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Key Concepts
- NEW for 4.1 SP5 What’s New in Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.1 SP5 (0:24) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.1 What's new in SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.1 (2:15) interactive/ video
- NEW for 4.0 SP5 What's new in SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.0 SP5 (:55) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Concept: What's new in SAP Crystal Reports for enterprise 4.0 Feature Pack 3 (5:04) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.0 Concept: Navigate the interface (7:12) interactive /video
- Concept: Create a report (2:56) interactive /video
- Concept: Describe how the semantic layer works (2:11) interactive /video
- Concept: Compare Crystal Reports 2011 and Crystal Reports for enterprise interactive
- UPDATED Concept: Compare Crystal Reports 2011 and Crystal Reports for enterprise 4.0 Feature Pack 3 interactive
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Concept: Navigate the interface (5:09) interactive /video
Getting Started
- Connect to a universe (2:19) interactive /video
- View the data for a field (1:13) interactive /video
- Add fields to a report (1:46) interactive /video
- Preview a report (1:14) interactive /video
- Refresh the data in a report (1:09) interactive /video
- Save a report to the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (2:04) interactive /video
- Save a report locally (1:25) interactive /video
- Export a report (2:10) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Migrate existing Crystal reports to Crystal Reports for enterprise (4:29) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Add fields to a report (1:15) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Preview a Report (0:53) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Refresh data (1:11) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Save a report to the SAP HANA platform (1:00) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Save a report locally (1:42) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 View the data for a dimension or hierarchy (1:09) interactive /video
Connecting to Data Sources
- Connect to SAP HANA using a relational connection (1:53) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Connect directly to a BEx query (3:50) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Connect to an Analysis View (1:21) interactive /video
- Change the data source for a report (2:31) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Create a report based on an unmodeled relational data source (5:51) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Bind SAP BEx Report-to-Report Interface (RRI) actions to report objects (2:18) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Map a report or report template to a data source (5:38) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Work with scaled values in BEx queries (2:30) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.0 FP3 Perform level or prompt-based member selection on hierarchical data (3:12) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.1 Work with hierarchy and hierarchy node variables in BEx queries (3:22) interactive / video
- NEW for 4.1 Use freehand SQL commands with relational data sources (1:20) interactive/ video
- NEW for 4.1 Create an OLAP connection to a HANA View (1:14) interactive/video
- NEW for 4.1 SP3 Change the order of BEx variable or universe prompts (1:29) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.1 SP4 Create a connection and log on to an SAP HANA server (1:12) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.1 SP4 Save a report to the SAP HANA platform (1:01) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Connect to a HANA view and create a report (2:45) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Map a report to a new data source (2:23) interactive /video
Working with Charts
- Create a chart for summary data (2:54) interactive /video
- Create a chart for detail data (2:00) interactive /video
- Change the formatting for a chart (1:38) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Create a chart for hierarchical data (3:22) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Create charts in different report sections (2:04) interactive /video
Working with Tables and Crosstabs
- Create a crosstab (2:16) interactive /video
- Conditionally format a crosstab (2:38) interactive /video
- Add calculations to a crosstab (2:43) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Create a crosstab for hierarchical data (3:18) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Create crosstabs for hierarchical and non-hierarchical data (1:23) interactive /video
Selecting, Sorting, Grouping, and Summarizing Data
- NEW for 4.0 Apply hierarchical grouping (3:29) interactive /video
- Apply query filters to restrict the data that appears in a report (1:49) interactive /video
- Sort the records in a report (1:14) interactive /video
- Change sort order using a sort control (1:38) interactive /video
- Group the records in a report (1:28) interactive /video
- Calculate totals and subtotals for data (2:08) interactive /video
- Show the top or bottom N groups in a report (1:24) interactive /video
- Combine query filters (2:39) interactive /video
- Reorder the groups in a report (2:05) interactive /video
- Group records based on a custom definition (3:01) interactive /video
- Create a running total (3:02) interactive /video
- Apply a time-based query filter (2:47) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Combine query filters (1:36) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Create a query filter to prompt for record selection (2:50) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Calculate totals and subtotals (1:07) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Create a time-based filter or prompt (1:48) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Create an interactive sort control (1:13) interactive /video
Setting up Interactive Elements
- Prompt for a value to select records (2:59) interactive /video
- Prompt for a list of values to select records (3:30) interactive /video
- Add a Flash object to a report (1:35) interactive /video
- Create an alert (2:20) interactive /video
- Group records based on prompt values (3:45) interactive /video
- Prompt for a date range to select records (4:19) interactive /video
- Create a cascading parameter group (4:10) interactive /video
- Display a parameter value within a report (3:49) interactive /video
- Create a hyperlink to open a document in the BI platform (3:16) interactive / video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Create a cascading prompt using a cascading parameter group (3:26) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Create an alert (1:12) interactive /video
Working with Formulas
- Create a formula (3:34) interactive /video
- Calculate a data and time using a formula (4:10) interactive /video
- Create a Boolean formula (1:51) interactive /video
- Calculate a number using a formula (2:50) interactive /video
- Create a conditional formula (2:14) interactive /video
- Create and use a variable in a formula (3:48) interactive /video
- Change a string of text using a formula (3:42) interactive /video
Working with Subreports
- Add an existing report as a subreport (2:15) interactive /video
- Create a new subreport (4:26) interactive /video
- Change the formatting for a subreport (2:52) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Create a new subreport (1:49) interactive /video
Applying Formatting
- NEW for 4.0 Change the layout of a report using smart guidelines (6:41) interactive /video
- NEW for 4.0 Use smart formatting (2:12) interactive /video
- Resize, move, and align fields in a report (2:04) interactive /video
- Format the fields in a report (2:38) interactive /video
- Add text to a report (1:37) interactive /video
- Add a graphic to a report (0:57) interactive /video
- Add a hyperlink to a report (1:52) interactive /video
- Conditionally format data (1:40) interactive /video
- Copy the formatting of an object (1:41) interactive /video
- Add a line or a box to a report (1:32) interactive /video
- Add a watermark to a report (2:07) interactive /video
- Conditionally change the formatting for a section (2:55) interactive /video
- Create a subsection in a report (1:36) interactive /video
- Add document information fields (1:19) interactive /video
- Add a dynamic picture to a report (2:23) interactive /video
- Embed database fields into a text object (2:26) interactive /video
- Customize the formatting for a field (1:55) interactive /video
- Change the formatting for a report section (1:40) interactive /video
- Create a summary report (1:53) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Apply conditional formatting (1:04) interactive /video
- UPDATED for 4.1 SP4 Use smart guidelines with hierarchically grouped reports (2:03) interactive /video
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