Crystal Reports for Eclipse Designer Guide

Report creation options

Each time you create a new report, you have two options:
  • Create a report from scratch.
  • Use another report as a model.
To build a new report based on one that already exists, another report can be used as a model. This method can be used to accomplish the following tasks:
  • Create a new report with a different grouping or different record selection than that of an existing report.
  • Reconstruct a report based on an earlier time period using the same report structure used today.
  • Create an entirely new report based on a set of databases that are linked in another report. You can create a report and delete the fields without disturbing the underlying links. Then, without relinking, you can build all your new reports based on this report.