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 Outline

Module 1: 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

Module 2: 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

Module 3: 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

Module 4: 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

Module 5: 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

Module 6: 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