Operation Manual

Mapping

Mapping concepts

300 Crystal Reports User’s Guide

Mapping concepts

Mapping overview

With Crystal Reports, you can include geographic maps in reports. Maps help

you analyze report data and identify trends more efficiently. For example, you

could create a map that shows sales by region. You would then be able to:

• Use one of the five map types to analyze the data.

• Adjust the appearance and organization of the map (allowing you to

better identify trends).

• Drill down on the map regions to view underlying data.

Map layouts

The Map Expert provides four layouts that correspond to certain sets of data.

You can create maps with any of the following layouts, and depending on the

data you are using, you can change the map from one layout to another.

Advanced

Use the Advanced layout when using multiple map values or when you do not

have any groups or summaries in the report.

Group

The Group layout is a simplified layout in which you show a summary on

change of a geographic field (such as Region).

Note: In order to create a map using the Group layout, you must have at

least one group and at least one summary field for that group.

Cross-Tab

Use the Cross-Tab layout when mapping on a Cross-Tab object. A Cross-Tab

map does not require groups or summary fields.

OLAP

Use the OLAP layout when mapping on an OLAP grid. An OLAP map does

not require groups or summary fields.

Note: If there is no map associated with the data you specify, then an empty

block will appear unless the section that the map is placed in has been

formatted to suppress if blank.