Crystal Reports XI: Level 2

Course length: 2 days

Course Description

Now that you have completed the first course, or are familiar with the basics of building and modifying reports, you're ready to move ahead to create complex reports and data sources using Crystal Reports' tools. In this course, you'll not only learn how to create more sophisticated reports including subreports and cross-tabs, but you'll also learn how to increase the speed and efficiency of your reports by using SQL queries.

Course Objective: You will create complex reports using Crystal Reports' tools.

Target Student: This course is designed for people who know how to create basic list and group reports and need to create reports that include subreports, cross-tabs, advanced formulas, and charts based on more than one data series. They may also need to build tools to make it easier for other people to create reports. They may or may not have programming and/or SQL experience.

Prerequisites: Crystal Reports XI: Level 1, and knowledge of programming and/or SQL would be helpful.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• create running totals in a report.
• build cross-tabs in your report.
• add subreports to a report.
• design a report that uses a drill-down.
• improve processing speed in your reports.
• chart single and multiple data series.
• report from Excel data.
• implement report prompts.
• enhance report functionality.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Creating Running Totals

      Topic 1A: Create a Running Total Field

      Topic 1B: Modify a Running Total Field

      Topic 1C: Create a Manual Running Total on Detail Data

      Topic 1D: Create a Manual Running Total on Summary Data

Lesson 2: Building Cross-tabs in Your Report

      Topic 2A: Create a Cross-tab

      Topic 2B: Create a Specified Group Order

      Topic 2C: Filter a Cross-tab by Group

      Topic 2D: Change the Cross-tab Format

      Topic 2E: Conditionally Format Rows and Columns

      Topic 2F: Keep Groups Together

Lesson 3: Adding Subreports

     
      Topic 3A: Insert a Subreport

      Topic 3B: Link a Subreport to a Primary Report

      Topic 3C: Edit a Subreport's Structure

      Topic 3D: Format a Subreport Using the Format Editor

      Topic 3E: Share Variables Between Subreports and Primary Reports

      Topic 3F: Create an On-demand Subreport

Lesson 4: Creating Drill-downs

     
      Topic 4A: Create a Drill-down

      Topic 4B: Create Separate Headings for Drill-down Data

Lesson 5: Enhancing Report Processing by Writing SQL Statements

      Topic 5A: Create a Report Using SQL Queries

      Topic 5B: Summarize Report Data Using SQL Aggregate Functions

      Topic 5C: Create Joins Using SQL

      Topic 5D: Create Subqueries

      Topic 5E: Create a SQL Expression Field

Lesson 6: Charting Data

      Topic 6A: Create a Bar Chart

      Topic 6B: Modify a Chart

      Topic 6C: Format a Chart

      Topic 6D: Create a Chart Template

      Topic 6E: Create a Top N Chart

      Topic 6F: Create a Cross-tab Chart

Lesson 7: Reporting on Excel Data with Crystal Reports

      Topic 7A: Create a Report Based on Excel Data

      Topic 7B: Modify a Report Generated from Excel Data

      Topic 7C: Update Data in a Report Based on Excel Data

Lesson 8: Working with Prompts

      Topic 8A: Create a Static Prompt

      Topic 8B: Create a Dynamic Prompt

Lesson 9: Enhancing Report Functionality

      Topic 9A: Group Data Hierarchically

      Topic 9B: Create a Dynamic Image

      Topic 9C: Create a Report Alert

      Topic 9D: Create a Geographic Map