Numbers 3.2.2 - Sum Function question

In cell L2 I want to have a function that adds H2 - I2 - J2 - K2.
In cell L3 I want it to add H3 - I3 - J3 - K3.
And so forth.
How can I tell it to add the H, I, J, K of the same row that the function cell is in? That way I won't have to write a new function for every row. I can copy and paste the same one.
Thank you.

Hi Tara,
A really easy way to build this formula is to select the cells in row 2 you wnat to add and look at the bottom border of your window. You will see SUM and a number. Drag that to L2. When you hover above L2 you will see a yellow dot, drag that down to fill your formula into the rest of your rows, it will adjust. If you want to fill the entire column, copy the formula, select the column and paste. You are done.
quinn

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Why does the sum function not work when I try to add a column of decimal numbers? The value is always returned as 0. No problem with whole numbers but decimals do not work!

just bought a MacBook Air and using Numbers to make a spreadsheet for financial purposes. The sum function is working ok for whole numbers but when I try to sum a column of 2 decimal place numbers the result always comes back as 0. Can anyone help?

Hi laura,
I suspect that your 2 decimal place numbers are formatted as text. Change the format of the column to currency and see it that works.
Also You might want to update your profile to reflect your current systems!
quinn

Help with SUM function ??

Hi,
I am trying to build a SUM function into the following SELECT statement;
SELECT emp_code "EmployeeCode", trn_date "TransactionDate", project "ProjectCode",
phase_code "PhaseCode", task_code "TaskCode", reg_hrs "RegularHoursAmt", rate_reg "RegularHoursRate", ot_hrs "OvertimeHoursAmt", rate_ot "OvertimeHoursRate"
Currently when i do the extract to xls I manually compile the "RegularHoursAmt" and "RegularHoursRate" manually and it's quite a task. I'm sure it can be completed in teh SELECT but I'm not clear on how and it's been quite some time since my last foray into SQL. Any assistance appreciated.
I need to sum "RegularHoursAmt" and "RegularHoursRate"
per "EmployeeCode"
by "TransactionDate"
with unique combo of "ProjectCode", "PhaseCode", "TaskCode"
Cheers, Peter

Hi, Peter,
PJS5 wrote:
Thanks Frank for the quick response. Ok, here goes;
The TABLES already exist and I am only pulling the data for the columns in my SELECT statement so no CREATE of INSERT as such.Post CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements so that the people who want to help you can re-create the problem and test their ideas.
The data is in Oracle 10g 10.1.0.2.0Perfect!
So you want totals that represent the entire day for a given employee.
Yes, but rows are by the unique combo per employee of "ProjectCode", "PhaseCode", "TaskCode"So a row of output will represent a distinct combination of employee, day, ProjectCode, PhaseCode and TaskCode, and that one output row may correspond to more than one row of input; is that right?
eg Tom works on 4 unique "ProjectCode/PhaseCode/TaskCode" efforts on "TransactionDate"What does "effort" mean here? If I could look at some actaul data (or actual fake data; don't post anything like real credit card numbers) and the results you want from that data, perhaps it would be clear.
One of those unique "ProjectCode/PhaseCode/TaskCode" efforts however has 3 timesheet entries as he has added unique Descriptions of what his efforts were aimed at achieving.
We are not extracting the Descriptions and thereby want to SUM those 3 timesheet entries into one row.
Do you also want a total for each employee, over all days? No thanks
Do you want a grand total for all employees and all days? No thanks
Do you want the totals on the same output rows as your current reuslts? That would be handy
If so, use the analytic SUM function. I'm not familiar with this
Do you want separate rows for the the totals? That could helpPost the exact results you want from a small set of given data. It's fine to describe the results, as you did above, but describe them in addition to (not instead of) actually showing them.
Does that make my questions easier to follow?It looks good, but without some sample data and the results you want from that data, I can't say for sure.
Please post CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements (relevant columns only) for a little sample data, so that I (and the others who want to help you) can see exactly what your tables are like, and actually try our solutions. Simplify as much as possible. For example, if the data is actually coming from a multi-table join, but you already know how to join all the tables perfectly, then pretend all the data is in one table, and post CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements for that one table that looks sort of like your current result set. Post just enough data to show what you want to do. Based on what you've said so far, I'm guessing that 10 to 20 rows of raw data, resulting in 3 to 7 rows of output could give a nice example.
Also, post the exact results you want from the sample data you post. Explain, with specific examples, how you get those results from that data.
If parts of your desired output are optional (that is, if some parts "would be handy" or "could help") then post a couple of different sets of results from the same data, and explain, something like this:
"What I'd really love to get for results is" ...
but, if that makes things really complicated or inefficient, I don't absolutely need ... or ...,
so I'd settle for these results: ..."
I know it's a lot of work to post all this information, but it's really necessary. If I could help you without making you do all this, then I would. Unfortunately, I really don't have a good idea of where you're coming from or where you want to go.
Edited by: Frank Kulash on Oct 19, 2010 8:01 PM

