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Quote andyp Replybullet Topic: Group Selections with Dates
    Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 10:55am
I thought I was ok with groups, until now....
I have table entries as seen below and each entry also has a renewal date field saved along side it so I can take renewal action etc.
 
Type                      Renewal Date
 
Inspection 1          31.12.2009
Inspection 2          31.12.2010
Inspection 3          31.12.2014
Final Inspection     31.12.2014
 
I have various check reports that work well but even if Inspection 3 has a future date I do not want to see it appear in my check list if the field Final Inspection also has a future date (even if less than Inspection 3 date). I must pick entries by date in my reports. I guess I am looking for a way to produce a group selection formula that will not pick up a record with the Inspection 1-3 entry (even if one of then has a date greater than todays date) where the Final Inspection Renewal date is greater than todays date.
 
Any assistance much appreciated!!
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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 12:17pm
you can use group summary data as a group select criteria
you can create formulas to convert your data into useable group level info and then use that in the select criteria
 
eg formula: F_I_flag
if type='final inspection' and date>today then 1 else 0
sum this at the group level
now you have a flag you can use
sum(@F_I_flag,group)>0
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Quote andyp Replybullet Posted: 11 Jul 2012 at 10:30am
 
Thanks DBlank, a really useful formula. I noticed I still have a bit of a problem though with a point I had not previously considered.
 
The report only shows a final inspection date greater than todays date (thanks to your formula).
 
If the date against Inspection (1 to 3) is greater than todays date it shows this as well against a record (it shows both).
 
If a Final Inspection date exists that is newer than an Inspection 1 - 3 date I need it to only list the Final Inspection date. It should not include an inspection 1-3 entry as well.
 
any ideas would be much appreciated!
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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 11 Jul 2012 at 11:21am
not sure I exactly fllow but you can create a formula to get a max value for final inspection only
//insepect_date
if type='final inspection' then renaldate else date(1900,1,1)
insert a max of this at your group level
maximum(@inspect_date,group)
 
now you can suppress your other rows based on this value
 
 


Edited by DBlank - 11 Jul 2012 at 11:22am
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