SAP Crystal Reports: Fundamentals of Report Design Training

Essential

• * None

Recommended

• * Knowledge of basic syntax structure for constructing formulas

• Application Consultant
• Business Analyst
• Power User

• This course will prepare you to:
  • Gain skills in designing various Crystal Reports
  • Have hands-on practice in developing Crystal Reports from scratch

• Report Concepts
• Describing Reporting Concepts
• Report Creation
• Choosing a Report Creation Method
• Connecting to Data Sources
• Navigating in the Design Environment
• Inserting Objects in a Report
• Previewing a Report
• Saving a Report
• Setting the Position and Size of Objects
• Formatting Objects
• Record Selection
• Setting Records Using Select Expert
• Saving and Refreshing Data in Reports
• Setting Additional Criteria
• Applying Time-Based Record Selection
• Report Data Sorting, Grouping, and Summarizing
• Sorting Records
• Creating a Grand Total
• Grouping Records
• Managing Multiple Groups
• Grouping on Time-Based Data
• Summarizing Data
• Sorting and Filtering Groups
• Sorting Groups using Specified Order
• Graphics and Special Fields
• Adding Graphical Elements
• Adding Special Fields
• Section Formatting
• Formatting Sections
• Controlling Page Breaks
• Creating Summary Reports
• Basic Formulas
• Defining a Formula
• Creating If-Then-Else Formulas
• Creating Boolean Formulas
• Creating Formulas with Dates
• Creating Summary Functions in Formulas
• Applying String Manipulation
• Conditional Reporting
• Highlighting Data in a Report
• Formatting Data Conditionally
• Charts
• Creating Charts Without Groups
• Creating Charts Based on Existing Groups and Summaries
• Customizing a Chart on a Simple Report with No Groups
• Report Distribution
• Exporting a Report
• Saving a Report to SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform