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# Suppressing Values in a Crystal Report
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/suppressing-values-crystal/
- Published: 2009-02-02T07:53:56.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-30T01:32:11.000Z
- Description: How to maximize the performance of a report with a single instance of a transactional table.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Data Issues, Reporting

![](https://i.imgur.com/KmfvSIV.jpg "reporting")

A simple rule of reporting is that adding tables and views increases the amount of time for the report to run. Many first-time report writers believe that you have to add multiple instances of a table in order to derive different totals, such as month-to-date, year-to-date, etc.

You don't.

Check out the PDF below to see an example of how to maximize the performance of a report with a single instance of a transactional table.