Crystal Report CIS 764 – Presentation - Srunokshi Kaniyur Prema Neelakantan CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Crystal report - Introduction Crystal report is a reporting tool which is used for generating reports from various datasources Crystal services - (1.0 – 3.0) Seagate (4.0 – 9.0) Business objects ( 10 – XI) CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Benefits Wide range of data sources More flexible formatting Easy maintenance of reports Good interactivity with users Interface with.NET and J2EE applications CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Types of reports and data-sources 3 types of reports ◦ Standard ◦ Cross-Tab (like grid) ◦ Mail Label Types of Datasources ◦ Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, DB2, MS Access, MS Excel, Text files, XML files etc. CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Screenshot for creating report CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Screenshot of data sources CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Features of reports Record selection option ◦ To customize the displaying data (i.e by using either greater than, lesser than, starts with, like etc options) Sort, group and summarize data ◦ Sorting is used to arrange data in ascending or descending order ◦ To break data into meaningful groups (also perform sorting operations in group) ◦ To perform calculation at the end of the group CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Screenshot for grouping CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Features of reports – Contd. Conditional reporting ◦ Highlight important data based on the condition Charting ◦ Enabling graphical representation of data (i.e. bar charts, pie charts, 3D charts etc) Exporting reports ◦ Export to MS Word, Excel, PDF, XML CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Screenshot for conditional reporting CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Features of reports – Contd. Parameter and formula editor ◦ Parameters adds power and flexibility to report ◦ Formulae are used for performing calculation and also for displaying custom fields ◦ Formulae makes use of built–in function (i.e. numeric functions, string functions, date functions etc.) CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Screenshot of formula editor CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Features of reports – Contd. Subreport ◦ Sub reports are report within main report ◦ Two types of sub reports linked and unlinked subreport ◦ Linked subreport takes parameters from main report to display data ◦ On-demand subreport are displayed only when requested CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

Sample report screenshot CIS Presentation on Crystal reports

References Advantage - usa.com/literature/crystalreports10.pdfhttp:// usa.com/literature/crystalreports10.pdf Origin Formulae - Questions???? CIS Presentation on Crystal reports