Crystal Reports
COURSE TYPE
Practitioner
Course Number
126
Duration
4 Days
Gain the knowledge and skills to link multiple data sources and create effective presentations using Crystal Reports. With this training course, you will return to your organization with a detailed process to help you retrieve and format data, create meaningful reports for widespread distribution, and integrate your reports with a website or application, such as .NET.
You Will Learn How To
- Develop reports to transform data into meaningful information
- Create advanced graphical and crosstab reports
- Add calculations and program logic with the Formula Workshop
- Connect to data sources and extract data to meet reporting needs
- Deploy reports via HTML, Visual Basic, and .NET
Important Course Information
Recommended Experience:
- Should be comfortable using Windows and working with a spreadsheet or word processor
- Experience working with formulas in a spreadsheet program
Course Outline
- Overview of Crystal Reports
- Formatting and summarizing data
- Filtering, sorting and grouping data
- Customizing reports with business logic
- Connecting to SQL Server, Oracle and Access databases
- The Crystal Report Writer
Writing a basic report
- Selecting a format
- Adding text and fields
- Connecting to remote data sources
- Configuring the reporting environment
Formatting and styling
- Tailoring sections within a report
- Designing fields for quality presentations
- Highlighting data with Highlight Expert
- Linking Crystal Reports to Data
Connecting to popular data sources
- SQL Server
- Oracle
- Access
- Web logs
- XML
- Reporting from stored procedures and views
Establishing data connections
- Creating a connectivity checklist
- Configuring ODBC and OLE DB
- Integrating SQL commands in a report
- Interpreting Structures and Retrieving Data
Navigating complex data
- Deciphering data structures
- Identifying data relationships
Gathering the right data
- Merging data from multiple tables
- Building business queries
- Combining Powerful Report Techniques
Organizing and summarizing reports
- Sorting user sort control and grouping
- Summary and Rolling Total fields
Building advanced reports
- Embedding linked and unlinked subreports into reports
- Creating crosstab and drill-down reports
- Designing dynamic and cascading prompts
- Hyperlinking Reports and Multilingual Reports
- Achieving reusability with templates
Visualizing complex data
- Simplifying data with charts and graphs
- Organizing fields into sections
- Adding, merging, suppressing sections
- Programming Data Functionality
Coding in formula language
- Working with variables and operators
- Deciphering formula syntax
- Adding and modifying formulas
- Calling and working with functions
Writing effective formulas
- Building if/then/else statements
- Converting and comparing data
- Debugging the code
- Employing the Formula Workshop
Converting to Basic Syntax
- Writing formulas with Basic Syntax
- Laying a foundation for complex reporting logic
- Deploying Reports to the Internet, Visual Basic and .NET
Deploying Crystal Reports
- Deciding among Push, Pull, Static and Dynamic reports
- Migrating to production by switching databases
Publishing reports to a website and integrating into custom applications
- Exploring development options
- Exporting reports to PDF, Excel, Word and HTML
- Adding Crystal Reports to a .NET application
Course Schedule
Attend this live, instructor-led course In-Class or Online via AnyWare.
Hassle-Free Enrollment: No advance payment required.
Tuition due 30 days after your course.
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Feb 27 - Mar 2 Toronto/AnyWare Enroll Now
Apr 3 - 6 Rockville, MD/AnyWare Enroll Now
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Tuition
Standard
$2990
Government
$2659
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Training Hours
Standard Course Hours: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
*Informal discussion with instructor about your projects or areas of special interest: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
FREE Online Course Exam (if applicable) – Last Day: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
By successfully completing your FREE online course exam, you will:
- Have a record of your growth and learning results.
- Bring proof of your progress back to your organization
- Earn credits toward industry certifications (if applicable)
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