Viewing reports
You cannot select the follow report objects types as destinations: • Objects inside the Page Header or Page Footer. • Lines or boxes. • Subreports or any object inside a subreport. • Entire sections (you must select the objects inside the section individually). Specific information can be added in one of two ways: • You can type the object name(s) as they appear in the Report Explorer. • You can copy report object(s) from the current report or another and paste its information into the object field. • data context The Data Context field will normally be completed when you paste information for the destination object(s). You can also customize this option by using the Conditional Formula button. For more information, see “Data context formats” on page 312.
Report Part-specific navigation Report Parts use the new Crystal Reports navigation functionality. However, there are some special cases that apply only to Report Parts: • Only the destination object identified will be displayed. • Drill down must be specified using the Report Part Drilldown option so that the destination object(s) can also be specified. • Initial Report Part Settings must be specified for each report that is the first stop on the Report Part navigation path. Any report that is viewed in the Report Part Viewer, and is not navigated to through Report Part navigation, requires Initial Report Part Settings so that the Report Part Viewer has a starting place for its display.
The Report Part Drilldown option The Report Part Drilldown option lets you define a hyperlink so that the Report Part Viewer can emulate the drill-down functionality of Crystal Reports. The Report Part Viewer displays only destination objects; therefore, to make drill down work, you need to define a navigation path from a home object to one or more destination objects. When you have multiple destination objects, they must all reside in the same report section. The Report Part Drilldown option does not affect the DHTML page viewers since the option emulates the default Crystal Reports behavior for drill down (which the page viewers already support). Page viewers, however, do not limit which objects are displayed—they always show all report objects. Note: The Report Part Drilldown option can be used only to navigate between objects in the same report.
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