Guest list functions, questions, etc.

Hey everyone,
I've only just started using Numbers today, so a lot of the forum posts about functions and so on didn't make much sense to me. Now, what I'm trying to do is the following: I'm trying to create a guest list for a party and a pie chart with it to show the female/male ratio attending. Now, I've just popped in a picture of what I have done so far:
As you can see, I have added check boxes for attending and for the gender of the respective guests. Now, what I wanted to find out was the total amount of guests attending (including people that guests are bringing along -> number of attendees). So I put the function "=SUMIF(attending;TRUE;number of attendees)" into I11. I got this function from the Event Planer template in Numbers. So now every time I tick someone's 'attending' box, the sum changes and gives me the number, which is great! But what I now want is two seperate sums for women and men, so that I can use that information in the pie chart. So what I want is a similar function as the one above but with two conditions: that the person's 'attending' box is ticked and that, in the case of the sum for the women, the person's 'female' box is ticked and the other way around for the sum for the men. Then in the fields 'C11' and 'D11' I'd have the total number of women attending and the total number of men. So if anybody could give me a SUM function with those two conditions, I'd be grateful. I've been fiddling with adding plusses and changing the function to a SUMIFS function but I always get syntax errors or other problems.
My second question is whether anybody knows a way of adding two check boxes to one field, so that you tick one and then the second one is automatically unticked. A 'one or the other' choice, so that you don't have a situation like the one displayed on my picture, that Megan Fox is both male and female does anyone know of a way to insert two check boxes into one field and making only one of them 'choosable'?
Thanks in advance guys!
XtremeFluX

XtremeFluX wrote:
Hey everyone,
As you can see, I have added check boxes for attending and for the gender of the respective guests. Now, what I wanted to find out was the total amount of guests attending (including people that guests are bringing along -> number of attendees). So I put the function "=SUMIF(attending;TRUE;number of attendees)" into I11. I got this function from the Event Planer template in Numbers. So now every time I tick someone's 'attending' box, the sum changes and gives me the number, which is great! But what I now want is two seperate sums for women and men, so that I can use that information in the pie chart. So what I want is a similar function as the one above but with two conditions: that the person's 'attending' box is ticked and that, in the case of the sum for the women, the person's 'female' box is ticked and the other way around for the sum for the men. Then in the fields 'C11' and 'D11' I'd have the total number of women attending and the total number of men. So if anybody could give me a SUM function with those two conditions, I'd be grateful. I've been fiddling with adding plusses and changing the function to a SUMIFS function but I always get syntax errors or other problems.
From my point of view, there is no need for two columns attending / not attending. A single 'attending' one is sufficient
Same thing for genders.
As far as I know, a single box (choose the one which you want) would be sufficient.
Your problem is not completely defined.
If I read correctly, there is no way to know the gender of the person(s) accompannying a given one so there is no way to calculate correctly the number of each gender.
My second question is whether anybody knows a way of adding two check boxes to one field,
This unavailable feature would be better done with radio buttons .
In this table There are two header rows and two footer ones.
In C11, the formula =COUNTIF(C,TRUE) calculates the number of male guests.
In C12, the formula =COUNTIF(C,FALSE) calculates the number of female guests.
In F11, the formula =COUNTIF(F,TRUE) calculates the number of attending guests.
In F12, the formula =COUNTIF(F,FALSE) calculates the number of non attending guests.
In G11 the formula =SUMIFS(G,F,TRUE,C,TRUE) calculate the number of attending persons whose guest one is a male.
I guess that you encountered problems with SUMIFS because the parameters are not ordered as they are for SUMIF.
Read carefully the descriptions of both functions in iWork Formulas and Functions User Guide
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) samedi 9 janvier 2010 19:33:13

What kind of input parameter is used in SUM function?

