Crystal Reports 2008 Official Guide

CRYSTAL REPORTS 2008

OFFICIAL GUIDE

Whether youre a DBA, data warehousing or business intelligence professional,
reporting specialist, or developer, this book has the answers you need. Through
hands-on examples, youll systematically master Crystal Reports and Xcelsius
2008s most powerful features for creating, distributing, and delivering content.
One step at a time, long-time Crystal Reports insiders take you from the basics
through advanced content creation and delivery using Xcelsius, Crystal Reports
Server, crystalreports.com, and the offline Crystal Reports Viewer.

Every significant enhancement introduced in Crystal Reports 2008 is covered, including its new visualization options and more robust Web services capabilities. The book concludes by showing how to use Crystal Reports powerful .NET and Java SDKs to customize and extend enterprise reporting in virtually unlimited ways.

 

Learn hands-on, through step-by-step examples and exercisesand discover tips and tricks proven in real-world enterprise environments

     Master new Crystal Reports 2008 features, including interactive report viewing, Xcelsius dashboarding, Flex, and Flash integration, Report Designer improvements, report bursting, and more

     Publish professional-quality reports against virtually any data source, including relational and OLAP databases, Universes, SAP, PeopleSoft, JavaBeans, .NET/COM objects, XML, and more

     Discover advanced visualization techniques using Xcelsius, charts, and maps

     Learn methods for distributing reports and integrating content into other applications

                       Learn about the latest reporting addition to the Business Objects familyXcelsius and begin creating dynamic and interactive dashboards

 

NEIL FITZGERALD has spent several years working at Business Objects and with one of Business Objects largest providers of custom BI and enterprise reporting solutions.

BOB COATES currently works as a Sales Consultant for Business Objects, an SAP company, where he has been employed for more than eleven years.

 

RYAN GOODMAN is the founder of Centigon Solutions, Inc., and remains one of the top Xcelsius experts and evangelists in the world.

 

MICHAEL VOLOSHKO is a senior presales consultant for the financial services team at Business Objects.

 

ON THE WEB

Find all this and more at informit.com/sams:

         Java and .NET sample reports and code samples for all examples in the book

         Bonus chapters, tips, tricks, and links to great reporting resources

 

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Neil FitzGerald recently founded Longtop International, a global sourcing firm specializing in Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Reporting solutions, and one of Business Objects' largest providers of custom reporting solutions. Prior to that he worked for Business Objects and Crystal Decisions for more than eight years. He is the lead author of three previous books on Crystal Reports, most recently Crystal Reports XI Official Guide, 0672329174.

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Introduction

Introduction to Information Delivery

Spectrum of Business Objects Product Usage

Custom Information Delivery Applications

Enterprise BI Initiatives

Spectrum of BI Tool Users

Content Creators (Information Designers)

Information Analysts

Information Consumers

The Product Family from Business Objects

What Is in This Book

Part I: Crystal Reports Design

Part II: Formatting Crystal Reports

Part III: Advanced Crystal Reports Design

Part IV: Report Distribution and Advanced Report Design with Crystal Xcelsius

Equipment Used for This Book

Web Resources

Intended Audience

Requirements for This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

I Crystal Report Design

1 Creating and Designing Basic Reports

Introducing the Crystal Reports Designer

Crystal Report Sections

Using Toolbars and Menus

Report Design Explorers

Locating and Using the Report Design Explorers

The Workbench and Dependency Checker

Understanding Data and Data Sources

Understanding Direct Access Drivers

Understanding Indirect Access Drivers

Introducing the Database Expert

Creating a New Connection

Using My Connections

Adding Database Objects to Your Report

Reporting on Tables

Reporting on Views

Reporting on Stored Procedures

Reporting on SQL Commands

Joining Database Objects

Understanding the Different Join Types

Using the Report Creation Wizards

Getting Started with the Report Wizards

Using the Standard Report Creation Wizard

Creating a Report Without Wizards

Troubleshooting

Crystal Reports in the Real WorldHTML Preview

Crystal Reports in the Real WorldSQL Commands

2 Selecting and Grouping Data

Introduction

Understanding Field Objects

Accessing Database Fields

Accessing Formula Fields

Accessing SQL Expression Fields

Accessing Parameter Fields

Implementing Running Total Fields

Using Group Name Fields

Special Fields

Working with Groups

Inserting Groups

Reordering Groups

Using the Group Expert

Grouping on Date/Time Fields

Hierarchical Grouping

Understanding Drill-Down Reports

Creating a Drill-Down Report

Hiding Details on a Drill-Down Report

Troubleshooting

Crystal Reports in the Real WorldGroup on a Formula

3 Filtering, Sorting, and Summarizing Data

Introduction

Filtering the Data in Your Report

Working with the Select Expert

The Record Selection Formula

Working with the Formula Editor

Learning to Sort Records

Working with the Sort Expert

Creating Effective Summaries

Creating Grand Totals

Creating Group Summaries

Using Group Selection and Sorting

Creating Running Totals

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