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I have a report which I am using the forecast function to generate an extra 3 rows of data in which I created a defined field which I report off of. The problem I am having is that when I try and sent this report out it gives the error:

"COMPOUND REPORT: MISSING CLOSE OR ERROR IN FINAL REPORT"

If I remove all instances of the forcasted field it runs fine.

The only this is that this only happens in report caster but will run completely fine without that error when I run the report off an HTML page or directly from Dev Studio.

Is there a reason for this? Or is there another way I can add rows to a hold file through define or something?

And it is a compound report but it is a report in the middle of about 7 reports so I know it's not missing a close because it shuoldn't be there.

Eric


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This is an example of what I would be trying to accmplish without Forecast I guess where the last 3 rows are defined by me and not what is in the CAR file:

TABLE FILE CAR
BY HIGHEST RETAIL_COST
ON TABLE HOLD
END

DEFINE FILE HOLD
CNT/I3=CNT + 1;
END

TABLE FILE HOLD
PRINT RETAIL_COST/D12.2
BY CNT
ON CNT
RECAP NEW_FIELD/D12 = FORECAST(RETAIL_COST,1,3,'EXPAVE',1);
ON TABLE HOLD AS HOLD2
END

-SET &CNT = &LINES ;

DEFINE FILE HOLD2
FINAL_COST/D12 = IF CNT EQ &CNT THEN -99999 ELSE IF CNT EQ &CNT - 1 THEN 0 ELSE IF CNT EQ &CNT - 2 THEN 1000 ELSE RETAIL_COST;
END

TABLEF FILE HOLD2
PRINT FINAL_COST
BY CNT
END

Eric


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your example works with me.
so what is your point?




Frank

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I know it works, but I need an alternative solution to get the same results without using forcast because my procedure similar to my example will not run in report caster using the forecast function.

Eric


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Eric, if the report is NOT a compound report and the error ReportCaster is throwing states there's an problem with the compound report, then this is a bug and there may be a fix for it. Open a case.


Francis


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It is a compound report, I think it just didn't like the forecast function. I actually found another way to generate the same results more or less jumping through hoops but none the less it runs in report caster now.

But thanks anyway guys.

Eric


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