Selection formula

hi i am using labview 8.2,for report genertaion i am using crystal report . i am using selection formula to display datas from database in crystal report . i am not able display the odata in ascending order
1. order by sql syntax is not working
2. what is the syntax for displaying datas in ascending order

crystal report 3rd party reporting software.please see the png file
if u dont know leave this question.please help me clear another doubt
7 solonoid are there(7 digital output)
7 push button (7 digital input)
if i select pushbutton 1 then solonoid 1 should get on(push button is not latch type).then if i on pushbutton 6 solonoid 6 should on and the previous solonoid 1
should off.like wise which ever push button i on corresponding solonid should on and the remaining solonoidf should off
push button 1 -> solonoid 1
push button 2 -> solonoid 2
up to
solonid 7
how to write the logic? thanks raven
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Pass the results from a selection formula to the default values for a parameter field

Post Author: kevans
CA Forum: General
Crystal 10 u2013 SQL 2000
I want to create a parameter field that will display all of our IT Departments so the end user can select the one they want to run the report against, such as IT-Security, IT-Network, etc. about 40 in all. BUT I donu2019t want this to be a static list where I type in all 40 depts in the default list, I was hoping I could do something more dynamic such a formula field that says u201C if {group.name startswith u2018ITu2019 then {group.name}u201D and then have the parameter field pull from this source.
Iu2019m sure this has been answered in a previous post but Iu2019m not finding it. I see stuff on creating a record selection formula such as u2018if {?group} like u2018IT-Secur*u2019 thenu2026u201D but this leaves too much room for error if people donu2019t type the name correctly. Maybe Iu2019m not using the record selection formula correctly? Sorry if I offend anyone but I just upgraded from 8 to 10 and thought for sure this option would be in 10, perhaps built right into the parameter default value page where you can place in select criteria but NOTHING has changed.

Post Author: sharonmtowler
CA Forum: General
if you are creating the parameters in the rpt file, it will only pull values you enter, or directly from the database
in the record selection you can do something like this, so if they only enter the first 2 characters it should pick up only the IT etc.
(if eft(,2)={?parameter} then true else ={?parameter})

How do I use a running total within a selection formula?

I am developing a report within Crystal Reports 2008. My goal is to identify any accounts that have zero usage for at least six months in this current year. I have account number, meter size, read date, usage, and a running total/subtotal by account.
Here is what the data looks like in the report
ACCTNO METER SIZE READ DATE/TIME READ_USAGE Counter
001022-05
001022-05 2.00 9/28/2009 9:42:00 AM 0.00 1
 1
001110-09
001110-09 2.00 3/2/2009 9:54:13 AM 0.00 1
001110-09 2.00 3/26/2009 1:32:28 PM 0.00 1
001110-09 2.00 4/27/2009 11:02:11 AM 0.00 1
001110-09 2.00 5/27/2009 1:13:53 PM 0.00 1
001110-09 2.00 6/19/2009 11:41:20 AM 0.00 1
001110-09 2.00 9/1/2009 8:13:25 AM 0.00 1
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My report shows all accounts that have zero usage. I want to filter the report to only show the accounts that have at least six zero usage reads. I thought I could add a running total, sum it, and filter the data by using the selection formulas. Unfortunately I keep getting an error message saying "this field cannot be used becuase it is being evaluated later." Any help would be appreciated. This is the first report I have created using crystal.
Edited by: smwdrw2 on Oct 28, 2009 4:29 PM

You could Conditionally suppress the account numbers where your running total is less than 6
You will probably have to put your account number summaries in the group footer, instead of the header.
Then:
go to the section expert, click on the group footer for the account number, on the right, next to the word "Suppress" click on the box that says "X-2". In the formula put
IF<6 then True
Save and close
The only way this would not work for you is if you have some sort of grand total that you don't want to include the other groups in.