Hi Everyone,
As we know sum is a predefined oracle function. But what these oracle guys have used for the input parameters. How they have done this?
I mean we can write this sum fuction like so many ways like as mentioned below. Please give me some ideas how to do that.
SELECT SUM(salary) as "Total Salary" FROM employees;
SELECT SUM(DISTINCT salary) as "Total Salary" FROM employees;
SELECT SUM(income - expenses) as "Net Income" FROM gl_transactions;
SELECT SUM(sales * 0.10) as "Commission" FROM order_details;Regards,
BS2012

BS2012 wrote:
Hi Everyone,
As we know sum is a predefined oracle function. But what these oracle guys have used for the input parameters. How they have done this?
I mean we can write this sum fuction like so many ways like as mentioned below. Please give me some ideas how to do that.
SELECT SUM(salary) as "Total Salary" FROM employees;
SELECT SUM(DISTINCT salary) as "Total Salary" FROM employees;
SELECT SUM(income - expenses) as "Net Income" FROM gl_transactions;
SELECT SUM(sales * 0.10) as "Commission" FROM order_details;Regards,
BS2012As others have said, your question is not quite clear.
There are many aspects and angles to looking at what you are asking.
Primarily, from a top-level, the sum function simply takes a number value as it's argument, so all those examples you have given have expressions in them that evaluate to a numeric value before being supplied to the sum function. (As someone else already mentioned you can have non-numeric datatypes, just so long as they can implicitly be converted to a numeric value).
From a statement parsing and execution perspective, the contents of the expression inside the brackets will be evaluated before being passed to the sum function. It is not the sum function that itself takes the expression and evaluates it. The sum function just expects a single numeric value.
Internally, what the sum function does, is more than just a single... call function and return value, because it has to deal with multiple values being passed in as part of the aggregating group. As such, it needs to have the ability to know when to start it's summing, to accept multiple values as input so it can sum them together, and to know when to stop summing inputs and pass the result back.
If we write our own user defined aggregate function (other people have already provided a link to explain such) we can see what is happening internally. In this following example, we'll write a user defined function that multiplies the values rather than sums them...
create or replace type mul_type as object(
val number,
static function ODCIAggregateInitialize(sctx in out mul_type) return number,
member function ODCIAggregateIterate(self in out mul_type, value in number) return number,
member function ODCIAggregateTerminate(self in mul_type, returnvalue out number, flags in number) return number,
member function ODCIAggregateMerge(self in out mul_type, ctx2 in mul_type) return number
create or replace type body mul_type is
static function ODCIAggregateInitialize(sctx in out mul_type) return number is
begin
    sctx := mul_type(null);
    return ODCIConst.Success;
end;
member function ODCIAggregateIterate(self in out mul_type, value in number) return number is
begin
    self.val := nvl(self.val,1) * value;
    return ODCIConst.Success;
end;
member function ODCIAggregateTerminate(self in mul_type, returnvalue out number, flags in number) return number is
begin
    returnValue := self.val;
    return ODCIConst.Success;
end;
member function ODCIAggregateMerge(self in out mul_type, ctx2 in mul_type) return number is
begin
    self.val := self.val * ctx2.val;
    return ODCIConst.Success;
end;
end;
create or replace function mul(input number) return number deterministic parallel_enable aggregate using mul_type;
/So, our user defined aggregate function is based on an aggregate object type.
This object holds a value ("val" in our example).
It has an Initialize method, so when the SQL engine indicates that it's the start of an aggregation of values it can set it's value to an initial value (in this case null).
It has an Iterate method, so as the SQL engine passes values to it as part of the aggregated set of values, it can process them (in our case it multiplies the input value with the value it already has for this set of aggregations (and takes a base value of 1 for the first iteration))
It has a Terminate method, so when the SQL engine indicates that the aggregate set of values is complete, it can return the result.
The last method in there is a Merge and is a mandatory requirement, so that when aggregation is done using parallel evaluation (to improve performance internally), the results of those parallelly executed aggregations can be combined together (see http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e10765/ext_agg_ref.htm#ADDCI5132). As we're multiplying numbers, in our case, it is simply a case of multiplying one result with the other.
And to see it working...
SQL> with t as (select 2 as x from dual union all
2             select 3 from dual union all
3             select 4 from dual union all
4             select 5 from dual)
5 --
6 select mul(x)
7 from t;
    MUL(X)
       120

