Running Sum in Access Query

Are you doing this for a report?   Reports have the running sum functionality built-in.   It's a property of a text control.  Just set it to true.

Jim.

No, this is for a query that shows on a form only.

I should add that you can do something similar in a form by have a text control with a control source of:

=Sum([<some field>])

 But this would be a total of all the records (and might work).

 But if you truly need a running sum in a form, then what you want is a sub select in your query.  The domain functions should not be used in a query.

Jim.

The form is a continuous form that shows the records in ascending sort based on the date field. And I have it set to only show the top 5 records using the date criteria that is entered. So it will show the first record based on the date entered and then the next 4 dates in consecutive order. So could I use the SUM in the form since I will be totaling all the records? And if that is the route to go how would I set that up on the continuous form? Just add a field to the right of the field I need to sum and have it show as a continuous field? It doesn't have to be in my query so the form route might be the way to go.

Thank you. I am getting a syntax error in the JOIN operation but I can't see where the problem is. It looks correct to me and spelled correct.

<< I am getting a syntax error in the JOIN operation but I can't see where the problem is. It looks correct to me and spelled correct.>>

 Let me double check something....

Jim.

Keep in mind that you will have the same values for [WorkWeek] in this year as you did last and the year before that.  So, unless your table only includes a single years data, you might want to consider also filtering on the year (your main query may already handle that).

Dale

ok I tried both queries but I am still getting the syntax error in the JOIN statement for the first query. Here is what I have for that query. I cannot get into design view because of the error. I'm stuck in the SQL view because of that error. The column you wanted me to add afterwards isn't in there because I wasn't sure how to add that with the syntax error still happening on this query.

SELECT qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.WorkWeek, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.GTHours AS Capacity, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours.ACTHOURS AS [Grind Hours], (Select SUM([ACTHOURS]) From qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours WHERE qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours.[WorkWeek] <= T1.[WorkWeek])  as [GridHoursTotal],qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.MonWeek, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.LastFriday, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.TotalDays, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.TotalCapacity, IIf([MonWeek]>Date()-Weekday(Date())+2,[TotalCapacity]-[Grind Hours],[TotalCapacity]-([Grind Hours])) AS HoursAvailable, IIf([MonWeek]>Date()-Weekday(Date())+2,[Grind Hours]/[TotalCapacity],([Grind Hours])/[TotalCapacity]) AS LoadPercent
FROM qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours AS T1 INNER JOIN qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity ON qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours.WorkWeek = qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.WorkWeek; 

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The query with the DSUM in it is showing a #ERROR for the GrindHoursTotal results when I run the query with the DSUM in it. Here is that query:

SELECT qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.WorkWeek, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.GTHours AS Capacity, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours.ACTHOURS AS [Grind Hours], DSum("[ACTHOURS]","qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours","[WorkWeek] <=  #" & [qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours].[WorkWeek] & "#") AS GrindHoursTotal, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.MonWeek, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.LastFriday, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.TotalDays, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.TotalCapacity, IIf([MonWeek]>Date()-Weekday(Date())+2,[TotalCapacity]-[Grind Hours],[TotalCapacity]-([Grind Hours])) AS HoursAvailable, IIf([MonWeek]>Date()-Weekday(Date())+2,[Grind Hours]/[TotalCapacity],([Grind Hours])/[TotalCapacity]) AS LoadPercent
FROM qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours INNER JOIN qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity ON qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours.WorkWeek = qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.WorkWeek;

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Paste this:

SELECT qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.WorkWeek, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.GTHours AS Capacity, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours.ACTHOURS AS [Grind Hours], qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.MonWeek, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.LastFriday, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.TotalDays, qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.TotalCapacity, IIf([MonWeek]>Date()-Weekday(Date())+2,[TotalCapacity]-[Grind Hours],[TotalCapacity]-([Grind Hours])) AS HoursAvailable, IIf([MonWeek]>Date()-Weekday(Date())+2,[Grind Hours]/[TotalCapacity],([Grind Hours])/[TotalCapacity]) AS LoadPercent
FROM qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours INNER JOIN qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity ON qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1GrindHours.WorkWeek = qryCellLoadDailySummaryVS1Capacity.WorkWeek;

which is your original query that you posted above into the SQL view, then switch to design view and do what I said in the comment before this.

Jim.