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Crystal Reports 2011 Level 2

Course description

Target Student: This course is designed for people who know how to create basic list and group reports and need to create reports that include subreports, cross-tabs, advanced formulas, and charts based on more than one data series. They may also need to build tools that make it easier for other people to create reports. They may or may not have programming and/or SQL experience.

Prerequisites: Crystal Reports 2011: Level 1. A knowledge of programming and/or SQL would also be helpful.


Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • create automatic and manual running totals.
  • work with cross-tab reports.
  • add subreports.
  • create drill-downs in a report.
  • use SQL statements in report processing.
  • create complex formulas.
  • add charts to reports.
  • enhance report functionality.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Creating Running Totals

 

Topic 1A: Create a Running Total Field

Topic 1B: Modify a Running Total Field

Topic 1C: Create a Manual Running Total

 

Lesson 2: Working with Cross-Tabs

 

Topic 2A: Create a Cross-Tab Report

Topic 2B: Format a Cross-Tab Report

Topic 2C: Create Groups in Cross-Tab Reports

 

Lesson 3: Adding Subreports

 

Topic 3A: Insert a Subreport

Topic 3B: Edit a Subreport

Topic 3C: Share Variables

 

Lesson 4: Creating Drill-Downs in a Report

 

Topic 4A: Create a Drill-Down

Topic 4B: Create Headings for Drill-Down Data

 

Lesson 5: Using SQL Statements in Report Processing

 

Topic 5A: Create a Report Using SQL Queries

Topic 5B: Summarize Report Data

Topic 5C: Create Joins Using SQL

Topic 5D: Create Subqueries

Topic 5E: Create a SQL Expression Field

 

Lesson 6: Creating Complex Formulas

 

Topic 6A: Work with Loops

Topic 6B: Work with Arrays

 

Lesson 7: Adding Charts to Reports

 

Topic 7A: Create Charts

Topic 7B: Create a Chart with a Drill-Down

Topic 7C: Create a Top N Chart

Topic 7D: Create a Cross-Tab Chart

Topic 7E: Create Charts for Grouped Data

Topic 7F: Format a Chart

Topic 7G: Create a Chart Template

 

Lesson 8: Enhancing Report Functionality

 

Topic 8A: Organize Data Based on a Hierarchy

Topic 8B: Create a Dynamic Image

Topic 8C: Create a Report Alert

Topic 8D: Create a Geographic Map

 

Appendix A: Managing Reports

 

Appendix B: Processing Data on the Server

 

Appendix C: Detecting and Fixing Problems

 


Disclaimer: All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. The course topics and order of presentation may be modified based upon the needs of each individual class.