Crystal Reports is a business intelligence (BI) application used to generate reports from many data sources. In this book, students will learn how to create reports from a single table and from multiple tables or data sources. In addition the book covers, creating formulas, creating summary reports, conditional formatting of fields and sections, report layout and charts. This courseware provides hands on exercises to reinforce learning. It is intended to be used for a two day instructor-led course or can be used by an individual on a self-paced basis to learn Crystal Reports. Readers of this book will learn how to: Explore the Crystal Reports interface. Create a basic report and modify it. Use formulas for filtering data. Group report data. Format a report with graphics, lines, boxes and other effects Create a report that accepts user input. Distribute reports. Access to the exercise files used in the book can be obtained by emailing info @ skillforge.com