Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) - Softcover

Peck, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071590986 ISBN 13: 9780071590983

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2008

Synopsis

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Your One-Stop Guide to Enterprise Reporting with Crystal Reports 2008

Transform disconnected corporate data into compelling, interactive business intelligence using all of the powerful tools available in Crystal Reports 2008. Through detailed explanations, real-world examples, and expert advice, this comprehensive guide shows you how to create, maintain, and distribute dynamic, visually appealing enterprise database reports.

Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference explains how to select and gather pertinent business data, organize it into manageable groups, and assemble it into user-friendly business reports. You will learn how to improve report interactivity with sort controls and the parameter panel; solve complex reporting problems with cross-tabs and subreports; integrate Crystal Xcelsius dashboards; reduce development time; and publish your results to Web and Windows applications.

• Integrate pictures, multimedia files, graphs, and charts
• Allow user-controlled report sorting with new sort controls
• Develop sophisticated formulas and custom functions with the Formula Workshop
• Embed Flash files, including Xcelsius 2008 interactive dashboards
• Create complex cross-tab reports with new derived rows and columns
• Export reports into Word, Excel, Acrobat, and updated XML formats
• Enhance Web interactivity with the new parameter panel and optional parameter fields
• Work with SQL databases, OLAP cubes, and proprietary systems
• Centralize design elements and auto-update reports using the repository
• Schedule and distribute reports with the latest BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0
• Embed reports in Web and Windows applications using Visual Studio 2008

About this title

Synopsis:

This is the number-one bestselling guide to crystal reports - completely updated for the latest release. Comprehensive and authoritative, this guide explains how to create and publish visually effective, high-fidelity reports with "Crystal Reports 2008". You will learn to use all of the new and improved features to access enterprise data, format it, and deliver it as actionable business intelligence. "Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference" begins by covering general report design techniques that will apply to virtually everyone who uses the tool. The book then explains how to use crystal reports as an enterprise-level reporting solution, and offers developers solutions for integrating crystal reports into web and windows platforms.

About the Author:

George Peck (Redondo Beach, CA) is a software trainer, consultant and developer with more than 20 years of experience in the computer industry. After more than 10 years as an internal consultant and trainer in a large corporation, George founded his own consulting and training firm, The ABLAZE Group, in 1994. He started with a large Visual Basic/Crystal Reports project for a major West Coast bank, and since then he has trained, consulted, and developed custom software for large and small clients throughout the United States and Canada. George is certified by Seagate Software as both a trainer and consultant. Seagate awarded him Training Partner of the Year for 1998-1999.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0071590986
• ISBN 13: 9780071590983
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 968