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Reuse in reports
The most demanding and time-consuming part of the report design process is to format all your reports into a uniform appearance. Many companies require report designers to comply with corporate standards, such as headers or certain requirements of GAAP/SEC specifications.
In the ideal world, this requires less work. If you allow the report designer to concentrate on formatting a report and use it as a guide to all other reports that require visualization and quality of presentation. After a report is formatted, why not apply its content and format to other reports? In crystal report 10, it is very concise to apply the existing report layout to other reports. This is possible through the customized report template function.
This White Paper aims to help you learn more about the report template function in crystal report 10 and how to use it to improve the efficiency and productivity of report design in your organization.
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Reuse in reports
Understanding Report Templates
Use a Report Template
Use existing Crystal Reports as templates
Why is the template better than STYLES in previous versions)
Create a valid Report Template
Considerations for designing efficient templates
Use the template Field object
Simplify the workload of creating a report using a Report Template
Apply multiple templates
Summary
Understanding Report Templates
A report template can be considered as a marriage between data (in the original report) and layout (in the template Report. The template contains the basic structure-how to display and format the report when the corresponding fields are added to the report.
A report template is actually a common report file (RPT ). This means that you can use any real RPT file as a report template. Templates can be applied to other reports, so their formatting and layout can be used as the basis for other reports. Apply the template to other reports, layout, and other formatting will be applied to reports. This example is a report with four fields in the details section. Before the template that displays the quality of the application, all the sections are squashed together. After the template is applied, the position of fields in the template forces the fields in the existing report to extend and the font is applied.
Use a Report Template
Templates can store many types of objects. After the centralized data section is complete during the report design process, these objects can be applied to the report. Applying existing templates to reports can save hours or even days for common formatting tasks.
By applying a template to a report, you can complete the following task types: