I am trying to use a global variable to calculate a bonus. I can get the variable to count correctly with the exception that it is not resetting when changing groups. I have three groups - Property, Agent, Type. I have tried to put the reset in every group footer - neither of which are suppressed - and the counting continues. If I use WhilePrinting/ReadingRecords it works fine but then I cannot use the variable in any formula as I get a "summary has been specified on a non recurring field" error.
Here are some sample codes I am using
#LeaseCount- this is in the detail section
EvaluateAfter({#Effective Rent});
global numbervar x;
x:=IIF({#Effective Rent}>={Command.Yieldstar}, x+1, x)
#reset_x
global numbervar x:= 0;
#bonus
IF {#LeaseCount} in 0 TO 6 THEN 50.00
ELSE IF {#LeaseCount} in 7 TO 11 THEN 80.00
ELSE IF {#LeaseCount} >= 12 THEN 100.00 ELSE 0.00
Else 0.00
I have the bonus section evaluating after the counter. Again everything is working just fine except the reset of the variable. If I try to use a shared variable it breaks with the "non-recurring" error. I think i have tried everything I can find and at a loss.
I believe it is something to do with timing I am just not well versed with CR timing but then it may just be my coding. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Try to declare it as "shared" instead of "global". Remember to change the declaration in both formulas: #LeaseCount and #reset_x.
If it does not work, try to change #reset_x in two lines:
shared numbervar x;
numbervar x:= 0;
The issue was with a summary field in the Agent footer. After deleting the summary field and moving the variables to SHARED it solved the immediate issue. I then used another variable to do a running summary instead of a running total summary. –
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I cannot find a solution or workaround that applies to my problem.
I have a complex report that includes several calculations at different levels.
GroupLevel4, which is ({Command.START_TIME}, "by second") has a formula field -- lets call it {Formula_Field1}.
It is defined as:
If DistinctCount ({Command.RECORDED_TIME}, {Command.START_TIME}, "by second") >= Maximum({Command.DOCS_NEEDED}, {Command.START_TIME}, "by second")
then 1 else 0.
It returns either 1 or 0.
Now I want to create a formula at Group3 level that says:
If Sum({Formula_Field1}) >= Maximum({Command.DOCS_NEEDED}, {Command.ID})
then 'Y' else 'N'
However, I can't summarize Formula_Field1 because it's based on something that is already a summary. I feel like I've tried everything. I tried some suggestions I found about declaring variables, but I think they were more specific to a straightforward sum of a sum.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
I am modifying a subreport that prints optional report card comments. The data that is supplied (via a stored procedure) is in this format (trimmed for brevity):
StudentID / Grade / CourseNum / ReportCode / CName / Comment
9999991 / KG / EA0_AM1 / M1 / T1Comment / Pam is good!
9999991 / KG / KP0_PM1 / M1 / T1Comment / Pam is okay!
9999992 / 3 / EA3_AM1 / M1 / T1Comment / Joe is good!
9999993 / 5 / EA5_AM1 / M1 / T1Comment / <null>
If a student is not in kindergarten, the only comment I want to print is the one where CourseNum = "EA?_AM1". If they're in Kindergarten, however, the comments should pull from "EA0_AM1", "EA0_PM1", "KP0_AM1", and "KP0_PM1", and those comments should be concatenated. The original report would only print the comment from either "EA0_AM1" or "EA0_PM1", but not both (it didn't know about the other two kindergarten classes, and it used a running total to find the maximum value for Comment), but among the four potential classes there are two potential teachers, and this year they both want their comments to appear on the report card. I don't think it matters, but here's the record selection formula:
(Select {?Marking Period}
Case '1' : {ReportCode} = 'M1'
Case '2' : {ReportCode} in ['M1', 'M2']
Case '3' : {ReportCode} in ['M1', 'M2', 'M3']) and
(Select {Grade}
Case 'KG': {CourseNum} in ["EA0_AM1", "EA0_PM1", "KP0_AM1", "KP0_PM1"]
Default : {CourseNum} like "EA?_AM1")
({?MarkingPeriod} refers to the trimester we're interested in.)
