Comma delimited formatting in Smartview

Question

I'm creating a report in smartview 9.3.1
I have few columns with formulas and I have format my report (bold ,comma delimited and some color).
The issue is when I do a refresh all the formatting remains intact except the comma delimited formatting on columns with formulas.
I already have the "Use Excel Formatting" checked.
Does any one run into this issue before ?

Answer 1

Hi Brian,
There are a few ways to do this:
Using Subreports:
1) Insert a Subreport with its datasource being the same table as the Main Report's in the Report Header.
2) Inside the Subreport, create a formula with a code that looks similar to the below:
whileprintingrecords;
stringvar dates := dates + {Year} + ", ";
Place the formula on the Details section
3) Create another formula and place it on the Report Footer:
whileprintingrecords;
stringvar dates;
Left(dates, len(dates)-2);
4) Suppress all the sections of the Subreport, except the Report Footer
5) Copy the record selection formula from the Main Report into the Subreport so that it returns the same records as the Subreport
If the data for 'Authors' and 'Departments' is available for each row just like the 'Year', you can actually use the same subreport and modify the above formula by adding 'shared variables' to bring back a comma delimited string of the 'years', 'authors' and 'departments'
Using SQL:
This is probably the most efficient way to do this. Just write a SQL that returns the list of years as a comma separated string along with the other columns > drag and drop the column on the report header
-Abhilash