Formulas for Column Properties

I have a date column that has 1/1/1900 entries and I want to write a formula..(i think)...in the column formula section that when this date is encountered, the column should show NULL. I don't know the syntax to use in the formula section of the column properties. Can anyone give some syntax examples.

Thanks

Hi,

if you want to store 1/1/1900 but just display NULL you should consider using a view or a query to decide on the value. If you want to change the data upon insert in the table, you should consider a trigger to change the data on the events like update / Insert to change if its a 1/1/1900 to NULL.

HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

sql

Formula to view records

Hi,
I am having a report which takes a parameter to view records based on the parameter value passed to it.

I need to check the length of the parameter, if the length of the parameter value is "4", it should compare the parameter value with one field value, if the length is more than 4, then it should compare the value with another field and shoe me the records.

I have made the formula, but it doesn't show records, where as there are records in the table.

how could i do that ? Is anybody there, who could help me in that?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

DeepakIf len(parameter)=4 then
--do some work
else
--do some other work

Do you want to do this from Front end application?

Formula to Summarizie records

Hi, I have a report which will obtain following set of data, for example:

NumberPacking CasePackingDesc Amount
2 Bottle 32kg
1 Bottle 10kg
2 Case 10kg
-----------
TOTAL 3 Bottle 52kg
2 Case

I have problem generating the TOTAL of 3 bottle and 2 case. I would like to write a formula field to return the result, but I don't know how to loop though all the records in the record sets.

Here is the formula field I have done so far:

Local stringVar temp := "";
Local numberVar i;
for i:= 1 to DistinctCount({Table.CasePackingDesc}) step 1 do
(
temp := temp + CStr (Sum ({@.NumberPacking})) + {Table.CasePackingDesc} + Chr(13);
);
temp

It basically return the same CasePackingDesc for 2 times.

Any idea on this will be greatly appreciated, thanks!have you tried the
WhilePrintingRecords
Statement to loop through the Datasets.

You dont need the for loop in the formulafield.
Write the Result of your account in a global variable.sql

Formula to Calculate weekdays in a month

I am having trouble coming up with a formula that will tell me how many weekdays there are in a month. I would need this formula to give me the number of weekdays in every month. Does anyone know how I would go about doing this? I have been struggling with this for 4 days now and ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks in advance.Hi,

Try this download.

Click here (http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/FilesAndUpdates/cr9_business_days_samples.zip.asp)

Formula Syntax

Is there a sood reference for the syntax that is used in formulas?
Here's the thing...
If .NET there is no IIF Function...so I think, its SQL Syntax.
Then there's the Bang notation (!) so I think its Access's syntax
But I can say:
=IIF(Fields!LAST_NAME.Value.indexOf("A") = 0, "Starts With 'A'", "Does not
start with 'A'")
...which is leveraging String.indexOf which is part of the .NET Model (C#?).
...but its not case sensitive (VB.NET?)
so if anyone out there had a really strong understanding of what I can do
syntactically, or exactly WHAT is parsing these expressions, I'd appreciate
it. It would help us all know what we can and can not do.Thank you for the comments. My observations are very similar to yours. I
believe the expression handler parallels the functions found here, which
you will notice are VB.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vblr7/html/
vaoriVBRuntimeLibraryKeywords.asp
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| Here's the thing...
|
| If .NET there is no IIF Function...so I think, its SQL Syntax.
| Then there's the Bang notation (!) so I think its Access's syntax
| But I can say:
| =IIF(Fields!LAST_NAME.Value.indexOf("A") = 0, "Starts With 'A'", "Does
not
| start with 'A'")
| ...which is leveraging String.indexOf which is part of the .NET Model
(C#?).
| ...but its not case sensitive (VB.NET?)
|
| so if anyone out there had a really strong understanding of what I can do
| syntactically, or exactly WHAT is parsing these expressions, I'd
appreciate
| it. It would help us all know what we can and can not do.
|
|

formula question

I have this crystal formula

How can this be converted to a reporting services Expression

if {ITEMCODE} in ["A","B"]

then "TypeA"

else if

{ITEMCODE} in ["C","D"]

then "TypeB"

else

"TypeC"

Use this:

=iif((Fields!ITEMCODE.Value = "A" OR Fields!ITEMCODE.Value = "B") ,"TypeA",IIF((Fields!ITEMCODE.Value = "C" OR Fields!ITEMCODE.Value = "D"),"TypeB","TypeC"))

Hope this will work.