"Missing parameter values." Error when setting record selection formula

Setup - VS 2008, CR 2008 (v12.0), Win XP & C#.Net
I have a form which loops through all parameters (non-linked to sub reports, so only off the main report) and allows users to enter the values for each parameter. When hitting the preview button, I loop through all of the saved values, set the parameter field values and then add any additional filters into the recordselection formula as below. The problem i'm having is that the ReportDocument.HasRecords returns true if the ReportDocument.RecordSelectionFormula doesn't filter out every result.
For example, I have a list of customers and if I set the selection formula to filter out a specific customer, ReportDocument.HasRecors returns true, if I set the selection formula to filter something that doesn't exist i.e. customer "xk39df", the moment this line of code runs "ReportDocument.RecordSelectionFormula = rsFormula;" - ReportDocument.HasRecors returns the following exception as opposed to "False".
Message: Missing parameter values.
Source: CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataSetConversion
StackTrace: at CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ConvertDotNetToErom.ThrowDotNetException(Exception e)
 at CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument.hasRecords()
 at CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument.get_HasRecords()
ErrorID: MissingParameterFieldCurrentValue
The strange thing is, it works fine if the recordselectionformula selects a record which exists in the results - all parameters have a current value except for the linked parameters.
This one has got me stumped!
foreach (ParameterFieldDefinition parameterField in ReportDocument.DataDefinition.ParameterFields)
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 parameterField.ApplyMinMaxValues(item.MinLength, item.MaxLengh);
 parameterField.ApplyCurrentValues(parameterField.CurrentValues);
 var records = ReportObjects.Values.Cast<Filters>().Where(recordSelection => recordSelection.RecordSelectionFormula.Trim().Length != 0);
 foreach (var item in records)
 rsFormula += item.RecordSelectionFormula;
 if (rsFormula.EndsWith(" AND "))
 rsFormula = rsFormula.RTrim(5);
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Hi,
The report has it's own ADO Datasource set in crystal reports, so I just pass the log on information to the report object before doing anything else.
this.DataSourceConnections[0].SetConnection("ServerName", "Database", "sa", "Password");
I then do a refresh before applying the parameter values (I do this because the user can preview the report more than one time by using a preview button on the parameter form without re-loading the report object)
this.Refresh();
Then I set all parameter values followed by setting the recordselection formula.

Problems with the selection formulas in CR

Hi Experts! I need help...
I made a report using Crystal Reports, the problem is when I run it on Crystal Reports, it shows me some information, but when I make a preview in SAP Business One or import it to SAP Business One , some information dissapear, I think it´s because of the Selection formulas but I don't know how to solve it ...
The report come from a view in SQL and this is my selection formula:
if month({vwComisiones.Fechafactura})=month({vwComisiones.FechaPago}) then
({?fechaini}<= {vwComisiones.Fechafactura} and {vwComisiones.Fechafactura}<={?fechafin})
-- I just need the Invoices that have been paid on the same month --
Any ideas?

Hi,
Have you tried omit IF like below:
month({vwComisiones.Fechafactura})=month({vwComisiones.FechaPago}) and {?fechaini}<= {vwComisiones.Fechafactura} and {vwComisiones.Fechafactura}<={?fechafin}
Thanks,
Gordon

