CRYSTAL REPORTS COURSE CONTENT
Course Description
Developer customers should create their application reports using the powerful SAP Crystal
Reports designer, and then use the free SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio or SAP Crystal
Reports, version for Eclipse APIs and runtime engines for integrating reports with applications. Both
the .net and Java runtime engines are considered component engines, as they run in-process with a
hosting application.
What you will learn
Participants will gain the fundamentals of report design.
Participants will acquire the basis for more advanced courses in the SAP BI curriculum
Who Should Attend
Business Analysts
Report Writers
Report Designers
Application Developers
BI System Administrators
Duration
5 Days
Prerequisite Education or Experience:
Windows conventions
Basic computer skills and database concepts
Recommended
Completion of SAP Crystal Reports: Fundamentals of Report Design
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Course Outline
Day 1
1. Crystal Reports 2013
Connetion with Different Database
SQL Connection
Universe Connection
SAP Connection
SAP BW Connection
Efashion Connection
Basic Report Wizard
Planning Your Report Topic
Reviewing the Class Database Files and Report Type
Modifying the Program Default Settings Using Help
Creating Basic Reports Topic Report Sections
Generating a New Report
Viewing Your Report
Changing the Size and Position of Your Fields
Formatting Your Report
Adding the Finishing Touches to Your Report
Saving Your Report
Create a Formula
Edit a Formula
Filter Data Using a Formula
Work with Advanced Formulas and Functions
Handle Null Values
Day 2
2. Reports Wizard
Creating Basic Reports Topic
Report Sections
Generating a New Report
Viewing Your Report
Changing the Size and Position of Your Fields
Formatting Your Report
Adding the Finishing Touches to Your Report
Saving Your Report
Sorting and Selecting Data Topic
Using Sort Options
Using the Select Expert
Using Multiple Criteria in the Selection Formula
Changing the Record Selection Formula
Grouping and Summarizing
Understanding Group Components
Defining Multiple-level Groups
Working with Grouping Options
Inserting Subtotals and Grand Totals
Working with Summary Fields
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Calculating the Percentage of the Group to the Grand Total Functions
Using Grand Total Summary Function
Using the Top N/Sort Group Expert
Using the Report Expert
Creating a New Report Using the Standard Report Expert
Creating a New Report Using the Mail Label Report Expert
Editing Reports Using the Report Expert
Day 3
3. Cross-Tab Reports Wizard
Cross-tab Reports
Using Cross-tab Reports
Using the Cross-Tab Expert
Working with Existing Cross-tabs
Understand Cross-tab Layout
Features
Formatting Options
Working with Cross-Tabs
Adding Sub reports
Creating Drill-Downs in a Report
Creating Complex Formulas
Adding Charts to Reports
Enhancing Report Functionality
Create Charts
Create a Chart with a Drill-Down
Create a Top N Chart
Create a Cross-Tab Chart
Create Charts for Grouped Data
Format a Chart
Create a Chart Template
4. Mailing Reports wizards
Creating Basic Reports Topic
Report Sections
Generating a New Report
Viewing Your Report
Changing the Size and Position of Your Fields
Formatting Your Report
Adding the Finishing Touches to Your Report
Create a Report
Modify a Report
Display Specific Report Data
Work with Report Sections
Day 4
5. OLAP Report Wizards
Creating the Report using the SAP BI server directly.
Adding the Cube into Crystal Reports etc
Adding the Sub Reports
Modifying the Reports.
Conditional Formatting
Absolute versus Conditional Formatting
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Conditional Attribute Formatting
The Highlighting Expert
Restoring Conditional Formats
Advanced Formulas
Using Variables in Formulas
Creating a Running Total
Understanding Multiple-pass Reporting
Using Evaluation Time Functions
Creating Formulas Using Multiple Variables
Multiple Sections
Inserting Sections
Moving Sections
Splitting Sections
Multiple Sections and Conditional Formats
6. Creating a Report from Excel Data
Create a Report Based on Excel Data
Modify a Report Generated from Excel Data
Update Data in a Report Based on Excel Data
Distributing Data
Create Mailing Labels
Adding Charts to Reports
Create Charts
Create a Chart with a Drill-Down
Create a Top N Chart
Create a Cross-Tab Chart
Create Charts for Grouped Data
Format a Chart
Create a Chart Template
Enhancing Report Functionality
Organize Data Based on a Hierarchy
Create a Dynamic Image
Create a Report Alert
Create a Geographic Map
Day 5
7. Crystal Report Enterprise
Different Between Crystal Reports 2013 and Crystal Report Enterprise
Creating Report Wizards
Creating Cross Tab Report Wizards
Formatting Report
Inserting Charts and Line
Inserting Formulas and Parameter
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Pre-requisites
LAB Setup for Crystal Report 2008/ 2011:
1. All Machines with Windows Server 2008 64 bit OS.
2. With 8GB RAM.
3. With VMWARE Workstation 8.0.
4. MS-Office 2007 and Adobe Reader Installed.
5. SAP -BO with Crystal Reports Image should be copied in all the Machines.
Note:- VMWARE Image will be sent 5-7 days before the training through Hard drive/USB.