Formula for Suppressing Field if duplicate in Crystal Reports - crystal-reports

I have a view which shows data on crystal reports where I have fields like tariff,rental,shares,gross and net.My problem is if someone changes the tariff in database it would show 2 rows of the same record with different tariff which is normal behavior from database point of view but I want to suppress the field of monthly rental to 0 if the same id has different tariff or the rental is repeated in new record.
ID Tariff Rental
1 20 390
1 15 390
I want the field of Rental on reports to be suppressed if duplicates based on id.Currently I have used this formula in crystal report to check previous field data and suppress if duplicate.
{DatabaseField}=Previous({DatabaseField})
It is working fine but if the id is not same and the rental is repeated then also it will suppress which I don't want.I want it to suppress only for same id.

You have to write the formula into field suppress. (No need on suppress if duplicated)
On Rental Field
{ID} = previous({ID}) and {rental} = previous({rental})
If ID and Rental are same then only the Report will suppress Rental.
I guess this will work for you.

In Crystal Reports, right-click on the Details section and select Section Expert.
In the Section Expert dialog box, select the X + 2 button beside the Suppress command. The check box must remain unselected for this formula to work.
In the Formula Editor dialog box, create a conditional formula containing the Next function to evaluate the records for duplicate values and to suppress the Details line
example:
{Table.Databasefield}=Previous({Table.Databasefield})

I had to make a slight change to the formula in the solution by Janarthanan by adding parenthesis to make it work with Crystal XI.
I used:
{ID}=previous({ID}) and {rental}=previous({rental})
this formatting variation, which is presented in the edited question, helped me to solve a similar problem.

Put this in suppress formula of field to hide.
if {myTable.ID} = previous({myTable.ID}) then
true
else
false

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How to filter records in a single section of Crystal Reports

I have my base record set filtered with a parameter. However, this leaves me with 6 records and I need to filter down to one particular record in each of my sections. If none of the records meet my criteria i cannot suppress the section, it will need to just stay there and blank.
Essentially, I need a method to filter down records that hit one of my sections but not affect the report as a whole.
A few notes:
I cannot use a subreport for this. I need to duplicate this effort over a couple of sections and if I add any more sub reports it just crashes crystal reports (I have a lot of data & a ticket with SAP)
Using a suppression formula hasn't worked yet because I need the section to exist, if it has a null value
Applying no filter doesn't help me because it will duplicate my section 6 times
2 options.
a)
Right Click on white space and choose Insert Group
Choose your field and select specified order or use another record that can filter your data
On the Specified Order Tab click New
Select equal to on the combo box and specified what record you need to be shown
or
b)
Right click on the record
Next to the suppress check box, click on x-2
Here you can create a formula to suppress the records that you don't need.

How to suppress or set field values to null when duplicated in rows within crystal reports

I need a formula that will suppress the duplicated details in the set time and op time fields but keep the first entry - if you look at works order 6446:00 in the attached pic the set time and op time entries are repeated and I need to just show these once on the first line they occur - how can i do this?
You have to write the Suppression formula.(In the Detail Section (Selection Expert -->Details-->Suppress))
WorkOrder = Previous(WorkOrder)
If WorkOrders are same then the Report will suppress Duplicate Records.
I guess this will work for you.

Crystal Report suppress a whole row in details section

I am using crystal report in my vb.net program. Because of my database design I get some rows duplicated as in the following picture:
As you can see from the picture, the first record has two printer models that have the same ink group. and the next model is the only model that has that particular ink group. As I have mentioned before This is because the way I designed the database and its not the problem. I know how to suppress a single column.
When I select a column and check "suppress if duplicate", the following results show:
The row is suppressed but also has taken a place in the report details.
My question now is how to suppress a whole duplicated row?
thank you
As you are aware that your database design is producing these type of results, one option would be check the option Select Distinct Records so that only distinct records are displayed.
One more option.. This is not a tested one change as you required, This is just an idea
write a condition in supress of the section where you placed your data.
if ID=next(ID)
then true
else false
This condition will make sure that if next row is duplicated then it will be supressed
there is many Options , Easy one Is,
you can use Grouping in Crystal report , in your Example u can Group on ID then Suppress Group Detail and Group Footer Problem Solve Have Fun with Coding

Crystal Reports: get access to linked elements in selection formula

I'm making a report using Crystal Reports 2008 and Peachtree database. Report should display customers who didn't place orders in a last 30 days. I already figured out how to link two tables in CR with left outer join. But I wasn't able to find how that linking can be used in formulas, such as selection formula. What I am trying to achieve is to get date of last placed order for current customer and use this information to determine if customer should be displayed or not.
What is the right approach to solving this problem?
Assuming your data is setup properly and adding 'customer' and 'last order date' to the details section shows you everything, then you can just add conditional formatting formula for the suppress property of the section when 'data date - last order date < 30', leaving you only showing records where last order date is more than 30 days.

How to calculate sum of a formula field in crystal Reports?

In some inherited code, I see group headers/footers have items like 'Sum of #numcount' . I cannot get the sum of a formula field. Any thoughts?
The only reason that I know of why a formula wouldn't be available to summarize on is if it didn't reference any database fields or whose value wasn't dynamic throughout sections of the report. For example, if you have a formula that returns a constant it won't be available. Or if it only references a field that is set throughout the report and returns a value based on that field, like "if {parameter}=1 then 1" would not be available either.
In general, the formula's value should not be static through the sections of the report you're summarizing over (Though the way Crystal determines this is beyond me and this doesn't seem to be a hard and fast rule)
EDIT: One other reason why a formula wouldn't be available is if you're already using a summary function in that formula. Only one level of summaries at a time!
(Assuming you are looking at the reports in the Crystal Report Designer...)
Your menu options might be a little different depending on the version of Crystal Reports you're using, but you can either:
Make a summary field: Right-click on the desired formula field in your detail section and choose "Insert Summary". Choose "sum" from the drop-down box and verify that the correct account grouping is selected, then click OK. You will then have a simple sum field in your group footer section.
Make a running total field: Click on the "Insert" menu and choose "Running Total Field..."*** Click on the New button and give your new running total field a name. Choose your formula field under "Field to summarize" and choose "sum" under "Type of Summary". Here you can also change when the total is evaluated and reset, leave these at their default if you're wanting a sum on each record. You can also use a formula to determine when a certain field should be counted in the total. (Evaluate: Use Formula)
You Can simply Right Click Formula Fields- > new
Give it a name like TotalCount then Right this code:
if(isnull(sum(count({YOURCOLUMN})))) then
0
else
(sum(count({YOURCOLUMN})))
and Save then Drag and drop TotalCount this field in header/footer.
After you open the "count" bracket you can drop your column there from the above section.See the example in the Picture
You can try like this:
Sum({Tablename.Columnname})
It will work without creating a summarize field in formulae.