Crystal Reports® 2008 Official Guide

CHAPTER 8VISUALIZING YOUR DATA WITH CHARTS AND MAPS

In this chapter

Introduction

Using the Chart Expert

Using the Map Expert

Modifying Chart and Map Properties

Troubleshooting

Crystal Reports in the Real World—Complex Charts

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2, “Selecting and Grouping Data,” and Chapter 3, “Filtering, Sorting, and Summarizing Data,” introduced the importance of grouping and summarizing in report generation. When doing so for business users, it is often effective to present these groups and summarizations using various visualization techniques. The charting and mapping features in Crystal Reports provide a very effective way to communicate relevant information using powerful visualization techniques.

Charts and maps with Crystal Reports provide ...