Crystal Reports Training Courses


Crystal Reports is a powerful tool but its basic facilities are easy to master and a novice can be producing effective reports after a short training course.

There is no fixed syllabus, each training course is designed to suit the needs of your delegates, their level of knowledge at the start of the course and the level they need to achieve. The topics below are typical choices for two different types of delegate.
  • Staff who have to produce reports for their own use:
    • Creating a simple report with the Expert
    • Modifying this report in the Design view
    • Saving and printing reports
    • Reporting from many tables
    • Using a report
    • Creating a chart

  • Staff who have to produce standard and ad-hoc reports for use within their organisation:
    • Formulae
    • Custom Grouping
    • Sections
    • Saving, printing, and distributing reports
    • Parameters
    • Sub-reports
    • Data dictionary
    • ODBC

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