Report Selection Formula Error with Crystal Reports 2008 SP3 Fix Pack 3.5

Hello,
My name is Carlos, and I would like to report a defect found in the Crystal Reports 2008 SP 3 Fix Pack 3.5 Runtime that is affecting the majority of our reports. As well, I would like to ask if there is a simple workaround that does not involve updating hundreds of reports.
The issue is that the runtime engine incorrectly returns the report selection formula. I have included sample code showing what I mean.
To reproduce;
1. Create a simple report that has a date range filter like:
({Orders.Order_Date} >= {?START_DATE})
AND ({Orders.Order_Date} <= {?END_DATE})
2. Create a test app as follow that loads a report using the following code:
ReportDocument rpt = null;
try
rpt = new ReportDocument();
rpt.Load("TestReport.rpt");
this.txtMessage.Text = string.Format(
 "ReportSelectionFormula:{0}{1}",
 Environment.NewLine,
rpt.RecordSelectionFormula);
catch (Exception ex)
this.txtMessage.Text = ex.ToString();
3. Install Crystal Reports 2008 SP3 Fix Pack 3.5 Runtime [https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100006341772011E/cr2008fp35_redist.zip]..
4. Execute the app.
At this stage, the screen shows
ReportSelectionFormula:
( ( NOT {Orders.Order_Date} >= {?START_DATE} ) AND ( NOT {Orders.Order_Date} <= {?END_DATE} ) )
The expected value is:
ReportSelectionFormula:
( ( {Orders.Order_Date} >= {?START_DATE} ) AND ( {Orders.Order_Date} <= {?END_DATE} ) )
If we were to repeat the same test above but use the Crystal Reports 2003 SP3 runtime (i.e. no Fix Pack), which can be dowloaded from [https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100007123592010E/cr2008sp3_redist.zip], we would get the correct report selection formula. A side-effect for this incorrect report selection formula is a runtime exception complaining about an errorkind and a boolean being expected.
Do you know if there is any workaround that I can apply in code, perhaps a different Fix Pack? Is there a Fix Pack expected to be released soon? It is not practical for us to update our reports and use a different style in the record selection formula because we have many such reports, and our customers probably have even more.
Thank you.
-Carlos.

Already a known issue, here's the [KB 1584095 - A boolean NOT is added at the beginning of a record selection formula when the report is loaded by the Crystal Reports .NET SDK |http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes_boj/sdn_oss_boj_bi/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/scn_bosap/notes%7B6163636573733d36393736354636443646363436353344333933393338323636393736354637333631373036453646373436353733354636453735364436323635373233443330333033303331333533383334333033393335%7D.do]

Exporting to PDF - Selection Formula confirmation message

Hi,
We're using Crystal Reports 11 from within a Delphi 7 application which, on a timed schedule, loads data into a MS SQL server database and generates and prints or e-mails a report of the data loaded in PDF format. This process should be automatic and not require monitoring but we're now seeing the report generation being stalled by a confirmation message appearing when the report is generated. The message reads:
Confirm
Selection Formula for {Report Name} to Printer // or To Export
{Selection Formula Here}
Continue?
(RETRY=edit with Crystal, All=copy to clipboard)
Buttons: Yes No Retry All
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Garry

I'm wondering if this could be easily fixed by going to the links panel and then use the "Copy Links To" and set up a new links folder for the job.
That would copy all the links and then relink to that folder - right?
Perhaps that's a quick way to get rid of this problem.
It could be anything though - I've had weird, but not this problem, of files that are on a server can cause link problems.
I don't know - it's a one of those have to sit down and look at the files to see what's going on situation - like Bob already said.

Use same selection formula in different subreports

I have got a main report that will have its own selelction formlua, then im planning to have multiple subreports that will use part of the selection formula from the main report in addition to its own selection formula. So i want know if there is way where if I make a change to the main selection formula it reflects in the subreports as well.
For Example
main report:
{ContractsTable.Contract}="123456"
subreport 1
{ContractsTable.Contract}="123456" and
{ContractsTable.Country}="United Kingdom"
subreport 2
{ContractsTable.Contract}="123456" and
{ContractsTable.Region}="East"
What im trying to figure out is that if change the parameter for the {ContractsTable.Contract} from "123456" to "789125" in the main report, i want the change to reflect in the subreports as well.i dont want to be going to each subreport and changing the parameter.
I have tried to work out a solution using shared variables and parameters,but failed miserably.Has anyone git any ideas?

Hi Thomas,
You can the option "Change Sub report Link" and link the 2 subreports with the parameter the mainreport uses.
For Example if Main Report Uses Parameter ?Contract
Then link that with each Sub report Parameters ?Contract1 and ?Contract2
So When you refresh the Main report it only asks for one parameter i.e ?Contract
and all the Sub reports runs according to it.
Thanks,

Database DLL error on editing the record selection formula?

