How to accommodate 100 columns in a single report?

Question

Requirement:

I have one new requirement in Crystal Reports.

I need to show 100 columns in the report. I have tried using Landscape option but maximum I am able to accommodate are 20 columns.

Can someone have any idea on how can I accommodate 100 columns. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Practically it is not suggested to take 100 columns..as this can create an issue while monitoring the data in crystal reports

But if you still need to accompdate the 100 columns then follow below process.

go to File --> Page Setup --> there go to Unit --> for selected option give maximun size for Horizontal Component

This will increase the size of the report and now can insert required number of columns

Answer 2

Since this report is not for print and will be exported into an Excel format, just make your page as big as you need it. This can be done by going to "File" → "Page Setup" and adjusting the following things:

1. Check "Dissociate Formatting Page Size and Printer Paper Size"
2. Might as well flip the page to "Landscape"
3. Enter a large number in "Horizontal"

You should also note that because you're exporting this data (especially as "Excel - Data Only"), you don't need to make the columns wide enough to display; as long as the field is on the canvas they should show up as a column.

Answer 3

The size of the columns doesn't matter if you are going to export to Excel data only. So you can make the columns as small as you want, even if the report is not readable it will be exported OK.

If you want just to export some data and your report does not include subreports you can go without Crystal reports. Will be much simpler to set the SQL and preview data in a grid (which is scrollable) and then export it to Excel. It will look better too. There are some tools that can do this and I guess you can easily find something on Google. I am using R-Tag (www.r-tag.com), which is free. You can see it in action here: http://www.r-tag.com/Pages/Preview_Demo.aspx