Basic crystal report question

Dear Experts,
I just have started to learn CR from PLD and figured out how to generate a simple report like a BP list which does not require selection.
In PLD, reports are linked to its own document directly so I do not need to select the document number.
I am stuck in linking documents to reports in CR.
Plz advise how to link CR to documents 1 to 1 by document number.

Hi,
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Gordon

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Basic Crystal reports question

Hello,
I have a very basic question for you experts out there.
I would like to create a Crystal report that would utilize queries i already have in B1. I believe this involves copying the query into the database so Crystal can use pull from the them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Charlie

Hello Charlie,
It is easy. You could add your query in the initial part. It is called command under Database Expert.
Thanks,
Gordon

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I am using Crystal for the first time as part of my company's trial period of the software.
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Any help would be very much appreciated.
Also, any help docuementation would be great : )
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Kathryn

In the left margin, right click on the section called "Details", and click on Hide in the pop up.
Do the same for Group Footer #1.
The sections should now have diagonal lines through them indicating that they are hidden or suppressed.
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I am trying to design a report to where it lists a name of a unique person in a table and totals the amount of money they owe. Essentially it's a letter for parking tickets and it will total all the fine amounts for that individual person. I don't know how to design the report to produce this result and how to design the query to produce this result.

Hi, I copied the question, so I would not miss anything.
I am trying to design a report to where it lists a name of a unique person in a table and totals the amount of money they owe. Essentially it's a letter for parking tickets and it will total all the fine amounts for that individual person. I don't know how to design the report to produce this result and how to design the query to produce this result.
First off, depending on your version of CR, some of the instructions may not be correct. I have CRXI
Create a group based on the persons information (I assume you would have a drivers license number, or something you could group off of. You may also want to group off date/time or amount.
In your details section drop in whatever fields you wish to return from the Database.
When you run your report, you should see all the records, sorted by the persons Id and then the date.
Now, this will be more data than you want, so you can use the select expert to limit what is returned. For example if the ticket is paid, you do not need to send a letter. The select statement will look something like this, if your field that indicates a ticket is paid is ticket_# not ({Ticket_#} like "paid") So if Paid shows up in that field, the record is suppressed. Also, look at the example reports, they may help you get some id's

Crystal Report (Question ???)

Post Author: DubweiserTM
CA Forum: General
Hi everybody !As per the two pictures below...In the second pictures, why I can't use the space left by the Page Footer a section to put other things ? When I put some additionnals lines in the Details b section, these lines goes on another page.Only for additionnal informations, the Page Footer a is suppressed when PageNumber=TotalPageCount... I hope I was clear with my question...Thanks in advance !

Post Author: rpt_Maker
CA Forum: General
DubweiserTM:
I've experienced this also with some of my reports. In my case it has to do with the size of the paper vs. the amount of data returned in the details for a group, with a new page after in the group footer. That blank area is unaddressable space created by a page feed - a new page after or new page before setting. If you truly do have that much space to use on the page, try making the page footer larger and insert some fields there to test with.
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Edited by: mtech8 on Jan 9, 2010 3:03 PM. Corrected formatting issues to make post readable.

HI. Ludek,
Thanks for the tips. I tried both, but the problem presists.
On a side note, I did get my hands on yet another "non-development machine". This one ran with Window's Vista appeared to work (even with my original code).
The "non-development machines" that I've tested on are Windows 7 and Window XP machines. On these machines, when I commented out the reportDocument.SetDatabaseLogon line, when I try to load the report, it still prompts for the Database Logon information, however, it also has the "Database name" empty and disabled.
Since it worked on a non-development machine with Win Vista. I don't think there is a problem with references or the Crystal runtime packages.
As far as permission for the report to contact the database, I'm guessing there isn't a problem there either because the application does successfully connect to the database.
I'm connecting to a SQL2005 database and using the SQL Native connection.
On a side note: as for the enabling prompting, I just remembered that it was an option available when using Crystal Reports with a web project. Thus I couldn't find it here with a Window's Form project.

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As this question is out of the T-SQL queue, thus I would suggest you consult Crystal Report questions to the correct forums.
C#
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=csharpgeneral
VB
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=vbgeneral
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Trying to programmatically set the data-source for a Crystal reports report.

