Question

Is the following possible with Crystal Reports?

Table A

ID Boo  Far
1  Test 15
2  Tast 24

Table B

Foo Bar ParentID
A   1   1
B   2   1
C   3   1
A   17  2
c   18  2

And I want my report to look like

ID Boo  Far A  B  C 
1  Test 15  1  2  3
2  Tast 24  17    18

Withou using a cross table? Because with a crosstable, I get the headers A,B,C but cannot display headers for ID, Boo and Far. Also, I can row-summerize A,B and C per record but I cannot create a column-sum of all B’s for all records.

I already tried creating a nice group-by, but this gives me results like :

ID Boo  Far 
1  Test 15  
            Bar
            1
            2
            3

Which seems normal of course. But I (or, the customer…) doesn’t want that.

Any help?

Answer 1

Create a group on {Table A.ID}
Add Table A fields to group-header section; suppress group-footer section

Create three formula:

// {@a}
If {Table B.Foo}='A' Then {Table B.Bar}
Else 0

// {@b}
If {Table B.Foo}='B' Then {Table B.Bar}
Else 0

// {@c}
If {Table B.Foo}='C' Then {Table B.Bar}
Else 0

Add to Details section. Hide details section

Insert a summary field on each of these formula. Move to group-header section; align with column headers.