You can search for any text string in your report. Type the string in the text input field and click the find button beside the text box.| Crystal Decisions |
The Interactive viewer lets you view data from your report. It also helps you do complicated searches on your report data. It also lets you perform text searches, and searches based on Boolean operators.
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The Group Tree provides a list of the values that the report data is grouped on. Clicking the Group Tree button shows or hides the Group Tree. To navigate to a particular group in your report, click the group in the group list in the Group Tree.
For more information, see the Crystal Reports Online Help (crw.chm) and search for the topic "Grouping."
You can search for any text string in your report. Type the string in the text input field and click the find button beside the text box.
Note: If you are on page two, and you search for something that is on page one of your report, the viewer will not find it. It can only search from the next page forward. So if you're on page three, it will only search from page four to the end of your report.
When you click the "Show/Hide Advanced Search Wizard" button, the wizard appears at the top of the viewer. The wizard lets you perform a search on your report data using Boolean operators. Depending on how your Administrator set up your report, the wizard might start on any of its three tabs.
Note: In some cases, you may not have the Advanced Search Wizard available in your viewer. This will depend on how your Administrator has set up the report.
Step 1: Select a condition for your results
If you are using the "Free Form" mode and you want to switch to "Structured" mode, click the "Structured" button below the text box.
If you add more filters than you are using, you can leave the unused filters blank and they will be ignored when you go to Step 2: Select the fields from the report to display.
Or, to use the "Free Form" mode:
Note: If you are in the "Free Form" mode and your condition is complicated or contains complex filters, you will not be able to go to the "Structured" mode.
Step 2: Select the fields from the report to display
Step 3: Results
Note: In order to save your changes in a step, you must complete that step before moving on to the next step.
Now the report shows the search table that lists the results of the Boolean search you just performed. If there is no information matching the criteria you entered, no search table is displayed.
Once the table is displayed, you can export the search results to MS Word, MS Excel, or to HTML using the export button.
Note: If you export the search table, you must close the export window before exporting the table again in the same session.
To close the Advanced Search Wizard, click the Show/Hide button again.
To export your report, click the Export button.
Once you are on the Export page, choose Crystal Reports (RPT) in the drop-down list and click the Export button. You will be able to save your new report or open it.
Once you are on the Export page, choose Acrobat Format (PDF) in the drop-down list and click the Export button. You will be able to save the PDF or open it.
Once you are on the Export page, choose MS Word in the drop-down list and click the Export button. You will be able to save the new document or open it.
Once you are on the Export page, choose MS Excel 97-2000 in the drop down-list and click the Export button. You will be able to save the new spreadsheet or open it.
Once you are on the Export page, choose MS Excel 97-2000 (Data only) in the drop-down list and click the Export button. You will be able to save the new spreadsheet or open it.
Once you are on the Export page, choose Rich Text Format in the drop down-list and click the Export button. You will be able to save the new document or open it.
By using the zoom button, you can view your report at different sizes, ranging from 25% to 400%.
To refresh your report, click the refresh button.
Note: In some cases, you may not have the Refresh button available in your viewer. This will depend on how your Administrator has set up the report.
To print a copy of your report, click the print button.
A PDF of your report appears. From the Adobe Acrobat reader in your browser, select print.
As in Crystal Reports, you can navigate through your report by using the "next page" and "previous page" buttons in the viewer. Note: These are not the browser's "back" and "forward" buttons. You can also navigate to the first and last pages of your report.
You can also enter the page number and click the "Go to Page" button.
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