In this Crystal Reports tutorial, you’ll see how to create and fine-tune a cross-tab, allowing us to break down and analyze money- and other numbers to see what’s coming from where. Want to know more about this and other features in Crystal Reports? Check out …
In this Crystal Reports tutorial, we’ll learn how we can create a basic chart, so we can understand the numbers faster and see how business is going. Want to know more about this and other abilities in Crystal Reports? Check out our Crystal Reports training …
In this Crystal Reports tutorial, we’ll see how we can set up a cascading parameter field, to allow one selected item to refine the choice for the next. Want to learn more about this and other abilities in Crystal Reports? Check out our Crystal Reports …
In this Crystal Reports tutorial, we’ll see how we can set up a parameter field and put a little bit of code behind it to allow it more flexibility when a user wants to make different choices. Want to learn more about these and other …
The last couple of versions of Crystal Reports, 2016 and 2020, have seen a significant change in regard to connecting to data sources. Specifically, the ability to connect to Microsoft Access databases and Excel workbooks has changed. For Crystal Reports 2016 and earlier, the connection …
In this Crystal Reports tutorial, we’ll look at how to use the “ToText” function to join numerical information with text. When a formula field needs to contain both kinds of information, we have to convert the numbers to text in order to concatenate them. Want …
The IsNull function in Crystal allows us to deal efficiently with nulls, or empty fields, in a data source. I talked about this in an earlier post. We don’t want to skip partly empty records, in most cases. But if we bring in nulls, we …
Crystal Reports handles nulls, or completely unfilled fields, in a particular way. And it’s very important that anyone using the program understands the details clearly. A null, in Crystal’s view, is a database field which never had anything in it, and doesn’t now. A real-life …
We usually have to export data from Crystal Reports, for a couple of reasons. One is, the program normally has to be there to read a Crystal file, so exporting allows others to read something. And unless the report is on a shared drive, it …
When we print a report in any database-connected situation, we sometimes get blank results, i.e. nothing to report. But we certainly don’t want to waste paper on such a thing. So how can we let a user know about it without sending more than one …