Troubleshooting - How can I use wildcard (*) with Crystal Report and sp_report
Problem Description:
I am using the following sql statement:
sp_report JobProfitabilityDetail show AmountActualCost_Title, AmountActualRevenue_Title, AmountDifferenceActual_Title, Text, Label, AmountActualCost, AmountActualRevenue, AmountDifferenceActual parameters DateMacro = 'All', SummarizeColumnsBy = 'TotalOnly' , EntityFilterFullNameWithChildren = '{?customer}'
I then create a customer parameter in the parameter list. The customer name is pretty long so is there a way to search by using wildcard i.e. - *50-126* rather than have to enter:
customer name. location.50-126.projectdescription??
Solution:
Sorry, you can't use wildcards and you need to use the full name path for a specific job:
sp_report JobProfitabilityDetail parameters DateMacro = 'All', EntityFilterFullNameWithChildren = 'Abercrombie, Kristy:Remodel Bathroom', SummarizeColumnsBy = 'TotalOnly'
If you wanted, for example, to compare all Remodel Bathroom (or 50-126) jobs for all customers you would need to run the Job Profitability detail report off for each customer to a data file (like an append query in MS Access) and report from the data file instead.