Product Description

* Updated to reflect the latest version of the Crystal Reports reporting tool
* Explains how to use Crystal Reports to quickly transform almost any data into interactive content
* Features a jump-start chapter on creating a simple report
* Covers basic and advanced reporting features, such as retrieving data from databases; sorting, grouping, and totaling result sets; using report templates; making correlations with cross-tab reports; working with formulas; adding geographic detail with maps; publishing reports; and much more
* Includes a new section that explains how to use the new time-saving and data-sharing features available when Crystal Reports is integrated with the other components in the product suite: Crystal Enterprise and Crystal Analysis
* Companion Web site includes sample reports from the book

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #100184 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780764571374
• Condition: USED - LIKE NEW
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From the Back Cover
Sample reports and more on companion Web site

Create simple or sophisticated reports, add elements, format, and deliver them

What good is all that data you’re keeping if you can’t put it in a form that means something? This handy guide gets you going with Crystal Reports 10 and its exciting enterprise enhancements. Let your data out of the database and turn it into interactive reports that tell you, and others, what’s happening in your business.

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Icons and other navigational aids
• Tear-out cheat sheet
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humor and fun

Discover how to:

• Create and print a simple report
• Design reports to meet specific needs
• Sort, group, and total result sets
• Develop and update OLAP reports
• Integrate Crystal Reports with Crystal Enterprise® and Crystal Analysis®

About the Author
Allen G. Taylor teaches database development at a leading online education company and electrical engineering at Portland State University. He has authored twenty books, including SQL® For Dummies.

Customer Reviews

good
a good book to get your feet wet. my first 'for dummies' book. I felt a tad foolish buying this, having written loads of programs in the last 18 years, but this book was very helpful getting me started on crystal reports.

Crystal Reports 10 for Dummies
This book is pretty good for a quick tour of the software and it's capabilities.

Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies
fantastic book writen in plain english - very easy to understand and locate specific information if used as a reference book. would highly recommend this for new users of crystal.