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Quote karenb Replybullet Topic: Grouping options for a number or a date
    Posted: 09 Aug 2016 at 7:59pm
Hi there

I want to set up option parameters for the user to choose if they want to group a list of records by either:

Record Identifier (an ordinary string field)
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Start Date (a TimeDate field)

When I try to enter a formula for Grouping, it does not like the parts that contain the TimeDate field.

Can anyone suggest how I can present this field so that I can use it for a grouping option?

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Quote kevlray Replybullet Posted: 10 Aug 2016 at 4:02am
I am assuming that you are using a IF statement.  If so, then remember that the results of the IF statement have to be the same data type.

If conditiion then string else string, not if condition then string else date.
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Quote karenb Replybullet Posted: 10 Aug 2016 at 1:07pm
OK thanks kevlray,

In that case I'll leave the existing group structure in place and just apply a recording sorting parameter.. see if that works!

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Quote kevlray Replybullet Posted: 11 Aug 2016 at 4:19am
Of course you can always convert one of the values (i.e, date -> string).
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