Crystal Reports:
Combine Alerts in an Alert View
Alerts were a powerful feature introduced in Crystal
Reports 8.5. They enable you to create filters to provide additional
analysis on your report data.
The example we use on training courses is to start
with an Aged Trial Balance Report, and create two alerts:
- An Alert of any customer who is over 3 months overdue
- An Alert of any customer who owes more than $100,000.
The Alerts are triggered when the report data are refreshed, and the alert form is displayed. You can filter by any
combination of the Alerts. If you select several alerts by using the Ctrl
or Shift key, then click “View Records” the alert view will only show
records that meet both Alert criteria.
Report Alerts first appeared in Crystal Reports 8.5, so
older versions do not have this feature.
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