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[SOLVED] Report Painter questions

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August 11, 2014, 07:06 PM
Krisguy
[SOLVED] Report Painter questions
Hello everyone!

I need help with a report i am making on report painter.

the first report request:


Create a report called EXER08C that displays the average expenses for each year and a sum
of the expenses for each state.
The fields needed from the TRAINING table are:
COURSESTART (Format – YMD)
EXPENSES
STATE

The finished report should display year , yearly average and total expenses by state. finally it should display total training expenses in the heading using reference.

any have any idea how to do this in simple steps?

it is exercise 8c in report painter instructor guide.


two questions....


lastly when do you use what/whatif functions? what about compute finction?

thanks for any insight!

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Kathryn Henning>,


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August 11, 2014, 07:06 PM
Krisguy
how can i post a image from pdf file here? i think that maybe helpful for the question i am asking?


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August 11, 2014, 07:57 PM
<Kathryn Henning>
Hi Krisguy,

Welcome to Focal Point!

To display an image on the forum:

1) Upload the image file to an external FTP site (e.g. www.tinypic.com - no registration needed)
2) Post the URL to the image by either: (1) clicking on the Image URL icon and insert the URL to the image, then choose alignments (left, right, etc.); or (2) wrap the URL with tags [ IMG ]URL-goes-here[ /IMG ].

Cheers!

Kathryn
August 12, 2014, 07:55 AM
Krisguy
does anybody have any ideas how to approach this?


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August 12, 2014, 09:26 AM
<Emily Duensing>
Krisguy,

That exercise reflects what you learned in lesson 8 - Performing Numeric Operations. Go back and review that lesson and I believe you will see all you need to know on how to get started on this exercise.
August 12, 2014, 09:30 AM
<Emily Duensing>
Also - Computes are explained in lesson 7 of that same material and teaches when you should use a compute.

I have never heard of a what/whatif function... not saying there isn't one, but I have never heard of it or used it.
August 17, 2014, 03:32 PM
Krisguy
it is resolved!


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