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Description: BusinessObjects 6.0 Reporting
(top)
Student Profile: Individuals who need to learn how to
create, manage and analyze BusinessObjects reports.
Duration: 2 Days
Description: By using BusinessObjects 6.0 Reporting,
we can put powerful reporting capabilities at your command.
This course will bring the most powerful aspects into clear
focus, so you can effectively use its tools to present and
analyze information, distribute documents and reports throughout
your business, and use the major reporting features of BusinessObjects
with remarkable ease and proficiency. In just two days, you
will gain valuable input that you can apply immediately at
work. A must-attend course designed for those users who are
predominately responsible for editing or creating reports for
BusinessObjects end users, and recipients of corporate reports.
Prerequisites: None
Objectives: On completion of the course, participants
will be able to use BusinessObjects to create useful BusinessObjects
reports and share them with others.
Topics Covered:
- Getting
Started with BusinessObjects 6 - This module
describes how to log in to BusinessObjects,
find, open and view existing documents and
refresh reports contained in the documents.
- Report
Building - This module introduces the terminology
used in BusinessObjects and describes how
to build and run simple queries to retrieve
data through a universe.
- Restricting
Data - This module describes how to set up
query conditions. By using query conditions,
you can limit the data returned from the
underlying database.
- Manipulating
Data - This module describes how to resize
columns and rows in tables, change the order
in which columns are displayed, add headings
and logos. These skills allow you to develop
the layout and presentation of your reports
to make the information more accessible.
- Using
Presentation Styles - This module describes
how to present data in a report, using different
presentation styles. By using tables, financial
tables, crosstabs, and charts you can display
data in the best format for analysis.
- Slice
and Dice - In this module we apply functions
to data projected into a block.
- Running
Calculations - This module explains how to
include running calculations in your reports.
Running calculations enables you to add cumulative
calculations, such as running totals to a
report, alongside calculations based on rows,
such as sums or averages.
- Variables
and Alerters - This module describes how
to create variables, set alerters and group
values in a report. By creating a Variable,
you can make calculations based on data that
is in a report block. An Alerter can be used
to draw attention to data when it meets certain
criteria. Grouping data allows related values
to be brought together.
- Grouping
Data Using Sections - This module describes
how to subgroup data projected in a block
within a report. It is particularly useful
when you wish to subgroup more than one block
in the same report so that you can compare
data.
- Data
Synchronization - This module explains document
centricity and document synchronization.
- Creating
Templates and Styles - This module explains
how to set up report templates that you can
use to apply predefined styles and structure
to new reports.
- Drilling
- This module describes how to use the drill
function to analyze your data. When viewing
data at a high summary level, you may want
to analyze the data at lower levels to identify
the trends or reasons behind that data. By
drilling through data, you can quickly and
precisely move through data hierarchies to
view details at lower levels.
- Sharing
Data with Colleagues - This module describes
how to distribute your BusinessObjects reports
to colleagues who may or may not be BusinessObjects
users.
Cost:
$1,000.00
Course
Description: Reporting with WebIntelligence
6.0 (top)
Student Profile: People who need to build, present and
distribute WebIntelligence reports.
Duration: 2 Days
Description: This course shows how WebIntelligence 6
works to help present and analyze information and distribute
documents and reports throughout the business.
Prerequisites: None
Objectives: How to create documents, filter data, display
information in different ways, enhance report presentation,
create formulas and variables, analyze data at different levels
of detail, and share documents using Enterprise 6.0.
Topics Covered:
- Introduction
to WebIntelligence - Provides an overview
of the BusinessObjects and WebIntelligence
environment.
- Viewing
a Document in InfoView - Describes how to
log in to WebIntelligence, view some existing
documents, and logout. It also explains how
to get help, search for documents and configure
the start page to your exact requirements.
- Creating
New Documents with Queries - Describes how
to use the WebIntelligence report panels
to create, edit, and run queries, as well
as save and print documents. It also describes
how to create and assign categories to personal
documents and how to configure list options
and change your password.
- Restricting
Data Returned by a Query - Describes how
to apply and group filters to restrict the
amount of data returned from the database.
- Displaying
Information in Different Ways - Describes
how to use tables and charts in WebIntelligence
to display information.
- Enhancing
the Presentation of a Report - Describes
how to present data using different presentation
styles and formatting options.
- Creating
Formulas and Variables - Describes how to
apply functions to your report.
- Analyzing
Data at a Different Level - Describes how
to analyze data in your reports from different
levels of detail, and how to zoom in on important
trends in your business.
- Sharing
Documents - Describes how to distribute your
WebIntelligence documents to colleagues.
Cost:
$1,000.00
Course
Description: WebIntelligence 2.5/2.6
for Users (top)
Student Profile:
- Users
who want to access predefined reports and
also create, format, and distribute reports
using WebIntelligence through an extranet
or intranet.
- Thin-client
user who will view, create, format, and distribute
reports.
- Users
who are report creators who will be sharing
Business Objects reports with WebIntelligence
users.
Duration:
1 Day
Description:
- Learn
how WebIntelligence enables you to present
information and distribute useful documents
throughout your business.
- Master
the major functionality in WebIntelligence,
such as report creation, formatting, sharing,
and arithmetic functions.
- Gain
exposure to conditions, filters, drilling,
report scheduling, as well as other advanced
topics.
