If you use Crystal Reports 2020 in CR Server 2020 or BusinessObjects 4.3, you can extend your reporting solutions with the free / open-source webElements Custom Function library. This library allows an expert report developer to add new functionality...
If you use arrays in Crystal Reports then you may wish to sort an array, perhaps for display purposes or to create a new sorted array to be consumed by other formulas.
Further below is a link to a sample report with a Custom Function that can sort y...
One method to flag a field when a value in a group is a maximum is to create a print-time formula with a variable that stores that field. For example, in a report grouped by month you want to flag which employee has sold the maximum order for that mo...
Even though there is no support for certain image types and no support for most transparent image types in Crystal Reports, there are several methods / workarounds that you can employ. This blog post goes through several of those methods.
If you o...
At one time the number one request for Crystal Reports was to have waterfall charts. Although the waterfall chart is not an available Type in the Chart Expert, this blog post has two sample reports that will help you create your own.
The waterfall...
Hello, I believe that you would need to be using the DHTML viewer in an Enterprise environment (e.g. BOBJ or CR Server) in order for this to work. Please see the Report Part navigation section in help.sap.com."This navigation is available only in the...
Hi Pascal85, that I believe is a file version compatibility issue with CR 2020 and below v9...I have a bunch of older reports where I've seen issues when trying to open them, including shutting crw down without an error.You might want to:Get a trial ...
Hi jhardwood,Here's an excerpt from a statement of direction blog post for SAP Analytics BI that might help you with your planning."We plan to release the first version of SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025 in Q4 2024, followed by Support Packages every ye...
Hi Jerusha, are you still having this issue? If so what's the Command syntax?Here's a suggestion that might work to grab the proper connection string:Create a new report connecting directly to the Calc View (not a Command)Go to the Database menu and ...
Hi carmine1, you can do this via a shared var.In the main report create a new formula with syntax like:whileprintingrecords;
shared numbervar imInTheMainReport := 1and put this in the section of the subreport you're trying to control.Now in the subre...