Group Total in Report - What am I doing wrong.

[Sunil Korah]

Hi,

I haven't used access reports much. I have a problem in getting the
total of a group.

I have 3 fields, ProgName (Program name), Pname (Participant's name)
and PCategory (Participant category)

PCategory can have values 'SC', 'ST' and 'Others'

I need to get a table like below

Program Name SC
ST Others Total
----------------------
------ ----- ----------
--------
Program 1
5 2 8 15
Program 2
0 1 10 11
..
..
So (for example) to get the total for Others for each program I have
done as follows. I have put a text box 'txtOthers' in the detail
section for which the control source is:
Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
I have grouped the report with ProgName and in the ProgName footer I
put a text box ' GTOthers' which has the control source
'=Sum([txtOthers])'

When I run the report, a pop up window appears saying "Enter Parameter
Value - txtOthers"

I trird changing it to =Sum([Report_Category!txtOthers]) where
'Catehory' is the name of the Report. Same problem.

I can't understand what exactly I am doing wrong.

The following things work:

If I change the control source of GTOthers to '=[txtOthers]' then no
error appears. Of course it just shows the last value of txtOthers

I put a textbox in the ProgName footer with control source
'=Count([Pname])' for getting the total number of participants. It
works correctly

Would apprecite any help

Sunil Korah

[Jana]

On Feb 2, 9:43 am, "Sunil Korah" <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I haven't used access reports much. I have a problem in getting the
total of a group.

I have 3 fields, ProgName (Program name), Pname (Participant's name)
and PCategory (Participant category)

PCategory can have values 'SC', 'ST' and 'Others'

I need to get a table like below

Program Name SC
ST Others Total
----------------------
------ ----- ----------
--------
Program 1
5 2 8 15
Program 2
0 1 10 11
.
.
So (for example) to get the total for Others for each program I have
done as follows. I have put a text box 'txtOthers' in the detail
section for which the control source is:
Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
I have grouped the report with ProgName and in the ProgName footer I
put a text box ' GTOthers' which has the control source
'=Sum([txtOthers])'

When I run the report, a pop up window appears saying "Enter Parameter
Value - txtOthers"

I trird changing it to =Sum([Report_Category!txtOthers]) where
'Catehory' is the name of the Report. Same problem.

I can't understand what exactly I am doing wrong.

The following things work:

If I change the control source of GTOthers to '=[txtOthers]' then no
error appears. Of course it just shows the last value of txtOthers

I put a textbox in the ProgName footer with control source
'=Count([Pname])' for getting the total number of participants. It
works correctly

Would apprecite any help

Sunil Korah

Sunil:

You cannot (TTBOMK) sum up the values of calculated fields on a
report. You have two options:
1. Add this as a calculated field to your underlying query:
isOthers: Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
Then you can place a field on your report whose Control Source is
=Sum([isOthers])

2. Add a field to your report with the following properties:
Control Source: Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
Name: txtOthersCount
Running Sum: Over All (or Over Group if that's what you need)
Visible: No
Then you can place a visible field where you're wanting to display the
total whose Control Source is =[txtOthersCount].

If at all possible, method 1 is the better way to go, especially if
you need to do other calcluations on your results.

HTH,
Jana

[CDMAPoster]

On Feb 2, 2:47 pm, "Jana" <[e-mail]:

Sunil:

You cannot (TTBOMK) sum up the values of calculated fields on a
report. You have two options:
1. Add this as a calculated field to your underlying query:
isOthers: Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
Then you can place a field on your report whose Control Source is
=Sum([isOthers])

TTBOMK, I have done that before. If the control has a name that is
different than the field I think you can Sum the name of the control.
I haven't tried it lately though.

James A. Fortune
CD********@FortuneJames.com

[Sunil Korah]

Jana,

Thanks.

Your first option worked. The second did not

Regards

Sunil Korah
On Feb 3, 12:47 am, "Jana" <[e-mail]:

On Feb 2, 9:43 am, "Sunil Korah" <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I haven't used access reports much. I have a problem in getting the
total of a group.

I have 3 fields, ProgName (Program name), Pname (Participant's name)
and PCategory (Participant category)

PCategory can have values 'SC', 'ST' and 'Others'

I need to get a table like below

Program Name SC
ST Others Total
----------------------
------ ----- ----------
--------
Program 1
5 2 8 15
Program 2
0 1 10 11
.
.
So (for example) to get the total for Others for each program I have
done as follows. I have put a text box 'txtOthers' in the detail
section for which the control source is:
Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
I have grouped the report with ProgName and in the ProgName footer I
put a text box ' GTOthers' which has the control source
'=Sum([txtOthers])'

When I run the report, a pop up window appears saying "Enter Parameter
Value - txtOthers"

I trird changing it to =Sum([Report_Category!txtOthers]) where
'Catehory' is the name of the Report. Same problem.

