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mark66
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Hi all,

I think I must be missing something quite straight forward here, but I cannot get my percentages to total 100. Thankfully I have been able to replicate it using the CAR example file, where the total is 99, in my work example it only gets to 98!

I think I need to retain decimal places, but no matter what formats I apply to the columns I only get whole number percentages and therefore it does not total 100...

TABLE FILE SALES
SUM
UNIT_SOLD
PCT.UNIT_SOLD AS 'PCT,UNIT_SOLD'
BY
CITY
ON TABLE COLUMN-TOTAL AS 'TOTAL'
END

I have found another thread that is similar, but unfortunately reading this hasn't helped me either!

https://forums.informationbuilders.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/...701033731#5701033731

Thanks Mark.


WebFocus 765. iSeries v5r4
 
Posts: 175 | Location: England | Registered: April 11, 2006Report This Post
EvelynS
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Hi Mark,

When working with percentages, you need to use a RECOMPUTE or SUMMARIZE, depending on your sort breaks. Check online doc for more info on these commands.
 
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JimRice
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Hi Mark,

Here's an example using a defined field:

DEFINE FILE SALES
N_UNITS/D5.1 = UNIT_SOLD;
END
-*
TABLE FILE SALES
SUM
UNIT_SOLD
PCT.UNIT_SOLD AS 'PCT,UNIT_SOLD'
PCT.N_UNITS AS 'PCT,N_UNITS'
BY
CITY
ON TABLE COLUMN-TOTAL AS 'TOTAL'
END

Jim


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Posts: 118 | Location: Lincoln Nebraska | Registered: May 04, 2005Report This Post
Leah
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The issue is your percentage is based on a field that has no decimal places so truncation/rounding occurs. Using Jim's example or this one below gives decimal places and the 100 now shows. Oh and COLUMN-TOTAL gives 100 in this example as well.

DEFINE FILE SALES
UNITX/D7.2 = UNIT_SOLD;
END
TABLE FILE SALES
SUM UNITX
PCT.UNITX
BY
CITY
ON TABLE RECOMPUTE AS 'TOTAL'
END


Leah
 
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mark66
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Aha I see it. I was changing the format of how the field was displayed, but not actually how it was used by WebFocus, hence the need for the new defined field.

Excellent, many thanks all Smiler

...


I also have another quick question that I would really like to sneak in here if possible....

I have a column that contains a value in seconds. I perform an EDIT function on this column to format it into HH:MM:SS. However this HH:MM:SS value does not get totalled as it is an Alpha field. Is there a way to reference the total nunber of seconds without first building a hold file, so I can create TOTAL SECONDS in HH:MM:SS?

Many thanks again Smiler


WebFocus 765. iSeries v5r4
 
Posts: 175 | Location: England | Registered: April 11, 2006Report This Post
susannah
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mark, i think leah et.al. all would agree that you would have to keep the original seconds variable as an integer, in order for it to sum



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Posts: 3811 | Location: Manhattan | Registered: October 28, 2003Report This Post
mgrackin
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Mark,

The important thing to do here is to use a numeric format of 'F' or 'D' for the percentage field. If you use either of these formats, it does not matter if you show any decimal positions. This is because the decimal places will exist in storage eventhough you will not show them on your report. since the decimal places exist in storage, the 100% will be calculated correctly.

Compare the following two reports. Both calculate 100% as the total percentage because the numeric format of UNITX is 'D'.

DEFINE FILE SALES
UNITX/D7.2 = UNIT_SOLD;
END
TABLE FILE SALES
SUM UNITX
PCT.UNITX
BY
CITY
ON TABLE RECOMPUTE AS 'TOTAL'
END

DEFINE FILE SALES
UNITX/D7 = UNIT_SOLD;
END
TABLE FILE SALES
SUM UNITX
PCT.UNITX
BY
CITY
ON TABLE SUBTOTAL AS 'TOTAL'
END


Thanks!

Mickey

FOCUS/WebFOCUS 1990 - 2011
 
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