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

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

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

After completing the course, students will be able to:

Use repository data sources
Create complex formulas
Manage reports
Use variables & arrays
Use report templates
Build parameterized reports
Summarize data with crosstabs
Use report sections
Represent data visually

Student Profile: This course is designed primarily 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 Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design. If you have taken a previous version of this course, you should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Quickstart.

Duration: 2 days

Curriculum: Course topics include:

Using the Repository

Create a report from a repository data source

Using Report Templates

Apply report templates
Build a template without a data source
Remove a template

Creating Formulas

Use functions & operators
Define control structures available in Crystal Syntax

Using Variables & Arrays

Use variables
Use arrays

Building Parameterized Reports

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

Summarizing Data with Cross-Tabs

Build a basic cross-tab
Format a cross-tab

Using Report Sections

Use group-related functions to format sections
Use Section Underlay
Use multiple-column reporting

Managing Reports

Use the Workbench
Publish reports to BusinessObjects Enterprise

Presenting Data Visually

Use the Running Total Expert
Create a form letter
Add hyperlinks to a report
Use Dynamic Graphic Locations
Build a report with alerts
Create a top N report
Integrate an Xcelsius Flash SWF into a Crystal Report