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Hi,

Does anyone know why SALES=0.00 and SALES1=336.00 as in the code shown below? We only have one row in the table for IDINVN='128464449'.

IDAMCF | IDNSVA  | RTRAMT 
1        336.0000  .0000 

 DEFINE FILE SALES_VP
  SALES/D20.2 = (IDAMCF * IDNSVA) + RTRAMT;
END
TABLE FILE SALES_VP
SUM SALES
COMPUTE SALES1 = (IDAMCF * IDNSVA) + RTRAMT;

BY IDINVN
WHERE IDINVN EQ '128464449'
END 

===============================
Below is the trace of sql:
 SELECT
 T1."IDINVN",
 SUM(((T1."IDAMCF" * T1."IDNSVA") + T1."RTRAMT")),
 SUM(T1."IDAMCF"),
 SUM(T1."IDNSVA"),
 SUM(T1."RTRAMT")
 FROM
 EDADBA.sales_vp T1
 WHERE
 (T1."IDINVN" = 148024752)
 GROUP BY
 T1."IDINVN"
 ORDER BY
 T1."IDINVN";

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Pku

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DEFINEs are applied before aggregation, COMPUTEs after.

If you change the SUM to PRINT what happens, you should see the detail of each line


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Waz,

Both SALES and SALES1 yielded the same number 336.00 when I changed the SUM to PRINT. I might be wrong, both SALES and SALES1 should get the same number regardless aggregation since there is only one row.


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Pku

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What is the field format of fields IDAMCF, IDNSAV and RTRAMT ?

Since you have not assigned any format to SALES1 in your COMPUTE a format is assigned automatically and maybe the one from the DEFINE gives an invalid result and just return 0


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This has the aroma of a compiler bug.

Are there any other fields in the table that begin with "SALES"?

I'd show all the fields in the SUM version to see if anything surprising shows up.



 
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Martin,

I did reassign the format of all the fields in the DEFINE, still the issue still persistent. the format of the fields as below.

 
FILENAME=  SALES_VP
 IDINVN        IDINVN        P13
 IDAMCF        IDAMCF        P2
 IDNSVA        IDNSVA        P19.4 
 RTRAMT        RTRAMT        P22.4

 


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Pku

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John_Edwards,

I checked the MFD and did not see any fields starting with 'SALES'.


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Did you assigned a format in the COMPUTE and have the same result ?


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MartinY,

The same result when I assigned a format in the COMPUTE.


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Pku

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Are any of the fields MISSING (Null)?


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Try the following.
Do you still only have 1 line ?
TABLE FILE SALES_VP
PRINT IDAMCF
      IDNSVA
      RTRAMT
BY IDINVN
WHERE IDINVN EQ '128464449';
END

Share the result (data) with us


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jgelona,

The field RTRAMT has missing value.

MartinY,

It returns one line with the code. The result shows as below:
 IDINVN IDAMCF IDNSVA RTRAMT 
128464449 1 336.0000 .0000 
 

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Huh.

I'd figure a Null should cast a Null into the Defined field. I think that's a thing.

This should have thrown an error. Strong Typing on the Define field should have insisted on values.



 
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John_Edwards,

You're right. Redefine the field seems correcting the problem.
 
DEFINE FILE SALES_VP
 N_RTRAMT/D20.2 MISSING ON = IF RTRAMT IS MISSING THEN 0 ELSE RTRAMT; 
 SALES/D20.2 = (IDAMCF * IDNSVA) + N_RTRAMT;
END

TABLE FILE SALES_VP
SUM
   SALES
COMPUTE SALES1/D20.2 = (IDAMCF * IDNSVA) + RTRAMT;
BY IDINVN
WHERE IDINVN EQ '128464449'
END

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Pku

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In DEFINE, I believe there are options in the DEFINE for handling missing fields, they are NEEDS ALL or NEEDS SOME, with NEEDS ALL being the default.


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Thanks, jgelona. I found the documentation that has the options as you mentioned: https://webfocusinfocenter.inf...s141.htm#dmis1042098


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