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How do you create an index for a report?
What makes a good index?
- be arranged in alphabetical order.
- include accurate page references that lead to useful information on a topic.
- avoid listing every use of a word or phrase.
- be consistent across similar topics.
- use sub-categories to break up long blocks of page numbers.
- use italics for publications and Acts.
What is an indexed report?
An indexed report is intended to put data into context, by indicating whether individual items of information are over or under represented compared to an expected norm. MAST indexed reports achieve this by displaying an index bar as well as a measure for each data point in chart view.
How to generate index page for report in PDF?
If there are an alphabetic index, it is also needed a makeindex myfile.idx after pdflatex myfile.tex to have a myfile.ind and then run pdflatex myfile.tex again. Edit 1: As in the edited question you mention both report and section may be you will prefer change report by article in the document class and \\section instead of \\part.
How to create Index report with report part linking?
If you right click on the “Go to Index” link and choose Format Text and then the Hyperlink tab, you’ll see that it is a Report Part Link. Report Part Linking can be a handy feature and is documented further in your online help in the Crystal Reports Designer.
How to create an index report in CR?
If you go to the Design mode of CR there is a formula named “IndexBuilder” which you can copy to your report and place it in the section of your report where you want the index to be based on. In this sample, the index is based on collecting the group names and starting pages at the customer level.
How to create an index report in Excel?
In this ‘how to lesson’ we can walk through a sample report that you can get by clicking here.