Crystal Reports Introduction

Goals

Mastering the general tools to create professional looking reports. Being able to calculate and create charts and cross tabs.

Prerequisite

Knowledge of the Windows work environment, knowledge of a database program.

Contents

Databases

• General concepts
• Visual Linking Experts

Creating a basic report

• Objects
• Filtering the data
• Inserting pictures
• Sorting the data
• Formatting options

Formulas and calculations

• General concepts
• Basic calculations
• Creating formulas
• Inserting conditional formatting

Summary reports

• General concepts
• Creating a report with groupings and summary calculations
• Formats and Drill Down

Cross Tabs

• General concepts
• Creating a cross tab
• Modifying a cross tab

Charts

• General concept
• Creating a chart
• Modifying a chart

Distributing reports

• Exporting a report to different formats