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This is currently getting the connection data from the report file, but I now need to populate this connection data from a 'config.xml' text file.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
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Print preview using crystal report in SAP B1 is very slow.

Dear all,
I face another problem. Print preview using crystal report in SAP B1 is very slow. Although i have create a layout in AR invoice form and applying the print sequences (ie 4 prints). Does any one know how to print preview fast. Just like in PLD.
Thanks in advance
Kamlesh Naware

Hi,
Basically Crystal report run with SQL statement, I would suggest to do well performance tuning on SQL query / Store Procedure.
Structure your query in DBA manner that will make some how faster such as use ( inner join, less condition,...)..
also if it simple query then use Command in Crystal report rather store Procedure..that make some how Faster your report.
Thanks
Kevin
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The process cannot access the file during Crystal Report export

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Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
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Preview results in SAP B1 differ from Crystal Report - AR Invoice

Greetings,
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Hi,
Basically Crystal report run with SQL statement, I would suggest to do well performance tuning on SQL query / Store Procedure.
Structure your query in DBA manner that will make some how faster such as use ( inner join, less condition,...)..
also if it simple query then use Command in Crystal report rather store Procedure..that make some how Faster your report.
Thanks
Kevin
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Req for Limitations details in Crystal Reports for visual studio

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CA Forum: Upgrading and Licensing
We are going to create a thick client windows application[using visual studio .net] which are going to be used by around 20 users in a organisation.For reporting purpose we are planning to use crystal report basic for visual studio and came to know that basic crystal distribution licence is free.Right now we are bothering about the limitations with respect to the basic crystal report version packed with visual studio.
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Hi I am a student from Germany and I need to try Crystal Reports for a couple of days for my diploma thesis.
My first smal question is: Whats the basic programming language that CR is based on?
As far as I can judge it - its VBA right?
The focus of me thesis is the chart creation ....
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ps: please excuse my english, i may make some bad mistakes from time to time =)I)

Hi
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I would sugest you to go through the docuemntations of Crystal Reports and Xcelsius first. So that you can be sure what all you can do using these tools.
Please download the product documentations from help.sap.com
Hope this helps!!
Regards
Sourashree

Using Crystal Reports 2008 standalone to edit CR basic reports?

Can I use a stand-alone Crystal Reports 2008 to edit reports created with Crystal reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008?
On this project I am working with other developers who don't want to install the full CR 2008 and I really need to to use full CR 2008 to be able to edit a few things in reports I can't do with CR basic in Visual Studio (like changing colors for bars in charts which you can't edit in VS).
I also don't want to use the CR 2008 runtime for running the application, just the runtime which comes with VS 2008.
Is it safe to edit a report in CR 2008 and then use it within Visual Studio (assuming I don't add any CR 2008 specific functions)?
I made a test and installed CR 2008 but without installing the .NET options (however only 1.1 and 2.0 was listed I guess I need to install SP0 to get VS 2008 support anyway). I could change colors for bars etc and save it and open it again in VS 2008. VS complained about
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Hi Magnus,
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Yes you do need SP0 installed.
You should also upgrade to CR 2008 Developer then you can use the full SDK functionality within .NET and be able to support all the latest OS platforms.
Please post a separate question for your database question. Use one posting for each question, if not the posts tend to get messy.
Thank you
Don

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Hi,
I am migrating Crystal Report Server XI R2 RAS SDK to Eclipse RAS SDK which seems to be quite easy.
I have the following old code which basicly programmaticly creates a Report from scratch adds a Table and then
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Now before I would have : 
 
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No matter which ones I choose I get a Bad Driver Exception or Named Exception. 
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Edited by: snake-john99 on Aug 11, 2010 10:35 AM
Edited by: snake-john99 on Aug 11, 2010 10:39 AM

Hi Mikael,
Since you're already on CR Server XI R2, you can use the Upgrade Management Tool to migrate all the content to CR Server 2013.
Anwers to your questions:
1) Yes, the Upgrade Management Tool does support this kind of migration
2) It does seem that the UMT allows you to move all report instances as well as the scheduled jobs over to the new server
3) I've always had issues with Business Views when using Import Wizard however I'm not sure whether they work well with the new UMT. In any case, I always prefer to export the LOVs and BVs from within the Business View Manager to a .xml file and then import them in the higher version of the Server, again, from within the Business View Manager.
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