Count() with expressions, vs. numerics

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Count() with expressions, vs. numerics

mj12

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February 2, 2009 at 9:40 am

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I have a report that needs to increment internal numeric parameters based on the contents of a non-numeric field, then display those parameters in the group footer, and reset them the zeros. Can someone point me in the right direction?

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 1

I'm not clear on what you're asking for. Can you expand on it?

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Let's say I have a group. Within that group I have a VARCHAR column that will contain either "foo" or "bar". I have 2-hidden parameters; "TotalFoos" and "TotalBars". The default non-queried values for these parameters is zero. As each row within the group is printed, I need to increment either the "TotalFoos" or "TotalBars" parameter based upon what's in the VARCHAR column. Then, in the group footer display;

"Total Foos: " & =Parameters!TotalFoos.Value.ToString()

"Total Bars: " & =Parameters!TotalBars.Value.ToString()

After the group footer is printed, reset the parameters to zero for the next group.

Thanks for your quick reponse!

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 3

Look up Jeff Moden's article on Running Totals (on this site). Should be able to use that for what you need.

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GSquared (2/2/2009)
Look up Jeff Moden's article on Running Totals (on this site). Should be able to use that for what you need.

The article is temporarily "offline" until I can finish the rewrite. Ironically, the ORDER BY update is the one that no longer works as of 2k5 (I wrote the article against 2k before I upgraded to 2k5).

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________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

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