Post Author: Aravind
CA Forum: Older Products
Hi All,I recently edited the record selection formula of an old report and since then the report is issuing me an "Error detected by database DLL" error.The report was running fine earlier and still continues to run fine if I undo the changes. Earlier, the records were selected based on a 'date' field and I edited the formula to select records based on another date field, but the report doesn't work.The report runs fine on my local PC using Crystal Reports, but web based reporting fails with the error message. The data is selected from a view and the date parameters I talked about are the fields in the same view.This view has around five date parameters and the report runs fine for all of them, except one date field.Any pointers are appreciated.Crystal reports version is 8.5. Regards,Aravind.

Post Author: DPowell
CA Forum: Older Products
Ah, yes, the good old generic date error.
The problem is likely an invalid date value in one (or all) of your records with that field. You don't say what database engine you are connected to or which driver you are using for the report, but I'll give you some "pointers".
Basically, the SQL fetch has encountered an error in your date field and the driver you are using in the report can't handle it.
A null date could cause that problem. Also a date-time field with an invalid value or truncated time value. A robust ODBC driver, like one of the Microsoft drivers might be able to overcome it. Likewise, vendors frequently release updated drivers to improve error handling just like this.
1. Analyze your data, specifically the contents of the "new" date field you are using for some kind of invalid date.
2. Experiment with different ODBC drivers by creating alternate ODBC connections to the same database using different ODBC drivers.
3. Browse and experiment with options in Crystal Reports Properties that allow you to specify data conversions for NULLs and Dates.
Good luck !

Passing values at run time through a JSP page to selection formula to crystal report

hi, i am using one jsp page.in that page there is a field to select a date this value will go to the report and report contain one selection formula.which value we are passing on that basis the report should displaywith date which we are passing from GUI.help.............................................................//R

I believe the value of this is based on the owner of the scheduled object. So if the Admin is scheduling it on behalf of a user I think it should use the user the Admin scheduled on behalf of. It should be simple to test, simply create a report with this value being displayed and nothing else and see what values you get.

What if I implement data level security using Selection formula?

Hi All,
I have a requirement to implement data level security for all the reports, the thing is, we donot have a front end application developed in java/.net or any other language, so we have only two options (as per me, if you think there are other alternatives then please share).
1) Implement security at the database level (that is use user roles in where clause which will make the where clause really complicated and hence the performance of the query will eventually decrease).
2) Retrieve the data with the flags of user role/permission on data. Use these flags in selection formula to select the needed records as per the user login.
I have already in middle of implementing the second method, thought to take suggestion from you guys, I appreciate if you could tell me the drawbacks of the method I am using, and if there is an alternative method you could think of.
Thanks,
-Azhar

Standaone Crystal Reports does not have any security option except to use Trusted Authentication when connecting to the DB. We use Microsofts NT or MS SQL Server Authentication only.
Doing this in CR Designer using flags and formula will never be secure, the user could simply change the formula etc...
Check with your DBA on how to configure AD authentication and then enable or add each user to SQL server. You may need to configure and mantain this manually depending on how you ahve your network configured.
Thank you
Don

Saved Data Selection Formula

Hi...
I need some help in creating a Saved Data Selection formula. The data source is a SQL Server Stored Procedure which returns a number of fields including 16 'flag' fields which can contain either a 0 or a 1.
The client wants to select which 'flag' fields will be used to filter the report, interactively changing the selection(s).
Any number of fields could be selected, or just 1.
The parameter has values 1-16 along with a description. The description is what the user sees. The parameter is named 'Indicator'
I'm stumbling over the fact that the formula has to return a boolean.... I tried:
if not hasvalue({?Indicator}) or {?Indicator}=0 then 1=1;
    if hasvalue({?Indicator}) and {?Indicator} = 1 and {p_rpt_Customer_AutoHigh.is_314a}
    or hasvalue({?Indicator}) and {?Indicator} = 2 and {p_rpt_Customer_AutoHigh.is_auto}
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etc.....
    then 1 = 1
    else 1=0;
but I'm not certain how to construct the logic because at the end of all this, I need a THEN... which makes no sense...
I've created Saved Data Selects before, but there were specific tests that were applied, for examplde....
if hasvalue({?Parameter}) and {?Parameter}=1 then {field) in LastFullWeek
These were discrete user selections, not multiple selections, and the 'test' was concrete - this in there!
Any help you could provide would be welcome....