Regards,

Manoj Verma

|||

Hi Manoj

Is this the only way.

one of my formulas may have to have upto 100 or's?

Thanks for your help

|||

I don't think you may have any other option or if it is there then i'm not able to figure out.

Sorry....

Regards

Manoj Verma

|||

Thanks for your help Manoj

I will have to group them another way using another table!

Formula Question

I have a field "Accept" that can be Null or contain either "Y" or "N". In my
test data I have a total of 4 rows, 2 with "Y", 1 with "N" and 1 Null. I
want a count of each case in the footer along with some descriptive text. I
tried the formula
=Count(Fields!Accept.Value="Y")
But it returns "4"? The same thing happens if I use
=Count(Fields!Accept.Value="N")
What is wrong in this formula?
Also, I really want the report to display something like: "Number of
Accepts: 2" but if I try to code the field as:
"Number of Accepts: " & =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="Y")
the formula displays as text?
TIA
Waynetry to write:
= "Number of Accepts: " & Sum(IIf(Fields!Accept.Value="Y",1,0))
Good Luck
"Wayne Wengert" <wayneSKIPSPAM@.wengert.org> wrote in message
news:uiB9sAU3FHA.3400@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I have a field "Accept" that can be Null or contain either "Y" or "N". In
my
> test data I have a total of 4 rows, 2 with "Y", 1 with "N" and 1 Null. I
> want a count of each case in the footer along with some descriptive text.
I
> tried the formula
> =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="Y")
> But it returns "4"? The same thing happens if I use
> =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="N")
> What is wrong in this formula?
> Also, I really want the report to display something like: "Number of
> Accepts: 2" but if I try to code the field as:
> "Number of Accepts: " & =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="Y")
> the formula displays as text?
>
> TIA
> Wayne
>
>|||Liz;
Thank you very much. I never would have figured that one out. Seems like
making a point the hard way. I've ordered a couple of books that I hope will
explain the logic of creating expressions.
Wayne
"Liz Matyas" <lizmts@.mail.com> wrote in message
news:uK3U8FZ3FHA.1276@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> try to write:
> = "Number of Accepts: " & Sum(IIf(Fields!Accept.Value="Y",1,0))
> Good Luck
>
> "Wayne Wengert" <wayneSKIPSPAM@.wengert.org> wrote in message
> news:uiB9sAU3FHA.3400@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> I have a field "Accept" that can be Null or contain either "Y" or "N". In
> my
>> test data I have a total of 4 rows, 2 with "Y", 1 with "N" and 1 Null. I
>> want a count of each case in the footer along with some descriptive text.
> I
>> tried the formula
>> =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="Y")
>> But it returns "4"? The same thing happens if I use
>> =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="N")
>> What is wrong in this formula?
>> Also, I really want the report to display something like: "Number of
>> Accepts: 2" but if I try to code the field as:
>> "Number of Accepts: " & =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="Y")
>> the formula displays as text?
>>
>> TIA
>> Wayne
>>
>>
>|||The Count RDL aggregate function works similar as the Count aggregate in
SQL: it will count all rows that are NOT NULL. The expresson
Fields!Accept.Value="Y" will return a boolean value (true/false) for all
rows, that's why the count results in the value 4.
Besides using =Sum(iif(...)) as shown by Liz, you could also use
=Count(iif(Fields!Accept.Value="Y", 1, Nothing))
-- Robert
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Wayne Wengert" <wayneSKIPSPAM@.wengert.org> wrote in message
news:u8BwZda3FHA.128@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Liz;
> Thank you very much. I never would have figured that one out. Seems like
> making a point the hard way. I've ordered a couple of books that I hope
> will explain the logic of creating expressions.
> Wayne
> "Liz Matyas" <lizmts@.mail.com> wrote in message
> news:uK3U8FZ3FHA.1276@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> try to write:
>> = "Number of Accepts: " & Sum(IIf(Fields!Accept.Value="Y",1,0))
>> Good Luck
>>
>> "Wayne Wengert" <wayneSKIPSPAM@.wengert.org> wrote in message
>> news:uiB9sAU3FHA.3400@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> I have a field "Accept" that can be Null or contain either "Y" or "N".
>> In
>> my
>> test data I have a total of 4 rows, 2 with "Y", 1 with "N" and 1 Null. I
>> want a count of each case in the footer along with some descriptive
>> text.
>> I
>> tried the formula
>> =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="Y")
>> But it returns "4"? The same thing happens if I use
>> =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="N")
>> What is wrong in this formula?
>> Also, I really want the report to display something like: "Number of
>> Accepts: 2" but if I try to code the field as:
>> "Number of Accepts: " & =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="Y")
>> the formula displays as text?
>>
>> TIA
>> Wayne
>>
>>
>>
>|||Robert;
Thanks for that additional information. It helps me understand the process.
Wayne
"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" <robruc@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eZK0yma3FHA.3036@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> The Count RDL aggregate function works similar as the Count aggregate in
> SQL: it will count all rows that are NOT NULL. The expresson
> Fields!Accept.Value="Y" will return a boolean value (true/false) for all
> rows, that's why the count results in the value 4.
> Besides using =Sum(iif(...)) as shown by Liz, you could also use
> =Count(iif(Fields!Accept.Value="Y", 1, Nothing))
> -- Robert
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "Wayne Wengert" <wayneSKIPSPAM@.wengert.org> wrote in message
> news:u8BwZda3FHA.128@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Liz;
>> Thank you very much. I never would have figured that one out. Seems like
>> making a point the hard way. I've ordered a couple of books that I hope
>> will explain the logic of creating expressions.
>> Wayne
>> "Liz Matyas" <lizmts@.mail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uK3U8FZ3FHA.1276@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> try to write:
>> = "Number of Accepts: " & Sum(IIf(Fields!Accept.Value="Y",1,0))
>> Good Luck
>>
>> "Wayne Wengert" <wayneSKIPSPAM@.wengert.org> wrote in message
>> news:uiB9sAU3FHA.3400@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> I have a field "Accept" that can be Null or contain either "Y" or "N".
>> In
>> my
>> test data I have a total of 4 rows, 2 with "Y", 1 with "N" and 1 Null.
>> I
>> want a count of each case in the footer along with some descriptive
>> text.
>> I
>> tried the formula
>> =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="Y")
>> But it returns "4"? The same thing happens if I use
>> =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="N")
>> What is wrong in this formula?
>> Also, I really want the report to display something like: "Number of
>> Accepts: 2" but if I try to code the field as:
>> "Number of Accepts: " & =Count(Fields!Accept.Value="Y")
>> the formula displays as text?
>>
>> TIA
>> Wayne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>sql

