Count distinct values in report builder

i have a situation where i have to count distinct number of customers.
i have a query which returns the list of values of bill_to_customer_id from ra_customer_trx_all table and i have to display only the number of distinct customers. i cant do this in the query because it has to be grouped and i am doing it in an aging report. i have to list the number of distinct customers in each aging period. can anybody please help me how to achieve this in reports 6i.
thanks

how can i count distinct values in reports?
the situation is like this
i have a query which lists customer_id, invoice number, amount due
so what i want is to count the distinct customer_id and display the number of distinct customers. one customer_id can be repeated any number of times but i should count it only once.

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Hi.
For example:
CALENDAR_YEAR
CALENDAR_MONTH_DESC
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Hi--
Is there a way to count the distinct values within the current group? ie--i've got a PO and want to display all the addresses at the shipment level if there is more than one distinct one, but if they are all the same as the header-level address, then I don't want any of them to show up.
I'm using the following at the header level to tell the header not to show up if there are multiple shipment level addresses, but can't seem to get a similar statement to work when it's sitting at the same level as the group that I want to count.
This is what I use at the header--it seems to work:
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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
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<C_COMPANY>CompanyName</C_COMPANY>
- <LIST_G_HEADERS>
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- <LIST_G_LINES>
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<POL_VENDOR_PROD_NUM>12q</POL_VENDOR_PROD_NUM>
<POL_ITEM_DESCRIPTION>sample</POL_ITEM_DESCRIPTION>
<POL_QUANTITY_TO_PRINT>10</POL_QUANTITY_TO_PRINT>
- <LIST_G_SHIPMENTS>
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<PLL_SHIP_COUNTRY>Canada</PLL_SHIP_COUNTRY>
<PLL_SHIP_ADR_INFO>Calg,AB Zip</PLL_SHIP_ADR_INFO>
<PLL_SHIP_ADDRESS_LINE3 />
<PLL_SHIP_ADDRESS_LINE2 />
<PLL_SHIP_ADDRESS_LINE1>Ad1</PLL_SHIP_ADDRESS_LINE1>
</G_SHIPMENTS>
</G_SHIPMENTS> <PLL_SHIP_COUNTRY>Canada</PLL_SHIP_COUNTRY>
<PLL_SHIP_ADR_INFO>Calg,AB Zip</PLL_SHIP_ADR_INFO>
<PLL_SHIP_ADDRESS_LINE3 />
<PLL_SHIP_ADDRESS_LINE2 />
<PLL_SHIP_ADDRESS_LINE1>Ad1</PLL_SHIP_ADDRESS_LINE1>
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</G_LINES>
<POH_SHIP_ADDRESS_LINE2 />
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</LIST_G_HEADERS>
</SMTPOXPRPOP2>
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Thanks--I'd really appreciate it!
Kate

Hi Vetsrini--
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I'd love to email you a copy and the XML if you wouldn't mind taking a look. it'll probably be more clear than me trying to explain.
I can't quite figure out how to do that, though---your profile doesn't list an email. Do I need to click elsewhere?
Thanks!
Kate

Counting distinct values???

Hi all,
Why does this not work?
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because its not valid SQL
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