A: Saved Data Selection Formula

You don't actually have to have an If statement for this. Your comparisons all evaluate to true or false anyways So, what you can do is something like this:
(not hasvalue({?Indicator}) or {?Indicator}=0) or
({?Indicator} = 1 and {p_rpt_Customer_AutoHigh.is_314a} ) or
({?Indicator} = 2 and {p_rpt_Customer_AutoHigh.is_auto} ) or
({?Indicator} = 3 and {p_rpt_Customer_AutoHigh.is_autohigh_update}) or
Notice where I've put the parentheses - these are very important for getting this to work correctly.
Note also that you don't have to include "hasvalue()" in all of the lines. This is because of the way Boolean expressions are processed. Because of the "or", Crystal will only process until it hits the first "true" result. If {?Indicator} doesn't have a value, it will be caught with the "not hasvalue({?Indicator})" in the first line and none of the rest of the formula will be processed.
-Dell

Selection formula sporadically does not push to database.

On CR 2008, SP3 - Oracle 10 database using native connection, report called from VB.NET:
We have a process that iteratively loads an .RPT, prints to file and inserts file into database. Report is fairly complex, 15 subs, lots of groups, etc. When we run this report on a somewhat large database (source tables range from 1M to 6M rows), it will process just fine for several iterations (10 to 30), but then it will run and NOT push selection criteria to the database via the SQL Query. We're watching the queries in the database as it runs, and see that every so often it fails to send the where clauses. With 5M rows, this causes a significant delay as it pulls all the rows in and applies selection criteria locally.
We're very experience CR developers (partners). I'm pretty sure we haven't missed anything. The main report and all subs have been reviewed to make sure that "Use Indexes Or Server For Speed" is selected, and that no selection formulas include native CR functions that would prevent the selection formula from being pushed to the server. When reviewed in design mode, SQL Queries for main and all subs show with WHERE clauses.
Any thoughts for anything else we can review?
Does anyone know exactly what criteria CR uses to determine whether to push the selection formula to the server (other than what I mention above)?
Thanks, Bill
Edited by: wlpearce on Jan 12, 2011 4:42 PM

Hi Bill,
Need more info, what version of Oracle client and Server are they using? Windows or WEB app?
Are you closing and disposing of the report document each time? This should disconnect the DB driver and free up the connection. It could be a Client issue but need more info.
I've never seen or heard this happening before so not sure what or why. If CR has the WHERE clause in the original report then there is no reason why it would drop it... Unless the registry key can't be read due to system resources, not sure how your app works so not sure what may affect it.
Be sure to get Millie to note the patch level and DB Server/Client version being used and as much info as you have. Also the code you use to set database connection and attach a report that it fails on so I can see the option used in the RPT file also.
Thanks again
Don

Record Selection Formula and Parameters

We've currently upgraded from Crystal Reports 9 to Crystal Reports 2008 (SP3). In our legacy reports, we use the "record selection formula editor" to filter the results of our report. This is an example of one of our formulas:
{DOVREP_TIME_AND_EXPENSE.ITEM_DATE} >= {?FROMDATE} and {DOVREP_TIME_AND_EXPENSE.ITEM_DATE} <= {?TODATE}
In this formula, we pass in the FROMDATE and TODATE from our .NET applicaiton to filter on dates. After upgrading to Crystal Reports 2008 (SP3) this no longer works. I get an error "Error in formula Record_Selection". It looks as if it was having issues parsing the formula. If I replace my parameters (?FROMDATE/?TODATE) with hard coded dates it works fine (It also worked fine in Crystal Reports 9) so from what I can tell adding the parameters causes parsing errors. Also in the error it shows the formula and it's defintily messed up:
((( NOT {DOVREP_TIME_AND_EXPENSE.ITEM_DATE} >= {?FROMDATE}) AND ( NOT {DOVREP_TIME_AND_EXPENSE.ITEM_DATE} <= {?TODATE})))
I'm not sure why it is adding the NOT to the formula or the extra brackets...
Any suggestions?
Regards,
Mike

