If you have been looking for a book that has a lot of easy to understand step-by-step instructions and screen shots that show you how to complete and master SAP Crystal Reports 2016 design techniques correctly, this is the book for you. Learning SAP Crystal Reports 2016 Made Easy, is a self-paced visual guide to learning Crystal Reports. It is written from the perspective that the reader has not created a report before or has not used Crystal Reports. This book is for the beginner and intermediate user. To help you become familiar with the options and features, this book contains over 550 illustrations that provide a visual tour of the software.
After completing the exercises in this book, you will be able to perform the following tasks and more:
- Use the wizards to create reports
- Select, sort and group data
- Create parameter fields to make reports interactive
- Use the Formula Workshop to manipulate data and create formulas
- Create If...Ten...Else formulas
- Create charts
- Create Top N reports
- Add Special Fields to reports
If you want to learn more than the basics of Crystal Reports, including using functions, enhancing parameter fields with formulas, creating subreports and more, our book, Crystal Reports Beyond The Basics (ISBN 9781935208181) will take your report design skills to the next level.
Dr. Indera E. Murphy is an author, educator and IT professional that has over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology field. She has held a variety of positions including technical writer, programmer, consultant, web designer, course developer and project leader. Indera has designed and developed software applications and web sites, as well as, manage technology driven projects in several industries. In addition to being an Executive Director and consultant, as an online adjunct professor, she has taught courses in a variety of areas including project management, technical writing, information processing, Access, HTML, Windows, Excel, Dreamweaver and critical thinking.