CR10: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design

The following course offering is for a previous version of Business Objects and is available by request only.  The latest edition of the class is available here. Contact our training department for additional details at 513-984-6700.

This two-day instructor-led course is designed to give learners comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge to plan and create reports that will help them analyze and interpret important information. The Crystal Reports 10: The Fundamentals of Report Design course is a core course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP) certification and an elective course in the Crystal Enterprise Certified Professional (CECP) certification.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for report designers, new to Crystal Reports, who are responsible for creating and 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 able to: . Understand and use Windows conventions . Understand basic database concepts

After completing the course, learners will be able to:

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

• Defining database concepts
• Planning the layout and content of a report
• Developing a prototype of a report

• 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

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

• Sorting records
• Grouping records
• Summarizing data

• Formatting sections
• Creating a summary report

Representing Data Visually Creating a chart

Distributing Reports Exporting a report. Saving a report to Crystal Enterprise

Creating Basic Formulas Defining a formula . Creating a formula . Applying Boolean formulas. Applying If-Then-Else formulas . Applying data calculations. Applying number calculations. Applying string manipulation

Applying Conditional Reporting Determining trends in data . Formatting data conditionally

Certification Applicability
The Crystal Reports 10: Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies course is a core course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP) certification.