Mastering Crystal Reports 9

Chapter 1: Building Your First Report

Table 1.1: Types of Reports

Table 1.2: Categories of Data Sources

Table 1.3: Summarization Methods

Table 1.4: Five Basic Report Bands

Table 1.5: Good Windows Conventions

Table 1.6: Types of Graphics

Chapter 2: Modifying a Report

Table 2.1: Types of Fields

Table 2.2: Comparison Operations

Chapter 3: Formatting Fields and Objects

Table 3.1: Report Summary Fields

Chapter 4: Adding Business Logic with the Formula Workshop

Table 4.1: Identifying Formula Components

Table 4.2: Crystal Reports Operators

Table 4.3: Crystal Syntax versus Basic Syntax

Chapter 5: Working with the Crystal Repository

Table 5.1: Prebuilt Repository Custom Functions

Chapter 6: Summarizing Information

Table 6.1: Types of Summaries

Table 6.2: Record Evaluation by Section

Table 6.3: Subreport Menu Descriptions

Chapter 7: Selectively Refining a Report Using Data Values

Table 7.1: Select Expert Comparison Operators

Table 7.2: Edit Mask Characters

Table 7.3: Report Alert Functions

Chapter 8: Customizing Sections

Table 8.1: Options Available by Section

Table 8.2: Section Formula Icons

Chapter 9: Working with Multiple Tables

Table 9.1: Link Options

Table 9.2: Index Legend

Chapter 10: Data Sources and the Database Expert

Table 10.1: Database Expert Categories

Table 10.2: ODBC Data Source Administrator

Table 10.4: Valid XML Formats for Crystal Reports

Chapter 11: Using SQL in Crystal Reports

Table 11.1: Operators Valid in a WHERE clause

Table 11.2: SQL Functions Valid with Column Data

Table 11.3: SQL Keywords

Chapter 12: Analyzing Data Visually

Table 12.1: Examples of Multidimensional Analysis

Chapter 14: The Report Engine Processing Model

Table 14.1: Specifying Data

Chapter 16: Deploying Your Report

Table 16.1: Summary of Deployment Methods

Table 16.2: Export Formats

Table 16.3: Supported Destinations

Chapter 17: The Crystal Programming Forest

Table 17.1: Retired Windows Development APIs

Table 17.2: Application Development Choices

Table 17.2: Windows Development Requirements

Table 17.3: ASP Development Requirements

Table 17.4: .NET Windows Development Requirements

Table 17.5: .NET Windows Web Development Requirements

Table 17.6: XML Web Services Development Requirements

Table 17.7: Java Web Development

Chapter 19: Building Windows Applications with the Report Designer Component

Table 19.1: Examples of Using the RDC Components

Chapter 20: ASP Web Applications

Table 20.1: Files from Crystal 9 Installation

Chapter 23: Crystal Enterprise

Table 23.1: Logical Grouping of Crystal Enterprise Services

Chapter 24: Report Application Server

Table 24.1: RAS Web-Reporting Viewers

Table 24.2: Report Application Server Menu Items

Table 24.3: Report Application Server Help Files

Table 24.4: RAS Configuration Manager Settings

Table 24.5: Report Viewer ASP Files

Table 24.6: Crystal Enterprise Features

Appendix C: Crystal Reports and Java

Table C.1: Java Packages in the RAS SDK