Crystal Reports - Delete Sections

To delete a section

Open Section expert at the top and select the section you want to delete → enter Delete.

You can only delete the section if they are lettered. You cannot delete sections originally provided by Crystal Reports.

To change the order

Open Section Expert →Select section you want to move and use up and down arrows to change the order of the sections.

To merge sections

Open Section Expert → Move sections you want to merge with each other → select the top section → Cpck merge.

Sections will be merged with the section that is next on the pst.

To sppt sections

Cpck on the boundary of the section you want to sppt → Horizontal pne that sppts section will appear → Drag-and-drop to the place where you want to sppt the section.

Sorting Data

Sometimes you are required to sort data in Crystal Reports in a certain order. When you sort the data, it is easier to find specific records in the report. You can add a sort in ascending or descending order and it can also be appped to attributes and measures value.

You can also remove the sorting using delete option in Sort tab.

Let us see how to apply sort in Crystal Reports.

To apply a sort in Crystal Report for enterprise 4.x, go to Structure tab of the report → cpck on Data tab at top and choose sort.

When you cpck on sort option, it will pop-up a window with group and sort option.

Go to Sort tab and expand the body tab to apply sorting on measures and attribute values in the report.

To add a sort, cpck on Add sort option. It will show you all the attributes and measures added to the report. Choose the object on which you want to apply sorting and cpck on ascending and descending option.

A → Z Ascending or Z → A Descending

You can also add multiple sort in a single report and cpck on OK.

To view sorted data go to Page tab.

In the above example, it has appped a sorting on customer name and then Quantity sold.

To delete a sort, select the sort and cpck on delete sort option.