I can't understand what exactly I am doing wrong.

The following things work:

If I change the control source of GTOthers to '=[txtOthers]' then no
error appears. Of course it just shows the last value of txtOthers

I put a textbox in the ProgName footer with control source
'=Count([Pname])' for getting the total number of participants. It
works correctly

Would apprecite any help

Sunil Korah

Sunil:

You cannot (TTBOMK) sum up the values of calculated fields on a
report. You have two options:
1. Add this as a calculated field to your underlying query:
isOthers: Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
Then you can place a field on your report whose Control Source is
=Sum([isOthers])

2. Add a field to your report with the following properties:
Control Source: Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
Name: txtOthersCount
Running Sum: Over All (or Over Group if that's what you need)
Visible: No
Then you can place a visible field where you're wanting to display the
total whose Control Source is =[txtOthersCount].

If at all possible, method 1 is the better way to go, especially if
you need to do other calcluations on your results.

HTH,
Jana

[Jana]

On Feb 5, 8:31 am, "Sunil Korah" <[e-mail]:

Jana,

Thanks.

Your first option worked. The second did not

Regards

Sunil Korah

On Feb 3, 12:47 am, "Jana" <[e-mail]:

On Feb 2, 9:43 am, "Sunil Korah" <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I haven't used access reports much. I have a problem in getting the
total of a group.

I have 3 fields, ProgName (Program name), Pname (Participant's name)
and PCategory (Participant category)

PCategory can have values 'SC', 'ST' and 'Others'

I need to get a table like below

Program Name SC
ST Others Total
----------------------
------ ----- ----------
--------
Program 1
5 2 8 15
Program 2
0 1 10 11
.
.
So (for example) to get the total for Others for each program I have
done as follows. I have put a text box 'txtOthers' in the detail
section for which the control source is:
Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
I have grouped the report with ProgName and in the ProgName footer I
put a text box ' GTOthers' which has the control source
'=Sum([txtOthers])'

When I run the report, a pop up window appears saying "Enter Parameter
Value - txtOthers"

I trird changing it to =Sum([Report_Category!txtOthers]) where
'Catehory' is the name of the Report. Same problem.

I can't understand what exactly I am doing wrong.

The following things work:

If I change the control source of GTOthers to '=[txtOthers]' then no
error appears. Of course it just shows the last value of txtOthers

I put a textbox in the ProgName footer with control source
'=Count([Pname])' for getting the total number of participants. It
works correctly

Would apprecite any help

Sunil Korah

Sunil:

You cannot (TTBOMK) sum up the values of calculated fields on a
report. You have two options:
1. Add this as a calculated field to your underlying query:
isOthers: Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
Then you can place a field on your report whose Control Source is
=Sum([isOthers])

2. Add a field to your report with the following properties:
Control Source: Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
Name: txtOthersCount
Running Sum: Over All (or Over Group if that's what you need)
Visible: No
Then you can place a visible field where you're wanting to display the
total whose Control Source is =[txtOthersCount].

If at all possible, method 1 is the better way to go, especially if
you need to do other calcluations on your results.

HTH,
Jana- Hide quoted text -

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Sunil:

Glad I could help!

James:

It's possible it works in future releases, but I've never been able to
get it to work in '97, no matter what I named the text box.

Jana

[CDMAPoster]

On Feb 5, 10:47 am, "Jana" <[e-mail]:

On Feb 5, 8:31 am, "Sunil Korah" <[e-mail]:

Jana,

Thanks.

Your first option worked. The second did not

Regards

Sunil Korah

On Feb 3, 12:47 am, "Jana" <[e-mail]:

On Feb 2, 9:43 am, "Sunil Korah" <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I haven't used access reports much. I have a problem in getting the
total of a group.

I have 3 fields, ProgName (Program name), Pname (Participant's name)
and PCategory (Participant category)

PCategory can have values 'SC', 'ST' and 'Others'

I need to get a table like below

Program Name SC
ST Others Total
----------------------
------ ----- ----------
--------
Program 1
5 2 8 15
Program 2
0 1 10 11
.
.
So (for example) to get the total for Others for each program I have
done as follows. I have put a text box 'txtOthers' in the detail
section for which the control source is:
Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
I have grouped the report with ProgName and in the ProgName footer I
put a text box ' GTOthers' which has the control source
'=Sum([txtOthers])'

When I run the report, a pop up window appears saying "Enter Parameter
Value - txtOthers"

I trird changing it to =Sum([Report_Category!txtOthers]) where
'Catehory' is the name of the Report. Same problem.

