Crystal Reports® XI
Report Design I – Fundamentals of Report Design
RD110

This course is designed to give learners comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge to plan and create reports that will help them analyze and interpret information.

As a business benefit, learners will find that this course is an in-depth approach to the entire report creation cycle from planning a report prototype to distributing a report.

Who Should Attend?

The target audience for this course is report designers, new to Crystal Reports, who are responsible for creating and distributing reports.

What Will I Learn?

After completing the course, learners will be able to:

• Plan a report
• Create a report
• Select records
• Organize data on a report
• Format a report
• Apply section formatting
• Create basic formulas
• Apply conditional reporting
• Present data visually
• Distribute a report

Course Topics

Planning a Report

• Defining database concepts
• Planning and developing a report prototype

Creating a Report

• Connecting to a data source
• Adding tables
• The design environment
• Inserting objects on a report
• Previewing and saving a report
• Positioning and sizing objects
• Formatting objects

Selecting Records

• Defining the Select Expert
• Determining the record selection criteria
• Defining saved and refreshed data
• Applying record selection
• Applying additional record selection criteria
• Modifying record selection
• Applying time-based record selection

Organizing Data on a Report

• Sorting records
• Grouping records
• Summarizing data

Formatting a Report

• Adding graphical elements
• Combining text objects with database fields
• Applying specialized formatting
• Inserting fields with pre-built functions

Applying Section Formatting

• Formatting sections
• Creating a summary report

Creating Basic Formulas

• Defining formulas
• Creating formulas
• Applying Boolean formulas
• Applying If-Then-Else formulas
• Applying date calculations
• Applying number calculations
• Applying string manipulation

Applying Conditional Reporting

• Determining trends in data
• Formatting data conditionally

Distributing a Report

• Exporting a report
• Saving a report to BusinessObjects Enterprise

Representing Data Visually

• Creating a chart
  

Detailed Course Outline
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Prerequisites

To be successful, learners who attend this course must have working knowledge of:

• Windows conventions
• Basic database concepts

Certification Applicability
This course is a core course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP) certification.