Creating Summary .Net Crystal Reports - Data Source Connection

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Now let's see how to create a data source connection. In the standard report creation wizard, take the following steps: 

• Select "create new connection."

• Select "ODBC."

• Select "Northwind" as the data source name. 

• Follow the steps in the wizard to create a connection.

• Once you make the connection, the database is available to you. You can select the tables and view the one from which you want create a report.

• We are going to select the "Employees" table from the "NorthWind" database.

• Click on Next.

• Select all the columns (or the desired columns) from the "Employees" table.

• Click on Next.

• The next window in the wizard is for grouping data with the desired columns, which you selected in the previous step. This step is optional, so let's skip it for now.

• The next window is for "Record Selection." This is also an optional step. In this step we can select any column on which our criteria depends.

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