This book will guide the Crystal Reports users through conceptual topics, such as understanding data sources, to creating simple reports using the provided report wizards to custom reporting creation, modification and design techniques. This book will cover the latest version of Crystal Reports. The newest release includes unprecedented technological advances and user interface design improvements - making for the most significant release enhancement to date.

Developed by Crystal Decisions, Crystal Reports can access data from the most widely used databases and can integrate data from multiple databases within one report. Crystal Reports has been endorsed as the standard program for reporting with over 250 third party vendors. These vendors include Microsoft, SAP, PeopleSoft, Baan, IBM’s Lotus, and many others.

Table of contents:

Part I. Introduction to Crystal Reports 9.0
Hour 1. The Value of Crystal Reports 9
Hour 2. Getting Started with Crystal Reports 9
Hour 3. Accessing Your Data
Hour 4. Using the Default Report Wizards

Part II. Fundamentals of the Crystal Reports Design Environment
Hour 5. Creating and Designing Basic Reports
Hour 6. Selecting and Grouping Data
Hour 7. Filtering, Sorting, and Summarizing Data

Part III. Formatting Reports
Hour 8. Fundamentals of Report Formatting
Hour 9. Working with Report Sections
Hour 10. Understanding and Implementing Formulas
Hour 11. Visualizing Your Data with Charts and Maps
Hour 12. Implementing Parameters for Dynamic Reporting

Part IV. Enhancing Crystal Reports
Hour 13. Custom Formatting Techniques
Hour 14. Using Cross-Tabs for Summarized Reporting
Hour 15. Using Record Selections and Alerts for Interactive Reporting
Hour 16. Using Subreports
Hour 17. Using Formulas and Custom Functions to Implement Complex Business Logic
Hour 18. Working with the Report Component Repository
Hour 19. Designing Effective Report Templates

Part V. Advanced Report Design Concepts
Hour 20. Multidimensional Reporting Against OLAP Data
Hour 21. Additional Data Sources for Crystal Reports
Hour 22. Optimizing SQL Queries in Crystal Reports

Part VI. Sharing and Distributing Crystal Reports
Hour 23. Distributing Crystal Reports
Hour 24. Crystal Reports in Applications—a Developer’s Perspective

Part VII. Supplemental Crystal Reports Technologies
Appendix A. Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET
Appendix B. Common Crystal Reports FAQs and Tips

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