Working With Crystal Reports

The application supports Crystal Reports as PDFs and as interactive documents that you can refresh with prompts. In interactive Crystal reports, you can drill down, apply filters and move to different levels in hierarchical data.

How do I view parameters in a Crystal Reports report?

To view the parameters that you can access in the report, tap the refresh normal_Refresh_moBI icon.

How do I drill down in Crystal Reports?

To drill down on a report or chart, tap the information in the report or area of the chart that you want to drill on. The report changes to show the information that you drilled on.

The navigation path is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Tap any section of the path to return to that level in the report.

How do I search for specific data in a report?

To search for data in a report, tap the search icon and type in the search criteria. Tap the desired result and the report displays the appropriate page or group, if applicable.
Note Search is confined to the current report view only. For example, if you set the Country parameter to USA, you will not see search results for any other countries.

How do I apply filters?

To apply filters, tap the filter icon and set the filter values.
  1. Tap the filter filter_cr_mobi.png icon.
    • A list of filters is displayed.
  2. Set the desired filter criteria and tap Apply.

The report is refreshed and the first page is displayed.

How do I move to a different group or level in a group?

  1. Tap the Group group_cr_mobi.png icon.
    • A list of groups is displayed.
  2. To switch to a group, tap a group name.
    • If there are subgroups for the group, in the list you will see an arrow beside the group name.
  3. Tap the report page to close the group menu.

The navigation path is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Tap any section of the path to return to that level in the report.

How do I modify parameters in a Crystal Reports report?

To modify parameters in a report, tap the refresh normal_Refresh_moBI icon and then select a parameter to modify.

  1. To edit the parameter value, perform either of the following steps
    • In the parameter panel , type a new value.
    • Tap > to open an editing dialog box, type the new values, and then tap Edit Value.
  2. Edit additional parameters as needed.
  3. To view the report with the new parameter values, tap Apply.