Authors: George Peck
ISBN-13: 9780072262469, ISBN-10: 007226246X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: September 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
After more than ten years as an internal consultant and trainer in a large corporation, George Peck founded his own consulting and training firm, The Ablaze Group, in 1994 (www.AblazeGroup.com). He has trained, consulted, and developed custom software for large and small organizations throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico.
George works as both a trainer and consultant exclusively with Crystal Reports, Crystal Enterprise, and Crystal Reports Server/BusinessObjects Enterprise. This is his sixth title in the Crystal Reports: The Complete Reference series, best-sellers published by McGraw-Hill/Osborne. He is also the author of Crystal Reports Professional Results, also published by McGraw-Hill/ Osborne.
Prior to his computer career, George was a broadcaster. His voice may still be heard on various national radio and TV commercial and promotional campaigns.
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After more than ten years as an internal consultant and trainer in a large corporation, George Peck founded his own consulting and training firm, The Ablaze Group, in 1994 (www.AblazeGroup.com). He has trained, consulted, and developed custom software for large and small organizations throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico.
George works as both a trainer and consultant exclusively with Crystal Reports, Crystal Enterprise, and Crystal Reports Server/BusinessObjects Enterprise. This is his sixth title in the Crystal Reports: The Complete Reference series, best-sellers published by McGraw-Hill/Osborne. He is also the author of Crystal Reports Professional Results, also published by McGraw-Hill/ Osborne.
Prior to his computer career, George was a broadcaster. His voice may still be heard on various national radio and TV commercial and promotional campaigns.
1 | Getting a feel for Crystal Reports XI | 3 |
2 | Adding text to reports | 37 |
3 | Sorting and grouping | 45 |
4 | Analyzing with advanced selection criteria | 75 |
5 | Using formulas | 89 |
6 | Creating custom functions | 153 |
7 | Making your reports visually appealing | 169 |
8 | Using sections and areas | 199 |
9 | Analyzing with cross-tabs | 225 |
10 | Creating charts | 251 |
11 | Creating geographic maps | 283 |
12 | Using subreports | 297 |
13 | Interactive reporting with parameter fields | 317 |
14 | Exporting reports to different formats | 345 |
15 | Reporting from SQL databases | 357 |
16 | Creating and using business views | 401 |
17 | Sharing report items with the repository | 489 |
18 | Accommodating database changes and field mapping | 511 |
19 | Reporting from OLAP cubes | 519 |
20 | Reporting from proprietary data types | 541 |
21 | Crystal reports Web alternatives | 567 |
22 | Introduction to crystal reports server | 583 |
23 | Using info view | 597 |
24 | Administering crystal reports server | 653 |
25 | Integrating crystal reports with ASP and Visual Basic | 737 |
26 | Crystal reports with Visual Studio .NET | 809 |
App | Formula language reference | 845 |