When inspecting a cell element in XLSX file, I find the following formula element:
<f t="shared" si="0"/>
What is the meaning of such a formula element?
ECMA-376 Part 1 Section 18.3.1.40 says:
The possible values for the t attribute are defined by the simple type ST_CellFormulaType, and are as follows:
...
shared (Shared formula)
...
Shared formula. If a cell contains the same formula as another cell, the "shared" value
can be used for the t attribute and the si attribute can be used to refer to the cell
containing the formula. Two formulas are considered to be the same when their
respective representations in R1C1-reference notation, are the same.
Basically it is a space saving optimisation. One that is guaranteed to be a pain for anyone parsing/modifying the file.
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In iText's DITO template designer product, I have one field which has a fairly complex calculation. In another field, I want to use the result of that calculation.
The tooltip says "Identifier used for referencing fields in calculation expressions". So I assumed if I named it blah I can use it in a calculation in another field like this: sum({{blah}},42) (e.g. add 42 to the value of blah). But if I do that I get the error
Unable to resolve reference: "{{blah}}" in node with tag: <span> and text:
The iText DITO documentation does not elaborate on this feature at all. I'm evaluating iText DITO and there does not seem to be any way to get support while evaluating the product.
Suppose I have a field with a very complex calculation. In order to reuse the calculation result, I can do the following:
Give a name to this field (in the image below I've chosen name "total")
Insert a calculation to another field (where I want to reuse "total")
Add "total" as the calculation's body:
That's it, now the total value is reused:
I think the documentation you are looking for is at https://kb.itextpdf.com/home/ditokb/latest/manuals/itext-dito-editor/calculations
You have to give the rich text element a name in the properties to be able to reference it on other rich text element and/or calculations.
See image example at https://kb.itextpdf.com/home/ditokb/files/latest/68620314/68620309/1/1660291029000/image2020-5-27_17-56-41.png
I have two Shape Data rows for a Shape's ShapeSheet:
Shape Data Label Prompt Type Format Value Invisible
Prop.Type "Type" "" 4 "Alpha;Beta;Gamma;Delta;Epsilon;Zeta;Eta;Theta;Iota;Kappa" INDEX(4,Prop.Type.Format) False
Prop.Abbrev "Abbrev" No Formula 4 "A;B;G;D;E;Z;E;T;I;K" INDEX(4,Prop.Abbrev.Format) True
The way I intent to use this is to have the user select the Type, say Epsilon, and then have the Abbrev automatically switch to the corresponding value in the Prop.Abbrev.Format.
Note: the values used here are placeholders for the actual values for my application, which are not shown here so they don't distract from the real answer I need, how to keep the selections in sync when the first one is chosen or changed.
Thanks for any help you can give!
I don't have Visio on this machine, so I am unable to copy and paste a working solution. The approach gets a little complicated, but extremely flexible.
Save your lists in the User section, rather than Prop - this then becomes underlying data for use in properties. If you are using a master stencil then this also helps with managing the fields.
You can now store an index in your data as well - this index points to the appropriate values in your arrays. You can use Actions and side menus to set the index which, when referenced properly, means you can have the full name and/or abbreviation in the side menu and the ShapeSheet does all the work underneath.
The functions you want to look at are:
Index (e.g. INDEX(1,User.Type) will return "Beta". (0-based)
Lookup (e.g. LOOKUP("D", User.Abbrev) will return "3". (0-based)
GetAtRef
SetAtRef
SetAtRefExpr
SetF
I had a similar business problem which relied on setting a background colour based on the value of shape data. Your final solution could end up including formulas like this: =SETF(GetRef(Prop.Type),"GUARD(INDEX(LOOKUP(Prop.X,Prop.X.Format),User.Type))").
For more in-depth discussion - check out https://superuser.com/questions/1277331/fillforegnd-in-shapesheet-using-wrong-data and the extended discussion at http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=8205.15 - the latter link also includes an example file with working shapesheets (well, working to the extent that they exposed my problem).
I have a report file, where the report provides information on a "Job" - so this is a "Job Ticket" report. Inside the Job Ticket, there is a group with details that provides information on individual "Components" of which there can be anywhere from 1 Component to 6 Components in any given Job. There is a field applied to each component which is a string and is the "ComponentType" ({sp_JobTicket.ComponentType}).
What I would like to do is put the value of each row of ComponentType into an Array, which I can then call in the Page Footer (i.e., so I can create a Text Object and in it call a value using something like "TypeforComponent[3]"), so even though every printed page will only show the full details of one component, the page footer for each page will provide an at-a-glance view of all the components and their types.
As it is right now, we just hand write the component types for all components on the printed page itself, but we can access the ComponentType through the database, so it seems like we should be able to get it to print on the report.
Here is a full page preview of of a printed Job Ticket report that has 4 components (so in the Page Footer only 1-4 would have a value, 5-6 are empty), and where everything is currently laid out, and where we're hoping to get things placed:
Lots of questions but assuming this report is run for only 1 job ticket at a time here is one possibility:
Create formula called CT_Array and place in header1 section and suppress:
WhileReadingRecords;
stringvar array CT_Array ;
stringvar output := "";
numbervar i := ubound(CT_Array)+1;
redim preserve CT_Array[i];
CT_Array[i] := {sp_JobTicket.ComponentType};
Then create 6 formulas (CT_Var1 through CT_Var6) to read as follows:
WhileReadingRecords;
stringvar array CT_Array ;
CT_Array[1]
Replacing CT_Array[1] with the next array element number
Place those formulas where needed in page footer.
