Setting up "in-document" hyperlinks based on database fields, not URLs

Hi there,
Does anyone know whether or not it is possible to set up a Crystal report so that certain fields are presented as hyperlinks to nominated fields?
This is what I want to do:
In an index-style document, I have a top level value that is accompanied by several related values. For the related values, I want hyperlinks to be displayed so that the person browsing the report can jump to the top level value entry for the related value.... like this...
Top level value: DOGS
Related values...
Broader Value: Mammals (hyperlinked to jump to entry for "MAMMALS")
Narrower value: Poodles (hyperlinked to jump to entry for "POODLES")
So, where the above entry for "DOGS" appears, I want Crystal to put in a hyperlink on Mammals and Poodles so that the reader can go straight to the entries for these related terms, for example, if someone clicks on the hyperlink for Poodles.... they will be taken to the top level entry for Poodles... etc. etc.
Top level value: POODLES
Related values...
Broader value: Dogs (hyperlinked to jump to entry for "DOGS")
Narrower value: Miniature Poodles (hyperlinked to jump to entry for "MINIATURE POODLES")
etc. etc. and so on...
Basically I am hoping and imagining there is a way to do this without sitting down and manually bookmarking these entries. This is something that I could do reasonably easily in Word using Styles, however that would require first exporting the data... and I really want to be able to do it straight out of the database, in Crystal.
Anyone know the answer to this?
cheers
-karenb

I think you can try two ways
1) create a group on the field DOGS and place the related values in the details section.
Now right click on the detail section and go to section expert and write the suppress condition like this
DrillDownGroupLevel=0
Now when you refresh the report it will show the data like this
DOGS
MAMMALS
POODLES
When you double click on Dogs it shows the related details of DOGS in a seperate tab.
2) Try to create a subreport that shows the related details and insert this subreport as an on-demand subreport in the main report.This subreport should be placed in the group headers of DOGS field and change the caption of the subreport by right clicking the subreport and go to format subreport and in subreport tab add the field (DOGS) corresponds to caption by clicking X+2. Now link the subreport and main report with the grouped field in the main report using chnage subreport links option
Hope this helps!
Raghavendra

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