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adamdavi3s
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Importing and expanding $variables

I am having a mind blank....

I want to store some calculations in excel/DB and then import them, basically to create a custom report format in a pivot table

All of the expressions are already in variables.

The upload spreadsheet for example is:

    

_ReportLevel_ReportHeading_ReportCalculation_ReportFormat
sWeekly Profitability
Issued$(v_exp_jobinvoicedcount)#,##0
Value$(v_exp_jobinvoicedvalue)£#,##0;-£#,##0
Avg Value$(v_exp_jobinvoicedvalue) / $(v_exp_jobinvoicedcount)£#,##0;-£#,##0
aWeek Average £#,##0;-£#,##0

What syntax do I then need to use to calculate the relevant variable if _ReportHeading is the dimension?

5 Replies
marcus_sommer

It's not quite clear for me what do you want exactly to do - but I think the following will be helpful for you: Re: Evaluate expression based on field value.

- Marcus

adamdavi3s
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Hi Marcus,

I think that a pick match might be the only way in this case unfortunately, however I have just whipped up a basic example of what I hope to achieve.

In the attached example the pick match does work but it would be nice to make it more dynamic

=pick(match(_Header,'average','expression1','expression2'),$(v_expression1) / $(v_expression2),$(v_expression1),$(v_expression2))

Adam

adamdavi3s
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Hmmm I wonder if I could dynamically build the pick match instead, at least that would offer some sort of automation

adamdavi3s
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Close, but now I can't figure out the syntax to use the pick/match variable!

adamdavi3s
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got it

=$(=$(v_pick_match))