HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform - Manual (Page 97)

Details area
Objects placed in the Details area print with each new record.
• Charts or Cross-Tabs cannot be placed in this area.
• Formulas placed in this area are evaluated once for each record.
Group Footer
Objects placed in the Group Footer area print at the end of each group.
• Charts and Cross-Tabs placed in this area contain data just for the group.
• Formulas placed in this area are evaluated once for each group, at the
end of the group.
Report Footer
Objects placed in the Report Footer area print once at the end of the report.
• Charts and Cross-Tabs placed in this area contain data for the entire
report.
Note:
Both charts and Cross-Tabs can filter report data by using a Group Sort;
in such cases, the data shown in the chart or Cross-Tab is a subset of
the data for the entire report.
• Formulas placed in this area are evaluated once, at the end of the report.
Page Footer
Objects placed in the Page Footer area print at the bottom of each page.
• Charts and Cross-Tabs cannot be placed in this area.
• Formulas placed in this area are evaluated once per page, at the end of
each new page.
Developing a prototype on paper
While a paper prototype is useful regardless of your level of expertise with
Crystal Reports, it is particularly valuable when you are first learning the
program. With the paper prototype in hand, you can put your full effort into
Crystal Reports 2008 SP3 User's Guide 97
5 Report Design Concepts
Developing a prototype on paper