We have a report that has one group. The group header is based on a (rather extensive) formula which says if the item number is equal to "AAAAAA" then the header should read one of the following:
Conduit
Metal Flex
Copper Wire
Aluminum Wire
Aluminum SE
SO Cord
SQ D
Breakers
etc.
Currently, the groups are sorted in alphabetical order when the report is run. How can we change this so it prints in the order we want (for example as above)?
On the "Use a Formula as Group Sort Order" formula, it says we can only return the group sort order constants as Ascending, Descending or Original order. I tried Original Order seeing as how the group formula is set up in the order wanted, but it still does it in alpha order.
If you are using the field from database to group then you can use option "Group in Specified order" and there provide the order you want to view.
You can get the option if you go to change group.
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I've made a crosstab in crystal report like below:
However, as you can see, the ordering is weirld (i.e. the correct one should be like below:)
And the ordering is stored in another field called order, I took a look in the crystal report's cross-tab expert sorting option, it doesn't allow me to order by another column, it only allows me to sort either ascending or descending, how can I set the ordering by another column?
Crosstab's sorting is based on the rows order, if you want to sort it in your on you have to add some extra rows and have to suppress subtotal and Label in Customize Style of Crosstab Expert
Example:
If you have 3 rows(A,B,C) to display and you have to sort it in order like B,C,A then you have to add 2 new rows(B,C) now your Crosstab looks like (B,C,A,B,C) now you have to suppress Rows B and C you meet your both requirements for sorting and display order
But This solution have some limitations like
if you want to export the report in Excel then it will add extra cells in grand total.
otherwise you are good to go.
Example:
If you have 3 rows(A,B,C) to display and you added one row and you suppress it to solve your sorting issue then in Excel its grand total looks like
A B C
a 1 3
b 2 2
---------------------------
Total: 3 5
Yes, you can not sort on another column. You must use any of one column as a header.
In Crystal report, sorting happened based on header column's value (That's why you see as per alphabetic).
I also face this issue and how I solved, that I am explain. You have to use a formula which have order, but either hide it or use a value like in this link.
https://scn.sap.com/thread/3341846
Second option as per this link. (I think first you check this)
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/493334/Custom-sorting-for-Crystal-Report-Cross-Tab
https://scn.sap.com/thread/1172741
open crosstab expert, highlight the column that you want to reorder, go to Group Options and select in specified order. This will open another tab where you will have your available values listed there. Using the arrows on the right side you can move up or down your values and accommodate them in the order you want them to be displayed.
Simple way would be take order column from stored procedure to cross tab and set the order according to that column.
Then supress the order column and reduce the width of that column to minimum pixel so that it doesn't appear in cross tab.
Make the field you want to sort by a group field and hide it. To hide it, in the Crosstab Expert > Customize Style dialog select this group then use the Group Options area to Suppress Subtotal and Supress Label. Worked for me.
Use the order field as the grouping column and change the label for said column to show the actual sizes. The labels can be changed in Crosstab Expert, Grouping Options and then the tab Options.
I have a crystal report like below image:
The report is group by "Quot No.", by default it's ordered by "Times Used" (8th column)
How can I change the ordering so that it will order by "Total amount"?
The total amount is a field in the report which is the sum of a field named "quotamt" in the datasource:
I've tried looking in the change group options, took a look at the "Use a formula as group sort order", but the formula only provides three options (ascending, descending, original order), and is unable to sort by another column
The desired result is:
How can I do that?
What I suggest, rather than doing this task in crystal report, good to done at sqlserver side means database side.
This is simplest suggestion when you have this type of situation.
You can give the condition on sqlserver side too. and get the data order same as you want.
Yes, this can be done in report side, but it take time for this.
Don't use formula as group sort order instead from the dropdown use Specifed Order and in the window specify the order you need
I have a stacked bar chart in Crystal Reports which is used to display the number of employees in each process area that still require training.
Crystal automatically sorts fields in each bar on the bar chart alphabetically, this would normally be fine but I want to rearrange the order in which the areas appear so that they coincide with the production sequence.
I thought that I would be able to rearrange the order by going to Chart Expert>> Data>>Order and clicking on Specified Order. But this doesn't appear to be working so I must be doing something wrong.
Does anyone have any advice?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I'm assuming the chart risers (= the bars) are coming from a grouping level you've specified in Group Expert and selected in Chart Expert.
Here's what to do:
In Group Expert, insert a second group. Leave the original group unmodified so you don't inadvertently affect the chart.
Set the new group to group by your sort key – the field that specifies the desired order of the bars.
Move the new group up in the group list – so it precedes the original group.
Suppress the new group's headers and footers.
Now Crystal will first sort your records by the sort key, and then by the field you're currently using. You should get the same risers in a different order.
