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jbalbo
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Topic: keepinga running total in a formula? Posted: 14 Nov 2012 at 3:51am |
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Hi,
Not sure if the title really desc. what I need.. But here it goes.. I have a report the groups on name then location. a name can have up to 4 locations i hvae a counter on location so I have abc counter =1 def counter=2 etc... at the break of client I want to display up to 4 locations
client1 - abd,def client2 - abc,def,ghi client3 - abc,ghi client4 - abc,def,ghi,jkl
Does this make any sense??
Thanks Joe
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lockwelle
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Posted: 14 Nov 2012 at 6:43am |
sure, since you already have the counters, you just need to format them...I'm thinking something like: shared numbervar abc; shared numbervar def; shared numbervar ghi; shared numbervar jkl; local stringvar s := ""; if abc <> 0 then s := s + ", " + totext(abc,0,""); if def <> 0 then s := s + ", " + totext(abc,0,""); if ghi <> 0 then s := s + ", " + totext(abc,0,""); if jkl<> 0 then s := s + ", " + totext(abc,0,""); mid(s,3) //trim the leading ', ' of course you can change the flag to hide/show to whatever is appropriate. HTH
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jbalbo
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Posted: 29 Nov 2012 at 11:22am |
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Sorry ,
I'm just getting back to this.. Sorry I'm a bit confused... I have string variables: ABC DEF GHI JKL
each one moves an 'X" to them if it meets a critera...
a client can have from 1 to all 4 at the end I want to have a count of who has only 1 who has two, 3 and 4 ... name abc def ghi jkl details looks like ... jim X X X Joe X X
Footer looks like 21 have only 1 32 have 2 etc
Thanks Again
Edited by jbalbo - 29 Nov 2012 at 11:42am
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lockwelle
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Posted: 29 Nov 2012 at 12:05pm |
sorry, misunderstood. perhaps something like: shared numbervar one; shared numbervar two; shared numbervar three; shared numbervar four; local numbervar i; if {table.abc} = 1 then i := i +1; if {table.def} = 1 then i := i +1; if {table.ghi} = 1 then i := i +1; if {table.jkl} = 1 then i := i +1; if i = 1 then one := one + 1; if i = 1 then two := two + 1; if i = 1 then three := three + 1; if i = 1 then four := four + 1; "" //hide the output hopefully it is closer, or least points in a useful direction
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Posted: 29 Nov 2012 at 12:18pm |
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Thanks for getting bacj..
My fault.. Im horrid at explaining..
Abc..def... etc are running totals created via a formula what I do as unconventional as it sounds.. I use a formula with the letter X in it then in the running total if a value meets a criteria it puts the X in the running total
Not sure how to set up the shared variables as u explained?
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Posted: 30 Nov 2012 at 5:20am |
I'm not sure exactly how things look, but does this make more sense? shared numbervar one; shared numbervar two; shared numbervar three; shared numbervar four; shared numbervar abc; shared numbervar def; shared numbervar ghi; shared numbervar jkl; local numbervar i; if abc > 0 then i := i +1; if def > 0 then i := i +1; if ghi > 0 then i := i +1; if jkl > 0 then i := i +1; if i = 1 then one := one + 1; if i = 2 then two := two + 1; if i = 3 then three := three + 1; if i = 4 then four := four + 1;
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Posted: 03 Dec 2012 at 11:34am |
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I think this will work but do I setup as seperate formulas?
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Posted: 05 Dec 2012 at 5:03am |
you would only need separate formulas for the display, I believe..you will figure it out during design I'm sure. you will need 1 in the details section to increment, and one in header to reset...but I think you knew that already
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