CRCP Crystal Reports Certified Professional All-in-One

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 960 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Edition: 1st Edition January 20, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072257849
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072257847
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.1 inches
• Weighs: 3.7 pounds

Product Description
All-in-One is all you need! This authoritative reference offers complete coverage of all material on all three Crystal Reports Certified Professional exams, including content for each of the three electives. You’ll find exam objectives at the beginning of each chapter, helpful exam tips, and end-of-chapter practice questions. The bonus CD-ROM contains a testing engine with questions found only on the CD. This comprehensive guide not only helps you pass the challenging CRCP exam, but will also serve as an invaluable on-the-job reference.

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Prepare to pass all three CRCP certification exams

"All-in-One is All You Need."

Get complete coverage of all the material included on CRCP exams RDCR200, RDCR300, and RDCR400 -- plus all three electives -- inside this comprehensive resource. With full treatment of all the exam topics, this definitive, dual-purpose tool contains exam objectives at the beginning of each chapter, helpful exam tips, sample questions, and real-world scenarios. Authoritative and detailed, this volume serves as both a complete certification study guide and an indispensable on-the-job reference. Get full details on all exam topics including how to:

• Plan the layout and content of a report
• Implement record filtering and use parameters
• Sort and group records and summarize data
• Create formula fields, SQL Expression fields, and custom functions
• Use Crystal Reports in a Crystal Enterprise environment
• Understand the report processing model
• Connect to a variety of data sources and create SQL queries
• Report from OLAP data sources
• Create and manage Business Views and their components
• Define business, technical, and user requirements
• Included on the CD-ROM
• Simulated exam with practice questions and answers
• Complete electronic book

Reader Reviews
This textbook contains everything the reader will need to gain Crystal Reports Certified Professional (CRCP) certification. I used the textbook to take all three exams, and passed them all within twelve weeks. The only other source of information I used was the on-line documentation provided with the product (and I used that as a secondary reference only). Note that I did not take any education courses from Business Objects or third-party providers--this book was my sole information source, and it guided me to high scores on all three exams. I also became a much better Crystal Reports developer in the process. The writing is exceptionally clear and free of all the techno-babble that clutters up so many other texts. This book is clear, easy to read, and structured perfectly. Not only that, but the examples are exceptional and applicable. In addition to guiding the reader through the certification material, the text will thereafter continue to serve as a valuable reference for Crystal development. Highly recommended--this is the Crystal Reports book that nobody should be without. NOTE: Now that Business Objects has revised their CRCP examinations you might be wondering if this text would still be useful. The unqualified answer is YES. The two exams for XI are nearly identical to the three exams for version 10, except all of the Business Views components have been removed. For XI certification, you still use this text. Just i) skip the Business Views parts (skip chapters 27, 28, 29)--as that software component has been dropped; ii) focus on the SQL components elective (chapter 22); and iii) skim the other elective sections (chapters 23, 24)--as there are no longer elective test tracks. Do this and you will still find this text the definitive preparation material for the CRCP exams.