How can I sum up raws? the sum function seems to work for columns only and right now I have to create a separate formula for each raw

How can I sum up raws? the Sum function seems to work only on columns. Right now I have to create a separate formula for each raw

Hi dah,
"Thanks, but can I do one formula for all present and future raws? as raws are being added, I have to do the sum function again and again"
You do need a separate formula for each group of values to be summed.
If the values are in columns, you need a copy of the formula for each column.
If the values are in rows, you need a copy of the formula for for each row.
If you set up your formulas as SGIII did in his example (shown below), where every non-header row has the same formula, Numbers will automtically add the formula to new rows as you add them.
"Same formula" in this context means exactly the same as all the formulas above, with one exception: the row reference in each formula is incremented (by Numbers) to match the row containing the formula.
Here the formula looks like this in the three rows shown.
B2: =SUM(2)
B3: =SUM(3)
B4: =SUM(4)
That pattern will continue as rows are added to the table.
Also, because the row token (2) references all of the non-header cells in row 2, the formula will automatically include new columns as they are added to the table.
Regards,
Barry

SUM function to give NULL result

I am really lost on how I can force the SUM function to give me a NULL result when at least one of the elements is a NULL value. I would appreciate any help.

The short answer is "you can't". The slightly longer answer is the you can't because most aggregate functions work only on non-null values, so SUM silently ignores NULLS.
However, you can take advantage of that fact to do what you want.
SQL> SELECT * FROM t;
        ID GROUPCOL
        33 GROUPA
        50 GROUPA
         5 GROUPA
        21 GROUPA
        43 GROUPA
        58 GROUPB
        10 GROUPB
        29 GROUPB
        10 GROUPB
        37 GROUPB
           GROUPA
SQL> SELECT groupcol, SUM(id) sum_id, COUNT(*) count_all,
2               COUNT(id) count_id
3        FROM t
4        GROUP BY groupcol;
GROUPCOL       SUM_ID COUNT_ALL   COUNT_ID
GROUPA            152          6          5
GROUPB            144          5          5Note that count_all is different than count_id. So, we can wrap this query in another to return NULL for the sum of groupa.
SQL> SELECT groupcol, CASE WHEN count_all = count_id THEN sum_id
2                        ELSE NULL END sum_id
3 FROM (SELECT groupcol, SUM(id) sum_id, COUNT(*) count_all,
4               COUNT(id) count_id
5        FROM t
6        GROUP BY groupcol);
GROUPCOL       SUM_ID
GROUPA
GROUPB            144Although, I too would be interested in the answer to 405764's question.
John

Sumifs function question

Hi, Everyone, I have a function question of Sumifs, here a sample as follows,
=SUMIFS(Budget :: E4:E14,Budget :: C4:C14,"=5003677000",Budget :: B4:B14,OR("=Transit","=Drawing cash")), according to the logic, I think like this, but it's wrong. So how to insert the OR function to the Sumifs function? May someone find the mistake in the function?
Thank you.
Alex

I think you would actually do a sum of simifs, i.e. Sumif(....."Transit") + Sumif(....."Drawing Cash")
Basically if you have two sumifs that differ in only one condition that would be treated like an OR in SQL, then make one Sumif for each unique set of conditions and add them up
Jason

Incorrect sum function result in invoice

I'm a Numbers noob, so apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, but I couldn't find it.This issue causes me no issues in Excel but doesn't work properly in Numbers, so I'm wondering what gives.
I have an invoice for my clients where I have multiple rows, each with a service item, followed by the number of hours spent on that, followed by a cell with an EQUAL function, ie 2/3 of an hour x $40 per hour, which correctly EQUALs as $26.66. (The EQUAL cell is set to formatted as currency to 2 decimal places)
If a second item appears that has say 1/3 of an hour x $40 per hour, this correctly EQUALs as $13.33.
However when I total the EQUALs column with a SUM function, it shows $40, not $39.99. As the cells are only formatted to 2 decimal points, and all are formatted as currency, where could the error be happening?
My clients accounting dept keeps coming back and complaining about my invoices being incorrect... I can't believe that Numbers can't do a SUM function.

