Seagate crystal reports TM 6.0 user's guide / Seagate software Inc.

Table of Content
Chapter 1- Installation and Quick Start
Installation Requirements
Installing Seagate Crystal
Installing on a network workstation, etc.

Chapter 2 -- What's New
Sensational new interface gives you power and control
Multiple section reports offer new reporting alternatives
Subreports Expand reports usefulness, etc

Chapter 3-- Learning Seagate Crystal Reports
Learning Seagate Crystal Reports
User's Guide
Books Online, etc.

Chapter 4-- Getting to know seagate crystal Reports
The application Window
Menu bar
Standard toolbar
Supplementary toolbar, etc.

Chapter 5-- Reporting 101
Basic report design
How to design a prototype
Concepts in reporting
Beyond basic reports

Chapter 6-- Printing Viewing and Exporting
Printing Considerations
Design solutions for printing/ distributing
Report creation checklist for distributed reports, etc.

Chapter 7-- Tutorial -Customer list
Overview
Getting started
Record Selection
Grouping and sorting
Completing the report, etc.

Chapter 8-- Reporting on OLAP data
Introduction
working with Arbor Essbase data
Hands-On {Reporting on OLAP data}
How to create a cross-tab with Essbase data

Chapter 9--Multiple Section Reports
Using multiple sections in reports
Hands-On { Multiple Section Reports}
How to prevent variable length objects from overwriting each other, etc.

Chapter 10-- Formatting
Formatting concepts
Absolute formatting
Types of formatting properties, etc.

Chapter 11-- Record and Group Selection
Record selection
Group selection
Record selection formula templates, etc.

Chapter 12--- Sorting, Grouping, and Totalling
Sorting, Grouping, and Totalling Overview
Creating custom group values, etc.

Chapter 13-- Formulas 101
What are formulas?
How formulas are created- An introduction to the formula Editor
Other formula conventions
Formula syntax
How formulas are evaluated- order of precedence, etc.

Chapter 14- Advanced Formulas
How to create if-The-else formulas
How to print Time or data Time values conditionally
How to create multi-condition if -then-else formulas, etc.

Chapter 15-- Advanced Totalling
Introduction
How to maintain running totals in list
How to subtotal running totals within groups
How to subtotal without grouping,etc.

Chapter 16 -- Parameter Fields
Parameter field objects overview
Multiple parameter field
Parameter field considerations, etc.

Chapter 17-- Graphing
Graphing Overview
Choosing a graph or chart type
Where to place your graph, etc.

Chapter 18--OLE
OLE objects Overview
Inserting OLE objects in your reports
Linked vs, Embedded objects, etc.

Chapter 19-- Subreports
What are subreports?
Unlinked vs. Linked subreport
How subreport linking work, etc

Chapter 20 -- Cross-Tab Objects
Cross-tab overview
Cross-tab components
How to create a cross-tab object, etc.

Chapter 21 -- Queries
The Crystal query Designer
How to use an SQL query that you designed elsewhere
How to create a new query
How to add tables to a query, etc

Chapter 22 -- Dictionaries
Dictionaries Overview
How to create a new dictionary
How to add a data file
How to open an SQL OR ODBC data source, etc

Chapter 23 -- Working with Databases
Databases Overview
For additional information
How to open Access Queries through DAO, etc.

Chapter 24 --Data Sources
Introduction
Four types of data
Direct access database files
ODBC data sources
Crystal Query Designer files
Crystal Dictionary files

Includes index