The problem I'm encountering springs from the fact that we want to print T1, T2 and T3 comments separately. I found the start of my solution in an answer given by Abhilash Kumar in a thread here: http://scn.sap.com/thread/3195910. Based on his answer to someone else's question I created a formula GetAllCommentsT1:
WhilePrintingRecords;
stringvar array arrT1;
numbervar iT1;
if not(({Comment} in arrT1) and ({CName} like "T1*")) then
(
iT1 := iT1 + 1;
redim preserve arrT1[iT1];
arrT1[iT1] := {Comment};
);
arrT1[iT1]
GetAllCommentsT2 and GetAllCommentsT3 are identical except that all instances of "T1" are replaced with "T2" and "T3" respectively. I placed these three formulas in the Details section (this section is suppressed: only Group Footer 2a through 2d are enabled).
To display the results, I created three formulas (DisplayT1Comments, DisplayT2Comments, and DisplayT3Comments). All are similar to this:
WhilePrintingRecords;
stringvar array arrT1;
join (arrT1, CHR(13) + CHR(13))
with "T1" replaced with "T2" or "T3" as appropriate. DisplayT1Comments is placed in Group Footer 2b, DisplayT2Comments is placed in Group Footer 2c, and DisplayT3Comments is placed in Group Footer 2d.
Using the data mentioned at the beginning of this question, for StudentID: 999991 DisplayT1Comments is "Pam is good!\n\nPam is okay!", and that's exactly what prints in Group Footer 2b. Since no T2 or T3 comments have been entered yet (verified directly in the database), I would expect both DisplayT2Comments and DisplayT3Comments to be null. However, when I run the subreport the contents all three footers are displaying "Pam is good!\n\nPam is okay!"
Any ideas what I've done wrong? Or maybe suggestions for a better solution (i.e.: one that works!) to my problem? Thanks!
The problem was a stupid logic error on my part: the line that read
if not(({Comment} in arrT1) and ({CName} like "T1*")) then
should have had the not moved inside the first parenthesis, so it negated ({Comment} in arrT1), and not the whole thing. That's what I get for blindly rushing in to modify existing code rather than sit down to think for a moment. Thanks to those who asked for clarification.
I have a report using many variables to calculate a rolling inventory over 16 months. The users are requesting some difficult calculations in the rollover amount (or carryover) such as only carryover amounts > 0, but only for some categories(groups), and then add the carryover from one category to the carryover in another category. I have most of the issues worked out, but I need to set a variable for the carryover ONLY when the group ="XXX", and maintain that variable value even when the group changes. I can easily set the variable to change over categories (groups) $F{group1}=="XXX"?QTY_ON_HAND - QTY_ORDERED:0.0, but when the group changes to "YYY" and then to "ZZZ" the value of the variable changes to 0. I need to use the value of the variable when it is in the "XXX" group as part of the calculation when it gets to group "ZZZ", but if it resets to 0 at that time, it is useless. I have also tried setting the variable = $V{rollover_amount} and have tried that changing the Calculation Type, Reset Type, and Increment Types to no avail.
I have the Calculation set to "No Calculation", Increment and Reset types set to "None"
I am using Jaspersoft Studio 5.5, but the same would apply to iReport Designer.
I see two potential approaches.
1) It looks like you've already started by creating the calculation by using conditional logic in the Variable Expression property. Continue with this approach. Try resetting the variable to itself when the group condition fails. Something like:
$F{group1} == "XXX" ? {do what you need to do} : $F{group1}
2) Use a JasperReport Scriptlet and manage the logic outside the report.
http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/sample.reference/scriptlet/
Say I'm working on a report, on a column called someTable.someColumn. What I need is to have all of the values in the ReportHeader. I know I cound create a subreport, pass them this column and iterate it in the details, but I would like to know if it's possible to do it without a subreport.
If I use the following, I get the right result, which in my case is 9:
COUNT(someTable.someColumn)
I also tried the following, but it doesn't work - it only takes one of the 9 values randomly.
Local NumberVar i := 0;
Local StringVar Array items := {someTable.someColumn};
Local StringVar output := "";
while (i < count(items)) do (
i := i+1;
output := output + items[i];
);
output;
Is it possible to iterate over a column in order to get the values?
