Crystal Reports 7 Introduction: Formulas, Experts, and Special Reports


Overview/Description
This course, Crystal Reports 7 Introduction: Formulas, Experts, and Special Reports, presents introductory concepts including using report experts, working with formulas, creating special reports, and distributing reports.

Target Audience
You should be familiar with basic Crystal Reports concepts including creating and formatting a report.

Expected Duration
This course, including the practice exercises, will take up to 4 hours to complete.

Objectives:

Using Report Experts

  • Create a standard report with the Report Expert
  • Add totals and counts
  • Change report styles
  • Use the Select Expert
  • Apply and remove Top N sorts
  • Working With Formulas

  • Work with the Formula Editor
  • Create basic numeric formulas
  • Create text formulas
  • Create basic date formulas
  • Create Boolean formulas
  • Create If...Then...Else formulas
  • Use formulas to apply conditional formatting
  • Creating Special Reports

  • Add and modify graphic charts
  • Drill down on a chart
  • Add a geographical map to a report
  • Customize a map
  • Create reports using more than one table
  • Distributing Reports

  • Print reports
  • Export reports to Microsoft Word
  • Export reports for use on the Web

  • Course Number: SCR0102