- Understand
the different "flavors" of WebIntelligence,
including full-JAVA, light-JAVA, and ActiveX.
Prerequisites:
None
Objectives:
- Create,
open, edit, and save WebIntelligence documents.
- Use
filters, sorts, breaks, and calculations
on queries.
- Adjust
conditions on queries.
- Adjust
block-formatting settings on queries.
- Show
data in financial table form and cross-tab
format.
- Show
data in chart format.
- Drill
up, down, and across data in a report.
- Print
and send reports to other users.
- Practice
distributing reports via the Business Objects
repository, changing reporting styles, and
formatting reports.
Topics
Covered: How WebIntelligence and Business
Objects work together to help analyze information
and distribute useful documents as reports
throughout the business environment. How
to log into the system as a WebIntelligence
user, to view existing reports, receive help,
and exit. How to create, format, save, and
send document to other users. Apply conditions
to queries and limit the query scope when
it is run against the database. Using formatting
features to change the look of your reports.
Creating and using table block styles to
format data in financial tables, forms, and
cross-tabs. How to create and use charts
to format data in reports. Use the drill
mode to analyze different levels of data
within a document.
Cost:
$500.00
Course
Description: Webcast: BusinessObjects
Enterprise 6 - Report Builders (top)
Student
Profile: Report builders, power users,
ad-hoc report creators, and analysts who
are responsible for creating reports for
other users throughout their organization
or for customers via an extranet.
Duration:
4 Hours
Description:
This course is a four hour live, instructor-led,
webcast that will help you get up and running
with the new product as soon as possible and
help other users in your organization upgrade
to the new product as quickly and painlessly
as possible.
Prerequisites:
Core Reporting Concepts, Intermediate Reporting
Concepts, Advanced Reporting Concepts, and
WebIntelligence for Users or equivalent skills
through experience.
Objectives: Upon completion of the series, you will understand the significant
new reporting features and enhancements that BusinessObjects Enterprise
6 offers. You will also be able to determine which reporting tools are
best suited to the needs of different user groups, and understand the key
considerations you should be aware of when migrating to BusinessObjects
Enterprise 6.
Topics
Covered:
- Understand
how BusinessObjects 6.0 fits into the overall
Enterprise 6 solution. Get a high level view
of the architecture, performance and scalability
improvements. Understand the key new features.
- Overview
of InfoView, WebIntelligence, and BusinessObjects
6.0 - Learn about the new features and enhancements
in InfoView portal and the BusinessObjects
and WebIntelligence reporting tools.
- WebIntelligence
6.0 - Get a detailed understanding of WebIntelligence
and the new dHTML and Java panels for interactive
report creation. The session includes demonstrations
of new features and workflows.
- InfoView
6.0 and BusinessObjects 6.0 - Learn about
the new InfoView features and how you can
use them to customize and structure your
BI portal. See the new full-client BusinessObjects
features in action and find out how to get
more information on BusinessObjects Enterprise
6 products using the online help, Quick Start
presentations, and user documentation.
Webcast:
Hardware Requirements:
Technical/Software
Requirements:
This is a multimedia event presented live.
- Windows
95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP
- Netscape
4.08 or later, Internet Explorer 4.01 or
later (SSL events require IE 5.01 or later)
- 28.8
kbps or faster Internet connection
- P133+
MHz, 32+ MB memory
- 800x600
or higher display resolution
Internet
Voice (VOIP) Requirements:
- VOIP
audio is required for these events. You must
have the following:
- sound
card, speakers or headset
- microphone
preferred
Cost:
$500.00
Course
Description: BusinessObjects Supervisor
6.0 (top)
Student Profile: IT professionals responsible for security
in a BusinessObjects implementation.
Duration: 1 Day
Description: Information is an organization's most valuable
asset. And managing that information throughout the entire
enterprise is essential for success. Learn how to effectively
use BusinessObjects Supervisor, a BI administration tool, to
manage users and resources from a central point or within a
distributed environment.
Prerequisites: Understanding of BusinessObjects reporting
functionality and sufficient familiarity with BusinessObjects
reporting tools to create simple reports.
Objectives: On completion of the course, participants
will be able to:
- Determine
the appropriate repository architecture to
optimize performance and security;
- Create
and manage repositories;
- Allocate
and manage universe and document domains
to minimize maintenance tasks and storage
space requirements.
- Determine
appropriate strategies for organizing users
and groups and granting them access to a
customized set of commands to balance performance
and ease of administration.
Topics
Covered:
- Introduction
to Supervisor - Understand how the Supervisor
module fits into your BusinessObjects system.
Become familiar with the main functions of
the different types of supervisors and their
associated tasks.
- Create
the Repository - Learn the differences between
monolithic and distributed repositories,
and how different repository architectures
impact performance. Create a repository and
verify the location of the security files
and their configurations. Run a safe recovery
to recover a .KEY file.
- Groups
and Users - Understand the concepts of groups,
inheritance, and customization. Create and
manage user and group access to modules,
commands, universes, and documents. Learn
best practices for organizing users and groups
to balance performance and ease of administration.
- Importing
Groups and Users - Learn how to automate
the process for creating groups, users, and
user properties by importing the relevant
information from a text file.
- Command
Restrictions - Learn how to define and override
the access various groups and users have
to the commands in the User, WebIntelligence,
Designer, and Supervisor modules of BusinessObjects.
