Reporting

Suppressing values to minimize the number of tables in a Crystal Report

Feb. 02, 2009

Suppressing values to minimize the number of tables in a Crystal Report

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A simple rule of reporting is that adding tables and views increases the amount of time for the report to run. Many first-time report writers believe that you have to add multiple instances of a table in order to derive different totals, such as month-to-date, year-to-date, etc. You don’t.

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One Report, Multiple Report Output Options in Crystal Reports

Feb. 02, 2009

One Report, Multiple Report Output Options in Crystal Reports

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This tip shows you how to create one Crystal Report with multiple display options.

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Crystal Reporting: A Case Study

Oct. 29, 2008

Crystal Reporting: A Case Study

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A client of mine recently had an interesting reporting request: Can you build a report detailing any changes in employee status and the personnel actions (excluding rehires and new hires) associated with them? Read this Crystal case study to see how the order of joins on tables is essential.

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Creating Commands in Crystal Reports via Microsoft Excel

Jan. 19, 2008

Creating Commands in Crystal Reports via Microsoft Excel

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Many times, transactional tables in databases are big. I mean, huge. I have seen tables with 35,000,000 records. Imagine writing a report with four or more tables and the data resides in monstrous tables. In this tip, I show how you can cheat. There’s no other word for it.

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