Group by QTY

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<p class="ssiBODYCOPY">Hello Guys<br />I have a report with 10.000 records and I need to group by 50 groups.<br />How I can do that..?<br />Thanks for you help<br /></p>

Answer 1

<p>Another way that this is possible is to group on a formula. I have included the formula below. This formula is essentially a running total that occurs WhileREADINGRecords. This is the only way that we can use it to group on. The counter1 essentially behaves as a record counter. I would have used the RecordNumber function, but then the formula cannot be grouped on. The counter2 is the value that the formula outputs and essentially is what is being grouped on.</p><p><u><strong>Formula below:</strong></u> <br /></p><p>whilereadingrecords;</p><p>NumberVar Counter1;<br />NumberVar Counter2;<br /><br />//Assign the specified number to group on to the NumberToGroupOn variable.<br />NumberVar NumberToGroupOn := 50;</p><p>// The second value passed to the remainder function is the count of records per group<br />// that you want to fit.  In this case it is the NumberToGroupOn variable<br />if remainder(Counter1,NumberToGroupOn) = 0 then <br />(<br />Counter1 := Counter1 + 1;<br />Counter2 := Counter2 + 1;)<br />else<br />(<br />Counter1 := Counter1 + 1;<br />Counter2;) </p><p> </p><p>Now you will group on this field. If you want to adjust the number from 50 to a 100 or something you will change the value being passed to the NumberVar NumberToGroupOn variable above.</p><p>Hope this helps.</p>Regards,<br />Sean