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wayne1991
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Quote wayne1991 Replybullet Topic: need help with crystal report's percentage
    Posted: 08 Sep 2009 at 5:22am

Hey guys, my report is due soon and i was hoping someone here can help me,

The percentage in my crystal report in visual studio does not tally up to a 100%, most likely a problem with the rounding up/down of the decimal places, i cant seem to find a way to work around this error or correct it, please help, thanks

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Quote lockwelle Replybullet Posted: 09 Sep 2009 at 6:18am
Unfortunately, this is one of the pitfall of reporting.  The number will look better the more decimal places displayed, but becomes harder to read.  There really is no way around it, as the numbers are what they are, and whatever formula you devise, will really be no better than where you are now, except to remove the overage/underage from one group and force the numbers to balance.  I don't use charts, so I don't even know if that is possible, even in a regular report.
 
I would explain that it is a rounding issue and the numbers are indicative of the relative values...the rounding is very small and occurs on all the numbers.  0.6% might really be 0.57%, and if that matters to the end user, ask if they want more decimal places.  It might still round(probably will) but it will be a smaller rounding error.
 
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