Chapter 1, “Building Your First Report,” and Chapter 2, “Modifying a Report,” the concepts of sorting, grouping, and summarizing were introduced through the use of the Standard Report Creation Wizard and through simple modifications to the report created by the wizard. In this chapter, we’ll fully explore Crystal’s sophisticated sorting, grouping, and summarizing capabilities. In addition, we’ll look at the subreport design element and use it to segment and manage data within a report.
Featured in this chapter:
Creating groups with the Group Expert
Using the Group Sort Expert
Applying special fields to grouped data
Selecting the top or bottom records only
Adding subtotals and grand totals to your report
Using running totals to move beyond grand totals and subtotals
Creating subreports
Linking subreports to main reports
Sharing data values between subreports and main reports