Understand the configuration issues relating
to command restrictions.
- Distributed
Repository Architecture and Maintenance -
Create a distributed repository. Allocate
universe and document domains to different
groups. Understand the technical specifications
for setting up a repository server, and the
advantages and disadvantages of multiple
domains on multiple database platforms.
- Configuring
Universes - Export and allocate a universe
from the Designer module to a group and then
configure it on a group-by-group basis.
- Maintain
Document Domains - Allocate and manage document
domains while learning how to minimize maintenance
tasks and storage space requirements.
Cost:
$625.00
WebIntelligence
2.6 Programmability with BusinessObjects
Developer Suite (top)
Student Profile: You are a JSP developer, system administrator,
or user developing custom application solutions with WebIntelligence
technology. You would like to customize (or even replace) the
WebIntelligence user interface, build a custom web-based Report
catalog, automate the workflow of WebIntelligence
Duration: 3
Description: Understand the BusinessObjects Developer
Suite concepts and terminology. Grasp the structure and contents
of the WebIntelligence object model (WIBean) to use it customize
WebIntelligence's interface and workflow. Learn how to automate
BusinessObjects documents and drillable reports
Prerequisites: Understanding of object-oriented programming
(OOP) concepts; experience with JSP, Java, html, and/or VBScript
programming; sound knowledge of WebIntelligence user; familiarity
with Broadcast Agent and equivalent experience with the following
courses on:
- WebIntelligence
2.5/2.6 for Users
- WebIntelligence
2.5/2.6 Administrator
- BusinessObjects
5i Architecture and Deployment
Objectives:
- Changing
users' passwords.
- Producing
a list of Corporate documents.
- Viewing
a document.
- Reading
data providers.
- Customize
the WebIntelligence interface.
- Managing
prompts.
- Working
with drillable reports.
- Utilizing
BusinessObjects Documents.
- Publishing
documents.
- Scheduling
a document.
Topics
Covered:
- Introduction
to the Developer Suite contents, concepts,
and terminology. WebIntelligence, JSP/html,
and object models overview.
- Review
of JSP and html.
- How
to program against the WebIntelligence (WIBean)
object model.
- Calling
a list of documents, data providers, and
prompts via WebIntelligence.
- Manipulating
the sharing, scheduling, and publishing of
documents.
- Managing
the utilization of drillable WebIntelligence
reports, and BusinessObjects documents.
- A
major practical workshop to consolidate the
course concepts based on a project from the
delegate's company.
Cost:
$1875
Note:
Courses are taught using Microsoft Windows
environment.
Course
Description: Universe Design For BusinessObjects
6.0 (top)
Student Profile: Individuals who need to design, build,
document, maintain, and distribute BusinessObjects universes.
Duration: 4 Days
Description: Learn how to translate end user reporting
requirements into an optimal universe design to ensure that
your company's Business Intelligence needs are met. BusinessObjects
Universe Design 6.0 provides you with all the skills needed
to efficiently create and maintain universes for BusinessObjects
and WebIntelligence, allowing users to easily build, access
and run reports. A hands-on, real world approach helps you
to quickly learn how to create, distribute, maintain, and optimize
universes for BusinessObjects and WebIntelligence deployments.
Prerequisites: A solid understanding of relational databases
and client-server concepts. Must be SQL-literate.
Objectives: To help developers and other users competently
understand BusinessObjects core functionality, terminology,
and reporting capabilities.
Topics Covered:
- Introduction
to BusinessObjects Deployments - Appreciate
the universe designers role, how BusinessObjects
infers SQL, and the universe development
process.
- Building
a Simple Universe - Learn to set universe
parameters, populate the universe structure
with tables, create joins and test dimension,
detail and measure objects, and organize
objects into classes.
- Resolving
Loops, Chasm and Fan Traps learn to
identify and resolve loops, chasm traps and
fan traps in the universe structure.
- Enhancing
the User Experience - Enhance the universe
design to improve and simplify the user experience
with BusinessObjects. Learn how to add, modify,
or remove a list of values for an object;
create and customize hierarchies to simplify
drilling for end users; and how to use @
functions.
- Improving
Performance - Improve performance by understanding
when and how to use aggregate awareness and
pre-calculated aggregates from summary tables
to speed up queries.
- Deployment
- Learn to distribute, document, and maintain
universes.
- Course
Challenge - Practice your newly acquired
knowledge and skills in universe design in
a "safe" environment.
Cost:
$2,500.00
Course
Description: Universe Design for
BusinessObjects (top)
Student Profile: IT professionals responsible for designing
and maintaining BusinessObjects universes for Full Client BusinessObjects
and/or WebIntelligence.
Duration: 4 Days
Description: Learn how to translate end user reporting
requirements into an optimal universe design to ensure that
your company's Business Intelligence needs are met. A hands-on,
real world approach helps you quickly learn how to create,
distribute, maintain and optimize universes for BusinessObjects
and WebIntelligence deployments.
Prerequisites: Understanding relational databases, client-server
concepts, (SQL) literacy.
Objectives: Understand the full functionality of BusinessObjects
Designer Module; learn real world tips/tricks for universe
distribution, optimization and maintenance.
