Training

• This 8- to 12-hour eLearning 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.

• 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
• Applying Section Formatting
• 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
• Applying Conditional Reporting
• Determine trends in data
• Format data conditionally

• Create a chart

• Export a report
• Saving a report to BusinessObjects Enterprise

To be successful, you must have working knowledge of:

• Windows conventions
• Basic database concepts

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