Crystal Reports Level 1

Crystal Reports XI: Level 1

Pre-requisites: Before taking this course, students should be familiar with the basic functions of Windows, such as creating and navigating folders, opening programs, manipulating windows, copying and pasting objects, formatting text, and saving files. In addition, students should have taken Microsoft? Office Access 2003: Level 1 or have equivalent experience with basic database concepts.

Aims: Crystal Reports XI: Level 1 is the primary recommended course you should take if your job responsibilities require you to obtain output from databases. It is also the first course in the Crystal Reports XI series. In this course, you will build basic list and group reports that work
with almost any database.
You will build basic list and group reports that work with almost any database.

Objectives:

On completion of this course delegates will be able to:

• Create a report by using data from an
• existing database.
• Use a report to present specific data in
• the desired order.
• Create groups to summarize report data.
• Build formulas to calculate and display
• data. Format reports.
• Add and modify elements in a report.
• Create single data series charts.
• Distribute report data.

Content:

Creating a Report
Set Default Report Settings
Specify Fields for a New Report
Preview a Report
Modify Field Display
Add a Report Title
Position Fields
Add Fields from Other Tables
Displaying Specific Report Data
Find Data
Sort Data
Filter Data by a Single Criterion
Grouping Report Data
Insert a Group
Add Summaries
Format Summary Information
Change Group Options
Add a Second-Level Grouping
Filter Records by Group
Create a Top N Sort Group
Building Formulas
Create a Formula
Edit a Formula
Combine Fields by Formula
Delete a Formula
Filter Data by Multiple Criteria
Modify a Filter Using an OR Operator
Create a Parameter Field
Account for Null Fields in a Formula
Formatting Reports
Remove White Space
Insert Page Header/Footer Data
Add Borders, Boxes, and Lines
Change Field Background Color
Change the Margins
Enhancing Reports
Add a Watermark
Insert Objects Using Object Linking and
Embedding
Modify Formatting Based on Data Value
Suppress Report Sections
Insert Hyperlinks
Hide Blank Report Sections
Creating Pie Charts
Create a Pie Chart with a Drill-Down
Modify Chart Text
Format a Chart
Present a Chart by Group
Distributing Data
Export to a PDF File
Export to a Microsoft Excel File
Export to an Access Database File
Export a Report Definition
Create Mailing Labels