Crystal Reports - The Basic

Hello, today I'm going to display how to create a basic Crystal Report by directly accessing a table or a stored procedure from a database.

1. Create a new Crystal Report
2. Set the new Crystal Report as a blank report
3. Right click on Database Fields
4. Select Database Expert
5. Expand Create New Connection
6. Double click on OLE DB (ADO)
7. Select OLE DB Provider for SQL Server
8. Click Next >
9. Input name of server
10. Input name of database
11. Check Integrated Security Checkbox
12. Click Next>
13. On the next page click Finish
14. Under Database Expert click on Current Connections
15. Click on database name
16. Click on dbo or specified user
17. Select Table or Stored Procedure
18. Table or Stored Procedure will now be available under Database Fields in the report.
19. Expand Database Fields
20. Expand Table or Stored Procedure
21. Select fields from Table or Stored Procedure and drag on to report.
22. Save the Crystal Report
23. On the web page from toolbox double click on Crystal Report Viewer
24. When the grey Crystal Report Viewer box appear click on the right arrow
25. Under Choose Report Source select
26. In the Create Report Source dialog box, under Specify a Crystal Report, select the Crystal Report you wish to display.
27. Click OK
28. The report is now ready for display, and can be tested using the debugger.

Later I will show how to use integer and sub groups within a crystal report.