How do I create this range report?

Question

Greetings,
I have a report requirement which is like this - I have three columns Start Date, End Date, Amount.
An example of data set can be:
Start Date              End Date              Amount
07/18/2008             07/21/2008           $100.00
07/21/2008             07/22/2008           $200.00
07/21/2008             07/24/2008           $300.00
Now I want to run a report for date range 07/18/2008 to 07/22/2008 such that for each date, if it falls between Start Date and End Date in the table, it will add the Amount and show the result. So the output should be:
Date                 Total
07/18/2008           $100         //Only first row
07/21/2008           $600         //All three rows as 07/21 is in all three date ranges. Also skipping weekends
07/22/2008           $500         //Row 2+Row 3
How do I do this without having to create a formula for each date and then calculating the total?
Thank you very much!
N K.
Edited by: Nikhil Kulkarni on Jul 18, 2008 10:10 PM

Answer 1

Hello,
Yes! you can create a Report Record formula by going into
Report --> Selection Formula --> Record
Then type this
{date_field} >= {?Start Date} and
{date_field} <= {?End Date} and
{condition field}>=3
Oh and do make parameters of Start Date and End Date in the report. Place them into the report (this will show you the date range within the report).
Hope this helps.
If any problems let us know.
Kind Regards
Jehanzeb