CHAPTER 4UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTING FORMULAS
In this chapter
Using the Workshop Formula Editor
Creating Formulas with the Formula Expert
Using the Formula Extractor to Create Custom Functions
The Multipass Reporting Process of the Crystal Reports Engine
Crystal Reports in the Real World—Custom Functions
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2, “Selecting and Grouping Data,” introduced the concept of formulas and showed you how to create them and subsequently drop them into a report from the Field Explorer. This chapter explores the Formula Editor in more detail.
Formulas provide great flexibility and power when creating Crystal Reports by enabling you to create derived fields not directly stored in ...
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