Topics Covered:
- Introduction
to BusinessObjects
- Introduction
to Reporting with BusinessObjects - Familiarize
yourself with the BusinessObjects full-client
report tool from a Designer and End user
perspective allowing you to interpret user's
reporting requirements and test universe
designs.
- Building
a Simple Universe - Build a simple universe
by learning how to set universe parameters,
populate the structure with tables, create
joins, create and test both classes, and
measure objects.
- Resolving
Loops, Chasms and Fan Traps.
- Enhancing
the User Experience - Enhance the universe
design to improve and simplify the users
experience with Business Objects.
- Improving
Performance - Understanding when and how
to use aggregate awareness and pre-calculated
aggregates from summary tables to optimize
query performance.
- Deployment Best
practices.
- Course
Challenge - After learning best practices
for universe design, test your knowledge
and skills by designing a universe on your
own.
- Optimizing
- Universes
for WebIntelligence
Cost:
$2,500.00
Course
Description :BusinessObjects Application
Foundation Administration (V3.0) (top)
Student
Profile: IT professionals who are responsible
for the deployment, configuration, and customization
of Application Foundation, as well as application
developers who are responsible for building
customized analytic applications and dashboards
with Application Foundation
Duration: 4 days
Description: This course is designed to help you learn
how to use the open framework for building and deploying custom
or packaged analytic applications that deliver consistent, high-quality
insight for making business decisions that organizations need
to thrive.
Prerequisites:
- WebIntelligence
for Users or sufficient exposure to report
building using WebIntelligence
- Universe
Design for BusinessObjects or extensive understanding
of the functionality found in the Designer
module
- BusinessObjects
Supervisor or working knowledge of the functionality
found in the Supervisor module
- Using
Set Analyzer with Application Foundation
- Administering
Set Analyzer for Application Foundation
- Working
knowledge of web-enabled technologies and
application servers
- Knowledge
of SQL and relational databases is helpful
Objectives:
- Learn
to properly install and configure components
of Application Foundation.
- Create,
analyze and apply enterprise and set-based
metrics.
- Customize
security with the range of security features.
- Build
customized applications to meet your company's
analytic needs.
Topics
Covered:
- Introduction
to Application Foundation
- Installing
Components to Create the Business Objects
Repository
- Configuring
the Set Analyzer.
- Creating
Time-based Sets - installing JDK and Tomcat
- Installing
and Configuring Application Foundation
- Configuring
Universes and Enterprise Metrics
- Creating
Power Metrics
- Analyzing
Segment Migration
- Lists
and Individual Profiler
- Rules
and Alerts Customizing Application Foundation
- Security
Cost:
$2500
Note:
Courses are taught using Microsoft Windows
environment.
Course
Description: Webcast: Migrating to BusinessObjects
Developer Suite 6.0 (top)
Student Profile: IT professionals who are responsible
for migrating, existing BusinessObjects custom applications
from Developer Suite 5.x to Developer Suite 6.0.
Duration:
4 Hours
Description:
Migrating to BusinessObjects Developer Suite
6.0 is a four hour instructor-led live webcast
that will help you understand the new features
and enhancements in Developer Suite 6.0, how
they will impact your existing custom applications,
and how to update and migrate those applications
to Developer Suite 6.0.
Prerequisites:
Experience developing custom applications using
BusinessObjects 5.x SDKs.
Objectives:
Understand the new architecture of BusinessObjects
Enterprise 6, what's new in Developer Suite
6.0 and how existing custom applications may
be impacted migrating to version 6.0. You will
also be able to modify and deploy an existing
custom application for BusinessObjects Developer
Suite 6.0.
Topics
Covered:
- What's
New in Developer Suite 6.0 - Understand how
BusinessObjects Developer Suite fits into
the overall Enterprise 6 solution. Get a
high level view of the improvements and new
features in the Developer Suite SDKs. Learn
about the new Admin SDK, the functionality
it offers and the benefits it brings to your
organization.
- Architecture & Communication
- Understand how BusinessObjects products
communicate with the WebIntelligence server,
which processes continue to be handled by
WIBEAN/WICOM, new feature enhancements and
what has changed.
- What's
New in WISDK - Learn about the new features
available in WISDK, how WISDK supports WebIntelligence
6.0 documents, and how it coexists with the
new report engine package. Learn about various
different workflows and extended functionality
you can use to enhance or create a customized
application.
- Migrating
and Deploying a Custom Application - Learn
about the new virtual directories, archive
files, HSAL and ORB settings for WebIntelligence
6.0 and how these may impact custom applications.
Understand the impact on migration of document
management changes, changes in security commands,
on full-client applications, and server and
user dictionaries. Modify the required settings
and definitions to migrate the application.
Webcast:
Hardware Requirements:
Technical/Software
Requirements:
This is a multimedia event presented live.
- Windows
95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP
- Netscape
4.08 or later, Internet Explorer 4.01 or
later (SSL events require IE 5.01 or later)
- 28.8
kbps or faster Internet connection
- P133+
MHz, 32+ MB memory
- 800x600
or higher display resolution
Internet
Voice (VOIP) Requirements:
- VOIP
audio is required for these events. You must
have the following:
- sound
card, speakers or headset
- microphone
preferred
Cost:
$500.00
BusinessObjects
Enterprise 6 Administration (top)
Learn
everything you need to get your BusissObjects
TM Enterprise 6 business intelligence (BI)
test and development platforms up and running.