Formula Problem

HI All,

I have made a formula in the formula field.
How can I make use of that formula to the report?
And other question,
is the syntax of the sql expression same as the syntax of sql
and what will it return and how to apply on the report?

Thanks for answer my stupid questionhi, :wave:
To use the formula in the report..drag it and place it whereever u want to display it...if i am right?

Yes the syntax of the sql expresstion is same as sql..but in where condition if u want to use any fields in the report..dont type it urself..just double click the field from the report fields in the formula editor..

Regards,
Rohini :thumb:|||Thanks for your reply

But I still don't know how to use the sql expression field
Can you show me a step by step example for me?

Thanks~~~~

Formula Problem

I get the following error in Report Manager when running a report. The
report runs perfect in visual studio when I preview it.
Reporting Services Error
_____
* An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted)
Get Online Help
* The sort expression for the grouping 'table1_Group1' uses a numeric
aggregate function on data that is not numeric. Numeric aggregate
functions (Sum, Avg, StDev, Var, StDevP, and VarP) can only aggregate
numeric data. (rsProcessingError) Get Online Help
_____
Microsoft Reporting Services
I pass two parameters, qty and sortdate. As the formulas show below,
when they select qty and ascending, it uses sum(fields). When I pick
date, it does not use sum.
This will sort by the value in the sortby parameter. Used for sortdate
field in data.
=iif(Parameters!Direction.Value="Descending" AND
Parameters!SortBy.Value<>"quantity",Fields(Parameters!SortBy.Value).Value,0)
When I need to sort by the sum of the qty since it is grouped, I do
this...
=iif(Parameters!Direction.Value="Descending" AND
Parameters!SortBy.Value="quantity",sum(Fields(Parameters!SortBy.Value).Value),0)
As I said above, this works perfect in visual studio when I preview it.
Any Ideas?What is the datatype of Fields!quantity.Value? Most likely it is not a
System.Int32 at runtime.
You may want to try this (assuming you want to sum up integers):
=iif(Parameters!Direction.Value="Descending" AND
Parameters!SortBy.Value="quantity",
sum(CInt(Fields(Parameters!SortBy.Value).Value)), 0)
Or use this if you want to actually sum double:
=iif(Parameters!Direction.Value="Descending" AND
Parameters!SortBy.Value="quantity",
sum(CDbl(Fields(Parameters!SortBy.Value).Value)), 0.0)
--
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"John Geddes" <john_g@.alamode.com> wrote in message
news:eTl79Cj4EHA.3504@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I get the following error in Report Manager when running a report. The
> report runs perfect in visual studio when I preview it.
> Reporting Services Error
> _____
>
> * An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted)
> Get Online Help
> * The sort expression for the grouping 'table1_Group1' uses a numeric
> aggregate function on data that is not numeric. Numeric aggregate
> functions (Sum, Avg, StDev, Var, StDevP, and VarP) can only aggregate
> numeric data. (rsProcessingError) Get Online Help
> _____
> Microsoft Reporting Services
>
> I pass two parameters, qty and sortdate. As the formulas show below,
> when they select qty and ascending, it uses sum(fields). When I pick
> date, it does not use sum.
> This will sort by the value in the sortby parameter. Used for sortdate
> field in data.
> =iif(Parameters!Direction.Value="Descending" AND
>
Parameters!SortBy.Value<>"quantity",Fields(Parameters!SortBy.Value).Value,0)
> When I need to sort by the sum of the qty since it is grouped, I do
> this...
> =iif(Parameters!Direction.Value="Descending" AND
>
Parameters!SortBy.Value="quantity",sum(Fields(Parameters!SortBy.Value).Value
),0)
>
> As I said above, this works perfect in visual studio when I preview it.
> Any Ideas?
>

