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T.Peters
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I am having a problem suppressing null lines in an FML report that I have coming into the report from a HOLD file. Here is an example of my output:

Parent1
  Parent2
    Child(a)   $100
    Child(b)   $200
    Child(c)     .
    Child(d)   $500
    Child(e)     .
    Child(f)     .

I think why this is happening is because my FOR item on the hierarchy column is writing the line first and then joining to the incoming record from the HOLD file. Finding no record to join to, FOCUS writes the NULL element.

This is a bit off-putting, visually, and I would like the ability to remove lines where the data on the line = 0. Any ideas?

Here's what I tried so far:
1. In the .fex that creates the HOLD file, coded WHERE AMT <> 0
2. In the .fex that creates the HOLD file, coded WHERE TOTAL AMT <> 0
3. Created a SET NODATA = OFF element
4. Coded in FML report WHERE AMT <> 0
5. Coded in FML report WHERE TOTAL AMT <> 0

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Tony A
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Have you tried using the syntax WHEN EXISTS?

T


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T.Peters
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Originally posted by Tony A:
Have you tried using the syntax WHEN EXISTS?

T


When I do that, I lose my Parent lines


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T.Peters
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Ok, I figured out a solution and Tony, your suggestion helped foster the realization of what to do.

So I couldnt just put WHEN EXISTS on the line itself because when I did that I lost the parent record. But then I remembered that I can place a record on the report that shows JUST the header itself. So what I did was checked "USE MULTIPLE VALUES" box and changed my TAG line to "SHOW ONLY CHILDREN TO LEVEL". I added another tag line for the same FML element and on this line, I coded "SHOW SELECTED ITEM". On the TAG line where I displayed the children only, I put the WHEN EXISTS statement to eliminate the null records.


Heres an example of my code:
 TABLE FILE FML_HIERARCHY_CON
SUM 
     'J0.SEG01.COMP_CURR_ACTUAL'
     'J0.SEG01.COMP_CURR_BDGT'
     'J0.SEG01.COMP_LAST_ACTUAL'
FOR
     'FML_HIERARCHY_CON.FML_HIERARCHY_CON.LN_SEQ'
"REVENUE" LABEL R1 OVER 
'3' AS 'MTG INSURANCE PRODUCTS' LABEL HDRMTGINS OVER 
'3' GET CHILDREN 1 AS CAPTION LABEL MTGINSPRD WHEN EXISTS OVER 
BAR AS '-' OVER 
'3' ADD 1 AS 'TOTAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PRODUCTS: ' LABEL TTLMTGINSPRD OVER 
" " LABEL R6 OVER 
'4' AS 'CREDIT UNION PRODUCTS' LABEL HDRCUPRD OVER 
'4' GET CHILDREN 1 AS CAPTION LABEL CUPRD WHEN EXISTS OVER 
BAR AS '-' OVER 
'4' ADD 1 AS 'TOTAL CREDIT UNION PRODUCTS:' LABEL TTLCUPRD


Thanks for the help.


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