Crystal reports 2011

[Wong]

Hey has anyone here studied crystal reporting ? Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design->BOC 315 and Crystal Reports: Report Desing II BOC 325 - Im planning on going to the SAP center in Century city anyone been there whats it like ? as a beginner to crystal reports is this a good way to get into it ? your thoughts advice ?

 

[cyberbob1979]

Hi,

I've not completed the Crystal Training, I have read books and did Google searches. I have been using it for about 5 years now and have taught myself all the way.

Its a great reporting tool for rapid report deployments, but it has - along with all the others) some idiosyncrasies that you learn as you go along

Good luck with the studies if you do go

 

[JacoRichards]

Crystal

Hey has anyone here studied crystal reporting ? Crystal Reports 2008: Report Design I - Fundamentals of Report Design->BOC 315 and Crystal Reports: Report Desing II BOC 325 - Im planning on going to the SAP center in Century city anyone been there whats it like ? as a beginner to crystal reports is this a good way to get into it ? your thoughts advice ?

Hi Wong,

I would say reading the manuals is a good way to get a broad idea of everything. Like most people I more worked with the product and refer back to manuals as you need to do something very specific. Are you currently working in the industry or looking for work? Also what is your expectations from doing the Crystal courses?

Send me a message and i'll give you more details on everything.

Jaco

 

[cyberbob1979]

I've also got a training DVD for beginner Crystal if you need more information or access.

 

[iceman_coolasice]

Hi, Crystal is not that difficult, you can google your way through most of it, no need for a course really. I have been using since early days 8 years back and it works well. The main issues you might have problems with is the automation if doing from .net, passing parameters and then version issues between server and local Visual studio etc. But ways to get around, pm me if you need help. Rishan Singh

 

[diabolus]

Yea, Crystal isn't difficult, useful to have if you are in SAP environment i suppose, but for alot of other companies it is SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) rather than Crystal.

Both technologies you can learn online via tutorials. I'd say the most difficult part of any reporting tool is writing the SQL/Database extraction procedures (or at least knowing the data).