RD-21008 - Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions
Course
RD-21008
Price:
$1,200.00
Software Assurance Value:
Not Eligible
Duration:
2 Days
SQLSoft Course RD-21008 Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions
Table of Contents
Introduction
Audience
At Course Completion
Prerequisites
Certified Professional Exams
Student Materials
Course Outline
Introduction
Crystal Reports 2008 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.
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Audience
The target audience for this course is report designers who are responsible
for creating and distributing reports and have completed RD-11008, Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design
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At Course Completion
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- Use the repository.
- Create formulas.
- Manage reports.
- Use variables and arrays.
- Create templates.
- Build parameterized reports.
- Summarize data with cross tabs.
- Use report sections.
- Build specialized reports.
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Prerequisites
To be successful, learners who attend this course must have working knowledge
of:
- Windows conventions
- Basic database concepts
Students must also have:
- Completed RD-11008, Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design.
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Certified Professional Exams
This is a recommended course for the Business Objects Certified Professional - Crystal Reports
certification.
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Student Materials
The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials
for this class.
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Course Outline
Using the Repository
Use the repository
Create a report from a repository data source
Creating Formulas
Use functions and operators
Define control structures available in Crystal Reports Syntax
Managing Reports
Use the Workbench
Publish reports to BusinessObjects Enterprise
Using Variables and Arrays
Use variables
Use arrays
Using Report Templates
Apply report templates
Build a template without a data source
Remove a template
Building Parameterized Reports
Define and create parameters
Build a report with multiple parameters
Use edit masks and descriptions
Create a date range parameter
Group using parameters
Summarizing Data with Crosstabs
Build a basic crosstab
Format a crosstab
Using Report Sections
Use sections
Use group related functions to format sections
Use section underlay
Use multiple-column reporting
Building Specialized Reports
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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