Gain an overview of all the BI platform products,
administration tools, architecture, web and
application servers, BusinessObjects repositories
and domains. Practice installing, configuring,
clustering, tuning, auditing, and tracing your
system in a safe environment to ensure that
you are familiar with best practices to do
it right the first time.
Who should attend?
Systems administrators and architects who are interested in the technical
and practical aspects of administering Business Objects Enterprise 6.0..
What will I learn?
On completion of this course delegates will understand how the BI platform
is the foundations for other Business Objects offerings, namely Data Integrator
and Application Foundation. You will also understand end-user software
from an end-user and administrative perspective in addition to the systems
architecture. They will learn how to install and configure ASP and JSP
implementations of Business Objects systems and servers in clusters. In
addition, they will be able to build a Broadcast Agent; improve Business
Objects sever performance; set up, run and analyze traces; and understand
deployment principles.
Topics Covered
- Overview
- Provides an overview of Business Objects
products and explains where the BI platform
sits in the Business Objects end-to-end enterprise
solution.
- Report
Builders - Learn about report builders' roles
and the tools and products needed in any
successful Business Objects 2-tier and 3-tier
deployment.
- Learn
how to delegate log on to an existing WebIntelligence
system, and create, edit, and distribute
WebIntellignece and Business Objects reports.
- Architecture
Overview - Understand what servers are needed
and how they interact.
- 2-tier
Installation - Install desktop and administration
products and set up middleware connections
to the database.
- Understand
the XML license file needed for all Business
Objects products and what the .key file is
for.
- Database-tier
- Review database structure, universe design
considerations, and learn about the Business
Objects repository.
- Create
and populate a repository and distribute
it to multiple domains.
- Use
Supervisor to add users and connect to a
corporate database.
- Web
and Application Servers - Install Apache
web servers and Tomcat application servers
to set up a JSP environment to install and
configure a Business Objects server.
- Learn
about the administration console and Business
Objects server processes.
- Broadcast
Agent - Learn about Broadcast Agent and how
to configure and test it.
- Clustering
- Learn the purpose and specific implementation
of the object request broker (ORB) and he
application services framework (ASF).
- Understand
the role of the primary, secondary, and client
nodes and how to configure them for load-balancing.
- Configure
and load balance a cluster.
- Performance
and Tuning - Improve the performance of your
system by learning what impacts performance
and what you can do to improve it.
- Auditing
and Trace Logging - Audit and trace your
system to understand what's going on behind
the scenes.
- Deploying
- realize how you can deploy Enterprise 6
platform within your company's existing inter-,
intra- and extranet environment to have a
viable, secure, profitable and integrated
BI platform solution.
- Learn
how Business Objects Enterprise 6 interacts
with redirectors, firewalls, multiple web
and application servers, and multiple clusters
Delivery
and duration
Four-day instructor-led course.
Class Fee
$2,500.00
Certification Applicability
This offering is not applicable to any certification.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with Windows 2000 administration.
Crystal
Reports 10: Report Design I Fundamentals
of Report Design (top)
This
two-day instructor-led course is designed to
give learners comprehensive skills and in-depth
knowledge to plan and create reports that will
help them analyze and interpret important information.
The Crystal Reports 10: The Fundamentals of Report Design course is a core
course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP) certification
and an elective course in the Crystal Enterprise Certified Professional
(CECP) certification.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for report designers, new to Crystal Reports, who
are responsible for creating and distributing reports.
What will I learn?
After completing the course, learners will be able to:
- Plan
a report
- Create
a report
- Organize
data on a report
- Format
a report
- Create
basic formulas
- Apply
section formatting
- Apply
conditional reporting
- Present
data visually
- Distribute
a report
Course
Agenda
Planning a Report
Defining
database concepts
- Planning
the layout and content of a report
- Developing
a prototype of a report
Selecting
Records
- Defining
the Select Expert
- Determining
the record selection criteria
- Defining
saved and refreshed data
- Applying
record selection
- Applying
additional record selection criteria
- Modifying
record selection
- Applying
time-based record selection
Creating
a Report
- Connecting
to a data source
- Adding
tables
- Defining
the design environment
- Inserting
objects on a report
- Previewing
and saving a report
- Positioning
and sizing objects
- Formatting
objects
Organizing
Data on a Report
- Sorting
records
- Grouping
records
- Summarizing
data
Applying
Section Formatting
- Formatting
sections
- Creating
a summary report
- Formatting
a Report
Adding
graphical elements
- Combining
text objects with database fields
- Formatting
individual elements of a text object
- Apply
specialized formatting
- Inserting
fields with pre-built functions
Representing
Data Visually
Distributing
Reports
- Exporting
a report
- Saving
a report to Crystal Enterprise Creating Basic
Formulas
- Defining
a formula
- Creating
a formula
- Applying
Boolean formulas
- Applying
If-Then-Else formulas
- Applying
date calculations
- Applying
number calculations
- Applying
string manipulation
Applying
Conditional Reporting
- Determining
trends in data
- Formatting
data conditionally
Delivery
and duration
Two-day instructor-led course.
Class Fee
$1,000.00
Certification Applicability
The Crystal Reports 10: The Fundamentals of Report Design course is a core
course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP) certification
and an elective course in the Crystal Enterprise Certified Professional
(CECP) certification.
