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Crystal Reports: Crosstabs in Crystal 2008

The new advanced crosstab calculation features in Crystal Reports 2008 include a collection of neat new functions. These appear in the Formula Editor under the Grid Value Section. There are a several that are really important.

CurrentRowIndex

CurrentColumnIndex

CurrentSummaryIndex

These return a number indicating the current row, column and summary of the cell. The Top Left cell has a row and column index of 0. If you have more than one summary in the cell, the first summary index is 0, the next is 1, etc..

GetRowPathIndexOf(RowPath)

GetColumnPathIndexOf(ColumnPath)

You can use these functions to identify what row or column a certain value. These functions will return a -1 if the path isn’t found. If you want to add up the Hamilton, Tauranga and Rotorua column values in your crossgrid you would need to use the function

ColumnPathIndexOf("Hamilton")

This will identify that the Hamilton column is the 3rd column in this month’s report.

GridValueAt(rowindex, columnindex, summaryindex)

This will return the actual value of the summary in that cell in the crosstab. Combine this function with the ones above, and you can then create a new calculated member in the crosstab,

GridValueAt(CurrentRowIndex, GetColumnPathIndexOf("Hamilton"),

CurrentSummaryIndex)

This will return the value of the Hamilton summary for the current column. You could then add this to the Tauranga and Rotorua values to get a Central North Island total for your report.

(We should explain at this point to our overseas readers that Hamilton, Tauranga and Rotorua are all New Zealand Cities in the upper North Island. If you ever come to New Zealand they are all worth a visit.)

GridRowColumnValue(Group)

This returns the string value of the row or column for the current field. The group must be one of the alias fields used in the crosstab. You can specify these in the Customise Style section of the Crosstab expert.

GetRowGroupIndexOf(RowIndex)

GetColumnGroupIndexOf(ColumnIndex)

These functions identify the group level within the crosstab. Level 0 is the grand total. You could also combine this with the GridRowColumnValue(Group) function above to set the location of your calculated member. Using the example above, we can insert our "Upper North Island" group at.

GetColumnGroupIndexOf(CurrentColumnIndex)=1 and

GridRowColumnValue("City") = "Hamilton

 

 

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