In this hands-on Crystal Reports course, you will learn to create sophisticated reports from the ground up and transform raw data into meaningful information. In addition, you will gain the knowledge and skills to link multiple data sources and create compelling presentations using Crystal Reports. After 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.
Crystal Reports Training Delivery Methods
Crystal Reports Training Information
In this course, 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.
Prerequisites
You should be comfortable using Windows and working with a spreadsheet or word processor and have experience working with formulas in a spreadsheet program.
Crystal Reports Training Outline
- Formatting and summarizing data
- Filtering, sorting and grouping data
- Customizing reports with business logic
- Connecting to SQL Server, Oracle and Access databases
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
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
Navigating complex data
- Deciphering data structures
- Identifying data relationships
Gathering the right data
- Merging data from multiple tables
- Building business queries
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
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
