Adding a Cover Page

[prestonwarden]

Good day,

My expertise into Crystal Reports is fairly minimal and what I am asking is outside of my comfort zone.

We have a pre-made report template from our software developer (image below). It seems convaluted, but it works to get the job done for what we need.

That being said, I want to add a predefined coverpage to every printout. This template is a predefined form as well. How can I add a section that does the following:

Page 1: Coverpage with fields based on database fields

Page 2: Predefined standard design (no fields)

Page 3: Start of the current report.

And then a blank page of the current report.

Current Report:

Coverpage:

We are using SAP Crystal Reports 2011, Version 14.0.3.613 RTM

[DellSC]

Is this report only ever run for a single test/item? Or can it potentially be run for multiple items and need multiple cover pages - one for each item? I can definitely walk you through how to do this, but the method is different depending on the answers to these questions.

Thanks!

-Dell

[prestonwarden]

Hello dell.stinnett-christy ,

I have the coverpage run for lots, so if there are multiple manufacturing numbers, those are listed with barcodes.

It is only run for one work order only, but it may have mutliple manufacturing numbers.

[DellSC]

I would put the cover page in the Report Header. If the cover page needs data that requires grouping or comes from more than one record, make it a subreport in the report header.

For example, if you have a Work Order "master" table and a Work Order "items" table and the cover page only needs data from the master table or possibly counts or sums from the details/items, you should be able to just format one or more Report Header sections for this.

-Dell

[prestonwarden]

Awesome. Thankfully all of the fields are already on the work order template, so I just need the coverpage.

I will try to figure out how to do what you are instructing.

[DellSC]

Also, you'll want to turn on "New Page After" for the Report Header section so that it automatically goes to the next page. If you use multiple RH sections, turn this on for the last one.

-Dell