Suppress Duplicates and Summarize (Count)

Question

Hello,
I am somewhat new to Crystal Reports. I am trying to do a couple things that I cannot figure it out. Please help.
1. Trying to count a field {JobHours.JobNumber} without the duplicates. I have suppressed the duplicates on the field and the summary is still counting them. Group # 3 Name: JobType.Description
     I could not figure it out so I created also created this formula: {@JobNoDuplicate}
     numberVar X :=1 ;
     if ({JobRecord.Jobnumber}) = previous({JobRecord.Jobnumber}) then 0 else 1
     It works but it wont let me summarize the {@JobNoDuplicate}.
2. My report is grouped by the "start date" then by the "contractor name" then again by the "job type". I need to count the number of jobs that were planned but its in another crystal report. I dont know how to get the information on this report without messing up all my data/fields.
Please help and thank you.

Answer 1

Hi Nicole,
Create a formula with this code:
DistinctCount({JobNumber})
That should give you the count of Job numbers without the duplicates.
If you're trying to find out count of Job Numbers for each group, then just change the code to:
DistinctCount({JobNumber}, {group field})
For the second question, please post that as a new discussion per SCN's rules.
-Abhilash