Crystal Reports enables you to include sophisticated, colorful charts and graphs in
your reports.
When you add a graph to your report, you are graphing summary and subtotal
information. Before you can add a graph, therefore, you must have at least one group
and one summary or subtotal in your report. For example, if you have a sales report
grouped by State and a subtotal of Last Year’s Sales for each State, you can quickly
create a graph that will display sales by state.
Adding and modifying your graphs is easy in Crystal Reports with the use of the
Graph/Chart Expert. Use the Expert every time you create or modify graphs. The
Expert walks you through the creation of your graphs step-by-step.
1 Click the Insert Chart button on the button bar to access the Graph/Chart Expert.
Types
Tab
When you begin creating your graphs, you will need to choose one of the many
graph types available. To select a graph type, click the button that corresponds to
the graph type you want.
Data
Tab
In the Data Tab, select what data you want to graph on, how often you want it to
print (dependent on where you want it displayed), and what you want to show in
the graph.
The graph on drop-down box displays all the summaries and subtotals on your
report. Simply select which one you want to base your graph on.
Text
Tab
The Text Tab allows you to enter labels for your graph by inserting titles,
footnotes, and axis titles when appropriate. Simply type the text into the
corresponding boxes. The program will only use the labels appropriate for the
graph type that you chose earlier. The others will be ignored.
Options
Tab
The Options Tab enables you to place a legend on your graph, a maximum or
minimum limit on the graph values, or a number of other options.
OLE Objects
Crystal Reports is an OLE container application. Thus it allows you to place OLE
objects in your report. To do this:
1 Choose the Object command from the Insert menu.
2 Insert an existing object by choosing the Create from file option and selecting the
desired object, or create a new object by choosing the Create New option then an
object type. The corresponding application will open where you can create the
object as desired.
3 If you want to edit the object, simply double-click it and the program in which it
was created (or a similar application that allows such editing) will open.
4 Modify the object as desired, save it and Crystal Reports automatically updates the
object in your report.
your reports.
When you add a graph to your report, you are graphing summary and subtotal
information. Before you can add a graph, therefore, you must have at least one group
and one summary or subtotal in your report. For example, if you have a sales report
grouped by State and a subtotal of Last Year’s Sales for each State, you can quickly
create a graph that will display sales by state.
Adding and modifying your graphs is easy in Crystal Reports with the use of the
Graph/Chart Expert. Use the Expert every time you create or modify graphs. The
Expert walks you through the creation of your graphs step-by-step.
1 Click the Insert Chart button on the button bar to access the Graph/Chart Expert.
Types
Tab
When you begin creating your graphs, you will need to choose one of the many
graph types available. To select a graph type, click the button that corresponds to
the graph type you want.
Data
Tab
In the Data Tab, select what data you want to graph on, how often you want it to
print (dependent on where you want it displayed), and what you want to show in
the graph.
The graph on drop-down box displays all the summaries and subtotals on your
report. Simply select which one you want to base your graph on.
Text
Tab
The Text Tab allows you to enter labels for your graph by inserting titles,
footnotes, and axis titles when appropriate. Simply type the text into the
corresponding boxes. The program will only use the labels appropriate for the
graph type that you chose earlier. The others will be ignored.
Options
Tab
The Options Tab enables you to place a legend on your graph, a maximum or
minimum limit on the graph values, or a number of other options.
OLE Objects
Crystal Reports is an OLE container application. Thus it allows you to place OLE
objects in your report. To do this:
1 Choose the Object command from the Insert menu.
2 Insert an existing object by choosing the Create from file option and selecting the
desired object, or create a new object by choosing the Create New option then an
object type. The corresponding application will open where you can create the
object as desired.
3 If you want to edit the object, simply double-click it and the program in which it
was created (or a similar application that allows such editing) will open.
4 Modify the object as desired, save it and Crystal Reports automatically updates the
object in your report.
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