Crystal Reports: Level II
Overview
This course is designed to increase your report design skills and to discover the reporting power of Crystal Reports. The course covers grouping options, advanced formulas, variables, parameters, subreports and optimizing report performance.
Audience
This course is intended for participants who have a basic understanding of report design concepts such as record selection, sorting, grouping, summarizing and basic formulas
Duration
2 days
Proposed Syllabus
Sections
- Using Sections
- Formatting sections
Formulas
- Using functions and operators
- Using variables
- Using control structures
- Creating Running Totals
- Understanding arrays
Cross-Tabs
- Defining Cross-Tabs
- Creating a Cross-Tab
- Formatting Cross-Tabs
Grouping Options
- Applying specified order grouping
- Creating a group selection based on summary information
Parameters
- Determining parameter fields
- Creating parameter fields
- Referencing a parameter
- Using Dynamic Cascading Parameters
Architecture
- Understanding the core components
- Understanding multi-pass reporting
Subreports
- Defining subreports
- Creating an unlinked subreport
- Creating a linked subreport
- Creating an On-demand subreport
- Updating subreports
- Using shared variables
Working with Databases
- Accessing data sources
- Applying database options
- Adjusting to database changes
"I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful training experience. I feel that I learned a lot during the class and I am ready to start designing reports for my company. Your patience and professionalism was wonderful. "
Christine P. AM Huntleigh Healthcare