Prerequisites
In this course you will be working intensively with Crystal Reports. To
successfully understand the content and complete the activities, you must
already able to:
- Understand
and use Windows conventions
- Understand
basic database concepts
Crystal
Reports 10: Report Design II Business Reporting
Solutions (top)
This
two-day instructor-led course is designed to
give learners comprehensive skills and in-depth
knowledge to plan and create reports that will
help them analyze and interpret important information.
The Crystal Reports 10: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions
course is a core course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP)
certification.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for report designers, who have taken CR10: Report
Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design, responsible for creating & distributing
reports.
What will I learn?
After completing the course, learners will be able to:
- Use
the Repository
- Create
complex formulas
- Create
Report Templates
- Build
parameterized reports
- Summarize
data with Cross-Tabs
- Use
report sections
- Build
specialized reports
- Share
reports on the web
Course
Agenda
Use the Repository
- Manage
the Crystal Repository
- Add
folders to the Repository
- Add
objects to the Repository
- Update
Connection to the Repository Object in the
Report
- Delete
objects to the Repository
- Connect
to your own Repository
- Create
a Report from an SQL Command
- Create
a Report from an Business View
Create
Report Templates
- Applying
a Crystal defined templates
- Building
a Template without a data source
- Removing
Templates
Create
complex formulas
- Use
Functions and Operators
- Define
control structures available in Crystal Syntax
- Use
Variables
- Use
Arrays
Build
parameterized reports
- Define
and create parameters
- Use
edit masks and descriptions
- Build
a report with multiple parameters
- Create
a date range parameter
Summarizing
data with Cross-Tabs
- Build
a basic Cross-tab
- Format
a Cross-tab
Use
report sections
- Use
Sections
- Use
group related functions to format sections
- Use
Section Underlay
Share
reports on the web
- Define
how Crystal Reports fits into the Crystal
solution
- Use
Crystal Enterprise Publishing Wizard
- View
Parameterized Report in Crystal Enterprise
Build
specialized reports
- Use
the Running Total Expert
- Create
a Form Letter
- Add
Hyperlinks to a report
- Build
a Report with Alerts
- Create
a Top N Report
Delivery
and duration
Two-day instructor-led course.
Class Fee
$1,000.00
Certification Applicability
The Crystal Reports 10: Report Design II - Business Reporting Solutions
course is a core course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP)
certification.
Prerequisites
In this course you will be working intensively with Crystal Reports. To
successfully understand the content and complete the activities, you must
already able to:
- Understand
and use Windows conventions
- Understand
basic database concepts
- Understand
concepts taught in Report Design I
Note:
Topics on Report Design II build on Report
Design I concepts, therefore it is important
that learners have a solid understanding of
the concepts taught in Report Design I.
Crystal
Reports 10: Report Design III Report Processing
Strategies (top)
This
one-day instructor-led course is designed
to give learners comprehensive skills and
in-depth knowledge to plan and create reports
that will help them analyze and interpret
important information.
The Crystal Reports 10: Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies
course is a core course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional
(CRCP) certification.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for report designers, who have taken CR10: Report
Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design and CR10: Report Design II -
Business Reporting Solutions and who are responsible for creating and
distributing reports.
What will I learn?
After completing the course, learners will be able to:
- Describe
report processing
- Use
Subreports
- Create
complex formulas
- Use
Custom Functions
Course
Agenda
Describe Report Processing
- Describe
Multipass reporting
- Use
evaluation time functions
- Use
a dynamic array
Create
complex formulas
- Create
Complex Formulas
- Use
Loop Control Structures
- Use
Arrays Functions and Loops
- Use
Nested Functions
Use
Custom Functions
- Create
Custom Functions
- Use
Custom Functions
- Modify
Custom Functions Use Subreports
- Define
subreports
- Create
an unlinked subreport
- Create
a linked subreport
- Create
an on-demand subreport
- Using
shared variables in a subreport
- Use
Shared Variables
- Using
Subreports to Link Unlinkable Data
- Troubleshoot
Some Common Subreport Issues
Delivery
and duration
One-day instructor-led course.
Class Fee
$625.00
Certification Applicability
The Crystal Reports 10: Report Design III - Report Processing Strategies
course is a core course in the Crystal Reports Certified Professional
(CRCP) certification.
Prerequisites
In this course you will be working intensively with Crystal Reports.
To successfully understand the content and complete the activities, you
must already able to:
- Understand
and use Windows conventions
- Understand
basic database concepts
- Understand
concepts taught in Associate level course
Note:
Topics on Report Design III - Report Processing
Strategies build on concepts from CR10: Report
Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design
and CR10: Report Design II - Business Reporting
Solutions, therefore it is important that
learners have a solid understanding of the
concepts taught at that level.
Crystal
Enterprise 10: Administering Users
and Content (top)
This
2-day instructor-led classroom course
introduces system administrators to Crystal
Enterprise, specifically Crystal Enterprise
users, groups, and objects. It explains
how to perform the tasks involved in
supporting Crystal Enterprise users and
groups so they can access the corporate
data they need through Crystal Enterprise's
web portal. This corporate data can take
the form of Crystal Report or Crystal
Analysis files, program objects, object
packages, and popular 3rd party objects
such as Microsoft Word and Excel files,
among others. These tasks are explained
through instructor demonstration and
hands-on activities. This course does
not discuss maintaining Crystal Enterprise
servers, which is taught in the Crystal
Enterprise 10: Administering Servers
course.
