I need to create a report in Crystal 2008 and I've haven't developed a report using Crystal in many years.
When the user runs the report, I want them to be able to enter a start date and end date. I assume I can do this by using parameters. My question is this. Can I do this with a single parameter value or will it require two parameter values? Ideally what I would like to do is to allow the user to enter a start and end date in one parameter/prompt combination. Is this possible?
Thanks - Randy
This is possible and what your talking about is a ranged parameter value.
Create an parameter in Crystal Reports
set the type to Date
In the options Area. you will see a option called Allow range values. Set this to true.
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I have created a crystal report layout with 3 parameter.
The 3 parameters are
1.) Date range
2.) Supplier
3.) Location code
User will always give input to the date range but will select either of these remaining two parameters based on the usage.
Is it possible to configure in one single report with optional option in Crystal layout
Assuming you are not using a very old version of Crystal, when you create or edit a parameter, look at the list of parameter properties: one of them is 'Optional Prompt' -- simply change it from the default of False to True.
Then, in your record select logic you can use the HasValue() function to check whether the user provided a value for that parameter.
In my main report I get a (small) list of string values from the data base. I then want to use this list for selecting records in a subreport, along with other input parameters:
The user shall be able to select records based on a range of begin and end date -- this is easy using an input parameter of type java.util.Date with "Is For Prompting" set to true. Another criteria shall be one or more items from a list showing values from a data base field. I could define the list in the report template, but then I'd have hard-coded strings (filled from the data base, but at definition time only).
Now the dilemma is: If I define the input parameters in the main report, I cannot get the values for the list beforehand; if I define them in the subreport, I get no prompt at all, so there's no way to set any of them.
So the report requires values for start and end date, and a list of string values to select from (multiple itmes can be selected). This list shall be built from values from the data base. In the subreport all these values shall be joined into a filter for the records. A user shall be able to define the dates and select items from the list manually before executing the report.
Is there a way to achieve this?
After some more hours of trial & error, and some more research, of course, I found that the keyword is "Query-based Input Controls". This documentation describes their creation on the JasperReports Server. Such input controls can be edited in Jaspersoft Studio as well, however, they actually work on the server only. Anyway, this is the solution to my problem.
I have a problem with Crytal Report (CR) 2013, my customer want to default current date in parameter fields in Crytal Report when they open it. I try to do it with many ways but it not work. i'm looking forward to ur help. Tks all.
Current form
The only way I know to set a current date to a report parameter is by adding your report as a subreport and passing a formula returning current date as a source for the parameter. You may add also a parameter for date in the main report and inside the formula check if the provided value is for example 1/1/1900 then use current date. This will work if you do not have subreports in your report ( Crystal does not support nested subreports) and the user should be aware that date 1/1/1900 should be selected for current date.
Generally speaking default values should be handled by the software , which is running the report. Ask your customer to try application like this one: http://www.r-tag.com/Pages/CommunityEdition.aspx.
I am posting the link because this software is free. My guess is that there are other applications , which are able to set default values for report parameters. You can do your research. Here is a sample video setting a default value for date: http://www.r-tag.com/Pages/Preview_ParameterTemplates.aspx
The video is for different report type, but Crystal reports will be handled in the same way.
I am a colleage of Hai Pham. I give you more information about this issue.
1. datasource: stored procedure
2. set current date is default value in import parameters popup
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3. users can select another value
Thanks,
Dai Nguyen Quang.
I have created a crystal report that is populated by a View. I have 4 parameters. I want to be able to filter by one parameter at a a time.
Parameters are Studio, Division, Supervisor, Date. I need to be able to filter by any parameter alone. So, if I filter by Studio I need all data for that studio no matter what the division, supervisor or date are. I need to be able to do that with all 4 parameters.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Using version 14.1.6.1702
I actually figured it out. 4 parameters pop up at the same time when the report is opened. The user just has to choose which one he wants to filter by and the other 3 parameters the user adds all values. This accomplishes what I needed.
To filter by a single division:
area - choose all values
studio - choose all values
division - choose only 'east' division
date - choose all values
This will result in all areas, studios, and dates that correspond to the east division.
I am looking to setup a report subscription in SSRS 2008 R2 where the client user can set the date parameter to whatever the individual user would like. I have been reading multiple suggestions to use =Today() in the parameters but this syntax does not work for me. Does anyone know whether is is possible to set my from date to "Today -30 days" and my to date to "today"? What is the syntax used in the subscription parameters?
Settings:
Error:
As described in the above link provided by praveen the solution became to create two parameters in the report containing integer values with a label that describes the periods i would like to use in my subscription. These parameters can easily be set to "Hidden" so they are not showing when you would like to run the report by hand. I also chose to set the default value for both parameters to 1 which is my value for Today(). This mean my report will start out with having today's date selected in both of the visible date parameters.
In the two date parameters that are shown in the report you can then set the default value to a switch of the values you are able to pick in your hidden date parameters. You can now setup a subscription that will work and that looks like the following: