Rounding the values in Query designer

Question

In Query Designer, I am trying to store the rounded value of the below calculations to use in calculating a difference amount and %variance.
Currently:
Report shows actual % of 1.1 and budgeted % of 1.1, because we are rounding the actual value of 1.0798 to 1.1 and the budgeted value of 1.1326 to 1.1.  The difference is calculated as budget u2013 actual or 1.1326 u2013 1.0798 = .0528 and the percent variance is 0.0528/1.1326 = 4.66%.
Requested:
The end user wants the rounded values of 1.1 used in calculating the differences and percent variance, so 1.1 u2013 1.1 = 0 difference and percent variance is 0/1.1 = 0%.
What function can I use to recall the rounded values to use in difference and percent variance calculations?
Thanks for any and all help!
Kim Plut

Answer 1

HI Al -
Your suggestion:
If you want to round a key figure "KF" to have zero decimals:
( FRAC ( 'KF' ) < 0.5 ) * FLOOR ( 'KF' ) + ( FRAC ( 'KF') >= 0.5 ) * CEIL ('KF')
An equivalent MS Excel formula you can use to test is:
=IF(A3-TRUNC(A3)<0.5,FLOOR(A3,1),CEILING(A3,1))
If you want to round a key figure "KF" to have 2 decimals:
( FRAC ( 'KF'*100 ) < 0.5 ) * FLOOR ( 'KF' * 100 ) / 100 + ( FRAC ( 'KF'
100 ) >= 0.5 ) * CEIL ('KF' * 100) / 100
The equivalent MS Excel formula to test it is:
=IF(A5100-TRUNC(A5100)<0.5,FLOOR(A5100,1)/100,CEILING(A5100,1)/100
is exactly what I need, I am struggling to find the formula to round the key figure to 1 decimal in the query, any suggestions on how to modify the above formulas to return one decimal.  I was able to successfully test in Excel but cannot get the correct formula in Query designer.
Thanks
Kim