Formula error

Hi!!!.
I have a problem in Analyzer. I have a column with a Formula that is: ( 'G4A' 0 ) * ( NODIM ( 'G4A' * 0 ) + 1 ). This column gives the result 1 or 0. The Overall result of this column is the SUM of the numbers. That´s works perfect.
The problem is that I create a new colum with a Formula that is: SUMGT of the other column. But it´s not showing the Overall Result in every field of the column, only the number 1.
Does anyone knows what´s happening?
Thanks in advance.
Regards.

In the query properties, try and change the option to 'Display result always' and see if it helps.

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