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Training Course Summary:

Crystal Reports is a market leading database reporting and analysis tool. This 2 day course is designed for new users, wishing to become proficient in create and modifying reports. This course will enable delegates to create and manipulate a variety of database reports, using formulae and links. If you are a report designer, new to Crystal Reports, or are responsible for creating and distributing reports, this course is ideal.

Pre-Requisites:

Delegates must have a working knowledge of Windows applications and a basic knowledge of
database concepts such as tables, fields and records.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Creating a Basic List Report:
Set Default Settings, Building a Report, Previewing a Report, Working with Fields.

Displaying Data in a Report:
Finding Data, Sorting Data, Filters and Search Criteria.

Grouping and Summarising:
Inserting a Group, Adding Summaries, Group Options, Top N Sort Group

Building Formula:
Write a Formula, Edit a Formula, Group by Formula, Multiple Criteria Formula, Parameter Fields

Formatting Reports:
Removing White Space, Header and Footer data, Borders and Lines, Background Colour.

Enhancing Reports:
Watermarks, Bulleted Lists, Conditional Formatting, Hyperlinks.

Creating and Modifying Pie Charts:
Creating a Pie Chart with Drill Down, Formatting the Chart

Distributing Data:
Export to Excel and Access, Create a Report Definition, Create Mailing Labels