Course announcements
- By attending this course, you will understand how to design, explore, visualize and deliver reports via the web or embedded in enterprise application. You will also gain comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge to plan and create reports that will help you analyze and interpret data.
Goals
Participants will gain skills in designing reports
Participants will gain a portion of the knowledge required for associate-level certification in Crystal Reports
Application Consultant
Business Analyst
Business Process Owner / Team Lead / Power User
Essential
Standard Windows conventions
Basic computer skills and database concepts
Content
- Report Concepts
- Describing Reporting Concepts
- Report Creation
- Choosing a Report Creation Method
- Connecting to Data Sources
- Navigating in the Design Environment
- Inserting Objects in a Report
- Previewing a Report
- Saving a Report
- Setting the Position and Size of Objects
- Formatting Objects
- Record Selection
- Setting Records Using Select Expert
- Saving and Refreshing Data in Reports
- Setting Additional Criteria
- Applying Time-Based Record Selection
- Report Data Sorting, Grouping, and Summarizing
- Sorting Records
- Creating a Grand Total
- Grouping Records
- Managing Multiple Groups
- Grouping on Time-Based Data
- Summarizing Data
- Sorting and Filtering Groups
- Sorting Groups using Specified Order
- Graphics and Special Fields
- Adding Graphical Elements
- Adding Special Fields
- Section Formatting
- Formatting Sections
- Controlling Page Breaks
- Creating Summary Reports
- Basic Formulas
- Defining a Formula
- Creating If-Then-Else Formulas
- Creating Boolean Formulas
- Creating Formulas with Dates
- Creating Summary Functions in Formulas
- Applying String Manipulation
- Conditional Reporting
- Highlighting Data in a Report
- Formatting Data Conditionally
- Charts
- Creating Charts Without Groups
- Creating Charts Based on Existing Groups and Summaries
- Customizing a Chart on a Simple Report with No Groups
- Report Distribution
- Exporting a Report
- Saving a Report to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform
