Crystal Reports - Formula - Sum field based on field value

Ah, I did taht but didnn't do the summary.  I actually did something like this

Don't have exact code but it's somehting like this

Dim PostTaxAmt as double
Dim PreTaxAmt as double
Dim GrandTotal as double

if postax = 1 Then
  PostTaxAmt = PostTaxAmt + Amount
End If

if pretax = 0 Then
  PreTaxAmt = PreTaxAmt + Amount
End If

If posttaxamt < 0 then
  posttaxamt = 0
end if

If pretaxamt < 0 then
  pretaxamt = 0
end if

grandtotal = postaxamt + retaxamt

That should work.

How did you display them?

mlmcc

I see some problems with your formula, but some of it may just be something that was lost in translation, since that's not your actual formula.  But I do see one basic problem with what you seem to be doing.

 The formula is presumably being evaluated for each record (and Amount is a field in the record).  When you check your posttaxamt and pretaxamt totals to see if they're negative, you're looking at the total as of that record.  The problem with that is that if a total -- at that point -- is negative, you reset it to 0, which then throws off the total from that point on.  Say you had records with 5, 10, 15, -50, 20.  If you add all of those together, you get 0.  But with a formula like the one that you posted, the total will be 30 on the 3rd record, and then -20 on the 4th, which the formula will change to 0.  Then it adds 20 for the last record, and you get a total of 20, instead of 0.

 Presumably you don't want to check for a negative total until you have the final total (ie. after the last record has been read).

 Then again, without seeing your actual formula, and knowing where you're using it, and knowing about anything else that might be manipulating your variables, this is just guesswork.

 James

Here is the formula.  I'm using Basic Code.

dim posttax as double 
dim pretax as double 

IF {PayrollDeduction.postTax} = true Then
    IF SUM({PayrollDeduction.amount}) < 0 Then
        posttax = 0
    ELSE
        posttax = SUM({PayrollDeduction.amount})
    END IF
END IF

IF {PayrollDeduction.postTax} = false Then
    IF SUM({PayrollDeduction.amount}) < 0 Then
        pretax = 0
    ELSE
        pretax = SUM({PayrollDeduction.amount})
    END IF
END IF
    
formula = posttax + pretax

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Above code is wrong.  This is what I have.

dim posttax as double 
dim pretax as double 
dim grandtotal
IF {PayrollDeduction.postTax} = true Then
    posttax = posttax + ToNumber(PayrollDeduction.amount)
END IF

IF {PayrollDeduction.postTax} = false Then
    posttax = posttax + ToNumber(PayrollDeduction.amount)
END IF

IF pretax < 0 THEN
    pretax = 0
END IF
    
IF posttax < 0 THEN
    posttax = 0
END IF

GrandTotal = posttax + pretax

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The question is, when do you care that the total is negative?
The order of the data should NOT affect the result unless you can control the order.

As you have your code, every time that formula runs it checks if the result of the intermediate sums is < 0, is that what you want or do you want to add ALL the pretax values then test for < 0

Where in the report is this formula?

mlmcc

The formula is in a subreport.  It seems to be working.  I'm still testing it.

The last formula that you posted is still wrong.  If PayrollDeduction.postTax is false, you're still updating posttax, instead of pretax.  Can you copy and paste your actual formula, so that we can see exactly what it looks like?

 That aside, as I said before (and mlmcc also said), you're checking for negative totals after each record, which is probably not what you really want (for the reason that I described earlier).

 James