Crystal Reports for Eclipse Designer Guide

Crystal Reports editor areas

When you first begin creating a report, Crystal Reports automatically creates five areas in the Crystal Reports editor.
  • Report Header
    This section is generally used for the report title and other information you want to appear at the beginning of the report. It can also be used for charts and cross-tabs that include data for the entire report.
  • Page Header
    This section is generally used for information that you want to appear at the top of each page. This can include such things as chapter names, the name of the document, and other similar information. This section can also be used to display field titles above the fields on a report.
  • Body
    This section is used for the body of the report, and is printed once per record. The bulk of the report data generally appears in this section.
  • Report Footer
    This section is used for information you want to appear only once at the end of the report (such as grand totals) and for charts and cross-tabs that include data for the entire report.
  • Page Footer
    This section usually contains the page number and any other information you want to appear on the bottom of each page.
If a group or subtotal is added to the report, the program creates two additional sections:
  • Group Header
    This section typically holds the group name field, and can be used to display charts or cross-tabs that include data specific to the group. It is printed once at the beginning of a group.
  • Group Footer
    This section generally holds the summary value, if any, and can be used to display charts or cross-tabs. It is printed once at the end of a group.
When a group or subtotal is added, the Group Header area appears directly above the Body area and the Group Footer area appears directly below the Body area.
If you set up additional groups, the program creates new group areas between the Body area and the existing Group Header and Group Footer areas.
Like the original areas, each of these newly added areas can contain one or more sections. By default, they each contain a single section.



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