Crystal Reports 2008 Introduction

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Description:         In this two day course, students will become familiar with the basic features of Crystal Reports. Students will learn to navigate within the program, create a simple report and enhance the report. Students will add formulas and parameters to reports and also sort, group and summarize data. Steps for enhancing a report with objects and conditional formatting will be included. Finally, students will learn to export data and create mailing labels.

 

Days:                       2

 

Prerequisites:     Windows Introduction and Access Intermediate or equivalent 
                          experience.

 

Unit 1: Exploring the Crystal Reports 2008 Interface   

·           Viewing the Start Page   

·           Viewing the Field Explorer   

·           Viewing the Report Explorer   

·           Viewing the Workbench   

·           Understanding the Design Mode   

·           Understanding the Preview Mode   

 Unit 2: Creating a Simple Report   

·           Using the Report Creation Wizard   

·           Designing a Report from Scratch   

·           Inserting Fields   

·           Formatting a Field   

·           Placing Text Objects on the Report   

Unit 3: Using Formulas within a Report   

·           Using the Formula Editor   

·           Concatenating a String Fields   

·           Changing Numbers to Words   

·           Using Date Functions   

·           Creating Summary Calculations   

 Unit 4: Adding Parameters to a Report   

·           Adding Special Fields   

·           Populating Special Fields   

·           Creating Parameter Fields   

·           Working with Multiple Parameter Fields   

 Unit 5: Sorting, Grouping and Summarizing   

·           Sorting Records   

·           Working with Group Trees   

·           Deleting and Changing Groups   

·           Inserting a Summary Calculation   

·           Defining Other Summary Calculations   

 Unit 6: Enhancing a Report   

·           Adding a Picture to a Report   

·           Changing the Font of a Text Object   

·           Aligning Objects   

·           Using Templates   

 Unit 7: Utilizing Conditional Formatting   

·          Using the Highlight Expert   

·          Modifying and Deleting a Conditional Format   

·          Filtering Data   

·          Filtering Data Using a Dynamic Parameter   

 Unit 8: Distributing Data   

·           Creating Mailing Labels   

·           Exporting Data   

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