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Deploying Crystal Reports
Crystal Reports and Database Security : Using password protection : Creating a new password
 

Creating a new password

Use the Section Expert dialog box to create the password. The Section Expert enables you to suppress report sections from view until a user has provided a password that enables viewing.
To create a new password:
1. From the main menu bar, click Report > Section Expert. The Section Expert dialog box appears:
2. In the Sections area, click the report section you wish to conditionally hide and display using the password. Select Suppress (No Drill-Down) in the Common area, then click the adjacent .
The Formula Workshop dialog box appears:
3. Double-click password from the Report Fields list. {?password} appears in the formula work area.
4. Type <> "Customer" next to {?password}.
5. Click
Make sure your formula is correct. If your formula is correct, the following message appears:
6. Click Save and close and then click OK in the Section Expert dialog box. You have now created a password for your report.