The Crystal Enterprise 10: Administering Users and Content course is
a core course in the Crystal Enterprise Certified Professional (CECP)
certification.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for system administrators who are new to Crystal
Enterprise and will be responsible for maintaining Crystal Enterprise
users, groups, and objects in their organization.
What will I learn?
After completing the course, learners will be able to:
- Understand
the Crystal Enterprise interface and
architecture
- Plan
your content
- Publish
and configure content
- Schedule
reports and objects
- Delegate
administration
Course
Agenda
Understanding Crystal Enterprise
What
is Crystal Enterprise?
- Working
in the Crystal Enterprise web desktop
- Working
in the Crystal Management Console
Crystal Enterprise Architecture
- Understanding
Crystal Enterprise architecture
Planning
Your Content
- The
Crystal Enterprise security model
- Creating
a content plan
Creating
and Securing Folders, Users, and Groups
- Creating
a folder structure
- Creating
Crystal Enterprise users and groups
- Mapping
3rd party accounts to Crystal Enterprise
- Configuring
security Publishing and Configuring
Content
- Publishing
and configuring report objects
- Publishing
and configuring other objects
Scheduling
- Scheduling
objects
- Scheduling
with Events
- Scheduling
with Business Calendars
- Managing
instances
- Monitoring
content usage
Delegating
Administration
- Understanding
delegated administration
Delivery
and duration
Two-day instructor-led course.
Class Fee
$1,000.00
Certification Applicability
The Crystal Enterprise 10: Administering Users and Content course is
a core course in the Crystal Enterprise Certified Professional (CECP)
certification.
Prerequisites
To be successful, learners who attend the CE 10 Administering Users
and Content course must have working knowledge of:
- NT
enterprise security concepts (global & local
groups, and directory structure)
- Crystal
Reports and core report design concepts
Crystal
Enterprise 10: Administering Servers (top)
The
overall goal of the two-day instructor
led classroom Crystal Enterprise 10:Administering
Servers course is to give learners the
skills and knowledge necessary to configure
and manage the servers in a Crystal Enterprise
deployment.
The Crystal Enterprise 10: Administering Users and Content course is
a core course in the Crystal Enterprise Certified Professional (CECP)
certification.
Who should attend?
The target audience for this course is Crystal Enterprise Administrators,
IT Managers and users who are responsible for configuring and managing
Crystal Enterprise servers.
What will I learn?
- After
completing the course, learners will
be able to:
- Identify
the Crystal Enterprise architecture
- Perform
common server management tasks
- Mange
the Crystal Enterprise servers
- Manage
server groups
- Resolve
issues with Crystal Enterprise servers
Course
Agenda
Identify the CE Architecture
- Describe
the Crystal Enterprise architecture
- Describe
Crystal Enterprise View Time Security
Perform
Common Server Management Tasks
- Describe
server management tools
- Use
the CCM to manage servers
- Control
user's access to servers
- Manage
Auditing
Manage
the Web Application Services
- Describe
the role of the Web Application Services
- Configure
the Web Connector and the Web Component
Server
- Configure
the Java Application and the Web Component
Adapter
Manage
the Crystal management Server
- Describe
the role of the CMS
- Migrate
CMS data
- Cluster
CMS machines
Manage
the Crystal Repository
- Explain
the Crystal Repository
- Migrating
Repository data
Manage
the File Repository Servers
- Describe
the role of the file Repository Servers
- Configure
the File Repository Servers
Manage
the Program and Report Job Servers
- Describe
the role of the Job Servers
- Configure
the Job Servers
- Explain
how scheduled programs and reports are
processed
Manage
the File Repository Servers
- Describe
Crystal Enterprise events
- Describe
the Events Server
- Configure
the Events Server
- Explain
how events are processed
Manage
the Page and Cache Servers
- Describe
the roles of the Page Server and Cache
Server
- Configure
the Cache Server
- Configure
the Page Server
- Explain
how report viewing requests are processed
Manage
the Report Application Server
- Describe
the role of the Report Application Server
- Configure
the Report Application Server
- Explain
how report viewing requests are processed
Manage
the Server Groups
- Explain
the purpose of server groups
- Create
server groups and subgroups
- Control
user's access to server groups
Revolving
issues with CE Servers
- Identify
troubleshooting techniques
- Resolve
Crystal Enterprise log on issues
- Resolve
Crystal Enterprise scheduling issues
- Resolve
report viewing issues
Delivery
and duration
Two-day instructor-led course.
Class Fee
$1,250.00
Certification Applicability
The Crystal Enterprise 10: Administering Servers course is a core course
in the Crystal Enterprise Certified Professional (CECP) certification.
Prerequisites
To be successful, learners who attend the CE 10 Administering Servers
course must have working knowledge of:
- Tasks
involved in supporting CE users and groups
so they can access corporate data through
the CE web portal
- Crystal
Enterprise account management
- Crystal
Enterprise content management
- Crystal
Enterprise security concepts
- Crystal
Enterprise web desktop
- NT
enterprise security concepts (global & local
groups and directory structure)
- Crystal
Reports and core report design concepts
BusinessObjects
6.0 - Advanced Reporting (top)
You
need power user skills to create and distribute
critical reports that answer critical questions
about your business. This one-day instructor-led
course will dramatically expand your experience
by providing in-depth exposure to the advanced
aspects of reporting, report building and
data enhancing capabilities of BusinessObjects.
