics Covered:

Report Creation Review

Grouping Options

Applying specified order grouping

Using the Top N/Sort Group Expert

Creating a group selection based on summary information

Grouping on Date or Date/Time fields

Grouping data hierarchically

Sections

Using sections

Formatting sections

Formulas

Understanding formula language and syntax

Using functions and operators

Using variables

Using an If-Then-Else control structure

Parameters

Defining parameter fields

Creating parameter fields

Using parameter fields

Geographical Mapping

Defining Geographical Mapping

Creating a map based on summarized data

Creating a map based on detail or formula fields

Editing a map with the Map Expert

Editing a map on the Analyzer tab

Resolving data mismatches

Cross-Tabs

Defining Cross-Tabs

Creating a Cross-Tab

Formatting Cross-Tabs

Charting on a Cross-Tab summary field

Mapping on a Cross-Tab summary field

Report Distribution

Exporting reports

Viewing reports over the Web