Single Line Report issues

Question

Hi, folks.
I have a table of employees and a table of certifications. An employee may have 0-15 certifications (and dates completed).
I'm trying to generate a single line report like this:
NAME - CPR DATE - FIRST AID DATE - Etc
I've made an evaluation formula:
If {Cert_Table.Type} = "CPR" then {Cert_Table.Date}
This works brilliantly...as long as CPR is the first record that matches the employee ID. If it is the second, it leaves the field erroneously blank.
I know the ideal way to show this would be a list, but the boss wants a single-line representation of the key certification dates.
How do I get crystal to report back the CPR date regardless of which order it appears?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Hi, 
There are a couple of ways you can do this.  Following your train of thought, you can build the string like: 
Create a Group on Employee. 
In the Group Header create a formula like: 
WhilePrintingRecords;
StringVar Certifications := "";
In the Detail section create a formula like: 
WhilePrintingRecords;
StringVar Certifications;
Certifications := Certifications += {Cert_Table.Date} & " - ";
In this formula, if your Date field is an actual date type then you will need to use the ToString function to convert it to a string or you will get an error. 
In the Group Footer create a final formula like: 
WhilePrintingRecords;
StringVar Certifications;
The first two formulas you can format to Suppress so you don't see them. 
Good luck,
Brian