When I view a particular FileMaker Pro layout, the calculated field Invoice Check Grouping shows up as blank when viewed in either list or grid mode. However, while in grid mode, if I click on a particular Invoice Check Grouping cell, the expected value appears.
In the above image, note how only the currently selected Invoice Check Grouping cell's value shows. I would expect all cells in that column to correctly show their values all the time.
How would I get this column's value appearing all the time? (Note: Invoice Check Grouping is a computed/calculated field.)
Thank you,
Ben
There's something wrong with either the formula itself or, perhaps, the field's formatting. E.g. it could be that the calculation type is set to Number, and the field's Number formatting is set not to show the value when zero. If this is not the case, I'd check the field's conditional formatting rules and then the formula itself.
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I am working in Crystal Reports to generate a report, and I would like to add a note/remark for some records, so the record should be double-lined for these specific records and a single-line for others
the issue is that the row should be in its standard height unless a specific field has a certain value. In that case, the row should be expanded and field with red-colored note is placed in the expansion.
I tried suppressing the fields but it does not remove the placeholder
The attached is what I am aiming to do, the Zurich Record has a note in red color, announcing the trip is for ladies only.
I will be gratefull for anyone can give me a hand
There are multiple ways to accomplish the same.
Create a name field formula and append the "conditional text" based on logic
if condition then
text:=text + "*dummy text"; // this is just an example
//add conditional color logic for appended text
Create another detail section just below the existing detail, and add conditional show hide logic to suppress.
You have to check the alignment of fields in the previous detail section for "Can Grow" option- like you want "dummy text" to be aligned in height with other column data?. Because with this option, your text field will always appear to be below your row.
You can add another field and place it below Name, and add formula on its height to be suppressed, based on condition. (Again this will mess up if your name field grows into multiple lines, by overlapping this field in the process).
This could be done with a second DetailSection.
Create a new DetailSection below the existing one.
Put the note/remark in the new DetailSection
Edit the suppression-formula of the new DetailSection and insert the suppression-formula that's currently used on the note/remark-field
I'm currently creating a report in Crystal Reports and each item has a border. The problem is that some of the fields can have a NULL value. When a field has a value of NULL the border doesn't show up, leaving an unsightly gap in the data.
The only solution I was able to come up with is that I create a formula for each column that displays the value if it's not null or displays a blank space when it's not null to trick crystal into thinking there is a value. This would be a major pain and definitely be confusing to anyone trying to modify the report. Is there a better solution to this problem that I might have missed?
Note: I'm unable to modify the SQL.
You can change the report options to give the default value to the null fields. But it may be not desirable for other cases.
If you wanna try it, right click the report and select "report options". Check the options "convert database null values to default" and/or "convert other null values to default".
You can insert a textbox on the report, then place the field inside that textbox. The borders would be placed on the textbox and would always appear regardless of the field value.
A few drawbacks to this,
Formatting cannot be done on the field any more (e.g. if you needed to display 123 as $123.00 you'd need to create a formula to perform the formatting then insert that formula into the textbox)
Export the data to Excel would not respect the data type - any numbers would come over formatted as text (though displayed exactly as you formatted them on the report) with that little green arrow in the cell
I found that method from https://archive.sap.com/discussions/message/9923668#9923668
I group my table by 3 attributes, and set page break on every group, and now i want to display that three attribute outside the table. I want to place them on the top of the report, and when i type the expression and i go in run view it's display only the first value, when i go to the next page nothing change
I tried to drag field from table, from data set, and nothing working.
In expression i type
=Fields!My_Field.Value.
Also if some of that three attributes i placed in table it normally displays values, but when i try to move it somewhere it stops displaying.
The issue is that a table is associated with a dataset but a text box is not.
You can reference a field from a text box using the Dataset field ( =Sum(Fields!AMOUNT.Value, "Dataset1") ) but you need to use an aggregate function like First, Last, or SUM.
It sounds like you don't want to use an aggregate since you are grouping by these fields, though.
display the three attribute outside the table
If your trying to display the current grouping in the table at the top of each page, add a new Row in your matrix above your header row and add your group fields there.
When creating a report, is there a script that can be written that looks up the values of all the previous fields and if the current field is the same value, that value does not show on the list?
So the field will only show a value if its value is different that the previous values…
with one exception - at the beginning of a new slate number, it always prints the values for every field.
The simple way is to summarize the report by that field and show only the sub-summary part (i.e. remove the body part from the layout).
I've been unsuccessful in determining how to make the "Category" column only display the value once per grouping, as it is grouped on its self.
Here is what I have:
I would like to make it so that "Beverage" and other following grouped categories only display once. It also needs to be in-line with the first description item.
Thanks!
Ok!,
I figured it out. In order to do so, you need to go to the text box's properties and in format set "Yes" to "Hide Duplicates".
here is an image:
Hide Duplicates is the 6th to last item on the format tab of the control properties window.
Cheers!