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Fundamentals of Report Design – RD200
This two-day instructor-led course is
designed to give learners comprehensive skills and in-depth
knowledge to plan and create reports that will help them
analyze and
interpret important information.The Crystal Reports: The
Fundamentals of Report Design course is a core course in
the Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP) certification
and an elective course in the Crystal Enterprise Certified
Professional (CECP) certification.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for report designers, new to Crystal
Reports, who are responsible for creating and distributing
reports.
Prerequisites
In this course you will be working intensively with
Crystal Reports. To successfully understand the content and
complete the activities, you must already able to:
Understand and use Windows conventions
Understand basic database concepts
Course Agenda
Planning a Report
• Defining database concepts
• Planning the layout and content of a report
• Developing a prototype of a report
Selecting Records
• Defining the Select Expert
• Determining the record selection criteria
• Defining saved and refreshed data
• Applying record selection
• Applying additional record selection criteria
• Modifying record selection
• Applying time-based record selection
Creating a Report
• Connecting to a data source
• Adding tables
• Defining the design environment
• Inserting objects on a report
• Previewing and saving a report
• Positioning and sizing objects
• Formatting objects
Organizing Data on a Report
• Sorting records
• Grouping records
• Summarizing data
Applying Section Formatting
• Formatting sections
• Creating a summary report
Formatting a Report
• Adding graphical elements
• Combining text objects with database fields
• Formatting individual elements of a text object
• Apply specialized formatting
• Inserting fields with pre-built functions
Representing Data Visually
• Creating a chart
Distributing Reports
• Exporting a report
• Saving a report to Crystal Enterprise
Creating Basic Formulas
• Defining a formula
• Creating a formula
• Applying Boolean formulas
• Applying If-Then-Else formulas
• Applying date calculations
• Applying number calculations
• Applying string manipulation
Applying Conditional Reporting
• Determining trends in data
• Formatting data conditionally
Delivery and duration
Two-day instructor-led course.
Certification Applicability
The Crystal Reports: The Fundamentals of Report Design
course is a core course in the
Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP) certification
and an elective course in the
Crystal Enterprise Certified Professional (CECP) certification. |
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