CT_Var2
WhileReadingRecords; stringvar array CT_Array ;
if ubound(CT_Array) >
1 then CT_Array[2] else ""
etc... for CT_Var3 through 6
So it looks like the simpler and more straight-forward solution to my problem was to not use an Array, but to create a Subreport.
I accomplished this by creating a new report, linked it to the stored procedure used by my Job Ticket (main) report, and imported the data fields I needed. I then proceeded to change the Page Size for the subreport to fit into the size on the page (1.5" x 1"), set the Details section to "Format with Multiple Columns" in the section expert which made available a new "Layout Tab" which I entered and selected "Format Groups with multiple column[s]." Then I saved that as a separate file and imported that report into my main report as a Subreport. Finally I set the Subreport Links to link to my "JobNumber" field which my main ticket uses as a parameter and that Field to the parameter.
Completed Successfully:
I'm having problem with JasperReports report by getting sum of two fields.
I have created so far variables that holds fields "TareWeight" variable that is casting values from double to float
new Float($F{EquipmentTareWeightKg})
"CargoWt" variable that is casting from string to float, etc...
Float.parseFloat($F{UfvFlexString03})+Float.parseFloat($F{UfvFlexString04})
So now I have two variables which I can manipulate with.
The problem starts when I wish to do a "recap" using crosstab. I have setup two groups that is done with wizard, and added another in crosstab. (please refer to the printscreen below)
And now, I have created under measures SumOf Tare that is using variable TareWt, and SumOfCargoWt that is using variable CargoWt.
I have tried to create another Measure SumOfGrossWt that would do a sum of variables TareWt + CargoWt but I have got some nonsense values.
I have tried to do another approach by creating variable GrossWt that would basically do exact the same thing as previous attempt
$V{Tare}+$V{CargoWt}
or use an variable: GrossWt
$V{Tare}+$V{CargoWt} or new Float($F{EquipmentTareWeightKg})+(Float.parseFloat($F{UfvFlexString03})+Float.parseFloat($F{UfvFlexString04}))
None of these actually worked: (Sum should be done by "Sum Of Tare"+ "Sum of CargoWt" = "Sum of GrossWt") plese refer to the second picture.
Here is a complete jrxml code/file:
jrxml file
save it as *.jrxml
Can please someone help me find a solution? how can I sum those two measure fields and get correct values?
Since CargoWt field had some null values in database, addition float value with null is equal to null, so the only value which was displayed on report are the one that had values for CargoWt, all others with null value were "ignored".
I am generating xlsx files and would like to not have to compute the values of all formulae during this process.
That is, I would like to set <v> to 0 (or omit it) for cells with an <f>, and have Excel fill in the values when it is opened.
One suggestion was to have a macro run Calculate on startup, but have been unable to find a complete guide on how to do this with signed macros to avoid prompting the user. A flag you can set somewhere within the xlsx would be far better.
Edit: I'm not looking for answers that involve using Office programs to make changes. I am looking for file format details.
The Python module XlsxWriter sets the formula <v> value to 0 (unless the actual value is known) and the <calcPr> fullCalcOnLoad attribute to true in the xl/workbook.xml file:
<calcPr fullCalcOnLoad="1"/>
This works for all Excel and OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Google Docs and Gnumeric versions that I have tested.
The place it won't work is for non-spreadsheet applications that cannot re-calculate the formula value such as file viewers.
If calculation mode is set to automatic, Excel always (re)calculates workbooks on open.
So, just generate your files with calculation mode set to "Automatic".
In xl/workbook.xml, add following node to workbook node:
<calcPr calcMode="auto"/>
Also check Description of how Excel determines the current mode of calculation.
You can use macros as suggested, however you will create a less secure and less compatible workbook without avoiding user interaction to force calculation.
If you opt by using VBA, you may Application.Calculate in Workbook_Open event.
In your XML contents, simply omit the <v> entity in each cell that have a formula, this will force Ms Excel to actualize the formula whatever the Excel options are.
Instead of:
<c r="B2" s="1">
<f>SUM(A1:C1)</f>
<v>6</v>
</c>
Have:
<c r="B2" s="1">
<f>SUM(A1:C1)</f>
</c>
If you have to actualize formula in an already given XML contents, then you can code easily a small parser that search for each <c> entities. If the <c> entity has a <f> entity, then delete its <v> entity.
Faced the same problem when exporting xlsx'es via openxml (with fastest SAX + template file approach w/o zip stream rewinds).
Despite Calculation option=Automatic, no recalculation on opening the file.
Furthermore no recalculation via Calculate Now and Calculate Sheet buttons.
Only upon selecting the cell and pressing enter ;(
Original formula: SUM(A3:A999)
Solution:
Create an internal hidden sheet
Place end row number (999 in my case) into any cell in hidden sheet (P1 in my case)
Reference row number in the cell via INDIRECT operator
Final formula: SUM(A3:INDIRECT("A"&Internal!P1))
Please refer to the attached gifs
before.gif
after.gif
P.S.
Theoretically, in P1 you can implement dynamic row number calculation via smth like =LOOKUP(2;1/(Sheet1!A:A<>"");ROW(Sheet1!A:A)), but my customers were satisfied with hardcoded row number solution