Grouping a report by a formula field

Question

Post Author: triley01
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
Hello, I am really stuck on this one. I have a report that sums values in Activity.Product_Code field. Based on those values I have created a n IF Else formula that displays a string based on the total. For example, if the sum of Activity.Product_code is less thatn 1000 the string displayed next to the record is 'contributor', if Activity.Product_code greater than 1000 but  less than 2000 the string is 'attache' and so on. Its a report that shows level recognition. The part I can't figure out is how to group by this recogition level and have the report prompt for a level. When I select Insert-Group in Crystal the formula I created is not shown as an available field to group on. Hope this makes sense. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! thanks in advance. Tim

Answer 1

Post Author: triley01
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
I think I am getting closer. I converted a formula to a CASE statement for an SQL expression (see below). However I am still getting a "Incorrect syntax near the keyword FROM" error when trying to save it in Crystal
Again any help would be greatly appreciated!
select ID,
      case
            when sum(amount) > 0 and sum(amount) < 1000 then 'Contributor'
            when sum(amount) >= 1000 and sum(amount) < 2500 then 'Attache'
            when sum(amount) >= 2500 and sum(amount) < 5000 then 'Envoy'
            when sum(amount) >= 5000 and sum(amount) < 10000 then 'Diplomat'
            when sum(amount) >= 10000 and sum(amount) < 25000 then 'Ambassador'
            when sum(amount) >= 25000 then 'Inner Circle'
            else ''
      end as &#91;Description&#93;,
      sum(amount) as &#91;Amount&#93;
from activity
where activity_type = 'GIFT'
group by id