Hi Fritz,
1/3 and 2/3 are not exact numbers. They go to infinity.
Column B is formatted as Fraction
Column C is formatted as Number (Decimals Auto)
Formula in C2 (and Fill Down)
=B2
Formula in D2 (and Fill Down)
=C2×40
The Numbers app is correctly rounding to two decimal places.
If you display Column C as Number to 2 decimal places,
Again, correct.
Your clients are quibbling about $0.0000000000000000000 (to infinity) then a infinitesimal part of 1 cent. Which is nonsense!
Shops also round the total invoice up or down.
If you work an extra 10 minutes, that will equal exactly 0.5 hours.
If you work 5 minutes less, that will equal exactly 0.25 hours.
No rounding needed, and no argument from your clients!
Regards,
Ian.

SUM function resulting WRONG values when some cell contains a string

A very strange problem that can result in wrong financial calculations and big mistakes...
If we have SUM function for some range of cells and one of them is treated as text string (I mean it's number in fact but Number is sure it's text string). than SUM function calulates ALL cells except this sell silently without errors and results in wrong result.
For example we have cells and values
A B
=====
1| 15 USD
2| 0 USD
3| 37 USD
4| 1 USD
5| 3 USD
here the function SUM(B1:B5) should provide the result "56 USD"
But if cell B5 is treated as text string (it can be still displayed as "3 USD" so we don't know it's treated as text string for some reason) than SUM(B1:B5) swill answer "53 USD".
The problem is we DON'T know cell B5 is treated as text and we are fully sure that we have the correct sum of all 5 cells, in reality we see sum of 4 cells only....
I think anybody working with financial or other important data can imagine how dangerous this SUM behaviour is.... I encountered several times that when importing data from Excel or by other ways numbers are imported as text strings. So if I have a lot of cells I'm not sure if all those cells are correctly styled or some of them for some unknown reason is treated as text string.
In Microsoft Excel there is a very right solution. In MS Excel if any cell in the SUM is wrong format the SUM function simply provides error as a result. But in Numbers SUM doesn't tell us about error, it simply provides us with a wrong result!
With formal logic the way SUM works in Numbers is total idiotism. If I ask to SUM B1:B5 than I definitely ask to sum ALL 5 cells, not 4, not 3, not 6 but 5 definite cells. If Numbers can't sum those exactly those 5 cells the only answer of the function should be ERROR.
But Apple Numbers answers me some result of summing those cells that it's able to sum. Apple Numbers SUM function is not confused that I asked for SUM of 5 (not 4 or 3) cells and I expect to have this sum as a result.
In fact Apple uses the right logic when we use another formula. If we use =B1B2+B3+B4B5 and any cell contains text string that we'll have error result the sam as in Microsoft Excel. So in this example Numbers behaves correctly.
So why SUM (B1:B5) can provide totally different result as =B1B2+B3+B4B5?

