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Calculated subtotal of a subset of a subset in a file

Calculated subtotal of a subset of a subset in a file

Post by Scott B Wasserman S » Thu, 14 Dec 2000 08:11:08



I'm trying to get a calculated subtotal of a subset of a subset in a file to
appear in a calculated field.

Trades (file) (500 records)
    Account Number (text field) (50 records)
        Ticker (text field) (5 records)
            Net (number field) (5 records)

                looking for sum of 'Net' for those 5 records

Would like to have a calculated field display the sum total of the field
'Net' for all instances of a given stock in a given account.

Any ideas ???

Thanks, Scott

 
 
 
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Calculated subtotal of a subset of a subset in a file

Post by Jame » Thu, 14 Dec 2000 10:06:22


Hi Scott -

If you can determine a common criterion for all the records you want to include
in the set you are calculating on, whether it is a value in the text field
Ticker that they all share, or a concatenation of Account Number and Ticker that
they all share, you can use the GetSummary function.  Hope this suggestion leads
you to a solution.

Best of Luck -
James


Quote:> I'm trying to get a calculated subtotal of a subset of a subset in a file to
> appear in a calculated field.

> Trades (file) (500 records)
>     Account Number (text field) (50 records)
>         Ticker (text field) (5 records)
>             Net (number field) (5 records)

>                 looking for sum of 'Net' for those 5 records

> Would like to have a calculated field display the sum total of the field
> 'Net' for all instances of a given stock in a given account.

> Any ideas ???

> Thanks, Scott

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