User`s guide

Report Alerts
19.1 About Report Alerts
Report Alerts are custom messages created in Crystal Reports that appear when certain conditions
are met by data in a report. Report Alerts may indicate action to be taken by the user or information
about report data.
Report Alerts are created from formulas that evaluate conditions you specify. If the condition is true,
the alert is triggered and its message is displayed. Messages can be text strings or formulas that
combine text and report fields.
Once a Report Alert is triggered, it's not evaluated again until you refresh your report's data.
Because Report Alerts are specific to each report, you decide when to use them and when not to. They
can be useful to point out important information, such as sales that fall above or below a limit. And the
message is created by you, so it can be specific to your data.
19.2 Working with Report Alerts
This section focuses on the tasks you'll need to undertake in order to use Report Alerts.
19.2.1 Creating Report Alerts
You must complete three steps when creating a Report Alert:
• Name the alert.
• Define the condition that triggers the alert.
• Create the message you want to appear when the alert is triggered (this step is optional).
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