Creating a crystal report from R/3

Hi,
I am new to R/3. I am trying to create a new crystal report from R/3. I already connect crystal report with R/3 using integration kit. My problem now is i not sure which field i should i take from a which table when i look in R/3.I been provided a link, http://www.sap-img.com/sap-sd/important-tables-for-sap-sd.htm where i can check all the table for SD, PM n etc. For example, i go to t.code VA03 and search for an order, i see there is so many field. How do i know which field is from which table n row. Let said i want to pull the below information to my crystal report, how do i know which table and row i should take ? (this is just an example)
PO Number, Po Date, Material, Order quantity, pricing date, net value and overall status
Thank you

Moved to Integration Kit forum.
The people in this forum will know more about the data structure than the CR Design forum which typically doesn't know much about the SAP Data sources Structure.
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