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Simon Thorpe
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Quote Simon Thorpe Replybullet Topic: Count of fiels
    Posted: 23 Nov 2007 at 12:58am
Hi, i have written a report which is a summary of Adverts that appeared in a publication we produce, It has ADCount and costs etc, this works fine for a single year, hwever I need it to be a comparison, but when i setup the adcount formula it counts the ads for both years.
here are my two formulas
Year A
if {insertbk.dateins} in {?startdaterange} to {?stopdaterange} then
count ({insertbk.adnumbr})
 
Year B
if {insertbk.dateins} in {?startdaterangeb} to {?stopdaterangeb} then
count ({insertbk.adnumbr})
 
the field {insertbk.dateins} is the date advert appeared
the field {insertbk.adnumbr} is the Unique Ref for Advert
 
can anyone help
 
Simon


Edited by Simon Thorpe - 23 Nov 2007 at 1:00am
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Quote Lugh Replybullet Posted: 26 Nov 2007 at 9:38am
Well, the thing is, your Count statement isn't actually qualified.  Your statement "count ({insertbk.adnumbr})" counts all the ads, regardless of what your If condition is.

Move the If..Then structure inside your calculation, and try:

SUM (IIF({insertbk.dateins} in {?startdaterange} to {?stopdaterange}, 1,0))

What this does is evaluate the date for each record.  If it is within the date range, it adds it to the sum (by evaluating to 1).  If not, it ignores it (by evaluating to 0, which obviously doesn't increase the sum).

You can also try grouping your report on the {insertbk.dateins} field, and choosing "for each year" in the group options.  You can then simply put a Count in the group header.  But, based on the way you are using parameters, that may not work out quite right for you.


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Quote Simon Thorpe Replybullet Posted: 26 Nov 2007 at 11:07pm
Hi this doesnt appear to work, when i try save the formula it tells me that there is a " )" missing from after {?stopdaterange}, but when i add it throws up other errors
SUM (IIF({insertbk.dateins} in {?startdaterange} to {?stopdaterange}, 1,0))
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