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Hands-On Crystal Reports

 
Course: 126     Type: Hands-On Training     Duration: 4 Days

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You Will Learn How To
  • Develop reports using Crystal 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 natively, via ODBC and OLE DB
  • Analyze database structures and extract the data you need to meet your reporting needs
  • Deploy reports to a Web browser or desktop application via Crystal Reports, Crystal Report Server & Visual Basic

Course Benefits
With the power of this industry-leading report-writing tool, Crystal Reports users and developers can integrate their organization's data, making sophisticated reports readily available to support critical business decisions. In this hands-on course, you gain extensive experience using Crystal Reports to connect to databases, retrieve raw data, format data, and create and present reports for widespread distribution. You return to your organization with a detailed process to help you connect to data sources and create useful reports right away.

Who Should Attend
Anyone involved in creating reports from stored data. Experience using Windows and working with a spreadsheet is assumed.

Hands-On Training
You gain hands-on experience using Crystal Reports. Exercises include:
  • Building reports from the ground up
  • Connecting to data sources natively, via OLE DB & ODBC
  • Designing a crosstab and drill-down report
  • Developing a summary report with drill-down capabilities
  • Simplifying information using charts and graphs
  • Adding business logic to your report with the formula language
  • Deploying your report to a Web server for Internet/intranet distribution
  • Integrating reports with Visual Basic

Course 126 Content
Overview of Crystal Reports
  • Formatting and summarizing data
  • Filtering, sorting and grouping data
  • Customizing reports with program logic
  • Accessing reports via a Web browser
  • Adding a report to a custom application
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
  • Annotating header and footer fields
  • Designing fields for quality presentations
  • Adding color, borders and pictures
  • 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
  • Optimizing data retrieval
Combining Powerful Report Techniques
Organizing and summarizing reports
  • Sorting user sort control and grouping
  • Grouping with formulas
  • Summary and Rolling Total fields
  • Using Report Alerts
Building advanced reports
  • Embedding linked and unlinked subreports into reports
  • Creating crosstab and drill-down reports
  • Designing dynamic and cascading prompts
  • Multipass reporting, Hyperlinking Reports and Multilingual Reports
  • Achieving reusability with the Repository and 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 with the Formula Workshop
  • Building custom functions
  • Sharing formulas with the Repository
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 programming
Deploying Reports to the Internet, Intranets, Visual Basic and .NET
Deploying Crystal Reports
  • Building Push and Pull techniques
  • Migrating to production by switching databases
Publishing reports to a Web site
  • Exporting reports to HTML
  • Deploying Crystal Reports to Crystal Reports Server
  • Publishing to CrystalReports.com
  • Scheduling a report
Integrating into custom applications
  • Adding Crystal Reports to Visual Basic and .NET
  • Exploring application development options with Crystal Reports

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Gord Maric

"I wanted attendees of this course to feel the power of taking raw data and turning it into knowledge in the form of meaningful reports. Also, by connecting to SQL..."
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Course Tuition
$ 2,650 Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 1,660 10-Day Pass
$ 1,665 Training Passport
$ 1,830 Flex-Pass
$ 2,095 Voucher 10-Pack
$ 2,385 Alumni Gold Discount
$ 2,360 Government Discount
 

 

Hands-On Crystal Reports
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CPE 23 Credits Crystal Reports 2008 2 Hour(s) College Credit
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