Formula problem

env: sql server 2000

objective:
add a formula for an INT column to the FORMULA field or the DEFAULT
VALUE field in DESIGN VIEW.

all of the following attempts failed
IIF (columnName = 0, "1", columnName + 1)
IIF (columnName = 0, 1, columnName + 1)
IIF (0, "1", columnName + 1)

caveat: cannot use IDENTITY
REASON: I'd like have sets of repeatable values for this row, e.g.
set a
1 -- row 1
2 -- row 2
3
4
5
set b
1 -- row 6
2
3
set c
1 -- row 9
2
3
4

Underlying rationale is to support OO design I understand probably it's
going to be huge headache for lots of people down the road but ...

TIA.NickName (dadada@.rock.com) writes:
> env: sql server 2000
> objective:
> add a formula for an INT column to the FORMULA field or the DEFAULT
> VALUE field in DESIGN VIEW.
> all of the following attempts failed
> IIF (columnName = 0, "1", columnName + 1)
> IIF (columnName = 0, 1, columnName + 1)
> IIF (0, "1", columnName + 1)

I will have to admit that I don't understand much of your post.
IIF is Access/VB, but I guess you know that.

In case not, the syntax in SQL server is

CASE WHEN columnName = 0 THEN 1 ELSE columnName + 1 END

Then again, this can be simiplied to:

columnName + 1

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx|||Oops, haven't touched db for a couple of months, now it seems that I
totally forgot everything or mix everything. Ok, joke aside, case stmt
does not seem to work, strange.|||Ahe, because of the default NULL value.

Formula Parsing

Hi,

I have three tables in the following structure (simplified):

Table 1: Containing the customers
---------------
create table Customers
(
[cusID] int identity(1, 1) not null,
[cusName] varchar(25) not null
)

Table 2: Containing the customer data fields
-------------------
create table Data
(
[datID] int identity(1, 1) not null,
[datName] varchar(25) not null,
[datFormula] varchar(1500)
)

Table 3: Containing the customer data values
--------------------
create table Values
(
[cusID] int not null,
[datID] int not null,
[valValue] sql_variant
)

In this structure the user can add as many data fields to a customer as
he wants (e.g. Country, City, Email, Phone, ...). I have added triggers
which create a view similar to a pivot (I am working in SQL 2000) and
add triggers to the view so it is insertable, deletable and updateable.

What I would like to do, is allow the user to create new fields where
the values are based upon a calculation. This calculation would be done
through a formula similar to what he would do e.g. in excel (this
formula is stored in the dimFormula field then).

An example might help. Let's assume the user created a field 'Sales'
(containing last year's sales) and 'Invoices' (containing the number of
invoices that were created for him last year). Now, he wants to create
a field 'AvgSales' with the formula '[Sales]/[Invoices]'.

(Note that through adding these data fields, the above view was created
(let's assume it is called vw_Customers and contains the columns [ID],
[Name], [Sales], [Invoices], [AvgSales]).

