Crystal Reports Enterprise 4.1 in a Day

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Presenter: Paul Gonzales, InfoSol Inc.

Synopsis:

Never have enough time to sit down and learn how to build a Crystal Report? Then this is the right class for you! In this class we will learn the basics for creating a Crystal Report. You will learn how to create a simple report that has 1 prompt, 1 formula, 1 summary and 1 graph on it. The class will focus on the workflow of creating a Crystal Report from connecting to your data source to exporting the report for a user. The course focuses on the report features that you will use the most.

Pre-requisites:

1.)    Knowledge of databases and database concepts (such as joining tables together)

2.)    Some reporting background (can be in other products)

Outline:

1.)    Reviewing report requirements

2.)    Connecting to data source

3.)    Learning the report canvas

• Sections
• Database objects
• Text objects
• Formatting objects
• Sorting

4.)    Groups and summaries

5.)    Record selection and prompts

6.)    Formulas

7.)    Graphs

8.)    Exporting

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