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Runningvalue on calculated field

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dianemarie

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Jul 11, 2001
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Hello, my report shows order history summarized by group1 (owner aka "vendor") and group2 (mailer aka "customer"). I have the following "percent of total" calculation on group 2 - mailer. There are two types of quantities: Rental and Exchange, so I sum the two together first, then divide by the owner grand total and format as Percent.

=(sum(Fields!qtyrent.Value,"MailerGroup") + sum(Fields!qtyex.Value,"MailerGroup"))/
(sum(Fields!qtyrent.Value,"OwnerGroup") + sum(Fields!qtyex.Value,"OwnerGroup"))

This works fine. My problem is I need a cumulative field for the above calculation. The report sorts descending by total quantity, although that is neither here nor there.

I tried to do a runningvalue this way:

=runningvalue(reportitems!textbox83.value,sum,"OwnerGroup")

However, I get the error: "can't aggregate reportitems except in header or footer sections".

I tried repeating the calculation within the runningvalue calculation, but there is a restriction on using aggregates within a runningvalue.

Any other thoughts on how I can do this simple cumulation field? Thanks for any help. Diane

 
Have you thought of doing a subreport for this total value and calculating it in an SQL query? Just a thought.
~Brett

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