alexb2 wrote:
So when I set format for my number as my local currency it's displayed as 123 XXX (XXX is my currency but it's not in latin). I see it's not only displayed but also stored as 123 XXX. That's different from Excel that stores only numbers in cells and shows number with prefix or suffix - Numbers storex number with prefix or suffix.
No, you get this behavior because the original sheet is displaying values as currencies. I assumes that the import process pass it as a string because he doesn't recognize it as a currency value. As far as I know, Numbers stores the currency entries as a pure number and an indicator of the used currency.
Here is an example.
(a) the description of the numerical value (I underlined it: 456)
<sf:number-cell sf:flags="4" sf:value="456" sf:col="1" sf:row="2">
<sf:cell-style-ref sfa:IDREF="SFTCellStyle-46"/>
<sf:content-size sfa:w="58.659881591796875" sfa:h="14"/>
</sf:number-cell>
(b) the description of the format (I underlined the used currency: XAM)
<sf:cell-style sfa:ID="SFTCellStyle-46" sf:cell-style-default-line-height="12" sf:parent-ident="tabular-Basic-body-cell-style-id">
<sf:property-map>
<sf:SFTCellStylePropertyNumberFormat>
<sf:number-format sfa:ID="SFTNumberFormat-23" sf:format-type="1" sf:format-string="#,##0.00 ¤;-#,##0.00 ¤" sf:format-decimal-places="2" sf:format-currency-code="XAM" sf:format-negative-style="0" sf:format-show-thousands-separator="true" sf:format-fraction-accuracy="-3" sf:format-use-accounting-style="false"/>
</sf:SFTCellStylePropertyNumberFormat>
<sf:SFTCellStylePropertyImplicitFormatType>
<sf:number sfa:number="256" sfa:type="i"/>
</sf:SFTCellStylePropertyImplicitFormatType>
<sf:SFTCellStylePropertyFormatType>
<sf:number sfa:number="257" sfa:type="i"/>
</sf:SFTCellStylePropertyFormatType>
</sf:property-map>
</sf:cell-style>
Of course, if the original currency string is not recognized, it can't be described as such a feature and the value is treated as a simple string.
So may be at some moment my 123 XXX is treated like string value.
Yes, find and replace is a nice tool when importing data - thanks for the tip. the last problem is with already Numbers files that were imported not today (or even createde as Numbers file) where some cell becomes string value after some editing.
Here again, if you edit a currency string and replace it to a not recognized one, the result will be logically a string.
There is an other way to give this result:
copy a value from a cell formatted as XAM currency (just an example)
paste it in a cell whose format is currency Euro (once again it's just an example).
The result will be a string.
The culprit is not the program, it's the user.
I had several times this situation and last time I found error only because I have my budget in 2 programs - in Numbers and in another special budgeting program. As each program has advantages I have in fact 2 instances of the same budget.
And when I changed some string in Numbers and another program I noticed the sum is different. I was sure it's another program somewhere buggy but noticed than Numbers simply ignores one of the budget strings and sums without it... In fact it was even not the string I changed, I remember I changed the buggy string about a week ago but I haven't compared budgets that time so my budget had a mistake for some time till I noticed it. If I used only Numbers without copy of budget in another program may be even today I won't notice the mistake.
The same situation happened not once.
I think that the choice made by Apple for SUM() is correct. You feel that it is wrong. It's useless to debate more, we will not change the behavior of the function.
I try to give a workaround.
The neater one is to add columns as I described in my first response.
The given formula will clearly flag cells which aren't containing numerical values. If you move the SUM from the original range to the new one, the oddities will be flagged automatically.
Here is an alternate workaround:
The currency is XAM.
In B4 I introduced a typo so the value is no longer a numerical one.
Given that, the sum in the footer doesn't count the 34 (which is the normal behavior).
In column C1 I entered =1*B
which flagged the bad cell.
The alternate is to use an auxiliary table like aux1
In A1 I entered:
=IF(ISERROR(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN(),,,"main"))),"",IF(ISBLANK(INDIRECT(A DDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN(),,,"main"))),"",1*INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN(),,,"main") )))
Exactly the same formula in B1, C1, D1, …
So, the table will automatically grab the contents of the main table (just take care to insert more columns in aux1 than in main)
In the footer row of aux1, insert a sum formula for columns where there is required.
Looking at this footer will flag columns where a value may be "wrong" so, it will be necessary (but easy) to scan the column's content to find the red triangle(s).
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE lundi 13 octobre 2008 13:27:40)

Has your Sum function ever completely overlooked a cell?

Scratching my head here -- in a simple addition of 9 numbers, the "Sum" function completely overlooks a cell -- anyone else ever experience this? Am I missing something?
I enter a dollar amount in each of 9 cells. In the 10th cell, I simply insert the Sum function, expecting that it will add up the 9 numbers. Instead, Cell A10 gets completely overlooked. It's as if Sum doesn't "see" that cell at all. Result: The total is short, by (in this case) $787.50.
Any suggestions? I'm prepared to hear that I fumble-fingered something here, but, gosh -- what's going on? In cell A12, the total SHOULD be $7,125.