David,
First off, the way I determined it was the beta dlls was that I installed CR 2008 SP3 runtimes fresh and ran my report. I didn't experience any issues. I then took the beta dlls and replaced the originals, rebooted and ran my report again. The report failed to execute as I described above. I then took my backup of the SP3 dlls and replaced the beta dlls, rebooted and tested again. I worked fine with the original dlls.
The formula that I was passing into that report was a bit more complex than I first described. I had a few other conditions in the formula that checked for a project ID. I tested it with just the dates and there wasn't any issues (as in your example), as soon as I added additional parameters that's when the "NOT"'s were included. Could you try your test again with a few additional parameters? Here is an example of what I was passing into the report:
((({DOVREP_TIME_AND_EXPENSE.ITEM_DATE} >= {?FROMDATE} ) AND ( {DOVREP_TIME_AND_EXPENSE.ITEM_DATE} <= {?TODATE}))) AND (({%PROJECT_ID}=99 OR {%PROJECT_ID}=113 OR {%PROJECT_ID}=112 OR {%PROJECT_ID}=103 OR {%PROJECT_ID}=107 OR {%PROJECT_ID}=111)))
Mike

Comments in Selection Formulas Disappearing

Hi there people,
I am finding that when I add comments to selection formulas they often disappear when I exit the editor screen and run the report. I have some older reports where the comments have been saved but if I edit them them they will vanish as well.
I note that the order / grammar of the selection formula will often change as well!
Is this a change in behaviour with a patch or is it a setup option that I have inadvertently changed?
CR XI Developer 11.0.0.2495
thanks in advance
Richard

Hello,
XI is past its life support. Go to this link: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc and download the trial version of CR XI R2 and use your XI keycode, then apply the patches which you can get to by clicking on the BusinessObjects tab above, then Downloads.
Direct link to the Trial version: http://www.sap.com/solutions/sapbusinessobjects/sme/freetrials/index.epx
If it's still an issue try saving your report in XI R2 format first and then test again.
Thank you
Don

Selection formula not selecting by dates

I'm having an odd problem with my report. I'm trying to filter by the start date of a job. The DB I'm pulling from stores it as a string, YYYMMDD (e.g. today is 20090713). In most of my reports it works just fine, but in this one it seems that it's ignoring the filter altogether.
My original selection formula was:
{JobMaster.StartDate} IN {?FromDate} to {?ToDate}
In an effort to 'fix' it, I changed it to:
DateSerial(ToNumber(Mid({JobMaster.StartDate},1,4)),ToNumber(Mid({JobMaster.StartDate},5,2)),ToNumber(Mid({JobMaster.StartDate},7,2))) >= DateSerial(ToNumber(Mid({?FromDate},1,4)),ToNumber(Mid({?FromDate},5,2)),ToNumber(Mid({?FromDate},7,2)))
AND
DateSerial(ToNumber(Mid({JobMaster.StartDate},1,4)),ToNumber(Mid({JobMaster.StartDate},5,2)),ToNumber(Mid({JobMaster.StartDate},7,2)))
<= DateSerial(ToNumber(Mid({?ToDate},1,4)),ToNumber(Mid({?ToDate},5,2)),ToNumber(Mid({?ToDate},7,2)))
I noticed that it even grabs jobs July, even if I pass the FromDate as 20080601 and ToDate as 20090601. The startdate I'm dealing with is 20090702.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Hi Lain,
Do the following :
Create single Date parameter and in options allow range values true. Now in your record selection you gie = {?Date}
Thanks,
Sastry

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