Subreport in a second column.

[raven4]

Crystal 9.0

I need to build a report that lists a board's members. Then, if any member of the board has an administrative assistant(s), those names should be listed in a second column. I am using a sub-report to list the assistant name, which is working just fine if I list the assistants below the board member, but the end-user really wants to have the data appear side by side instead of having the assistant information beneath the board member information. So, for example, the output should be:

COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2

Board Member A Name Assistant 1 Name
Board Member A Address Assistant 1 Phone
Board Member A Phone
Board Member A Email Assistant 2 Name
Board Member A Cell Assistant 2 Phone

Board Member B Name
Board Member B Address
etc.

Board Member C Name Assistant 1 Name
Board Member C Address Assistant 1 Phone
etc.

Is there any way to build a two column report and put only the sub-report information in the second column?

Thanks.

 

[MCuthill]

raven,

Just an idea: What about having your subreport in the same section as the Board Member, but only half the width of the page - giving the illusion of 2 columns.

Not 100% this will work, but perhaps a place to start. =)

Cheers!

Mike
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[raven4]

Thanks, Mike, I tried that, but each piece of board member data (name, address, phone, etc.) is in a separate details section. So when I add the sub-report in the Detail A section (where Name is) and it is larger than the main report, then I get a huge gap between my Board Member's Name and the next line of information.

Hmmm....maybe I just won't use separate detail sections. May have to give that a try.

Thanks!

 

[raven4]

Well, that did work to some extent, but then I lose key formatting features like using the "can grow" feature on address data and suppressing sections with blank data.

 

[lbass]

I'm not sure I'm following the problem, but if you group on board member, place the name in a group header_b and the other info in the detail section, you could add the subreport to a group header_a section and format that section to "underlay following sections".

The sub should be linked on the board member field.

-LB