Creating conditional running totals, To create a conditional running total – HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform User Manual

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Creating conditional running totals

There may be times when you have a list of values, and you only want to
subtotal some of the values in the list. For example:

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You have a list that contains both Canadian and U.S. customers.

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You want to keep customer records sorted alphabetically based on
customer name.

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You do not want to break the data into groups based on the country.

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You want a total of the values from just the Canadian records.

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You also want a total of the values from just the U.S. records.

To accomplish this, create two running totals, one to keep a running total of
the U.S. records, and one to keep a running total of the Canadian records.

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USTotal

Maintains a running total of the U.S. records.

•

CanadaTotal

Maintains a running total of the Canadian records.

To create a conditional running total

1.

To get started, create a report using the sample data, Xtreme.mdb. Place
the following fields from left to right in the Details section:

{customer.CUSTOMER NAME}
{customer.COUNTRY}
{customer.LAST YEAR'S SALES}

Note:

Xtreme.mdb is located on the Business Objects Technical Support web
site

http://support.businessobjects.com/samples/

.

2.

On the Report menu, click Record Sort Expert.

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