Crystal Reports - Level 1

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• Delegates will learn how to create reports and interrogate data from the main database - creating lists of data, charts & summary reports.
• Crystal empowers the user and allows direct access to the data tables.  Where it was previously necessary to export to Excel & repetitively create PivotTables, chart, analysis - delegates will learn how to create Crystal Reports ONCE and simply REFRESH data and obtain the essential data.

COURSE CONTENT

Report Design

• Exploring the Report Design window
• Starting a new report with and without the Wizard
• Exploring the Design Tab
• Placing objects on your report
• Previewing your report
• Positioning and sizing objects
• Formatting objects
• Using Text Objects

Record Selection

• Using the Select Expert
• Using the Select Record options
• Defining the Select Expert?€™s features
• Understanding saved vs. refreshed data
• Applying Record Selec`tion
• Applying Record Selection on Date Fields
• Creating Parameter Queries

Sorting, Grouping and Summarising

• Sorting Records
• Grouping Records
• Working with groups
• Summarising
• Using Grand Totals / Summary Totals/ Summary Fields
• Top N Group Expert

Presentation Quality Reports

• Using Special Fields
• Applying lines and boxes
• Inserting a picture

Text Objects

• Combining Text Objects with Database Fields
• Combining Text Objects with Special Fields
• Formatting individual elements of a Text Object 

Additional Formatting & File Options

• Inserting special fields
• Inserting fields in text objects
• Inserting lines and boxes
• Inserting pictures

Report section definitions

Linking

• Defining linking concepts
• Using SmartLinking
• Working with links

Basic Report Distribution

• Exporting your reports
• Viewing from a web browser

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