Intermediate Crystal Reports 2008 Training

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• Live Online Training - Public Class (2 days): $790.00 (Register)

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Class Description

Class Overview

Class Goals

• Review the basics.
• Learn to use Sections to improve formatting.
• Learn to keep running totals.
• Learn to work with parameters.
• Learn features of advanced formulas.
• Learn to create Sub reports.
• Learn to create and work with custom Groups.
• Learn to work with Cross Tab Reports.
• Learn to create Report Alerts.

Class Outline

1. Refresher Exercise
   1. Review of Planning a Report
   2. Creating the Report
   3. Placing Fields on the Report
   4. Creating the Formulas
   5. Advanced Grouping
   6. Selecting Certain Records
   7. Helpful Hints for Formatting the Report
   8. Adding and Working with Text Objects
   9. Hiding and Suppressing Sections
   10. Guidelines
2. Power Formatting with Multiple Sections
   1. Using Multiple Sections in Reports
   2. Using the Section Expert to Work with Sections
   3. Conditionally Formatting Multiple Sections
   4. Challenge Exercise - Formatting with Multiple Sections
   5. Challenge Exercise - Conditionally Formatting Using DrillDownGroupLevel
3. Using the Running Totals Feature
   1. Understanding Running Totals
   2. Creating Running Totals for a List of Numbers
   3. Conditional Running Totals
   4. Challenge Exercise - Creating a Conditional Running Total
4. Prompting with Parameters
   1. Parameter Field Considerations
   2. Creating a Parameter Field
   3. Using a Parameter to Select Records
   4. Using a Parameter Field
   5. Using the Parameter Panel
   6. Creating a Dynamic Value List for Parameter Values
   7. Importing a Pick List
   8. Adding Parameter Values to Text Objects
   9. Allowing Multiple Values in Parameters
   10. Using Multiple Parameter Fields in Reports
   11. Specifying and Limiting a Range
   12. Using Parameters in Conditional Formatting
   13. Using an Edit Mask to Limit String Parameters
   14. Sorting with a Parameter
   15. Using a parameter to set N in a Top N Report
   16. Cascading Parameters
   17. Challenge Exercise - Using and Displaying Parameters
5. Using Advanced Formula Features
   1. Understanding How Crystal Reports Processes the Data
   2. What Is a Pass?
   3. Using Evaluation Time Functions
   4. Working with Variables
   5. Declaring a Variable
   6. Assigning a Value to a Variable
   7. Using a Variable in a Formula
   8. Variable Scope
   9. Separating Statements in Complex Formulas
   10. Working with Arrays
   11. Understanding the Evaluation Time Debugger
   12. Challenge Exercise - Understand and Set Up the YTD Comparison Report
6. Using Sub reporting as a Workaround Solution
   1. Understanding Sub reports
   2. Unlinked versus Linked Subreports
   3. Creating an Unlinked Sub report
   4. Linking a Subreport
   5. Database Links versus Subreports in One-to-Many Situations
   6. Formatting the Subreport
   7. Passing Data from the Main Report into a Subreport
   8. Creating On-Demand Subreports
   9. Creating Hyperlinks
   10. Using Subreports to Link "Unlinkable" Data
   11. Challenge Exercise - Creating Reports with Linked Subreports
7. Creating Powerful Groups
   1. Creating Custom Groups
   2. Customizing Group Sort Order
   3. Using Group Selection to Filter the Records in the Report
   4. Grouping on a Formula Field
   5. Grouping Hierarchically
   6. Challenge Exercise - Create Customized Grouping
   7. Challenge Exercise - Using Group Selection
   8. Challenge Exercise - Creating a Group Using a Formula
8. Working with Cross-Tab Reports
   1. Understanding How Cross-Tabs Affect Your Data
   2. Creating a Cross-Tab Report
   3. Creating a Cross- Tab with Multiple Rows or Columns
   4. Applying a Formatting Style to the Cross-Tab
   5. Customizing the Cross-Tab Format
   6. Changing Background Colors
   7. Formatting Individual Cells
   8. Changing the Summary Operation
   9. Suppressing Rows, Columns or Totals
   10. Repeating Row Heading for Multi-Page Cross-Tabs
   11. Using Alias Names for Column and Row Headings
   12. Charting Cross-Tabs
   13. Customizing Cross-Tab Group Names
   14. Using the CurrentFieldValue Function
   15. Challenge Exercise - Cross-Tab Reports
9. Report Alerts
   1. What are Report Alerts
   2. Creating Report Alerts
   3. Basing Report Formulas or Conditional Formatting on Report Alerts
   4. Creative Usage for Report Alerts
   5. Challenge Exercise - Using Report Alerts with Parameter

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• Solid Crystal Reports experience as taught in our introductory course.

Courses that can help you meet these prerequisites:

• Introduction to Crystal Reports 2008 Training

Technical Requirements

Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away.

• Onsite and Instructor-led Online course technical requirements and setup instructions.
• WebEx system requirements for Instructor-led Online delivery option.

Potential Follow-on Classes

• Advanced Crystal Reports 2008 Training