BOC220 - Crystal Reports XI R2: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions

Description: This two-day instructor-led course is designed to give students comprehensive skills

and in-depth knowledge to plan and create reports that will help them analyze and interpret important information.

After completing the course, students will be able to:

Use the Repository
Create complex formulas
Create Report Templates
Build parameterized reports
Summarize data with Cross-Tabs
Use report sections
Build specialized reports
Share reports on the Web

Student Profile: This course is designed for report designers responsible for creating & distributing reports.

Prerequisites: In this course you will be working intensively with Crystal Reports. To successfully understand the content and complete the activities, you must already have taken Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design.

Duration: 2 days

Curriculum: Course topics include:

Using the Repository

Manage the Crystal Repository
Add folders to the Repository
Add objects to the Repository
Update connection to the Repository Object in the report
Delete objects to the Repository
Connect to your own Repository
Create a report from an SQL command
Create a report from a business view

Creating Report Templates

Add a Crystal-defined template
Build a template without a data source
Remove templates

Creating Complex Formulas

Use functions & operators
Define control structures available in Crystal Syntax
Use variables
Use arrays

Building Parameterized Reports

Define & create parameters
Use edit masks & descriptions
Build a report with multiple parameters
Create a date range parameters

Summarizing Data with Cross-Tabs

Build a basic Cross-tab
Format a Cross-tab

Using Report Sections

Use sections
Use group-related functions to format sections
Use section underlay

Sharing Reports on the Web

Define how Crystal Reports fits into the Crystal solution
Use Crystal Enterprise Publishing Wizard
View Parameterized Report in Crystal Enterprise

Building Specialized Reports

Use the running total expert
Create a form letter
Add hyperlinks to a report
Build a report with alerts
Create a top N report