BOC320 - RD21008 - Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions

Course Version: 091

Duration: 2 days

Delivery Type

• Instructor-led Classroom

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.

Prerequisites:

Essential

• * 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

Recommended

• None

Goals

• 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.

Course Based on Software Release

Content

• 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

Notes

• 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
• Applicable Certification
• This is a recommended course for the Business Objects Certified Professional - Crystal Reports certification.
• Additional Information
• Contact your SAP Education Representative.