What I am looking for is a function which can parse this formula into a
t_sql query which runs the calculation. So, the formula
'[Sales]/[Invoices]' would be translated into (let's assume there are
no records with NULL or zero invoices):

update vw_Customers
set [AvgSales] = [Sales]/[Invoices]
from vw_Customers

I am able to do the above with simple calculations (where you can even
use sql functions e.g. year, len, ...). Now I would like to take this
one step forward into the possibility of using functions with more
variables.

For example. Let's assume, the user wants to add a rating (field called
'Rating') to his customers based upon the result of 'AvgSales. He
enters the formula 'if([AvgSales] > 2500, 'A', 'B')'.

If anyone could help me on this, I would be very grateful. Thanks.

MMike wrote:
> Hi,
> I have three tables in the following structure (simplified):
> Table 1: Containing the customers
> ---------------
> create table Customers
> (
> [cusID] int identity(1, 1) not null,
> [cusName] varchar(25) not null
> )
> Table 2: Containing the customer data fields
> -------------------
> create table Data
> (
> [datID] int identity(1, 1) not null,
> [datName] varchar(25) not null,
> [datFormula] varchar(1500)
> )
> Table 3: Containing the customer data values
> --------------------
> create table Values
> (
> [cusID] int not null,
> [datID] int not null,
> [valValue] sql_variant
> )
> In this structure the user can add as many data fields to a customer as
> he wants (e.g. Country, City, Email, Phone, ...). I have added triggers
> which create a view similar to a pivot (I am working in SQL 2000) and
> add triggers to the view so it is insertable, deletable and updateable.
> What I would like to do, is allow the user to create new fields where
> the values are based upon a calculation. This calculation would be done
> through a formula similar to what he would do e.g. in excel (this
> formula is stored in the dimFormula field then).
> An example might help. Let's assume the user created a field 'Sales'
> (containing last year's sales) and 'Invoices' (containing the number of
> invoices that were created for him last year). Now, he wants to create
> a field 'AvgSales' with the formula '[Sales]/[Invoices]'.
> (Note that through adding these data fields, the above view was created
> (let's assume it is called vw_Customers and contains the columns [ID],
> [Name], [Sales], [Invoices], [AvgSales]).
> What I am looking for is a function which can parse this formula into a
> t_sql query which runs the calculation. So, the formula
> '[Sales]/[Invoices]' would be translated into (let's assume there are
> no records with NULL or zero invoices):
> update vw_Customers
> set [AvgSales] = [Sales]/[Invoices]
> from vw_Customers
> I am able to do the above with simple calculations (where you can even
> use sql functions e.g. year, len, ...). Now I would like to take this
> one step forward into the possibility of using functions with more
> variables.
> For example. Let's assume, the user wants to add a rating (field called
> 'Rating') to his customers based upon the result of 'AvgSales. He
> enters the formula 'if([AvgSales] > 2500, 'A', 'B')'.
> If anyone could help me on this, I would be very grateful. Thanks.
> M

The best advice I can give you is to not try doing this with pure SQL.
You'll save yourself a lot of headache if you take some data that's a
little more "raw" and manipulate it in some other programming language
to get the desired result.|||Mike (michael.matthys@.hotmail.com) writes:
> In this structure the user can add as many data fields to a customer as
> he wants (e.g. Country, City, Email, Phone, ...). I have added triggers
> which create a view similar to a pivot (I am working in SQL 2000) and
> add triggers to the view so it is insertable, deletable and updateable.
> What I would like to do, is allow the user to create new fields where
> the values are based upon a calculation. This calculation would be done
> through a formula similar to what he would do e.g. in excel (this
> formula is stored in the dimFormula field then).
>...
> For example. Let's assume, the user wants to add a rating (field called
> 'Rating') to his customers based upon the result of 'AvgSales. He
> enters the formula 'if([AvgSales] > 2500, 'A', 'B')'.

I can only echo "ZeldorBlat" don't do this in SQL. If you had been on
SQL 2005, you could possibly have used CLR modules for the task.

But I wonder if you are not barking up the wrong tree entirely. Have
you looked at Analysis Services? I'm completely ignorant about Analysis
Services myself, but I would not be surprised if it has some support
for what you are trying to do.

If you are dead set on doing this in SQL 2000, you have to choices:
1) require that the user uses T-SQL syntax, for instance
CASE WHEN [AvgSales] THEN 'A' ELSE 'B' END
2) Define you own forumla language, and parse it in client code and
define the columns in the views as the users defines his formulas.

