Crystal report - Data display issue

Question

Hi all,
       I did a crystal report. the labels in the crystal report are
                QTR1  QTR2  QTR3  QTR4
     If I select  the prompt value as QTR3, the values should display under QTR3, but data is displaying under QTR1
     If I select  the prompt value as QTR3 and QTR4, the values should display under QTR3 and QTR4 columns, but data is displaying under QTR1& QTR2.
i.e., the data is displaying in an order starting from first column.
Please let me know if I need to change any prompt settings to get the data in the order I needed.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
Viswa

Answer 1

there are 2 ways this can be done.
do they only run one qtr at a time?
you can create a group for each quarter
create a parameter to pull by quarter.
in the record selection place this statement
(if {@qtr}=0 then true else = {@qtr})
in the parameter place 0 if the qtr is numeric value otherwise place ALL (replace the 0 in the record selection with all if necc)
this will retrieve all the qtrs or the qtr specified.
if you create groupings for the qtrs place the value of the qtr in the details section below where you want to display qtr 2.
you will need to create formulas to differentiate the qtrs.
if qtr1 in date to date then $ amount
create a formula for all qtrs. this will display the dollar or value for the qtr date range only. otherwise a zero or null will be displayed.
right click on the section and go to section expert
in supress section click on the formual button
if qtr=1 then true. (keep in mind it is a supression formula so true will supress the qtr, false will display)
then on the values in the the detail section you can supress those based upon a formula also like above.