Note: If the records for a given bar have differing values for the sort key, this won't work. If that's the case, you'll need a summary field and Group Sort Expert instead.
I just encountered this problem. My solution was as follows:
In the "Chart Expert" Select the field in the "On Change of" block
Click the TopN button
"For this group sort" to "All"
"based on" the field you want to sort by.
This will keep your bars labeled as their original category, but instead of writing in alphabetical order they will sort by the field you choose.
I want to create multiple groups in ireport, and the data should display in a group-wise manner.For Eg:
First the Group1 data should be printed completely, then,
Group1:
Module Data
After this i want to print the Group2 data completely
Group2:
Category data
I am using the Result Set datasource.
Can Someone help me in this?
Jasper reports will work exactly in this manner as long as your query results are ordered properly.
For example, let's say you are grouping by a field called "MY_GROUP" and it has values "GROUP A" and "GROUP B". In your report you will create a group for field "MY_GROUP". In your query, make sure you have MY_GROUP as the first field in your ORDER BY clause. You can also accomplish this in iReports by adding the "MY_GROUP" field as your the first field in the Sort Options section of the Report query.
Now that you have added your group and are ordering properly your results will come out like this:
Header - GROUP A
Detail - GROUP A
Footer - GROUP A
Header - GROUP B
Detail - GROUP B
Footer - GROUP B
Exactly as you wish. My guess is that you were not properly ordering your query results. This could result in having multiple groupings for GROUP A, GROUP B, etc. all interspersed.
If groups in iReport don't keep all the data together, use subreports. When Jasper gets to a subreport, it runs the whole subreport and puts the whole thing into the report. You could have something like:
Subreport 1 - Group 1
Group 1 first record
Group 1 second record
Group 1 third record
...
Group 1 last record
Subreport 2 - Group 2
Group 2 first record
Group 2 second record
Group 2 third record
...
Group 2 third record
It's exactly as Tom said. Jasper Reports Groups do not order the data retrieved from the query, they just take it in the order it comes.
In order to display the information in a group-wise manner, you have to add an ORDER BY to the query so the rows the report receives are already ordered.
So there is an issue that happens when you use multiple group headers. The first header behaves like expected ordered by Column Value A only on unique values. The 2nd header using Column Value B will print on every row despite being non-unique values.
In theory you should be able to use ORDER BY:
ORDER BY ValueA, ValueB
to properly display the report assuming you are using sql, plsql, etc... However, in my case that did not happen, though for others it seems to work.
Use subreports to attach the minor differences via unique reports. You create a root report with empty details. Then you create Unique reports to serve as sub reprots. Finally, you use the subreport element to link the values into the root report. Though that is a good bit of work and may cause repeat code.
A hacky way I used was: A mixture of "Print When Expressions" with logical boolean expressions with 2 group headers and a column header.
Boolean Expressions:
$F{QUERY}.equals(Query1) && ($P{P_Typequery}.equalsIgnoreCase("QueryA") && $P{P_parameter} == null)
and
$F{QUERY}.equals(Query1) && ($P{P_Typequery}.equalsIgnoreCase("P_QueryA") && $P{P_parameter} != null)
with two group headers and a column header. The column header will not repeat for every row so you assign one of the booleans expressions to it's "print when" so it does not always print. The first group header will not repeat for every row and works. The 2nd group header is used for the times you DO want it to repeat for every unique value since it always prints for every row, and you use the other boolean on it's "print when". Hope it helps
I have a problem with running Total in Crsystal report9
if their is no values available for a Paticular field how can we return the running total as '0'
Instead of display the Running Total directly in your report create a Formula Field based on the Running Total and drag it into the report.
Your formula should look like this (Crystal Syntax)...
if ISNULL({#RunningTotalField}) then
"0.00"
else
ToText(RunningTotalField, 2)
If there is no data for that particular group, then Crystal won't show it easily. Your options are :
1) Use subreports to display the values for a particular group, and keep the main report just looking at the table(s) containing the group headers.
2) Use a stored procedure as the source so you have full control over the SQL that is run.
The problem is that as soon as you use a field to group, Crystal will only return records where that field has been used. If it was simply in the Details section you could modify the link to a LEFT JOIN and it wouldn't matter, but the group forces the INNER JOIN which means the groups without data are not returned.
Unfortunately Running Totals don't show up if there are no records that match your criteria. An alternative is to use a set of formulas calculated in various sections of the report. The technique is widely described in the Crystal literature. For example, this TekTips gives a very succinct overview of your options.
You set up an initialising formula in each header, with the evaluation time directive "WhilePrintingRecords". This approach was the only one available for doing running totals in the "good ol' days" before RunningTotal objects were available.