Date Grouping

Question

Post Author: conrads
CA Forum: Formula
I have report that I need to group a range of eligibility records, I would like to display the min start date and max end date for each period of eligibility if there is no status change and no break in consecutive months of coverage. I am using Crystal XI and Oracle 10g. Here is an example of our data: Mem ID Plan ID Start Dt End Dt Status 255099 1917486 10/01/2003 06/30/2004 A 255099 1917493 07/01/2004 03/31/2005 A 255099 1917518 04/01/2005 12/31/2005 A 255099 1917522 01/01/2006 01/31/2006 A 255099 1917526 02/01/2006 06/30/2006 A 255099 1917530 07/01/2006 08/31/2006 H 255099 3359315 12/01/2006 01/31/2007 H 255099 4093936 04/01/2007 12/31/2099 A For the first group I need to display 10/01/2003 as the min start date and 06/30/2006 as the max end date. It should not include the next record of 07/01/2006 to 08/31/2006 since the status changed to "H". Can anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

Post Author: conrads
CA Forum: Formula
Yangster,  This is how I got the first record and last record to show.
if not onfirstrecord and {@Status Code} = previous({@Status Code})and {@Start Dt} = previous({@End Dt})then "" else totext({@Start Dt});
if not OnLastRecord and {@Status Code} = next({@Status Code})and {@End Dt} = next({@Start Dt})then "" else totext({@End Date})
Here is how my data looks and is formatted?
     Mem_id Plan Id     Start Dt         End Dt       Status  Date Begin      Date End
     255099   1917486   10/01/2003    06/30/2004   A       10/01/2003     255099   1917493   07/01/2004    03/31/2005   A     255099   1917518   04/01/2005    12/31/2005   A     255099   1917522   01/01/2006    01/31/2006   A     255099   1917526   02/01/2006    06/30/2006   A                             06/30/2006
     255099   1917530   07/01/2006    08/31/2006   H       07/01/2006     08/31/2006
     255099   3359315   12/01/2006    01/31/2007   H       12/01/2006     01/31/2007
     255099   4050419   04/01/2007    12/31/2099   A       04/01/2007     12/31/2099
I would like to show the dates between the Date Begin to be the same as the first record of that period and the end dates the same as the max date for that period so it looks something like this:
     255099   1917486   10/01/2003    06/30/2004   A       10/01/2003    06/30/2006     255099   1917493   07/01/2004    03/31/2005   A       10/01/2003    06/30/2006     255099   1917518   04/01/2005    12/31/2005   A       10/01/2003    06/30/2006     255099   1917522   01/01/2006    01/31/2006   A       10/01/2003    06/30/2006     255099   1917526   02/01/2006    06/30/2006   A       10/01/2003    06/30/2006
This is considered one eligible period since the status is the same and no breaks in consecutive months of covereage. Then I would like to suppress any other period that does not fall between the range of dates via a parameter entered by user.   I am unable to figure out how to do this.
Thanks