Crystal Reports 10: Level 2

2 days

Overview

You are familiar with the basics of building and modifying reports, you're ready to move ahead to create complex reports and data sources using Crystal Reports' tools. In this course, you'll not only learn how to create more sophisticated reports like subreports and cross-tabs, you'll also learn how to increase the speed and efficiency of your reports by using SQL queries and dictionaries.

Course Objective

You will create complex reports and data sources using Crystal Reports' tools.

Prerequisites

Crystal Reports 10.0 Level 1, and knowledge of programming and/or SQL would be helpful.

Creating Running Totals

Create a Running Total Field
Modify a Running Total Field
Create a Manual Running Total on Detail Data
Create a Manual Running Total on Summary Data

Building Cross-tabs in Your Report

Create a Cross-tab
Create a Specified Group Order
Filter Cross-tab by Group
Change the Cross-tab Format
Conditionally Format Rows and Columns
Keep Groups Together

Adding Subreports

Insert a Subreport
Link a Subreport to Data in a Primary Report
Edit a Subreport
Format a Subreport Using the Format Editor
Share Formulas Between Main and Subreports
Create an On-demand Subreport

Creating Drill-downs

Create a Drill-down
Create Separate Headings for Drill-down Data
Enhancing Report Processing Using SQL

Charting Data

Create a Bar Chart
Modify a Chart
Create a Top N Chart
Format a Chart
Create a Chart Template

Reporting on Excel Data

Create a Report Based on Excel Data
Modify a Report Generated from Excel Data
Update Data in a Report Based on Excel Data