BOC330 - Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design III -
Report Processing Strategies (formerly RD31008)
Course Description
Crystal Reports 2008 is a powerful, dynamic, actionable reporting solution that helps you design, explore, visualize, and deliver reports via the web or embedded in enterprise applications. This one-day instructor-led course is designed to give you comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge required to plan and create reports that will help you analyze and interpret important information.
As a business benefit, you will find that your increased understanding of report processing, formulas, custom functions and subreports will help you make more effective report design decisions and create more efficient reports.
Course Audience
The target audience for this course is report designers, who have taken Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design and Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions and who are responsible for creating and distributing reports.
Course Topics
Lesson #1: Report Processing
- Use multi-pass reporting
- Use evaluation time functions
- Use a dynamic array
Lesson #2: Using Sub Reports
- Define subreports
- Create an unlinked subreport
- Create a linked subreport
- Create an on-demand subreport
- Use shared variables with subreports
- Link "unlinkable" data with subreports
- Describe alternate solutions to using subreports
Lesson #3 Creating Complex Formulas
- Use Print State functions
- Use loop control structures
- Use loop control structures with arrays
Lesson #4 Using Custom Functions
- Describe a custom function
- Use custom functions
Lesson #5 Using XML and Web Services Data
- Use XML and web services data
- Use a transform in XML exporting
Prerequisite Education
- You should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design.
- You should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions.
- If you have taken a previous version of either Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design, or Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions, then you should have completed Crystal Reports 2008: Quickstart.
Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience
To be successful, you must have working knowledge of:
- Windows conventions
- Basic database concepts
- Experience using a web browser
- Crystal Reports
Additional Education
To increase your skill level and knowledge of Crystal Reports, the following course is recommended:
- Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design IV - Optimizing Report Data
Delivery & Duration
This advanced instructor-led offering is a one-day course.
Applicable Certifications
This is a recommended course in the Business Objects Certified Professional: Crystal Reports certification.
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Outline Location: http://www.goldencg.com/edu/outlines/rd31008.html
