Tutorial 3-3. Hiding and Suppressing Details

This tutorial walks you through the process of toggling the detail data on and off so that it can be drilled down into.

1. Open the report Group Selection.rpt. This is one of the example reports installed with Crystal Reports. It is located in the Feature Examples folder.
2. Right-click on the Details title along the left sidebar and select the Section Expert menu item. When it opens, make sure that the Details section is highlighted on the left side of the dialog.
3. Under the Common tab, click on the Hide checkbox (this checks it).
4. Click Ok.

Preview the report and you’ll see that the detail section is hidden. If you double-click on one of the group headers, then it will open a new tab and show the detail records.

5. Go back to Design view.
6. Open the Section Expert again (see Step 2) and uncheck the Hide option.
7. Click on the Suppress checkbox so that it becomes checked.
8. Click Ok.
9. Preview the report and it looks the same as it did when the Hide option was checked. The difference is that if you double-click on the group header nothing happens. Since the details are suppressed, you are not allowed to view them.