How to group a report by formula field.

Question

Hi,
I need to create a report based on the following report:
http://s464.photobucket.com/albums/rr8/einas121809/
This new report should be grouped by days and status. Then, each group should display the details of each record such as Report No, Open Date , Due Date and Summary.
It is not a problem to display the report details, but I need to know how to group them since it involve calculation.
Thank you in advance,
Regards,
einas.

Answer 1

Hello,
Right what you want to do is to get a crosstab which can be found in your toolbar or under Insert menu Insert --->Crosstab.
You might need to use a working day formula something like this
WhileReadingRecords;
Local DateVar Start := {StartDate};   // place your Starting Date here
Local DateVar End := {EndDate};  // place your Ending Date here
Local NumberVar Weeks;
Local NumberVar Days;
Local Numbervar Hol;
DateVar Array Holidays;
Weeks:= (Truncate (End - dayofWeek(End) + 1
- (Start - dayofWeek(Start) + 1)) /7 ) * 5;
Days := DayOfWeek(End) - DayOfWeek(Start) + 1 +
(if DayOfWeek(Start) = 1 then -1 else 0)  +
(if DayOfWeek(End) = 7 then -1 else 0);  
Local NumberVar i;
For i := 1 to Count (Holidays)
do (if DayOfWeek ( Holidays<i> ) in 2 to 6 and
     Holidays<i> in start to end then Hol:=Hol+1 );
Weeks + Days - Hol
If you need to calculate bank holidays then you have to create an array like this
//Holiday Listing formula to go into the report header of the report.
BeforeReadingRecords;
DateVar Array Holidays := [
Date (2003,12,25),
Date (2003,12,31)
0
The workingdays formula needs to go into the Row and then distinct Count your orders. That should give you how many orders took x amount of days.
Then you need to further develop your formula so that it shows <20 days, more than 20 days etc.
Create something like this first and then ask further questions if you are stuck.
Hope this helps
Regards
jehanzeb