Heavy Reserved items

CR_tips5_Available_on_reserve Ever wanted to try to run Crystal Reports from an Excel file? I have imported from Spydus' Instant Report "Items available for allocation" this file into Excel and with Crystal Report changed the layout and sorted the fields to make it easy to check the collections/shelves. By using the same Excel file name and saving it in the same folder and following a few steps, Crystal Reports can find this data and updates the screen automatically after the Ok to update prompt.

dvdreservations A List of DVD titles with reservations

CR_tips1

A mixture of tips for using Spydus fields in Crystal reports such as creating initials from the First name field, create age groups, formulas and how to exclude deleted records from your select list.

CR_tips4_Age_Groups A detailed instruction for using age groups in Crystal Report's "Cross-Tab" report

Long_Overdue_selects_with_barcodes Produces a list of very long overdues,with accn numners in numeric and barcode font.  A work around for bulk processing items through circ maintennace.  I found the barcodes scan best if printed straight from crytsal Reports rather than saved to an excel file etc. 

adult_fiction_list_greater_5_items._with_author A list of Adult fiction titles where we hold 5 or more items,  added after a certain date