This works in the new version of Numbers (v 3.0):
Try placing powers of 10 in each of the cells so that it is obvious which one is not being included. Like this:
also... when you select the cells A3 thru A11 and check what the auto sum feature reports:

Error when using SUM function in Excel template

I am trying to use the XDO_METADATA to create a sum of a column from my XML data and I am getting the following error in the Template Viewer:
[111412_104246459][][PROCEDURE] Log Level is changed to PROCEDURE
[111412_104246553][oracle.xdo.common.xml.XSLTWrapper][ERROR] XSL error:
Time: 0.125 sec.
FO Formatting failed.
<Line 317, Column 116>: XML-23029: (Error) FORG0001: invalid value for cast/constructor
@Line 317 ==> <Cell Index="2" Style="R7C3" Field="XDO_?SUM_V_CR_MO_IDD1?"><xsl:value-of select="sum(.//G_CR_MST_D/V_CR_MO_IDD)"/>
when I use:
XDO_?SUM_V_CR_MO_IDD1? <?sum(.//G_CR_MST_D/V_CR_MO_IDD)?>
or
[111412_104048508][][PROCEDURE] Log Level is changed to PROCEDURE
[111412_104048554][oracle.xdo.common.xml.XSLTWrapper][ERROR] XSL error:
Time: 0.078 sec.
FO Formatting failed.
<Line 317, Column 105>: XML-23029: (Error) FORG0001: invalid value for cast/constructor
@Line 317 ==> <Cell Index="2" Style="R7C3" Field="XDO_?SUM_V_CR_MO_IDD1?"><xsl:value-of select="sum(.//V_CR_MO_IDD)"/>
when I use:
XDO_?SUM_V_CR_MO_IDD1? <?sum(.//V_CR_MO_IDD)?>
I believe the XSL to be correct because when I change it to a count it works and when I go into BI Publisher 11g and create the query in the data model and then create a summary from it, the summary is created.
Can anyone help?

I went back to basics and created reports (via EXCEL templates) like I was asking based on good old EMP and DEPT and I found exactly the same problems I was mentioning. I looked at the templates provided but they were not calculating totals, like me they were selecting them and then just displaying them on the page.
Anyway, I have narrowed it down to the fact that when you do aggregates like sum(.//SAL) this works if you have a salary for every value. I did an outer join with DEPT so I did have empty rows and why I still experienced the problems.
Basically XSL does not like adding (including using the sum function) values that effectively have nulls in them which is why I get the cast/constructor errors because it is trying to turn a NaN value to a number and does not (or cannot) do it.
You need to either have a value in every row of your column (maybe possible by selecting nvl in your query) and make sure that you check the "create empty nodes" checkbox in the data model of BI Publisher.,
the other solution is an xsl solution where you would have to make sure that you only added non null values and for that you would have to investigate xsl blogs.
It is, by the way, why my count worked because it is just counting that the record exists it does not care what the element content is or isn't.
Closing thread.

