I am creating a report with crystal reports 2008. My report has 4 parameters that the user must input, lets say: var1, var2, var3, var4. When I open the report it brings up the prompt to enter var1, once entered the user clicks next, and it goes to a second screen to get the next parameter, and so on.
My question is, is there a way to combine all of these to one screen. When the report opens, it has 4 drop downs for the parameters instead of one at a time?
I have thought about (and tried) a parameter that accepts multiple values but could not get it to work for my purposes. I am displaying approx 6 fields related to each parameter selected. SO if var1 is entered there will be 6 additional fields displayed. If it is not selected the area remains empty. Essentially each parameter represents a column to display in the report.
If there is a way to combine the 4 parameter screens that would be great, if you think this can be done using a multi value parameter then that is all I need to know and I will keep at it.
Thank you
Probably did not go about this in the best way but it serves its purpose and thought I would share for future reference. In response to the comments above, the parameters are not linked and I was not using a sub-report.
I ended up splitting the GroupSectionHEader into 4 parts, one for each variable. The report not contained GroupSectonHeader1-5. Each parameter variable had its own section. The user could select the parameter or False from the parameter input dialog. I then used the section expert and for each Group Header in the formula box nex to Suppress (No-Drill-Down) entered isnull({#var#}) or {var#} = " " this is because my variables are strings. This way if the user chose False, the variable would be left black and this formula would pick up on that and hide that section in the final formula.
I am very new at CR so I doubt my explanation is as clear as it could be, nor the most proficient.
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I'm creating a dashboard on Tableau and I want to have a set of navigation buttons that correspond with the sheets I've created. When a button is clicked I want the corresponding sheet to be displayed on my dashboard instead of navigating to the sheet itself. I want all of the sheets to be displayed in the same place on my dashboard. For example, If button 1 is clicked I want sheet 1 to be displayed on my dashboard. If button 2 is clicked I want sheet 2 to be displayed on the dashboard in the same place. I'm new to Tableau and would appreciate any help with this!
The easiest way to achieve this is using parameters.
As a first step you need to creat a parameter with a list of values matching the number of worksheet, like: Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2, etc...
Then you have to create N calculated fields in order to check if the "actual" worksheet is the one "selected in the parameter", using "ok" and "ko" as results for your filters, keeping just "ok".
The formula could be something like this (assuming you're doing the CF for the 1st worksheet, and the other ones differ just for the value):
if parameter = 'Worksheet 1' then 'ok' else 'ko' end
Doing so, all you're worksheets will present data just one at a time because all of them but the one matching the valus in parameter will be blank.
Then you can create your dashboard putting a vertical (horizontal as well if you like) container in it which will be the the "place" where you'll drag all your worksheets.
Be sure to NOT modify the spacing and height of them; just le tableau handle that for you, otherwise the trick won't work.
Once you're finished you will end up having a container with N worsheets in it, with just one of them dysplayed at once.
Once you'll become familiar with parametr actions, you will no longer need to have the parameter displayed on the dashboard (show parameter) because using a worksheet connected to the parameter values you will be able to decide the value of the parameter via click on your additional worksheet acting like a series of button (woeksheet 1, worksheet 2, etc...)
Sorry if this question is simple but I have googled and haven't found a satisfactory answer.
I'm creating an engineering cost estimator. I have a form that takes inputs as ISO/Drawing, and for each drawing number are many subforms where you can input ComponentDesc and should spit back out a TotalHours to complete number. I've included a picture (sorry for bad quality)
From the image, the table on the bottom is a subform in datasheet mode (which is usually hidden and located in the footer) which will calculate appropriate Total MH (manhours) for the ComponentDesc inputted into the subform on the right. I would like the small (and incomplete) textboxes to the left (below the title "MH Totals for ISO/Drawings") to display the aggregate total from the subform on the bottom.
I've been trying to use DSUM() to define Control Source for the textbox but it keeps coming back with #ERROR as seen in the textbox to the left. Right now what I have typed out is:
=DSum("[Total MH]","frm-PipingHandleMH")
in the expression builder. [Total MH] being my field and frm-PipingHandleMH being the subform on the bottom. I've tried to put brackets around everything but it didn't work (even though I'm not exactly sure what brackets usually do). Any advice?
