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

3. 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 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

4. Benefits Wide range of data sources More flexible formatting Easy maintenance of reports Good interactivity with users Interface with.NET and J2EE applications CIS 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

5. 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 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

6. Screenshot for creating report CIS 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

7. Screenshot of data sources CIS 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

8. 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 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

9. Screenshot for grouping CIS 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

10. 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 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

11. Screenshot for conditional reporting CIS 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

12. 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 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

13. Screenshot of formula editor CIS 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

14. 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 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

15. Sample report screenshot CIS 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports

16. References Advantage - http://www.scsi- usa.com/literature/crystalreports10.pdfhttp://www.scsi- usa.com/literature/crystalreports10.pdf Origin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_reports http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_reports Formulae - http://www.kenhamady.com/formula.html Questions???? CIS 764 - Presentation on Crystal reports