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Intermediate Crystal Reports On-Demand (CRY2011.2)

8 hours
Crystal ReportsData

Build more dynamic Crystal Reports using parameters, subreports, charts, cross-tabs, advanced formulas, conditional formatting, and actionable report alerts.

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  • Readings, videos, and exercises
  • Quizzes to check your knowledge
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Course Overview

Expand your Crystal Reports skills and learn to create more dynamic, informative, and polished business reports. After a brief review of report creation, you will work with optional, dynamic, cascading, multivalue, and range parameters.

You will also learn to build linked and unlinked subreports, add charts, create cross-tabulation reports, and apply advanced formulas and formatting. The course concludes with report alerts for monitoring important data points and trends.

By the end of the course, you will be prepared to handle more complex reporting scenarios using parameters, subreports, data visualizations, conditional formatting, and other intermediate Crystal Reports features.

Course Benefits

  • Review the core process for creating Crystal Reports.
  • Use sections and formatting options to improve report presentation.
  • Create and manage optional, dynamic, cascading, multivalue, and range parameters.
  • Apply advanced formulas, including If and Select Case statements.
  • Create linked and unlinked subreports.
  • Add charts and cross-tabulation reports to present and analyze data.
  • Use conditional and alternating-row formatting to improve readability.
  • Create report alerts to monitor significant data conditions.

Course Outline

  1. Crystal Reports Review
    1. Creating a Report
  2. Using Parameters
    1. Creating and Adding Parameter Fields
    2. Making Parameters Optional
    3. Creating Parameter Value Lists
    4. Creating Dynamic Lists of Values
    5. Creating Cascading Lists of Values
    6. Working with Multivalue Parameters
    7. Working with Range Parameters
  3. Using Subreports
    1. Creating Unlinked Subreports
    2. Creating Linked Subreports
  4. Charts
    1. Adding a Chart to a Report
  5. Cross-Tabulation Reports
    1. Creating a Cross-Tab Report
    2. Creating a Cross-Tab Subreport
  6. Advanced Techniques
    1. Adding Special Fields to a Report
    2. Using If Statements
    3. Using Select Case Statements
    4. Applying Conditional Formatting
    5. Formatting Rows with Alternating Colors
  7. Report Alerts
    1. Creating and Using Report Alerts

Course Prerequisites

Required experience

  • Solid experience using Crystal Reports, equivalent to the skills covered in an introductory Crystal Reports course.

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