Crystal Reports Training: Intermediate Crystal Reports XI

Course Number: CR-112
Duration: 2 days
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Intermediate Crystal Reports XI Training Overview

In Accelebrate's Intermediate Crystal Reports XI training class, students enhance their basic report writing skills and move into creating more complex reports. Students master professional report design, advanced formulas and techniques, and subreporting.

Accelebrate also offers an Advanced Crystal Reports XI training class.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals. To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/?action=category&page=crystal.

Intermediate Crystal Reports XI Training Prerequisites

All attendees must be familiar with the basics of Crystal Reports XI, as taught in Accelebrate's Introduction to Crystal Reports XI training.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This course is more than 60% hands-on, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 20 minutes.

Intermediate Crystal Reports XI Training Materials

All Crystal Reports XI training students receive comprehensive courseware covering all topics taught and a copy of Crystal Reports XI: The Complete Reference.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

Windows 2000 or later with at least 1GB RAM (2GB RAM or more strongly recommended)
Crystal Reports XI
Microsoft Office XP, 2003, or 2007

Intermediate Crystal Reports XI Training Objectives

All attendees will learn how to:

Create and format multiple report sections
Use running totals
Prompt with parameters
Use advanced formulas
Create subreports
Create groups
Work with cross-tab reports
Generate report alerts
Create and use report templates

Intermediate Crystal Reports XI Training Outline

Power Formatting with Multiple Sections

Using Multiple Sections in Reports
Using the Section Expert to Work with Sections
Conditionally Formatting Multiple Sections

Using the Running Totals Feature

Understanding Running Totals
Creating Running Totals for a List of Numbers
Conditional Running Totals

Prompting with Parameters

Parameter Fields Overview
Parameter Field Considerations
Creating a Parameter Field
Using a Parameter to Select Records
Using a Parameter Field
Creating a Dynamic Value List for Parameter Values
Importing a Pick List
Adding Parameter Values to Text Objects
Allowing Multiple Values in Parameters
Using Multiple Parameter Fields in Reports
Specifying and Limiting a Range for a Parameter
Using Parameters in Conditional Formatting
Using an Edit Mask to Limit String Parameters
Sorting with a Parameter
Group Sorting with a Parameter
Using a Parameter to set N in a Top N or Bottom N report
Displaying Parameter Fields
Cascading Parameter Fields

Using Advanced Formula Features

Understanding How Crystal Reports Processes the Data
What Is a Pass
Pre-Pass#1
Pass #1
Pre-Pass #2
Pass #2
Pass #3
Using Evaluation Time Functions
Working with Variables
Declaring a Variable
Assigning a Value to a Variable
Using a Variable in a Formula
Variable Scope
Separating Statements in Complex Formulas
Working with Arrays
Understanding the Formula Evaluation Time Debugger

Using Subreporting as a Workaround Solution

Understanding Subreports
Unlinked versus Linked Subreports
Creating an Unlinked Subreport
Linking a Subreport
Database Links versus Subreports in One-to-Many Situations
Formatting the Subreport
Passing Data from the Main Report into a Subreport
Creating On-Demand Subreports
Creating Hyperlinks
Using Subreports to Link "Unlinkable" Data

Creating Powerful Groups

Customizing the Group Name Field
Using a Field Name to Customize the Group Name
Using a Formula to Customize the Group Name Field
Creating Custom Groups
Customizing Group Sort Order
Grouping on a Formula Field
Using Group Selection to Filter the Records in the Report
Grouping Hierarchically

Working with Cross-Tab Reports

Understanding How Cross-Tabs Affect Your Data
Creating a Cross-Tab Report
Creating a Cross-Tab with Multiple Rows or Columns
Applying a Formatting Style to the Cross-Tab
Customizing the Cross-Tab Format
Changing Background Colors
Formatting Individual Cells
Changing the Summary Operation
Suppressing Rows, Columns or Totals
Repeating Row Heading for Multi-Page Cross-Tabs
Using Alias Names for Column and Row Headings
Charting Cross-Tabs
Customizing Cross-Tab Group Names
CurrentFieldValue

Report Alerts

What are Report Alerts
Creating Report Alerts
Basing Report Formulas or Conditional Formatting on Report Alerts
Creative Usage for Report Alerts

Report Templates

What is a Report Template
Standard Report Creation Wizard and Templates
The Template Expert
Applying a Template and the consequences
Template Considerations
Creating Your Own Templates
Inserting Template Fields
Formatting Template Fields
Giving Template Fields a Value

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