I have a report in Cognos 10.1.1 that is pulling Profit, Pounds, and Profit/Lbs. Each query has a field 'Measure Unit' that is labeled as 'Spread $', 'Spread Lbs' or 'Spread $/Lb'. It joins these three queries via a union and then loads them into a Crosstab list. The individual queries work correctly, and when dumped into a List Report are fine, but for some reason when in the crosstab report, the calculated profit/lbs column is always wrong. How can I get the calculated column to total correctly in the crosstab?
Three queries pull seperate Measure Units and measures for Profit, Lbs and Profit/Lbs.
The calculation for Profit.
The Calcuation for Profit/Lbs
Properties for the measure fields.
What the report looks like. Middle column should equal Spread $ / Spread Lbs, but does not when in crosstab.
Try to customize Solve Order for your calculations.
Default behavior is Total(Value1/Value2). You need to archive Total(Value1)/Total(Value2)
(Don't change your formulas, just set Solve Order for calculations)
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I am having trouble showing the correct totals in my tableau worksheet.
I have supervisors that are part of specific zones that need to complete a certain number of tests in different categories. For example, supervisor 15716 must complete 8 tests in category 1. I need to show the target, which is a number stored in the database and show the actual number of tests in that category that have been completed within a date range. I have it working, but Im not sure if I did it correctly because I can not show any totals.
System target - number stored in database
CountOfSheetID - calculated field
Percent Compliant - calculated field
Try this approach -
First define a calculated field called [Within Date Range?] as
[Date] >= [MyStartDate] AND [Date] <= [LastSelectedDayOfMonth]
and put that new field on the filter shelf, only including data where [Within Date Range?] is True. (You could also just filter the [Date] field if that is flexible enough for you)
The you don't need the CountofSheetId calculated field at all. If you want to know how many records have a non-null value for [SheetID] within your date range, you can simply drop [SheetID] on a shelf and choose to treat it as Measure with the aggregation function COUNT()
Then just build your visualization to show the counts you want (not percentages, the actual counts)
Finally, you can convert counts into Percentages by clicking on the pills for your Measures and choosing Percentage under Quick Table Calcs. You'll want to experiment with the "Compute Using" setting to tell Tableau how to compute your percentages -- i.e. define percentage of "what".
Percentages are implemented as table calcs in Tableau. Read the help to understand table calcs, especially the description of partitioning and addressing.
My report needs a normal cross-tab section, but with an additional pre-computed column (It's the average of all the non-zero weeks of activity, so a normal cross-tab average will not work). This is a column that is supplied in my dataset.
How can I get it to look like this?
Have you considered adding a SQL Command to your report in the Database Expert?
If you perform the pre-calculations in SQL and pass the results in as a Command table, you can use the calculations like regular table fields. These can be used in a Crosstab like normal fields.
I need to create following report, i tried crosstab but it looks (or i dont know) it only support one level for columns. By level i mean Count, Amount, XYZ under DAYS columns (30,60,90).
How can i add multiple levels at Column side using Crystal Reports 9.2?
I am getting data from following table
XXXXXX, DEBIT_CREDIT, CCY, AMOUNT, COUNT, OUR_THEIR, SETTLED_OUTSTANDING, DAYS, RATE, YYYYYYYY
You can create multiple levels of columns by dragging the next column to the top of the current one.
I am working on a profit and loss report that should look like this:
And my data table looks like this:
For this P&L I have query #1 that populates the data for the current month and the 3 months prior. Then I have query #2 to calculate a 6-month rolling average, and then query #3 to calculate a year-to-date total. They're all joined with union statements.
I can't figure out the best way to get this to render in iReport. Right now I am using a crosstab, and I was able to finagle the "measures" labels into the customer column using Bekwam's "Expanding a Crosstab" technique.
So my questions are - is there any easier way to do this? Every time I add a measure to the crosstab I have to rearrange the measures labels and fields. If I made a pivot table in Excel, I could click a drop-down box and choose to show or hide certain months - is there any way to do that in iReport? I feel like I must be missing something. If anyone else out there is displaying data in columns like this, how are you doing it? If you set up your detail band in columns, any tips for organizing output so it looks professional?
Thanks,
Lisa
I decided to create columns in the detail band. I put my measure labels in the first column and set them to print in that column only. Then I have my measures values print in each column. I wish I could tell iReport to print the measures values in columns 2-n, but I don't think that's possible.
Some customers will not have a value for each month in Query #1, so I've decided to join Query #1 on a calendar table (calendar table left join query #1) to add blanks as placeholders to preserve my formatting.
I have a problem with running Total in Crsystal report9
if their is no values available for a Paticular field how can we return the running total as '0'
Instead of display the Running Total directly in your report create a Formula Field based on the Running Total and drag it into the report.
Your formula should look like this (Crystal Syntax)...
if ISNULL({#RunningTotalField}) then
"0.00"
else
ToText(RunningTotalField, 2)
If there is no data for that particular group, then Crystal won't show it easily. Your options are :
1) Use subreports to display the values for a particular group, and keep the main report just looking at the table(s) containing the group headers.
2) Use a stored procedure as the source so you have full control over the SQL that is run.
The problem is that as soon as you use a field to group, Crystal will only return records where that field has been used. If it was simply in the Details section you could modify the link to a LEFT JOIN and it wouldn't matter, but the group forces the INNER JOIN which means the groups without data are not returned.
Unfortunately Running Totals don't show up if there are no records that match your criteria. An alternative is to use a set of formulas calculated in various sections of the report. The technique is widely described in the Crystal literature. For example, this TekTips gives a very succinct overview of your options.
You set up an initialising formula in each header, with the evaluation time directive "WhilePrintingRecords". This approach was the only one available for doing running totals in the "good ol' days" before RunningTotal objects were available.