DURATION
3 days
Course Description
This course is designed to give the learner comprehensive skills and in-depth knowledge for planning and developing reports using a step-by-step development methodology. Learners will also apply the report design skills they have learned and practiced in prerequisite report design courses to several advanced report design scenarios.
The Crystal Reports: Applying Report Design Methodology and Expertise course is a core course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP) certification.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for report designer consultants who are responsible for creating and distributing reports for their customers.
What will I Learn?
After completing the course, learners will be able to:
Define steps for report development
Define user needs
Create a report specification document
Document and support reports
Apply report design concepts to advanced reporting scenarios
Course Contents
Defining the Steps for Report Development
Describing the advantages of using a methodology
Defining the 7 steps in report development
Describing the importance of completing all 7 steps
Defining user needs
Defining business needs
Defining technical requirements
Define user requirements
Creating a report specification document
Defining what a specification document is
Defining who uses a specification document
Describing the specification document template
Creating a report specification document - continued
Organizing and inserting information into the document
Getting sign-off on the specification document
Displaying group headings in cross-tabs w/no details
Applying several parameters to a report
Displaying quarterly data differently than the default
Displaying totals as percentages in cross-tabs
Documenting and supporting reports
Using naming conventions
Commenting report formulas
Tracking and documenting objects used in reports
Defining the report definition file
Contacting technical support
Locating and searching the knowledgebase
Applying Report Design Concepts to Advanced Reporting Scenarios
Applying leading zeros to a number
Calculating average time for date-time values
Displaying groups only if they contain certain detail values
Displaying data grouped by weeks starting with Fridays
Applying Report Design Concepts to Advanced Reporting Scenarios – cont.
Display a group value in a group tree that has no details
Displaying records based on today’s date
Displaying names with leading uppercase characters
Certification Applicability
The Crystal Reports: Applying Report Design Methodology and Expertise course is a core course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP) certification.
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Prerequisites
In this course you will be working intensively with Crystal Reports. To successfully understand the content and complete the activities, we recommend that you have taken: CR: Report Design I – Fundamentals of Report Design, CR: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions, CR: Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies, CR: Report Design IV - Optimizing Report Data, CR: Creating Complex Formulas for Finance or, CR: Creating and Using SQL Commands, or CR: Reporting from OLAP Data Sources.
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.