Duration:
Instructor-led Classroom Learning - 2.00 Day(s)
Online Anytime - Self Paced
Mentored Learning - Flexible
Overview:
In this course, students learn how to create more sophisticated reports
including subreports and cross-tabs, and how to increase the speed and
efficiency of your reports by using SQL queries.
Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for people who know how to create basic list and
group reports and need to create reports that include subreports,
cross-tabs, advanced formulas, and charts based on more than one data
series. They may also need to build tools to make it easier for other
people to create reports. They may or may not have programming and/or
SQL experience.
At Course Completion:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: -
create running totals in a report. - build cross-tabs in your report. -
add subreports to a report. - design a report that uses a drill-down. -
improve processing speed in your reports. - chart single and multiple
data series. - report from Excel data. - implement report prompts. -
enhance report functionality.
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Prerequisite(s) or equivalent knowledge:
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Crystal Reports XI - Level 1
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Outline: |
Lesson 1: Creating Running Totals |
Create a Running Total Field
Modify a Running Total Field
Create a Manual Running Total on Detail Data
Create a Manual Running Total on Summary Data
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Lesson 2: Building Cross-tabs in Your Report |
Create a Cross-tab
Create a Specified Group Order
Filter a Cross-tab by Group
Change the Cross-tab Format
Conditionally Format Rows and Columns
Keep Groups Together
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Lesson 3: Adding Subreports |
Insert a Subreport
Link a Subreport to a Primary Report
Edit a Subreport's Structure
Format a Subreport Using the Format Editor
Share Variables Between Subreports and Primary Reports
Create an On-demand Subreport
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Lesson 4: Creating Drill-downs |
Create a Drill-down
Create Separate Headings for Drill-down Data
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Lesson 5: Enhancing Report Processing by Writing SQL
Statements |
Create a Report Using SQL Queries
Summarize Report Data Using SQL Aggregate Functions
Create Joins Using SQL
Create Subqueries
Create a SQL Expression Field
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Lesson 6: Charting Data |
Create a Bar Chart
Modify a Chart
Format a Chart
Create a Chart Template
Create a Top N Chart
Create a Cross-tab Chart
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Lesson 7: Reporting on Excel Data with Crystal Reports |
Create a Report Based on Excel Data
Modify a Report Generated from Excel Data
Update Data in a Report Based on Excel Data
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Lesson 8: Working with Prompts |
Create a Static Prompt
Create a Dynamic Prompt
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Lesson 9: Enhancing Report Functionality |
Group Data Hierarchically
Create a Dynamic Image
Create a Report Alert
Create a Geographic Map |