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Class Information
Class#: 121765 Available
Course#: RD-11008
Title: Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design
Location: Bellevue, WA
Instructor-led Class
Dates: 11/1/10 - 11/2/10 (2 Days)
Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Retail: $1,150.00
 


Course Syllabus

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Audience
At Course Completion
Prerequisites
Certified Professional Exams
Student Materials
Course Outline

Introduction

Crystal Reports 2008 is a powerful, dynamic, actionable reporting solution that helps you design, explore, visualize, and deliver reports via the web or embedded in enterprise applications. This two-day instructor-led course is designed to give you comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge to plan and create reports that will help you analyze and interpret information.

As a business benefit, you 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.

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Audience

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

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At Course Completion

At the end of this course, the student 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.

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Prerequisites

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

  • Windows conventions.
  • Basic database concepts.

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Certified Professional Exams

This is a recommended course for the Business Objects Certified Professional - Crystal Reports certification.

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Student Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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Course Outline

Planning a Report

  • Define database concepts
  • Plan and develop a report prototype

    • Creating a Report

  • Create a report
  • Add tables
  • Describe the design environment
  • Insert objects on a report
  • Preview a report
  • Save a report
  • Position and size objects
  • Format objects

    • Selecting Records

  • Define the Select Expert
  • Determine the criteria for record selection
  • Understanding saved and refreshed data
  • Apply record selection
  • Apply additional record selection criteria
  • Modify record selection
  • Apply time-based record selection

    • Organizing Data on a Report

  • Sort records
  • Group records
  • Summarize data

    • Formatting a Report

  • Add graphical elements
  • Combine text objects with database fields
  • Apply specialized formatting
  • Insert fields with pre-built functions

    • Applying Section Formatting

  • Format sections
  • Create a summary report

    • Creating Basic Formulas

  • Define a formula and its purpose
  • Create formulas
  • Apply Boolean formulas
  • Apply If-Then-Else formulas
  • Apply date calculations
  • Apply number calculations
  • Apply string manipulation

    • Applying Conditional Reporting

  • Determine trends in data
  • Format data conditionally

    • Representing Data Visually

  • Create a chart

    • Distributing a Report

  • Export a report
  • Save a report to BusinessObjects� Enterprise

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