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title: "Special Fields in Crystal Report"  
description: "It provides general information, such as Page Numbers, Print Date, and Report Comments, which are located in the Special Fields list. In the above"  
author: "Chris Anderson"  
published: 2011-08-25  
updated: 2020-04-11  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/615/special-fields-in-crystal-report  
category: "crystal report"  
tags: ["crystal report"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Special Fields in Crystal Report

It provides general information, such as Page Numbers, Print Date, and Report [Comments](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1521/how-do-you-specify-comments-using-razor-syntax), which are located in the Special Fields list.

In [**the above crystal report**](https://www.mindstick.com/Articles/600/database-field-in-crystal-report), I tried to display most of the special fields that are commonly used in our real life:

**There are various special fields which we can use for the following [purpose](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161328/what-is-the-purpose-of-flush-true-in-the-print-function):**

**Print Date:** Print Date Field is used to include the [current date](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/323/find-the-day-name-and-month-name-from-current-date) when the report prints. This field can be placed in any [section](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2851/is-c-section-bad) of your report, depending on how often you want it to print.

The date can be changed in the Set Print Date and Time [Dialog Box](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/157/dialog-box-in-dot-net). I have located a print date field in the page header of the crystal report in the above figure.

**Group [Selection](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/60/populate-records-in-second-listbox-according-to-the-selection-in-first-list-box) Formula:** Group Selection [Formula Field](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34177/what-is-a-formula-field-in-salesforce) is used to insert a selected group into your report. **(Use the Select Expert to create a group selection formula for your report.)**

![Special Fields in Crystal Report](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/9fbcfa6e-0871-4935-bb28-7ef7417cd233/images/73a0312c-d672-4125-8d7e-d2cfbc14be9f.png)

![Special Fields in Crystal Report](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/9fbcfa6e-0871-4935-bb28-7ef7417cd233/images/0aa79ce5-3d1a-4704-816b-8ded09d813d1.png)

Record Selection Formula: Record Selection Formula Field is used to insert a selected record into your report. (Use the Select Expert to create a record selection formula for your report.)

File [Creation Date](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161620/how-do-you-copy-file-metadata-creation-date-attributes-along-with-the-file): File Creation Date Field is used to include a field that displays the date when you created the report. I have located a File creation field in the report footer of the crystal report.

**Record Number:** Record Number Field is used to number each record printed in the Details section of your report.

**Page Number****:** Page Number Field is used to insert a field that prints the current page number. These fields are most often placed in the Page Header or Page Footer sections.

I have located a Page Number field in the report footer of the crystal report.

**Group Number:** Group Number Field is used to number each group in your report. You can place this field in either the Group Header or Group Footer section of your report.

I have located a Group Number field in the group header section of the crystal report.

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