BOC320 - RD21008 - Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions 

Course Version: 091

Duration
2 days

Delivery Type
Instructor-led Classroom

Audience
The target audience for this course is report designers who are responsible for creating and distributing reports and have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design.

Prerequisites:
Essential: You should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design. If you have taken a previous version of Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design, then you should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Quickstart.
* Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience (To be successful, you must have
working knowledge of:)
Windows conventions
Basic database concepts
Experience using a web browser
Recommended None

Goals
Crystal 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 two-day instructor-led course is designed to give you comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge to plan and create reports that will help you analyze and interpret information.
As a business benefit, you will be able to increase your understanding of formulas, variables, arrays, templates, parameters, summaries, and sections.
This course will also help you make more effective report design decisions and create more efficient reports.

Content
Using the Repository
- Use the repository
- Create a report from a repository data source

Creating Formulas
- Use functions and operators
- Define control structures available in Crystal Reports Syntax

Managing Reports
- Use the Workbench
- Publish reports to BusinessObjects Enterprise

Using Variables and Arrays
- Use variables
- Use arrays

Using Report Templates
- Apply report templates
- Build a template without a data source
- Remove a template

Building Parameterized Reports
- Define and create parameters
- Build a report with multiple parameters
- Use edit masks and descriptions
- Create a date range parameter
- Group using parameters

Summarizing Data with Crosstabs
- Build a basic crosstab
- Format a crosstab

Using Report Sections
- Use sections
- Use group related functions to format sections
- Use section underlay
- Use multiple-column reporting

Building Specialized Reports
- Use the Running Total Expert
- Create a form letter
- Add a hyperlink to a report
- Use Dynamic Graphic Locations
- Build a report with alerts
- Build a top N report
- Integrate an Xcelsius Flash SWF into a Crystal report

Notes
Additional Education (To increase your skill level and knowledge of Crystal Reports, the following courses are recommended:)
Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies
Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design IV - Optimizing Report Data

Applicable Certification
This is a recommended course for the Business Objects Certified Professional - Crystal Reports certification.