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TRue
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Hi,
I am trying to insert a line in my sub-footer that says "25 records for this person" when I have 2 lines for each record in the section.

I can use data aggregation in the form of CNT.DST.RECORDS and get a sum per section, but is it possible to hide that field and put the count of distinct records in the sub footer instead?
I tried using 
 <CNT.DST.RECORDS
in the sub footer but it will not recognize in the footer.

In short: Is there a way to count distinct items in the sub-footer?

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TMoorthy
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I'm seeing the same behaviour.
 <CNT.Records
works in the Subfooter, but 
<CNT.DST.Records
throws a FOCEXEC error.

My work around was to create a compute field called DSTCount for CNT.DST.Records, and reference that in the subfooter. So 
  <DSTCount
seems to work in the Subfooter. You can then hide DSTCount from your main table.


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TRue
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Ah Compute! Of course I hadn't tried that!
It worked, just had to get past the fog of trying the same thing too many times since I couldn't figure out what would make the define work before asking the question.

Clarification, for anyone reading this later...
-When you create the compute field named DSTCount the formula is CNT.DST.RECORDS (replace RECORDS with whatever your field name is)
-In the sub footer I use the subtotal function as well: 
 <ST.DSTCount
...so that I get the subtotal of the computed DSTCount field for the section, not just the value[s) returned in the body of the report.

Thanks TMoorthy!

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TMoorthy
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No problem! Glad it worked.


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