Focal Point Banner


As of December 1, 2020, Focal Point is retired and repurposed as a reference repository. We value the wealth of knowledge that's been shared here over the years. You'll continue to have access to this treasure trove of knowledge, for search purposes only.

Join the TIBCO Community
TIBCO Community is a collaborative space for users to share knowledge and support one another in making the best use of TIBCO products and services. There are several TIBCO WebFOCUS resources in the community.

  • From the Home page, select Predict: WebFOCUS to view articles, questions, and trending articles.
  • Select Products from the top navigation bar, scroll, and then select the TIBCO WebFOCUS product page to view product overview, articles, and discussions.
  • Request access to the private WebFOCUS User Group (login required) to network with fellow members.

Former myibi community members should have received an email on 8/3/22 to activate their user accounts to join the community. Check your Spam folder for the email. Please get in touch with us at community@tibco.com for further assistance. Reference the community FAQ to learn more about the community.


Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     Counting Unique Instances and display in COLUMN-TOTAL

Read-Only Read-Only Topic
Go
Search
Notify
Tools
Counting Unique Instances and display in COLUMN-TOTAL
 Login/Join
 
Member
posted
Having a little problem figuring this out. I've got the following 'report':

        job_nbr qty1    qty2
        aaa      1       5
        aaa      2       6
        bbb      2       7
        bbb      4       9 
        bbb      1       1
        ccc      2       2
        -------------------
total:           12      30


What I'd like to have is, under the job_nbr column, is the count of unique job_nbrs there (in the case of the above example, 3). Any idea how I can accomplish that?
 
Posts: 19 | Registered: October 24, 2006Report This Post
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
It would be better if you give is the table request based on one of the sample databases

but you can do that by an extra query

TABLE FILE JOBS
COUNT JOB_NBR
ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT ALPHA
END
-RUN
-READ HOLD &JNUM.I5.

And than you get the value in the your ampervalue that can be used in the program




Frank

prod: WF 7.6.10 platform Windows,
databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
test: WF 7.6.10 on the same platform and databases,IE7

 
Posts: 2387 | Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Registered: December 03, 2006Report This Post
Expert
posted Hide Post
No need to do that extra processing, just use CNT.DST. prefix on the column name -

TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM CNT.DST.ST AS 'Unique States'
    DOLLARS BUDDOLLARS
BY REGION
IF DATE FROM '19960101' TO '19971231'
END
-RUN


T



In FOCUS
since 1986
WebFOCUS Server 8.2.01M, thru 8.2.07 on Windows Svr 2008 R2  
WebFOCUS App Studio 8.2.06 standalone on Windows 10 
 
Posts: 5694 | Location: United Kingdom | Registered: April 08, 2004Report This Post
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
Of course Tony...
that's why I like this focal-point never to old to learn...




Frank

prod: WF 7.6.10 platform Windows,
databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
test: WF 7.6.10 on the same platform and databases,IE7

 
Posts: 2387 | Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Registered: December 03, 2006Report This Post
Expert
posted Hide Post
The other thing to remember is that -

hindsight is a wonderful thing, especially when viewed retrospectively!!

T



In FOCUS
since 1986
WebFOCUS Server 8.2.01M, thru 8.2.07 on Windows Svr 2008 R2  
WebFOCUS App Studio 8.2.06 standalone on Windows 10 
 
Posts: 5694 | Location: United Kingdom | Registered: April 08, 2004Report This Post
Expert
posted Hide Post
..... and talking of which, I think I misread your question Chris. I can't think of any method to get the distinct count in the position that you want it - e.g. in the same line as the totals underneath the job_nbr column (apart from intercepting the HTML output and editing it).

However, you could include it in a subfooting by using this code-

TABLE FILE GGSALES
SUM REGION DOLLARS BUDDOLLARS
    COMPUTE DST_REGION/I9 = IF REGION NE LAST REGION THEN 1 ELSE 0; NOPRINT
BY REGION NOPRINT
BY ST NOPRINT
IF DATE FROM '19960101' TO '19971231'
ON TABLE SUBFOOT
"There are <ST.DST_REGION Unique Regions"
END
-RUN

T



In FOCUS
since 1986
WebFOCUS Server 8.2.01M, thru 8.2.07 on Windows Svr 2008 R2  
WebFOCUS App Studio 8.2.06 standalone on Windows 10 
 
Posts: 5694 | Location: United Kingdom | Registered: April 08, 2004Report This Post
Virtuoso
posted Hide Post
Tony

but if you do it my way, you get the value in a amper field and that can be placed wherever you like I suppose...




Frank

prod: WF 7.6.10 platform Windows,
databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
test: WF 7.6.10 on the same platform and databases,IE7

 
Posts: 2387 | Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Registered: December 03, 2006Report This Post
Expert
posted Hide Post
That's very true Frank, but you are double handling the data that way and if you have millions of records then it's not too productive if you only want the one summated value.

T



In FOCUS
since 1986
WebFOCUS Server 8.2.01M, thru 8.2.07 on Windows Svr 2008 R2  
WebFOCUS App Studio 8.2.06 standalone on Windows 10 
 
Posts: 5694 | Location: United Kingdom | Registered: April 08, 2004Report This Post
Member
posted Hide Post
Thanks Frank and Tony. I ended up going with Frank's suggestion, and putting the totals in the footer of the report.

Thanks again.
 
Posts: 19 | Registered: October 24, 2006Report This Post
  Powered by Social Strata  

Read-Only Read-Only Topic

Focal Point    Focal Point Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  WebFOCUS/FOCUS Forum on Focal Point     Counting Unique Instances and display in COLUMN-TOTAL

Copyright © 1996-2020 Information Builders