PercentOfSum

Basic and Crystal syntax.

Overloads
Arguments
Returns

Number value.

Action

PercentOfSum (fld, condFld) has the same effect as: 100 * Sum (fld, condFld) / Sum (fld). It expresses the sum of the values of the field fld for the group determined by condFld as a percentage of the grand total sum.

PercentOfSum (fld, condFld, cond) has the same effect as: 100 * Sum (fld, condFld, cond) / Sum (fld). The String argument cond expresses some additional information to precisely specify the grouping. For example, if condFld is a Date field, is the grouping "daily" or "weekly" or "monthly" etc.

PercentOfSum (fld, innerCondFld, outerCondFld) has the same effect as: 100 * Sum (fld, innerCondFld) / Sum (fld, outerCondFld). It expresses the sum of the values of the field fld for the group determined by innerCondFld as a percentage of the sum for the group determined by outerCondFld.

PercentOfSum (fld, innerCondFld, innerCond, outerCondFld) has the same effect as: 100 * Sum (fld, innerCondFld, innerCond) / Sum (fld, outerCondFld).

PercentOfSum (fld, innerCondFld, outerCondFld, outerCond) has the same effect as: 100 * Sum (fld, innerCondFld) / Sum (fld, outerCondFld, outerCond).

PercentOfSum (fld, innerCondFld, innerCond, outerCondFld, outerCond) has the same effect as: 100 * Sum (fld, innerCondFld, innerCond) / Sum (fld, outerCondFld, outerCond).

Examples

The following examples are applicable to both Basic and Crystal syntax:

PercentOfSum ({Orders.Order Amount}, {Orders.Order Date}, "annually")

Returns the total value of the orders that were ordered in a given year expressed as a percent of the total value of all orders.

PercentOfSum ({Orders.Order Amount}, {Orders.Ship Via})

Returns the total value of the orders shipped via a given shipping company expressed as a percent of the total value of all orders.

PercentOfSum ({Product.Price (SRP)}, {Product.Size}, {Product.Product Class})

Returns the total price of the products of a given size and class expressed as a percent of the total price of the products of the same given class.

Comment

This function and other percentage functions are intended to support Percentage Summary fields. The groupings supplied as arguments must actually exist in the report for the summary function call to succeed.



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