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ColdWhiteMilk
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My dataset has 100 records, and is sorted on a field called "Cycle Days'.

The report only shows the count of records for the lowest 90% of "Cycle Days" values in the dataset. So in the case of 100 records, it only displays 90 in the summary.

Sometimes this count value is off, which appears to be because WebFOCUS is only displaying the numbers to the left of the decimal place if the 90% is not a whole number.

For example, if there are 232 records, I get 208 from the CNT. field, but what I want is 209.

Is there a way to apply rounding to a "CNT." field?

DEFINE FILE TOTAL02
COL0/A50= 'New Hires;
END

TABLE FILE TOTAL02
SUM
CNT.CYCLE_DAYS AS '10PCTCUT'

BY COL0 AS 'METRIC'

ON TABLE HOLD AS 'NHCUT'
END

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jimster06
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I might be confused but I believe the CNT varible to be an integer. Maybe you should be looking at a prior selection process.


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j.gross
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I don't see how the 90% cut-off gets imposed -- apparently it's upstream from the code you posted, in a section that pulls TOTAL02 in the first place. And that's where your "rounding" issue would lie.

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jimster06
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If you are doing the arithmetic using floating point numbers, consider using fixed point numbers so that you may have more control over the precision.
Take a look at 'half adjust' via Google for some insights re rounding.
HTH


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ColdWhiteMilk
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the issue wsa, I believe, the calculation of 90% of records, versus trying to round the CNT. field.

IBI gave me the solution to apply when I calculate 90% of records from the hold file I'm using (I did not post my full code):

-RUN
SET DMPRECISION = 0
-SET &TOTAL01= &RECORDS;
-SET &TOTAL01PCT= &RECORDS * .90;
-TYPE &TOTAL01PCT
-EXIT


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Ram Prasad E
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If your issue is resolved, then change the subject line of your initial post to [SOLVED]


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j.gross
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quote:
-RUN
SET DMPRECISION = 0
-SET &TOTAL01= &RECORDS;
-SET &TOTAL01PCT= &RECORDS * .90;
-TYPE &TOTAL01PCT
-EXIT

You need a "-RUN" after the "SET DMPRECISION ..." line, so that it will control the "-SET" lines that follow.
 
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Ram Prasad E
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I tried without -RUN after SET DMPRECISION =0, it works fine in WF 8.0. But I remember in WF 7 release we need to explicitly mention -RUN after SET DMPRECISION=0. Not sure if IBI made any internal changes for this.


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j.gross
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-SET &TOTAL01PCT= &RECORDS * .90;


That will truncate rather than round.

The right-hand side expression
&RECORDS * .90
is computed in floating-point, and then converted to an integer value (with truncation) which is stored in &TOTAL01PCT

You need to force rounding on the RHS:

-SET &TOTAL01PCT= INT((&RECORDS * .90) + 0.5);

(There used to be a function for rounding, but it was withdrawn from the product.)


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ColdWhiteMilk
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Thank you j.gross. This was the final piece I needed!


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Jim Morrow
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An alternate approach

define a field to get the decimal places
10PCTCUT/P12.2 WITH CYCLE_DAYS = 1;
and use a sum verb or prefix


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