Parameters Offline

[noxum]

Okay, I need to know if there is a solution out there that allows you to view a historical instance of a report offline and change the filters based on the saved data. Meaning, it will not refresh, but only change the dataset based off the saved data in the report.

 

[groggle]

Yes, its called Crystal Reports. Schedule the instance to Crystal Reports format, to a file destination and open that instance with CR.

CR can open a report that has saved data and by changing the record Selection Criteria, vary the displayed content.

 

[noxum]

Okay, but how do I prevent it from going back to the database? If the computer I'm viewing on is on the network, it will try and refresh the data when I go down to a smaller view of the record set then try and go back to the orginal view of the recordset. Does that make sense?

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
Since the data is saved with the report, when you change
the selection criteria, it should prompt you to either
use the saved data or refresh it...




To Paraphrase:"The Help you get is proportional to the Help you give.."

 

[noxum]

Okay, but lets say I have a dataset that contains 100 records and 50 of those are of type "A" and the other fifty are of type "B". When I save the report initially, I run it to include both types. When I'm viewing it "offline" in CR, how do I bring the parameters up without clicking the refresh button? Otherwise, when I select existing data and I've already filtered the data for "a"s when I hit the refresh button and I use existing data, it's as if the b's don't exist because it returns 0 records. Thoughts?