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.