Create an automatic SUM ROW

Hello.
In a previous program i used to create reports, I had the option to enter a "SUM ROW".

I saw that in RS2005 I can check the "add total" when using the report wizard and it will create for me a row with SUM for my column.

Is there a way to create a row like this automatically with out the wizard (a sum row for all my columns instead of creating a textbox with "sum" for each column)?

Thanks in advance,
Roy.

Hi,

nom this behaviour is influenced by the normal summing / grouping operations. A sum in a row has nothing to do with this. I don′t think that the standard behaviour of the wizrad cab be changed in Reporting Services.

HTH, Jens SUessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

|||Hi Jens, Thanks for the replay.

I don't want the "standard behaviour" of the wizard to change.
I'll like the "SUM" je is makeing in the entire row.
what i whanted to know is:
if i'm making my own report, not with the wizard, is there a simple way to create a sum row like the wizard with out creating a textbox for every column manually?

Thanks in advance,
Roy.
|||

After making the report with the wizard you can simply use the Expression =SUM(Fields!SomeValueinQuery1.Value + Fields!SomeValueinQuery2.Value + Fields!SomeValueinQuery3.Value +Fields!SomeValueinQuery4.Value) OR use the appropiate ReportItems!Textbox1.Value, but there is no function like in Excel which automatically tries to gues what you want to summarize (even this function in Excel sometime guesses wrong what you want to achieve :-) )

HTH, Jens SUessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

Create a Rolling summary field

I need to make a report that takes a rolling 12 month period.
Each row needs to show the sum of the current months value and all the 11 months prior.

For example, I have a count of items in their respective Months

2 - Jan 06
5 - Feb 06
2 - Mar 06
4 - April 06
2 - May 06
1 - June 06
2 - July 06
5 - Aug 06
2 - Sep 06
2 - Oct 06
4 - Nov 06
2 - Dec 06
2 - Jan 07
3 - Feb 07
1 - Mar 07

What I need as an output is

Jan 07 = 35
Feb 07 = 33
Mar 07 = 32

So each row sums the current and previous 11 rows.

I am using Crystal Report v10 and SQL Database.

Thanks,
DavidThe quick solution in my mind is.

Create a subreport and store the whole data in an array.
Now come to the actual report and while showing the current record you can sum the previous 11 months records from the array and show it there.|||Great thanks for the Idea, I got it working with an array and then another formula summing the 12 in the array. I haven't played with the chart function yet, i have to get all these fields totaling first. Any suggestions getting all the fields in the details section ploted into a chart (the ultimate goal. Each displayed point is a date and the summed 12 month total.|||Keep one thing in mind while dealing with the charts.

You can show/draw more then one values on change of some value. e.g on change of date you can show the sum of previous 11 months.

Also you can get the accumulative .

You have to explore the charts for your project.|||Thanks so much for your help. Sometimes I just need a little bump into the right direction and I can figure it out. I got it working now.

Coverting varchar to numeric

I have a column in a table that has a varchar datatype, how do I convert it
to a numeric so I can use the sum function?
OR
Is there a way to add numbers with a varchar datatype?
--
Sebastian Cavignac
Network Administrator
Salt River Materials Group
928.639.8095
scavignac@.hotmail.comThe CAST() function allows you to convert between data types. Books-on-line
has several examples.
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"Sebastian Cavignac" <SebastianCavignac@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I have a column in a table that has a varchar datatype, how do I convert it
> to a numeric so I can use the sum function?
> OR
> Is there a way to add numbers with a varchar datatype?
> --
> Sebastian Cavignac
> Network Administrator
> Salt River Materials Group
> 928.639.8095
> scavignac@.hotmail.com

Coverting varchar to numeric

I have a column in a table that has a varchar datatype, how do I convert it
to a numeric so I can use the sum function?
OR
Is there a way to add numbers with a varchar datatype?
Sebastian Cavignac
Network Administrator
Salt River Materials Group
928.639.8095
scavignac@.hotmail.com
The CAST() function allows you to convert between data types. Books-on-line
has several examples.
--Brian
(Please reply to the newsgroups only.)
"Sebastian Cavignac" <SebastianCavignac@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:71A7FC6F-3632-411D-92D5-2F455D9E8A76@.microsoft.com...
>I have a column in a table that has a varchar datatype, how do I convert it
> to a numeric so I can use the sum function?
> OR
> Is there a way to add numbers with a varchar datatype?
> --
> Sebastian Cavignac
> Network Administrator
> Salt River Materials Group
> 928.639.8095
> scavignac@.hotmail.com

Coverting varchar to numeric

I have a column in a table that has a varchar datatype, how do I convert it
to a numeric so I can use the sum function?
OR
Is there a way to add numbers with a varchar datatype?
Sebastian Cavignac
Network Administrator
Salt River Materials Group
928.639.8095
scavignac@.hotmail.comThe CAST() function allows you to convert between data types. Books-on-line
has several examples.
--Brian
(Please reply to the newsgroups only.)
"Sebastian Cavignac" <SebastianCavignac@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:71A7FC6F-3632-411D-92D5-2F455D9E8A76@.microsoft.com...
>I have a column in a table that has a varchar datatype, how do I convert it
> to a numeric so I can use the sum function?
> OR
> Is there a way to add numbers with a varchar datatype?
> --
> Sebastian Cavignac
> Network Administrator
> Salt River Materials Group
> 928.639.8095
> scavignac@.hotmail.com