Crystal Reports XI - Level 2 Training Class

Course ID: 5365

Crystal Reports XI - Level 2 Training Seminar

Overview:
In this course, students learn how to create more sophisticated reports including subreports and cross-tabs, and how to increase the speed and efficiency of your reports by using SQL queries.

Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for people who know how to create basic list and group reports and need to create reports that include subreports, cross-tabs, advanced formulas, and charts based on more than one data series. They may also need to build tools to make it easier for other people to create reports. They may or may not have programming and/or SQL experience.

At Course Completion:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - create running totals in a report. - build cross-tabs in your report. - add subreports to a report. - design a report that uses a drill-down. - improve processing speed in your reports. - chart single and multiple data series. - report from Excel data. - implement report prompts. - enhance report functionality

Agenda

Outline:
Lesson 1: Creating Running Totals Create a Running Total Field Modify a Running Total Field Create a Manual Running Total on Detail Data Create a Manual Running Total on Summary Data
Lesson 2: Building Cross-tabs in Your Report Create a Cross-tab Create a Specified Group Order Filter a Cross-tab by Group Change the Cross-tab Format Conditionally Format Rows and Columns Keep Groups Together
Lesson 3: Adding Subreports Insert a Subreport Link a Subreport to a Primary Report Edit a Subreport's Structure Format a Subreport Using the Format Editor Share Variables Between Subreports and Primary Reports Create an On-demand Subreport
Lesson 4: Creating Drill-downs Create a Drill-down Create Separate Headings for Drill-down Data
Lesson 5: Enhancing Report Processing by Writing SQL Statements Create a Report Using SQL Queries Summarize Report Data Using SQL Aggregate Functions Create Joins Using SQL Create Subqueries Create a SQL Expression Field
Lesson 6: Charting Data Create a Bar Chart Modify a Chart Format a Chart Create a Chart Template Create a Top N Chart Create a Cross-tab Chart
Lesson 7: Reporting on Excel Data with Crystal Reports Create a Report Based on Excel Data Modify a Report Generated from Excel Data Update Data in a Report Based on Excel Data
Lesson 8: Working with Prompts Create a Static Prompt Create a Dynamic Prompt
Lesson 9: Enhancing Report Functionality Group Data Hierarchically Create a Dynamic Image Create a Report Alert Create a Geographic Map