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HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform User Manual

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Determining printing area characteristics.............................................95

Developing a prototype on paper..............................................................97

To design a paper prototype.................................................................98

Introduction to Reporting

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Report creation options............................................................................100

Report Creation Wizards....................................................................100

Another report....................................................................................100

New report..........................................................................................101

Report Creation Wizards....................................................................101

Another report....................................................................................101

New report..........................................................................................102

Choosing data sources and database fields............................................102

The Database Expert.........................................................................102

The Field Explorer..............................................................................105

About the report design environment......................................................108

Design tab..........................................................................................108

Preview tab.........................................................................................112

HTML Preview tab..............................................................................117

Creating a new report..............................................................................118

Selecting the data source...................................................................118

Adding tables......................................................................................119

Linking multiple tables........................................................................120

Placing data on the report .................................................................122

Formatting data .................................................................................131

Record selection.................................................................................131

Grouping, sorting, and summarizing data..........................................131

Using the drill-down option on summarized data...............................132

Using the zoom feature......................................................................133

Inserting page headers and footers...................................................133

Adding a title page to the report ........................................................134

Crystal Reports 2008 SP3 User's Guide

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