Beside AS, you could also investigate what 3rd party products out
there that may address your needs.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...oads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodin...ions/books.mspx|||Look up the EAV design flaw you have re-discovered and stop writing SQL
like this. SQL is not a computational language; it is a database
language.

formula not working

This does nothing:
([rush24] + [rush6] + [addLocationsTotal] + 50)

This gives me my total correctly:
([rush24] + [rush6] + 50)

All column are numeric(9) except the "total" column which is numeric(13).

Why is this happening?

I did not quite understand your question, could you describe your issue in more detail?sql

Formula Issue

Thanks in advance for any help.
I am spoofing rows to force an X # of rows in a table, which is working
well. However, the spoofed rows are causing an error with the formula
below.
=cstr(iif(Fields!ServiceEnd.Value.ToString = "", " ",
cstr(DatePart("m", Fields!ServiceEnd.Value))))
Without the formula, the rows have no data and no error. Any
suggestions?
Thanks,
MorganNot quite sure what yo're trying to do but might one of these formulas work:
=Iif(IsDate(Fields!ServiceEnd), cstr(DatePart("m",
Fields!ServiceEnd.Value)), "")
OR
=Iif(IsNothing(Fields!ServiceEnd), "", cstr(DatePart("m",
Fields!ServiceEnd.Value)))
HTH
--
Magendo_man
Freelance SQL Reporting Services developer
Stirling, Scotland
"Morgan" wrote:
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> I am spoofing rows to force an X # of rows in a table, which is working
> well. However, the spoofed rows are causing an error with the formula
> below.
> =cstr(iif(Fields!ServiceEnd.Value.ToString = "", " ",
> cstr(DatePart("m", Fields!ServiceEnd.Value))))
> Without the formula, the rows have no data and no error. Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Morgan
>|||Thank you.
A slightly modified version of your suggestions seemed to do the trick.
=iif(IsDate(Fields!ServiceBegin.Value), Day(Fields!ServiceBegin.Value),
"")
magendo_man (donotspam) wrote:
> Not quite sure what yo're trying to do but might one of these formulas work:
> =Iif(IsDate(Fields!ServiceEnd), cstr(DatePart("m",
> Fields!ServiceEnd.Value)), "")
> OR
> =Iif(IsNothing(Fields!ServiceEnd), "", cstr(DatePart("m",
> Fields!ServiceEnd.Value)))
> HTH
> --
> Magendo_man
> Freelance SQL Reporting Services developer
> Stirling, Scotland
>
> "Morgan" wrote:
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > I am spoofing rows to force an X # of rows in a table, which is working
> > well. However, the spoofed rows are causing an error with the formula
> > below.
> >
> > =cstr(iif(Fields!ServiceEnd.Value.ToString = "", " ",
> > cstr(DatePart("m", Fields!ServiceEnd.Value))))
> >
> > Without the formula, the rows have no data and no error. Any
> > suggestions?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Morgan
> >
> >

formula in sql server

hi,
my users can make posts in my web application, i mean they fill a form and the information they filled will be saved in sql server 2000 and can be shown in web application,now i want to give each post an Id and save it in the database, how can i do that? does sql server have the abilities or i should do sth in my c# application

thanx

This is something that is best to let the database handle for you.

Set your ID column as an Identity column in your sql table.

Sql server will then set its value to a unique auto incrementing value automatically every time a new row is inserted.

Formula in SQL Enterprise manager

I have a table with 2 columns and I want to have a 3rd column that combines the 1st and 2nd column automatically and populates the 3rd column.

i know this can be done with the Formula option in the 3rd column but I dont know how to combine columns. One is of datatype int and the other is of datatype varchar.

Here are my column names etc.

name var
-------
step int
action varchar

thankscast the int as a varchar and concatenate them both together in an update statement

Formula in flaot field

I have a float field and need the data to present itself as a datetime. I have been unsuccessful at converting the entire field to datetime so I thought I would try a formula but have had no success. Can this be done?

I have data like so:

100599
10699
120597
etc...

and need to hit them as though they were datetime for order by and such...

or an 'in query' conversion...

ThanksI came up with a solution, thanks anyway.sql

Formula in Excel Sheet

Hello,

I have one simple Report in SQL Reporting Services.

there are only Three Columns GroupName, Description, Amount.

In this report there is Grouping on GroupName Field.

In Group Footer in want Group Total. i'm writting here like =Sum(Fields!Amount.Value)

Now, while preview of this report I'm exporting the same to Excel File.

While opening that Excel file in Group Footer there is no Formula which i written in .rdl file.

If any one can help me out on this Formula field it will be great.

Thank You.

Unfortunately the Excel export doesn't support this.

