HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform - Manual (Page 300)

The formatting and objects from an existing report used as a template can
override choices you made in the Standard Report Creation Wizard. For
example, if you had selected "No Chart" on the Chart screen of the wizard,
but then applied a template report that includes a chart, the template report
will override your selection and the new report will contain a chart.
Further, a chart in a template report overrides the charting summary value
selected on the Chart screen of the wizard. The order in which you select
your data fields in the wizard generally determines which summary field
becomes the default value for your chart. Once the template has been
applied, the first summary field in the report becomes the charting summary
value even if you selected a different value in the wizard.
Result
If the target report
has...
If the Template has...
Overwrite/Apply Group Chart Group Chart
Overwrite/Apply
No Chart
• Group & summary
Group Chart
Chart retained Group Chart No Chart
Overwrite/Blank section No Chart
Advanced Chart
• Using group & sum-
mary in report
Overwrite/Blank section Advanced Chart
Advanced Chart
• Not using group &
summary in report
Overwrite/Apply Advanced Chart
Advanced Chart
• Using group & sum-
mary in report
300 Crystal Reports 2008 SP3 User's Guide
Formatting 13
Using a template