Running Total Options

[Ina]

Has anyone tried to use Running Total functionality in different version on CR?&nbsp;&nbsp;Have you experienced any difficulties?<br><br>In version 7, there are three methods to calculate Running Totals in the report: manual RT, RT functions, and RT Expert (which generates errors on page breaks and is basically very limited).<br><br>In version 8,&nbsp;&nbsp;Seagate has not tested the manual RT and RT functions, they claim that the RT expert has been &quot;fixed&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;Does anyone know if this is true?&nbsp;&nbsp;Does the expert really generate correct RT in v8?<br><br><font color=red><b><i><u>And most importantly, has anyone found an alternative/permanent fix to Running Total approach that does not have to be revisited when we go from one version to another? </u></i></b></font><br>

 

[MalcolmW]

I never used the RT function until v8 (been working with CR since v1.1) because I didn't trust it.&nbsp;&nbsp;It does seem to work reliably now.<br>The manual approach will always work, but the RT feature does save a bit of time. <p>Malcolm Wynden<br><a href=mailto:wynden@island.dot.net>wynden@island.dot.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Nilsen]

I've had several reports that used running totals in version 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;They ran very slow, and in some cases caused &quot;System running low on resources&quot; errors.&nbsp;&nbsp;When we upgraded to version 7, I tried the &quot;Running Total Expert,&quot; only to find that some records were not counted if the detail lines were suppressed.&nbsp;&nbsp;But the reports did run much faster - just lost a little thing called accuracy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>The friendly support people at Crystal advised me to not use any of the running total functions, but to use variables instead (using 3 formulas; to reset, to accumulate, and to display).<br><br>When I got an evaluation copy of version 8, I tested all those reports using the running total expert again and they actually balanced.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thus, it is looking like they fixed the problems with accuracy in their &quot;Running Total Expert.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The use of variables has worked well for me with every version though.<br><br>Crystal did direct me to a Running Total document that they created that seemed a little helpful, They had me go to this site:<br><br><A HREF="

http://support.seagatesoftware.com/library/"

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http://support.seagatesoftware.com/library/</A><br><br>And

look for the file SCR_RunningTotals.zip<br>