Formulas are only translated to Excel formulas when they use references to report items instead of fields. For example, instead of "=Fields!Amount.Value" you would use "=ReportItems!AmountTextBox.Value". You can use these to get add two values together on the same row, for instance.

However, you can only use aggregate functions such as SUM on report items when the expression is in the page header or footer. So you won't be able to use, say "=SUM(ReportItems!AmountTextBox.Value" in the table footer.

We are aware that this severely limits the utility of formulas in Excel, and are considering ways to improve it. We do not have a timeframe for this at this time.

Formula in a View

I'm trying to perform the following within a view. I'm not getting the
values which I would expect. I'm assuming I have a data type problem where
some precision is being dropped. Could someone give me a heads-up on what
I'm doing wrong? I need full precision.
SUM(((MarketPrice+MarketPriceUp100-(2*MarketPriceUp50))/(MarketPriceUp50*((1
00/10000)^2))/100)
* MarketValue)/ SUM(MarketValue) as [Convexity],
Thanks,
Tom Woods
The Baker Group, LP"Tom Woods" <twoods@.jamesbaker.com> wrote in message
news:OgZCcxTvFHA.2396@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I'm trying to perform the following within a view. I'm not getting the
> values which I would expect. I'm assuming I have a data type problem
> where some precision is being dropped. Could someone give me a heads-up
> on what I'm doing wrong? I need full precision.
>
> SUM(((MarketPrice+MarketPriceUp100-(2*MarketPriceUp50))/(MarketPriceUp50*(
(100/10000)^2))/100)
> * MarketValue)/ SUM(MarketValue) as [Convexity],
>
What are the types of those columns?
Integral types use integer division.
David|||All columns in the formula are 9(12,8).
"David Browne" <davidbaxterbrowne no potted meat@.hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:uyQL80TvFHA.1560@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> "Tom Woods" <twoods@.jamesbaker.com> wrote in message
> news:OgZCcxTvFHA.2396@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> What are the types of those columns?
> Integral types use integer division.
> David
>|||Hi Tom
This piece of the expression (100/10000) will be carried out as integer
division, and yield 0. If you want decimal results, make at least one of the
operands a decimal (100.0/10000)
HTH
Kalen Delaney, SQL Server MVP
www.solidqualitylearning.com
"Tom Woods" <twoods@.jamesbaker.com> wrote in message
news:OgZCcxTvFHA.2396@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I'm trying to perform the following within a view. I'm not getting the
> values which I would expect. I'm assuming I have a data type problem
> where some precision is being dropped. Could someone give me a heads-up
> on what I'm doing wrong? I need full precision.
>
> SUM(((MarketPrice+MarketPriceUp100-(2*MarketPriceUp50))/(MarketPriceUp50*(
(100/10000)^2))/100)
> * MarketValue)/ SUM(MarketValue) as [Convexity],
> Thanks,
> Tom Woods
> The Baker Group, LP
>|||When I change it to the following I get an error. Could the problem be with
the exponent? Is there a different way of performing the exponential?
((100.0/10000)^2)
BTW, I get the following error when changing 100 to 100.0
--
Microsoft SQL-DMO (ODBC SQLState: 42000)
--
Error 403: Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals boolean XOR, type
equals numeric.
--
OK
--
Thanks,
Tom
"Kalen Delaney" <replies@.public_newsgroups.com> wrote in message
news:usIhD4TvFHA.1032@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi Tom
> This piece of the expression (100/10000) will be carried out as integer
> division, and yield 0. If you want decimal results, make at least one of
> the operands a decimal (100.0/10000)
> --
> HTH
> Kalen Delaney, SQL Server MVP
> www.solidqualitylearning.com
>
> "Tom Woods" <twoods@.jamesbaker.com> wrote in message
> news:OgZCcxTvFHA.2396@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>
>|||^ operator is bitwise exclusive OR operation for integers. For getting
exponential values as results you might want to try POWER function like:
SELECT POWER( 100.0/10000, 2 )
Anith|||Can you use (1.0/10000) instead of ((100.0/10000)^2)?
Perayu
"Tom Woods" <twoods@.jamesbaker.com> wrote in message
news:uVvmS$TvFHA.596@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> When I change it to the following I get an error. Could the problem be
> with the exponent? Is there a different way of performing the
> exponential?
> ((100.0/10000)^2)
>
> BTW, I get the following error when changing 100 to 100.0
> --
> Microsoft SQL-DMO (ODBC SQLState: 42000)
> --
> Error 403: Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals boolean XOR,
> type equals numeric.
> --
> OK
> --
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
> "Kalen Delaney" <replies@.public_newsgroups.com> wrote in message
> news:usIhD4TvFHA.1032@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>|||I was able to get it to work by using the POWER function and also changing
the integer values to have precision.
Thanks,
Tom
"Perayu" <yu.he@.state.mn.us.Remove4Replay> wrote in message
news:uPKrC0UvFHA.908@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Can you use (1.0/10000) instead of ((100.0/10000)^2)?
> Perayu
> "Tom Woods" <twoods@.jamesbaker.com> wrote in message
> news:uVvmS$TvFHA.596@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>

