Course Version: 091
Duration1 dayDelivery TypeInstructor-led ClassroomAudienceThe target audience for this course is report designers, who have taken Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design and Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions and who are responsible for creating and distributing reports.Prerequisites:Essential * Prerequisite EducationYou should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design.You should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions.If you have taken a previous version of either Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design, or Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II Business Reporting Solutions, then you should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Quickstart.* Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience (To be successful, you must haveworking knowledge of:)Windows conventionsBasic database conceptsExperience using a web browserCrystal ReportsRecommended NoneGoalsCrystal Reports 2008® is a powerful, dynamic, actionable reporting solution that helps you design, explore, visualize, and deliver reports via the web or embedded in enterprise applications.This one-day instructor-led course is designed to give you comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge required to plan and create reports that will help you analyze and interpret important information.As a business benefit, you will find that your increased understanding of report processing, formulas, custom functions and subreports will help you make more effective report design decisions and create more efficient reports.ContentReport Processing- Use multi-pass reporting- Use evaluation time functions- Use a dynamic arrayUsing Subreports- Define subreports- Create an unlinked subreport- Create a linked subreport- Create an on-demand subreport- Use shared variables with subreports- Link “unlinkable” data with subreports- Describe alternate solutions to using subreportsCreating Complex Formulas- Use Print State functions- Use loop control structures- Use loop control structures with arraysUsing Custom Functions- Describe a custom function- Use custom functionsUsing XML and Web Services Data- Use XML and web services data- Use a transform in XML exportingNotesAdditional Education (To increase your skill level and knowledge of Crystal Reports, the following course is recommended:)Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design IV - Optimizing Report Data Applicable CertificationThis is a recommended course in the Business Objects Certified Professional: Crystal Reports certification.