DSum (and all domain aggregate functions) acts on a table or query. If you want to use that approach you need to refer to the source of that form and use a filter parameter to limit to appropriate records the I.E. if the form's datasource is qry-PipingHandles and if the form you are trying to sum on currently is showing handles for widget 4 then it would be something like:
=dsum("[Total MH]","qry-PipingHandles","[widgetID] = 4")
Note that if that 4 was the currrent state of form then you need to pass it in, so something like:
=dsum("[Total MH]","qry-PipingHandles","[widgetID] = " & [frm-PipingHandlesMH]![WidgetID].Value)
Where you reference the field in the form and append it onto the string that is applied as a filter to the source for Dsum.
Another approach is to put a subtotal in the footer of the form (iirc you don't actually need to show the footer) and then reference that footer control from the parent form.
Brackets are needed to demarcate names that include spaces or other odd characters, they also can be used (e.g. in query design view) to force Access to treat something as a name rather than a string literal.
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The report below, there are 3 bands: title, detail, and summary. Detail is in the middle. Look at "Activated staff" on the top on title band, it used a variable (activatedstaffcount1) as expression. The variable sum all activated staff counts in the detail. However it shows null. The bottom one is in the summary band and used the same variable but it shows correct number. The middle section is the data (detail band). I want to show aggregated result before the display data(detail band), how can I do it?
Try to set also Evaluation time in the text field which contains that variable to the "Report".
If the text field is outside of the table - try to return value into the parameter back from dataset and display that parameter at the end of report evaluation.
I'm currently having a problem with regards on Crystal Report Shared Variable. this is my situation.
I have a Report consist of multiple sub reports (and of course the main report). i need to expose a value in main report from Sub Report, but the problem is i need to Display it before the sub report was rendered. Please see the image below:
As you can see the image above, i need to display the value below (Sub report with RED encircle with VALUE) on the TOP (Red encircle without value).
I used Shared Variable but i think it will not work since the TOP will be first rendered (where i need to display the Value from subreport) before the Below(where i need to get the value).
Is it possible?
The section that displays the value has already been rendered by the time the other section sets the value of the shared variable.
Two options:
add a second instance of the subreport to a section that precedes the section when you want to display its value; you won't be able to suppress either the section or the subreport, so you will need to make the subreport as small as possible and change the font colors to white
use a sql-expression field to calculate the desired value and avoid the subreport complexity altogether
I have an RDL with a table/textbox visibility set to:
=iif(Fields!question_caption.Value = "OBJECTIVE 1",false,true)
I am trying to make this textbox display the value named "narrative" only if the question_caption record = "OBJECTIVE 1". How can I do this? Currently this textbox displays nothing with the above logic. I have the narrative field stored in a Placeholder if that makes any difference.
Here is some sample data for you:
create table #dummy_data
(
question_caption varchar(max),
narrative varchar(max)
)
insert #dummy_data values('1st week dates','week 1'),('2nd week dates','week 2'),('3rd week dates','week 3'),('OBJECTIVE 1','obj 1'),
('5th week dates','week 5')
select * from #dummy_data
I don't see anything wrong with your visibility expression. However, in your question, you're discussing two separate things as one (i.e., visibility & displaying a value in a placeholder).
The hidden property will show an object (tablix, textbox, image, chart, container, etc) if the expression returns false and will hide an object when the expression returns true. When I say hide, I mean that it will remove the object from the grid and, if all is setup properly, the surrounding objects will be shifted to fill the now empty space of the hidden object.
To display (or not) a value is an entirely different thing. To show or hide a value, you would put the following expression in the value property of the placeholder:
=IIF(Fields!question_caption.Value = "OBJECTIVE 1",Fields!narrative.Value,"")
Notice that I've set it up such that if the desired value of the question_caption field is present, it will display the value of the narrative field. Otherwise, it will return an empty string. This will maintain the layout of the report but simply display the desired value or an empty string, based on some criteria.
As for the issues you're current experiencing, I'm not sure why that would be happening. I would first check that you don't have a typo in the Objective 1 hardcoded value in your expression.
If this doesn't help, please comment and let me know some more information about your problem and I'll do my best to help.