How do automate a report to query records for a specific time interval?
How do automate a report to query records for a specific time interval?
(OP)
How do you automate a report to query records for a specific time interval?
Are you a
Computer / IT professional?
Join Tek-Tips Forums!
Computer / IT professional?
Join Tek-Tips Forums!
- Talk With Other Members
- Be Notified Of Responses
To Your Posts - Keyword Search
- One-Click Access To Your
Favorite Forums - Automated Signatures
On Your Posts - Best Of All, It's Free!
*Tek-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.
Talk To Other Members
RE: How do automate a report to query records for a specific time interval?
2. If you don't want to use SQL expressions and you don't have subreports you can create a shell report and add your report as a subreport. Obviously, your report should have some parameters for from-to. You can set those parameters with Crystal formulas created in the shell report.
3. If you have subreport you can create formulas and use them in the record selection formula. This will be slow since Crystal will download all the data and will filter it locally. Use this method if your tables are small and you do not expect to grow.
4. If you are going to automate the report most likely you are going to use some software to run it. Use the software to calculate and set the parameters' values. If you are looking for such software, please review this document for some basic options: http://r-tag.com/Content/Documents/R-TagFormulas.p... including relative dates like from yesterday 4:00 PM to today 2:00 AM. These options are supported by our free edition available here: http://r-tag.com/Pages/CommunityEdition.aspx
www.R-Tag.com Viewer and Scheduler for Crystal reports, SSRS and Dynamic Dashboards.