New report, Report creation wizards, Another report – HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform User Manual
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New report
The Blank Report option is used to create a report from scratch. This is useful
when you want the full flexibility and control of building a report from the
ground up, or when a report type is different from the many report types
available in the wizards.
Report Creation Wizards
The Report Creation Wizards help create reports as quickly as possible and
many new users and developers alike prefer to create the majority of their
reports using them. All you have to do is choose the wizard that most closely
matches your report type. The wizard walks you through the process of
creating reports step-by-step.
Another report
To build a new report based on one that already exists, another report can
be used as a model. Open the report you want to use in this way by selecting
the Open File option and save it to a new file using Save As (found on the
File menu). This method is useful to:
•
Create a new report with a different grouping or different record selection
than that of an existing report.
•
Reconstruct a report based on an earlier time period using the same
report structure used today.
•
Create an entirely new report based on a set of databases that are linked
in another report. You can create a report and delete the fields without
disturbing the underlying links. Then, without relinking, you can build all
your new reports based on this report.
Crystal Reports also lets you format a report by applying a template. See
for more information.
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Introduction to Reporting
Report creation options