You'll gain greater productivity and im0act
with reporting that is more meaningful
and insightful.
Who should attend?
Are you an analyst, power user, or experienced report creator? Take
your skills to the next level learning how to maximize the reporting
functionality of BusinessObjects.
What will I learn?
- Understand
the wide range of formatting capabilities
using Breaks.
- Explore
how to use character-string functions.
- Use
and design combined queries and sub-queries.
- Examine
the concept of User Objects and how they
may benefit your reports.
- Understand
how to build and manipulate contextual
calculations.
- Become
an expert in report creation.
Delivery
and duration
One-day instructor-led course.
Class Fee
$500.00
Certification Applicability
This offering is not applicable to any certification.
Prerequisites
BusinessObjects
6.0 - Variables and Functions (top)
This
one-day instructor-led course enhances the
basic knowledge of how to build a variable
by investigating how to use a wide range
of functions, calculation contexts and alerts.
Who should attend?
- You
create reports with medium to high complexity
level.
- You
thoroughly understand the core functionality
of Business Objects, including variable
creation
- You
understand basic function syntax
What
will I learn?
- Reviewing
how to create a variable.
- Using
the UserResponse function to track answers
to prompted conditions
- Working
with date functions, including DaysBetween.
- Understanding
calculation contexts and how to manipulate
them.
- Using
variables to enhance alerters and filters.
- Working
with variables in cross-tabs.
Delivery
and duration
One-day instructor-led course.
Class Fee
$500.00
Certification Applicability
This offering is not applicable to any certification.
Prerequisites
- BusinessObjects
6.0 Core Reporting Concepts
- Business
Objects 6.0 Intermediate Reporting Concepts
- Business
Objects 6.0 Advanced Reporting Concepts
- Substantial
exposure to building complex reports.
BusinessObjects
6.0 Fundamentals: Introduction to Business
Objects for IT professionals
Student
Profile: Technically advanced individuals
in need of a brief introduction to the
spectrum and depth of the Business Objects
end-user tool.
Duration: 1 Day
Description: This fast-paced course is packed with
demos, discussions, and hands-on workshops.
- Understand
Business Objects concepts and terminology.
- Familiarize
yourself with report viewing, refreshing,
and opening.
- Investigate
the use of calculations, conditions, filters,
and drilling (OLAP analysis).
- Obtain
an introduction to conditions, visualization
tools, and printing options.
Prerequisites:
No previous experience is necessary, however
this course is not recommended for end users
and should only be taken by technically advanced
individuals (IT/Developers).
Objectives:
- Understand
and use report manager.
- Create
and use templates and styles.
- Analyze
data using drilling techniques.
- Share
reports with colleagues.
- Employ
conditions to restrict data displayed in
a report.
- Use
variables.
- Build
advanced reports with conditional reporting
and financial blocks.
Topics
Covered: Activate Business Objects
to log, find, open, view, and refresh reports.
How to build and run simple queries to
retrieve data through a universe, and how
to use the drag-and-drop report manager
to interactively create new reports. Set
up query conditions to limit the data returned
from the underlying database. Build a single
document that includes blocks of data from
different data sources and different universes.
Use the "slice and dice" feature,
set variables, and set alerts and group
values in a report. Use the drill function
to analyze your data. Formatting for printing,
add breaks to financial reports and tables,
apply view/hide conditions, use the report
map, and apply advanced printing controls.
Cost: $625.00
Note: Courses are taught using Microsoft Windows environment.
BusinessObjects
6.0 Designer Course
Student Profile: Technical users that design, create,
document, maintain, and distribute Business Objects universes,
are advanced report creators, database administrators or
network administrators.
Duration: 3 Days
Description: Acquire all the skills needed to efficiently
create and maintain universes for BusinessObjects and WebIntelligence,
allowing users to easily build, access and run reports.
A hands-on, real world approach helps you quickly learn
how to create, distribute, maintain and optimize universes
for BusinessObjects and WebIntelligence deployments.
Prerequisites: BusinessObjects 6.0 Fundamentals
Course and a solid understanding or relational databases
and client-server concepts. Must be SQL-literate.
Objectives: To help developers and other users competently
understand BusinessObjects core functionality and terminology.
Topics Covered:
- Introduction
to BusinessObjects Deployments - Appreciate
the universe designers role, how BusinessObjects
infers SQL and the universe development
process.
- Building
a Simple Universe - Learn to set universe
parameters, populate the universe structure
with tables, create joins and test dimension,
detail and measure objects and organize
objects into classes.
- Resolving
Loops, Chasms and Fan Traps - Discover
how to identify and resolve loops, chasms
and fan traps in the universe structure.
- Enhancing
the User Experience - Enhance the universe
design to improve and simplify the user
experience with BusinessObjects. Learn
how to add, modify, or remove a list of
values for an object; create and customize
hierarchies to simplify drilling for end
users; and how to use the @ functions.
- Improving
Performance - Improve performance by understanding
when and how to use aggregate awareness
and pre-calculated aggregates from summary
tables to speed up queries.
o Deployment - Learn to distribute, document and maintain universes.
Cost:
$1,875.00
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