Summary
In this hour, you have begun working with the Crystal Reports 9 application and constructed a simple report that effectively shows last year's sales by country for the top five performing countries. The exercises in this hour introduced you to several important components of the applicationreport creation wizards, report templates, and report design explorersand should help you effectively use these design features you as you continue to learn the Crystal Reports 9 application in greater detail.
Creating a report in Crystal Reports 9 is a very straightforward and uncomplicated process. By taking advantage of the Standard Report Creation Wizard, accessing the Crystal Reports sample database, and using the Field Explorer dialog box feature, you have been able to create your first actual report file using Crystal Report 9.