Formula Help for a new user

I am brand new to CR... i have version 10. My work jsut threw this on me and i am about clueless. I have a variable that is giving me multiple occurances of the same data. I am pulling in account numbers in (with other fields too) in a certain date range. What would be a good formula to tell it to ONLY show me each account # once?If your variable is in a field, you can set the field's 'SuppressIfDuplicate' to True. Or in a formula, you can compare the field in the current record to the previous or next record by doing:

If {FieldName} = Next ({FieldName} Then
//Code for duplicate values
Else
//Code for non-duplicate values

Just replace 'Next' with 'Previous' if you want to look at the previous record.

(I'm running CR 8.5, so the syntax may be a little different than in 10)|||Thanks for your help... i'll try the suppress first... but i'll hold ont to that Formula for future reference also.

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If your having a bad day dont worry it'll change; if your having a good day dont worry it'll change too.

Formula Help :)

I have a matrix table & have a picture next to table which should display
when the percentage of the 2 colums is less than 5%.
My guess on this formula is which doesnt work.
=IIF sum((count(iif( Fields!SwitchDispId.Value, "QueueCallDetail") = 16),
"b") )/ ((count(iif( Fields!SwitchDispId.Value, "QueueCallDetail") = 1), "b")
IS < .05
Firstly i just want to total the 2 columns (disposition 16 & 1) then get a
percentage.
I would also like to get a percentage om each row as well.
Please help.
Thanks
toddI started trying to write your formula for you this morning, but discovered
I don't really understand what you are trying to do..
If you post more details ( what is the 16 and 1 for? what is "b" for. etc),
someone will be able to help you...
--
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"Tango" <Tango@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:528A7104-0F8A-45A7-A38A-F0CA7C776C8D@.microsoft.com...
>I have a matrix table & have a picture next to table which should display
> when the percentage of the 2 colums is less than 5%.
> My guess on this formula is which doesnt work.
> =IIF sum((count(iif( Fields!SwitchDispId.Value, "QueueCallDetail") = 16),
> "b") )/ ((count(iif( Fields!SwitchDispId.Value, "QueueCallDetail") = 1),
> "b")
> IS < .05
> Firstly i just want to total the 2 columns (disposition 16 & 1) then get a
> percentage.
> I would also like to get a percentage om each row as well.
> Please help.
> Thanks
> todd|||Sorry wayne. I have a matrix table that has 2 colum groups. Those that have a
number 16 & the second column counts those records with a number 1. the b was
just something that i coped from a different formula.
so in summery i have various groups down the left hand side. at the top of
have a count of the number of 16's in the first column & & a count of the
number 1's in the second column.
These matrix tables are hard to understand..
Thanks
Todd
"Wayne Snyder" wrote:
> I started trying to write your formula for you this morning, but discovered
> I don't really understand what you are trying to do..
> If you post more details ( what is the 16 and 1 for? what is "b" for. etc),
> someone will be able to help you...
> --
> Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
> Mariner, Charlotte, NC
> www.mariner-usa.com
> (Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
> I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
> community of SQL Server professionals.
> www.sqlpass.org
> "Tango" <Tango@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:528A7104-0F8A-45A7-A38A-F0CA7C776C8D@.microsoft.com...
> >I have a matrix table & have a picture next to table which should display
> > when the percentage of the 2 colums is less than 5%.
> >
> > My guess on this formula is which doesnt work.
> >
> > =IIF sum((count(iif( Fields!SwitchDispId.Value, "QueueCallDetail") = 16),
> > "b") )/ ((count(iif( Fields!SwitchDispId.Value, "QueueCallDetail") = 1),
> > "b")
> > IS < .05
> >
> > Firstly i just want to total the 2 columns (disposition 16 & 1) then get a
> > percentage.
> >
> > I would also like to get a percentage om each row as well.
> >
> > Please help.
> > Thanks
> > todd
>
>