Crystal Reports  

Customizing Record Selection Formulas

Use Crystal Syntax to create a record selection formula.

To set up record selection using a formula

  1. Right-click in the Crystal Reports ActiveX Designer, point to Report, select Selection Formula and click Record.
  2. In the Record Selection Formula Editor, enter the formula by typing in the components or selecting them from the component trees.
    Note   The resulting formula must be Boolean; that is, it must return either a True or False value.
  3. Click the Check button to identify any errors in the formula.
  4. Fix any syntax errors the Formula Checker identifies.
  5. When the formula has the correct syntax, click the Save and close button.

See Also

Creating Formulas with Crystal Syntax | Troubleshooting Record Selection Formulas | Pushing Down Record Selection to the Database Server | Formula Editor