I can't understand what exactly I am doing wrong.

The following things work:

If I change the control source of GTOthers to '=[txtOthers]' then no
error appears. Of course it just shows the last value of txtOthers

I put a textbox in the ProgName footer with control source
'=Count([Pname])' for getting the total number of participants. It
works correctly

Would apprecite any help

Sunil Korah

Sunil:

You cannot (TTBOMK) sum up the values of calculated fields on a
report. You have two options:
1. Add this as a calculated field to your underlying query:
isOthers: Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
Then you can place a field on your report whose Control Source is
=Sum([isOthers])

2. Add a field to your report with the following properties:
Control Source: Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
Name: txtOthersCount
Running Sum: Over All (or Over Group if that's what you need)
Visible: No
Then you can place a visible field where you're wanting to display the
total whose Control Source is =[txtOthersCount].

If at all possible, method 1 is the better way to go, especially if
you need to do other calcluations on your results.

HTH,
Jana- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sunil:

Glad I could help!

James:

It's possible it works in future releases, but I've never been able to
get it to work in '97, no matter what I named the text box.

Jana- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Perhaps it was with A2K. I'll have to try some experiments. I've
always worked around the problem in A97 so I haven't had to try using
the text box names method. Did you solve your problem completely?

James A. Fortune
CD********@FortuneJames.com

[Jana]

On Feb 5, 9:45 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

On Feb 5, 10:47 am, "Jana" <[e-mail]:

On Feb 5, 8:31 am, "Sunil Korah" <[e-mail]:

Jana,

Thanks.

Your first option worked. The second did not

Regards

Sunil Korah

On Feb 3, 12:47 am, "Jana" <[e-mail]:

On Feb 2, 9:43 am, "Sunil Korah" <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I haven't used access reports much. I have a problem in getting the
total of a group.

I have 3 fields, ProgName (Program name), Pname (Participant's name)
and PCategory (Participant category)

PCategory can have values 'SC', 'ST' and 'Others'

I need to get a table like below

Program Name SC
ST Others Total
----------------------
------ ----- ----------
--------
Program 1
5 2 8 15
Program 2
0 1 10 11
.
.
So (for example) to get the total for Others for each program I have
done as follows. I have put a text box 'txtOthers' in the detail
section for which the control source is:
Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
I have grouped the report with ProgName and in the ProgName footer I
put a text box ' GTOthers' which has the control source
'=Sum([txtOthers])'

When I run the report, a pop up window appears saying "Enter Parameter
Value - txtOthers"

I trird changing it to =Sum([Report_Category!txtOthers]) where
'Catehory' is the name of the Report. Same problem.

I can't understand what exactly I am doing wrong.

The following things work:

If I change the control source of GTOthers to '=[txtOthers]' then no
error appears. Of course it just shows the last value of txtOthers

I put a textbox in the ProgName footer with control source
'=Count([Pname])' for getting the total number of participants. It
works correctly

Would apprecite any help

Sunil Korah

Sunil:

You cannot (TTBOMK) sum up the values of calculated fields on a
report. You have two options:
1. Add this as a calculated field to your underlying query:
isOthers: Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
Then you can place a field on your report whose Control Source is
=Sum([isOthers])

2. Add a field to your report with the following properties:
Control Source: Iif([PCategory]="Others",1,0)
Name: txtOthersCount
Running Sum: Over All (or Over Group if that's what you need)
Visible: No
Then you can place a visible field where you're wanting to display the
total whose Control Source is =[txtOthersCount].

If at all possible, method 1 is the better way to go, especially if
you need to do other calcluations on your results.

HTH,
Jana- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sunil:

Glad I could help!

James:

It's possible it works in future releases, but I've never been able to
get it to work in '97, no matter what I named the text box.

Jana- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Perhaps it was with A2K. I'll have to try some experiments. I've
always worked around the problem in A97 so I haven't had to try using
the text box names method. Did you solve your problem completely?

James A. Fortune
[e-mail]- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

James:

I have always just worked around the issue in A97, so no problems
here :-)

Jana

[CDMAPoster]

On Feb 6, 10:57 am, "Jana" <[e-mail]:

James:

I have always just worked around the issue in A97, so no problems
here :-)

Jana

Sorry Jana. A confusion wave must have passed through here last night
about the time of my post.

James A. Fortune
CD********@FortuneJames.com