e.Report Design Professional Version 8 Course

This intensive course develops the skills needed to build and maintain a sophisticated corporate reporting system using Actuate’s e.Report Designer Professional. Participants learn Actuate’s reporting system theory, and then apply this knowledge to capture and present key data in an effective, concise and timely manner. In a lab environment, participants develop complex Actuate reports that require the customization of Actuate Basic code. Although not required, it is strongly recommended that attendees have some level of programming experience with object-oriented languages, SQL and/or Visual Basic.

Please note that Business Users should attend the Fundamentals of e.Report Design course, which teaches general reporting skills.

Each participant receives a comprehensive course manual, which functions both as a workbook during class, and as a detailed reference guide once the class is completed.

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
> Apply reporting system features to capture and present key date

Report Design concepts
Building a report from scratch
Accessing different data sources
Customizing report designs and layouts
Creating Charts
Adding Hyperlinks
Publishing reports to the web
Actuate Reporting System product overview and demonstration
Designing, building and viewing simple reports
Connecting to databases and custom data sources
Working with a report’s page layout
Creating SQL Queries with the Actuate Query Editors
Understanding the stored procedure builder
Understanding aggregate functions
Understanding report groups -- sections and subsections
Building sequential and parallel reports
Using Actuate’s dynamic text control and page sizing features
Working with Crosstab Reports
Working with Charts
Creating and using hyperlinks in Actuate reports
Designing report parameters
Understanding libraries and working with components
Understanding commonly-used Actuate Foundation Class methods
Debugging a report
Designing reports using Page-Level Security
Creating Information Objects for use with Actuate Query
Developing a report for the web
Designing browser scripting controls
Designing Actuate XML reports
Using and customizing configuration files