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1 Introduction

2  Accessing Data Sources

3 Creating Reports

4 Foratting !ptions

" Su#Report

$ Crossta#

% Charts

& '(acing Data on the Report

) *anipu(ating Data

Agenda

10 Distri#uting Reports

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Introduction

+ In this training, you will be subjected through various features and functionalities ofCrystal Reports 2008 as a Standard reporting ool!

+ Crystal Reports is designed to wor" with your database to help you analy#e and inter  pret i$portant infor$ation! Crystal Reports $a"es it easy to create si$ple reports, and, it also has the co$prehensive tools you need to produce co$ple% or speciali#ed r eports!

+ Crystal Reports is a Standard ransaction reporting tool first developed by Seagate,which later spun off to for$ a co$pany called Crystal &ecisions! hen it was ta"enover by SA' (usiness )bjects!

Welcome to the training on Crystal Reports 2008

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Course )bjectives

+ he objective of Crystal Reports training is to provide the audience with co$plete in

for$ation * hands+on e%perience on Crystal Reports as an industry Standard ransa

ction reporting ool!

+ It is not li$iting but also to enable the participant to e%ecute the case studies which s

erves as a virtual live projects!

+ At the end of the training, each participant will be able to ta"e up develop$ent of re

 ports using Crystal Reports!

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arget Audience

+ Anyone with good e%posure to R&(S and is aware of &-. and )/' concepts a

re ideally suited to undergo this training!

+ 'rior wor" e%perience in any of the other reporting tools will be an advantage but

) $andatory!

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Accessing &ata Sources

+ 'ri$ary goal of reporting is to access data and produce reports

+ a"es this process very easy, less ti$e+consu$ing and powerful

+ Can access data stored in any co$$on1unco$$on for$at

+ ypes of data

! &irect access &( files

2! )&(C data sources3! )/4&(

5! (usiness 6iews

7! /

9! SA' (-

:! SA' 4R'

8! )/A' Cubes

;! Spreadsheet

0! Applications

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+ (usiness 6iews

+ Created using (usiness 6iew anager 

+ =le%ible and reliable $ulti+tier syste$, helps in integrating data fro$ disparate sources

+ Reduces differences in data resolution, coverage and structure

+ Consists of 

+ &ata Connections+ &yna$ic &ata Connections

+ &ata =oundations

+ (usiness 4le$ents

+ Security could be applied to individual objects

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Report &esign Concepts

+ &eciding the content of the report

+ &eveloping a prototype

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o create a new Report clic" on the green highlighted icon ! >ou will get the Standard Report

Creation -i#ard, >ou can use this if you want but usually we do not use this! So Clic" on

=inish!

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 Yo will get the following win!ow. This is the Pre"iew win!ow where yo can "iew the !ata. Clic# on the $esign Tab as highlighte! below.

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%ow $elete the Print $ate an! Page %mber special Fiel!s which were atomatically a!!e! to the Report.

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&o to File   'ntic# the Sa"e $ata with Report becase this will increase the si(e of theReport.

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Sa"e the Report by gi"ing a %ame in the re)ire! path in yor local system.

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 To a!! a $atabase Connection. &o to $atabase  $atabase *+pert.

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 The following win!ow appears. Clic# on the Create %ew Connection

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 The win!ow shows the !ifferent connections that are a"ailable. Choose the appropriate one. ,ere we will choose the -* $/$- for connecting to S3 ser"er.

i d

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,ere select 4icrosoft -* $/ Pro"i!er for S3 Ser"er an! clic# Finish

C i R C d

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%ow pro"i!e the login !etails of the $atabase that yo nee! to connect to. Clic# on Finish.

C i R C d

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%ow yo can select the tables or "iews or Store! Proce!res from the $atabase. ,ere we select the Store! Proce!re so that it is faster.

C ti R t C td

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Select the Store! Proce!re Sample5SP5Crystal5Report an! clic# on the arrowhighlighte! to select an! clic# on -6.

C ti R t C td

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 Yo can "iew the fiel!s in the Fiel! *+plorer

Creating Report Contd

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%ow !rag an! !rop the fiel!s into the $etails Section.

Creating Report Contd

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 Yo can a!! remaining fiel!s similarly. To change the name of the hea!ers yocan !oble clic# on the hea!er an! change the names. The report will loo# li#ethis now

Creating Report Contd

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 Yo can a!! remaining fiel!s similarly. To change the name of the hea!ers yocan !oble clic# on the hea!er an! change the names. The report will loo# li#ethis now

Creating Report Contd

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 Yo can rn the report by clic#ing on the Pre"iew tab or by F7