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     Posted: 09 Mar 2011 at 6:59am
I have a field (field A) that I want to group on.  However sometimes it does not have data and when this happens I want to group on field B.
 
Is this possible and if so how?
 
 
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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 09 Mar 2011 at 7:03am

use a formula to flip the data and group on the formula

if isnull(fielda) then feildb else fielda
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Quote dkalsow Replybullet Posted: 09 Mar 2011 at 7:25am
how do I group on a formula?
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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 09 Mar 2011 at 7:27am
make the formula field in the field explorer
then in the group expert select the formula from the list in the report fields


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