You can't do this in the report header. You have to use the detail section to read each value.
The only solution which springs to mind is using a subreport. Although you wouldn't pass them this column and iterate it in the details. Because it would only pass the first value from the column. You would pass it the report parameters which it could use to obtain the column values from the database the same way your main report does.
I haven't found a way to do this in the report header, but you could put it in your report footer with the following formula:
global StringVar output;
output := output + {someTable.someColumn} + ",";
This will execute each time someTable.someColumn changes over the course of report generation, and append it to the global variable. Unfortunately, it doesn't keep all instances of it up to date - for example, if you include it in the report details somewhere, you'll be able to see the evolution of output over the course of the report. In the header, it'll only display the first value.
Note: You won't want to set output := "" in this formula, as that'll reset the value each time. It seems, though, that Crystal automatically initializes the variable for you when it's created, and I didn't run into any errors with only the above formula (i.e, I didn't need to create a second formula to initialize output). I've also included a delimeter (+ ","), to help separate each of the values, but you can easily just remove that.
I'm creating a invoice crystal report for sage mas 500 AR module. In it, I'm attempting to add the tarinvoice.balance field with the following formula:
if {tarPrintInvcHdrWrk.Posted} = 1 then
ToText({tarInvoice.Balance})
I'm assuming that when the {tarPrintInvcHdrWrk.Posted} = 1 conditional statement holds FALSE, it doesn't attempt to pull the invoice field because when I remove the formula from the report, the form displays correctly without it.
When the conditional statement renders true in the report, the balance fields behaves correctly. However, with the formula renders FALSE in the CR form, the entire crystal report bombs and displays blank. Any ideas why or what I'm doing wrong?
Just tried setting everything to zero and the report still bombs. I'm starting to think its more of a query error in the report. I wish there was a way to exclude the field in the query when posted = 0.
With tarinvoice.balance removed when the posted = 0, the report works fine.
With tarinvoice.balance included and posted = 1, report works fine.
With tarinvoice.balance included and posted =0, report bombs.
I believe the conditional statement fails immediately if you encounter a NULL, so your formula needs to test IsNull({tarPrintInvcHdrWrk.Posted}) before it tests equality with "1".
You can change the way Crystal handles a null value for a value in a formula. At the top of the Formula Workshop there is a drop down box that usually says "Exceptions For Nulls".
Change this to the other option "Default Values For Nulls" and your formula should no longer bomb out. You used to be able to specify the what the default values applied were, but more recent versions of Crystal have these hard coded.
Search the help for "Null Treatment" for a table showing them.
I modified the formula to this:
if isnull({tarPrintInvcHdrWrk.Posted}) = FALSE then
if {tarPrintInvcHdrWrk.Posted} = 1 then
if isnull({tarInvoice.Balance}) = FALSE then
ToText({tarInvoice.Balance})
else
"0.00"
else
"0.0"
else
"0"
The crystal report still bombs.. Nevertheless, it does show "0" in the appropriate space.
I saw a suggestion on Exp.Exch to try putting the field into a variable before converting it to text.
e.g.
NumberVar InvoiceBalance;
If isnull({tarInvoice.Balance}) then
InvoiceBalance := 0
Else
InvoiceBalance := {tarInvoice.Balance};
If {tarPrintInvcHdrWrk.Posted} = 1 then
ToText(InvoiceBalance);
I also tried to recreate your problem, since I have see similar things before.
No luck though trying with CR 8.5 & XI R2. Perhpas it has to do with linked tables as well, since I only tried on a simple single table.
I have also seen similar behaviour when using a formula within a Running Total - they do not like nulls at all!
If you put {tarInvoice.Balance} directly on report (into details "debug" section - often needed, don't forget supress it in production :)), what values it displays or does report become empty?
Maybe you have Suppress If Blank section on your report. Try to put: Else " "
if isnull({tarPrintInvcHdrWrk.Posted}) or {tarPrintInvcHdrWrk.Posted}=0 then
" "
else
if {tarPrintInvcHdrWrk.Posted} = 1 then
ToText({tarInvoice.Balance})
else
" "
I have trouble with this kind of field when making reports to export to excel. A field with no data in will pull all columns to the right of it over to "fill the gap".