October 2009 - Posts

• Crystals Length Function

  I have seen the Length function that comes with Business Objects Crystal Reports used a lot in the standard Sage SalesLogix reports. Mostly you see this function used in the formula fields created for displaying phone numbers in true false statements... Read more Posted Oct 30 2009, 07:32 AM by George Jensen with 1 comment(s) Tags: Report Writing, Crystal Reports, SalesLogix, SalesLogix Report Downloads, Customer FX

• Working with the Like Function

  The next topic in our write- up of the Functions that come with Business Objects Crystal Report is the Like function. I use the "Like" function a lot in my record selection criteria. Double parenthesis and the star character is the key to this... Read more Posted Oct 27 2009, 02:32 PM by George Jensen with 1 comment(s) Tags: Report Writing, Crystal Reports, SalesLogix

• Working with Left and Right String Functions

  Continuing on working with the functions in Business Objects Crystal Reports I thought we could look at the Left and Right functions. I know to some of the readers this may be some simple stuff but remember I try to write to new users of Crystal and SalesLogix... Read more Posted Oct 20 2009, 08:28 AM by George Jensen with no comments Tags: Report Writing, Crystal Reports, SalesLogix

• Working with Null or Empty Characters in Crystal

  This is the start of a series of post working with the many functions used in the Formula Workshop of Business Objects Crystal Reports. These functions are often used while reporting out of Sage SalesLogix database. Today I thought I would start out with... Read more Posted Oct 13 2009, 09:28 AM by George Jensen with no comments Tags: Report Writing, Crystal Reports, SalesLogix, SalesLogix Report Downloads

• Business Object Crystal Formulas - The Formula Workshop

  During the SalesLogix Report Writing Class, I was asked where is a good place to find syntax for Crystal formulas. My answer is of course the web, or the many books that provide information about Business Objects Crystal Reports. While thinking of what... Read more Posted Oct 06 2009, 03:08 PM by George Jensen with 2 comment(s) Tags: Report Writing, Crystal Reports, SalesLogix