I have a report created in Crystal Report 7.
I have modified a view on which the report depends.
When I clicked Verify Database new fields are added in Field's list.
After modification of View now I need to change the Grouping Order of report. When I searched in Fields Explorer there were all the fields present, but in Group Box those fields are not coming. Am I missing something, please help.
Also In Visual Linking Expert tab Browse Field is disable and for rest are enable.
I have never worked with CR 7 but I suspect a field type/size/characteristics issue. Can you put these 'missing' fields in your detail section and have a look at the displayed values? If these look normal, what I would try are the following:
convert the missing fields into 'smaller' ones, by setting them in
the query the following way, just to check if the problem is linked to a field size
issue or something like that.
CONVERT(varchar(10), returnReason) as returnReason
Another try would be to create the grouping fields in the report, adding corresponding Formula Fields like
groupReturnreason = left(returnReason, 10)
No guarantee of course, just a trial.
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I have a report pulling all fields from a single SQL Server table that works well. I need to add a second table to pull additional data, but doing so causes the entire report to go blank and number of records to drop to 0, from 242 without the added field from the second report. I have no grouping in the report either.
Reviewing Database Expert Links I see multiple links between the two tables, but the field in question, (CUSTPO_27, a String field), does not appear in the original table and therefore has no link. The field needs to be in the Details section of the report along with the data from the original table.
I have run Verify Database and get the "The database is up to date" message.
Running Dependency Checker finds no errors, even with the troublesome field added.
I am fairly new to Crystal Reports, but feel like I am missing a step to be able to see the second table field in the report, so any insight or direction would be greatly appreciated.
I would be happy to add code, but I don't see where to view the code in Crystal, (again, I am a newbie!)
Adding that field probably forced Crystal to join to a new table, and that join failed to find a matching record. So check your join logic.
Crystal doesn't update your database. It's Read Only.
I am developing software with c# and I create crystal report that get data from datagridview and show it
the problem is that I have three field in datatable but when field is empty it lefts empty space. I want to fit the field to other when empty, like this:
and when show up in report like this
I want to supress the blank field and my report designer
thank you so much for reading and answering ..
this is how look my report designer .
and i have two diffrent type of report look like this
and the other .
Put you ExParameter into separate section (you can have multiple sections from same logical part of report) and use suppress condition for entire section (or just check 'suppress blank section' in section expert).
In addition, you should group by Analyse and put Analyse value into group header - this way you won't duplicate this part of report either.
Right click on this field, click on Format Field, click on Common tab and then Check the Suppress If Duplicate
I'm a very new user of Crystal Reports with no training but with a very light background in programming.
I have been working on a report which should show me some information regarding the order status of parts within my company. I have modified an existing report which had a lot of the information I was looking for and have added several fields containing more information I want to look up (information like stock, delivery date, suppliers and partnumbers). I have one last field I want to add to the report, which shows me the name of the supplier where the part is ordered.
Problem:
When I add this field in the report, the groups where there is no information for this field disappear. When I remove the same field again, the missing groups return.
I have tried to look everywhere for an option or function which suppresses a group when a field is null but can not find anything. I also have tried to add an isNull function to return a certain value when the field is empty, but with no results. Unfortunately I can't review the returned values because the group has disappeared when I add the field.
This problem might have to do with the fact I started working from an existing report, but I have not been able to find a reason to believe so.
Update
I have made some pictures showing the problematic result and the SQL-Query (I can only link to the folder in Onedrive because I'm not allowed to post more than two links at the same time):
http://1drv.ms/1J1enHj
I am trying to remove duplicated sections of a report. currently I am using the previous() function to do this however I am finding that this removes all references to the field passed into this function. I still want to retrieve the first section it comes across.
Thanks
In Section expert, choose the right section (Details I do suppose) click the Formula button close to the Suppress field;
Then type (you can drop field name from available fields)
{...yourfield}=previous{...yourfield}
(this mean that this section will be suppressed if some field, i.e. "id" is identical to previous one)
I would be careful doing the previous() I've used this in the past and noticed it sometimes doesn't display any of the repeated data including the original data until I found a way around it.
Instead try using a unique field for the group but also make sure your table relationships(joins) are set up correctly to reflect what data you want to return.
For example (I'm with education) so I deal with learners and qualifications.
If I want to display learner qualifications I would do it as follows:
Relationship - Learner ---> L_Quals
Create a group, grouped by Learner.learnerID
Create another group, grouped by L_Quals.QualRef
Suppress the details section
Now this will display like this:
LearnerID
-Qualref1
-Qualref2
If I was to show the qualifications in the details section and had other tables linked up this could get a little messy with repeating qualrefs and such
Hope this resolves
I created a label report (2 columns). The fields used are, Suffix, Contact Name, Company Name, Job Title and Department – simple contact data.
The Department field is the last one and in the report of 78 records the Department field decided not to display the entire field text twice.
I have "Can Grow" set as default on all fields, I checked the margins and label width to ensure the text is not being truncated because of the labels being too wide for the margins. I modified the data in the database by abbreviating certain words and it shows the change but it still truncates after 50 characters. Other times the Department name is 80+ characters and it displays all of the data.
This problem is happening onscreen when I preview the report and also when various users print it. The default printers have not changed.
This one has me stumped. Is this an application bug (if so is there a Service Pack for CR 11.5?) or does it have anything to do with printer drivers in need of update?
Thanks in advance for your help on this puzzle.
Update
I did specify data source
The text in the database is without any special characters or anythig else that might be out of place
No I am not using Underlaying Following sections anywhere in the document
11.5.8.998 is my version of CR (lloks like I am behind - however, when I click on verify for updates it tells me there aren't any. Do you ahve a link to the SP2 download?)
No formula in the Custom string option
Mine worked by simply going to the Database Menu option: Database-->Verify Database, and the field sizes were updated
It could happen if the length of the field in the Data Source is less than your string. To check this:
In the Field Explorer right click on the data source name and choose "Show Field Type"
The length of the field is written between ( ). If it is less than your string length, you have to re-build your data source. For example, if your data source is a view, you have to drop and create it again and then verify your data base in crystal report.
Hope it helps.
Random troubleshooting thoughts. One of these could even work :)
You didn't specify your datasource, but can you preview your data before it goes into Crystal? If the actual data is randomly truncated, then the problem isn't Crystal, it's the data.
Does this data have any special characters, i.e. accents, foreign currencies, etc? That could be a problem (I don't know if this could even create problems, never used them in Crystal)
In the Section Expert, are you using the Underlaying Following Sections option for fancy formatting? If so, your 'grown' fields may be hidden by some other field in the following section.
My Crystal Reports XI Developer Edition is 11.5.12.1838 (that's service pack 2). Is your Crystal up to date?
In the Format Field pane, there is an option to make a custom Display String. Sometimes I forget I have a formula and then don't understand why it's not doing what i want.