How to filter specific data in Crystal Graph
Not sure if this can be done but here goes.. I have a report giving me a list of about 30 different items and their associated costs and time accumlated to each item. They are grouped together to show me there individual totals for each month. I have managed to get a graph showing me ALL of them but it is way too cluttered. Is it possible to filter the graph to show just a few different items rather than all of them while still showing everything on the rest of the report? The graph is at the end of the report in the report footer. The items I want to filter are not necessarily going to be top numbers so I didn't think using Top N would be an option and I don't even know if Top N would also filter the rest of the data anyways. Hopefully I am clear in my questions, if not please let me know!
Thanks for all the help!
Thanks for all the help!
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You can do it that way.
Anothe rway would be to add a group to the report and put the chart in the group header/footer. Then the chart would only use the information from the group.
mlmcc
Anothe rway would be to add a group to the report and put the chart in the group header/footer. Then the chart would only use the information from the group.
mlmcc
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Just to clarify: to "hide" the CrossTab, simply place it in a suppressed section. It can still be used as a source for the chart in a different visible section.
Also, in Crystal 2008, the option to Group Sort the CrossTab is available from the right-click menu when the CrossTab is selected.
Also, in Crystal 2008, the option to Group Sort the CrossTab is available from the right-click menu when the CrossTab is selected.
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Ok guys, I have not used Cross Tabs before. I have somewhat got it figured out but am limited to the totals from the entire report. Can I add columns to the cross tab so it will show monthly totals.. The report will be run in grouped by month and someone may view January through March. This will give 3 pages that list the totals one each for January, February & March. Then the last page I would want to see a graph that shows just predefined items and their totals for each month. eg. the X axis would have total dollars spent on each item, and the Y axis would have Jan., Feb, and March.. I probably went into too much detail here but hopefully you guys understand..
Sure. Just insert a CrossTab in a Report Header section. Select the date field as the rows (or columns) and set the Grouping Option to Month.
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Yup.. Just figured it out.. Thanks for that.. Now I just need to figure out how to use the Top N but rather selecting a top 5, select just specific items..
You can't select specific items. For that you should use the subreport approach. I thought you wanted TopN.
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Okay, I just reread my last comment.. I'm not sure how exactly I was trying to word that.
What I need is to show just a predefined group of items. They are not necessarily going to be the top in the list. Can this be done using the top N with a custom formula? If so, I could use a little help with that formula.. Thanks
What I need is to show just a predefined group of items. They are not necessarily going to be the top in the list. Can this be done using the top N with a custom formula? If so, I could use a little help with that formula.. Thanks
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IdoMillet:You can't select specific items. For that you should use the subreport approach. I thought you wanted TopN.
Shucks! I was getting so close.. and that was rather easy to setup.. Well, I'm not familiar with how to create a sub report. I guess let's back track to one of my previous comments:
Forgive me for being new at this.. Do I create the sub report through the main report? I looked through help and it didn't return anything on this. Or when I hear subreport mentioned, is this just theoretical and I just need to make a whole different report that is filtered with the data that I want?
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Well I was being Lazy.. I did find out how to do it and it is all pretty self explanatory. Although the location of how to add it is rather obscure the rest of it was pretty straight forward.
For those searching for the solution of how to add a subreport, it is located as one of the little picture thumbnails in the title bar between the insert olap report and insert line buttons. Unless you have rearranged your buttons :)
For those searching for the solution of how to add a subreport, it is located as one of the little picture thumbnails in the title bar between the insert olap report and insert line buttons. Unless you have rearranged your buttons :)
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