Issues using SUM Function in query

I have pasted two queries Query1 (calculating counts for total_ships and ships_released) and Query2 (calculating the two same counts and then calculating SUM for total_shipments and I am having problem in this)
Query 1:
select b.loc , b.week, b.vvalue2, b.Total_ships, nvl(a.up_date,'None') as datee , nvl( a.ships_rel_total,0) as Total_released
from (
      SELECT l.loc , sr1.vvalue1 as Week, sr.vvalue2 , to_char(ss.udate, 'YYYY-MM-DD') as up_date , count(distinct s.ship_id ) as ships_rel_total
      FROM ship s, loct l,
         ship_num sr1, ship_num sr, ship_stat ss, ship_stat ss1
      WHERE ......
      Group by l.loc , sr1.vvalue1, sr.vvalue2 , to_char(ss.udate, 'YYYY-MM-DD')
      ) A,
( SELECT distinct l.loc , sr1.vvalue1 as Week, sr.vvalue2 , count(s.ship_id ) as Total_Ships
      FROM ship s, loct l,
          ship_num sr1, ship_num sr, ship_stat ss, ship_stat ss1
      WHERE ......
      Group by c.loc , c.week , c.vvalue2 ) B
where a.loc (+) = b.loc
and a.vvalue2 (+) = b.vvalue2
order by b.loc, b.week , b.vvalue2,a.up_date; Query 1 Output:
*OUTPUT*
LOC         WEEK          VALUE2        TOTAL_SHIPS       DATEE         TOtAL_SHIPS_RELEASED
AA          111              BB              12                  10-05-12            2
AA          111              BB              12                  11-05-12            4
AA          111              CC              2                    14-05-12            1Then I added sum function for total_ships and its not giving me result what I need :(
Query 2:
select b.loc , b.week, b.vvalue2, b.sum_ships, nvl(a.up_date,'None') as datee , nvl( a.ships_rel_total,0) as Total_released
from (
      SELECT l.loc , sr1.vvalue1 as Week, sr.vvalue2 , to_char(ss.udate, 'YYYY-MM-DD') as up_date , count(distinct s.ship_id ) as ships_rel_total
      FROM ship s, loct l,
         ship_num sr1, ship_num sr, ship_stat ss, ship_stat ss1
      WHERE ......
      Group by l.loc , sr1.vvalue1, sr.vvalue2 , to_char(ss.udate, 'YYYY-MM-DD')
) A,
( Select c.loc, c.week , c.vvalue2 , sum(c.total_ships) sum_ships
from
    ( SELECT distinct l.loc , sr1.vvalue1 as Week, sr.vvalue2 , count(s.ship_id ) as Total_Ships
      FROM ship s, loct l,
          ship_num sr1, ship_num sr, ship_stat ss, ship_stat ss1
      WHERE ......
      Group by l.loc , sr1.vvalue1 , sr.vvalue2 ) C
Group by c.loc , c.week , c.vvalue2 ) B
where a.loc (+) = b.loc
and a.vvalue2 (+) = b.vvalue2
order by b.loc, b.week , b.vvalue2,a.up_date; my query is giving me this :(
Query 2 Output:
LOC         WEEK          VALUE2        *SUM_SHIPS*       DATEE         TOtAL_SHIPS_RELEASED
AA          111                BB              26                 10-05-12            2
AA          111                BB              26                 11-05-12            4
AA          111                CC              26                 14-05-12            1
But I need a result like this:
LOC         WEEK          VALUE2        SUM_SHIPS       DATEE         TOtAL_SHIPS_RELEASED
AA          111                BB              14              10-05-12            2
AA          111                BB              14              11-05-12            4
AA          111                CC              14              14-05-12            1

Hi,
It sounds like you have a Fan Trap , where a one-to-many relationship is causing some items to be counted many times.
The usual solution is to compute the aggregates before doing the one-to-many join. Analytic functions may make this simpler.
Sorry, I can't show you exactly how to do it without the exact data.
Post CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements for all tables involved, and also post the results you want from that data (if different from what you've already posted).
Explain, using specific examples, how you get those results from that data.
Simplify the problem as much as possible. If the problem only concerns the total_ships column, then only post the data needed to compute total_ships. This includes all the columns involved in the joins and GROUP BY clauses.
Always say which version of Oracle you're using (e.g., 11.2.0.2.0).
See the forum FAQ {message:id=9360002}

Strange error in SUM function in XI

Hi geeks,
We are encountering a strange issue in SUM functionality in XI.
The Scenario is :
We have a pipe delimited source file and INVOIC01 idoc as target. each line in the source file will create a segment E1EDP01 in the target IDOC.
All the values given in the file should be summed and mapped to E1EDS01 segment in the idoc.
In one such strange case the sum of the values generated by the SUM function in XI is 2 cents lesser what we manually calculate using Calculator or Excel . There are about 100+ items in the file. This not the case always it happens once in a while.
Have any of you faced such strange errors. If yes please throw some light on the solution for this issue.
Thanks,
Noorul

Hi folks,
Thanks for your help. I solved this by writing my own code
double sum = 0;
String value;
for (int i= 0; i< a.length; i++)
sum = sum + Double.parseDouble(a<i>);
value = Double.toString(sum);
BigDecimal bg1 = new BigDecimal(value);
BigDecimal bg2 = bg1.setScale(2, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_DOWN);
result.addValue(bg2.toString());

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I have designed a Cross Tab Template to summarize R12 Account Analysis data by Period by Party_name. The template is doing what I want it to do with the exception of amount. I have a function in the sum(accounted_net) field and it will only display 0.00 even though I know there are actual amount. Can someone help in looking at my template to see what I have done wrong?
Here is the sum funciton.
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Stacey

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