Course Specifications
Course number: 085167
Software: Crystal Reports® 2008
Course length: 2.0 day(s)
Course Description
Organizations use reporting tools to access data sources
and generate customized reports. Crystal Reports® 2008 enhances report
building and report processing techniques with a slew of features that add
value to your presentation. In this course, you will create a basic report
by connecting to a database and modifying its presentation.
Course Objective: You will connect to a database to extract data and present it as
a report.
Target Student: This course is designed for persons who need output from a database.
In some cases, database programs have limited reporting tools, and/or such
tools may not be accessible. Students may or may not have programming and/or
SQL experience.
Prerequisites: Before taking this course, students should be familiar
with the basic functions of Windows, such as creating and navigating folders,
opening programs, manipulating windows, copying and pasting objects, formatting
text, and saving files. In addition, students should have taken the Microsoft® Office Access 2007: Level 1 course or have equivalent experience with basic database
concepts.
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer for each student
and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum
hardware configuration:
- Intel® Pentium® II or higher (Pentium® III/IV-class
recommended).
- 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended).
- 5 GB hard disk or higher if you use Windows XP Professional
as your operating system. You should have at least 600 MB free hard-disk space
for Microsoft Office installation.
- Access to one of the following: a local CD-ROM drive, a local
DVD drive, or access to a networked CD-ROM drive.
- Mouse or other pointing device.
- Network cards and cabling for local network access.
- Internet access (see your local network administrator).
- Printer (optional).
- Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.
Platform Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4, XP, or Vista.
Software Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4, XP, or Vista.
- Custom installation of Crystal Reports® 2008.
- Default installation of Microsoft® Office® 2007.
- Printer driver. (Printers are not required; however, each
PC must have an installed printer driver to use Print Preview.)
- Adobe® Reader® 8.0 and above.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- explore the Crystal Reports interface.
- create a basic report and modify it.
- use formulas for filtering data.
- build a parameterized report.
- group report data.
- enhance a report.
- create a report using data sourced from an Excel database.
- distribute data.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Exploring the Crystal Reports 2008 Interface
- Topic 1A: Explore the Crystal Reports Interface
- Topic 1B: Use the Crystal Reports Help
- Topic 1C: Customize
the Report Settings
- Lesson 2: Working with Reports
- Topic 2A: Create a Report
- Topic 2B: Modify a Report
- Topic 2C: Display Specific Report Data
- Topic 2D: Work with Report Sections
- Lesson 3: Using Formulas in Reports
- Topic 3A: Create a Formula
- Topic 3B: Edit a Formula
- Topic 3C: Filter Data Using a Formula
- Topic 3D: Work with Advanced Formulas and Functions
- Topic 3E: Handle Null Values
- Lesson 4: Building Parameterized Reports
- Topic 4A: Create a Parameter Field
- Topic 4B: Use a
Range Parameter in a Report
- Topic 4C: Create a Prompt
- Lesson 5: Grouping Report Data
- Topic 5A: Group Report Data
- Topic 5B: Modify a Group Report
- Topic 5C: Group Using Parameters
- Topic 5D: Create a Parameterized Top N Report
- Lesson 6: Enhancing a Report
- Topic 6A: Format a Report
- Topic 6B: Insert Objects in a Report
- Topic 6C: Suppress Report Sections
- Topic 6D: Use Report Templates
- Lesson 7: Creating a Report from Excel Data
- Topic 7A: Create a Report Based on Excel Data
- Topic 7B: Modify a Report Generated from Excel Data
- Topic 7C: Update Data in a Report Based on Excel Data
- Lesson 8: Distributing Data
- Topic 8A: Export Data
- Topic 8B: Creating Mailing Labels
- Appendix A: Setting
Up and Configuring Data Sources
- Appendix B: Using
Report Processing Techniques
- Appendix C: Using
Functions in Formulas