Groups dependant expressions

[#1]

Hi, I need to create a pivot table report in the following format:

Product code	Customer	Dates	Wk1	Wk2	Wk3	Wk4	Wk5	Wk6
		KG/CASE	depends on <	etc	etc	etc	etc	etc
		NSV/KG	100	etc	etc	etc	etc	etc
		COS/KG	80	etc	etc	etc	etc	etc
		Profit/KG	25	etc	etc	etc	etc	etc

The Expressions for KG is "_exp_KG", however there is no dimension that provides the required results (Smililarly "_exp_CASE" for Cases)

If possible I would also like to make the expressions ie NSV/KG rely on the cyclic group(/chosen option).

Do you know how I can achieve this without publishing two reports?

Thanks, Gareth

[pover]

Gareth,

I don't quite understand why "there is no dimension that provides the required results" so I don't understand your problem completely, but to answer your direct question you can make an expression depend on the dimension selected in a cyclic group by using the function getcurrentfield(Group_Name).

You can also create a cyclic Expression group using the Group and UnGroup buttons in the Expressions tab.

Regards.

[#3]

Karl Do you have an example of ""You can also create a cyclic Expression group using the Group and UnGroup buttons in the Expressions tab"

[#4]

If you select an expression in the editor and hit the group button it will group it and the expression above it in a cyclical expression. You can then cycle through multiple expressions in a chart, much like a cyclical group used in a dimension.

[#5]

I grouped a couple expressions but I did not see a method to Cycle through them after I created the group. I can only see the value for the first expression in the group.

Where should the button to cycle thru the expression appear?

[#6]

In a table it will appear in the column header, in a chart it should appear in one of the corners. Think you need to have 'expression as legend' selected as well.

[#7]

Thank you Leonard

It appears to not be available for Pivot Tables, the expression as legend does not exist, probably only for charts

[#8]

You can certainly do it within a pivot table, just group them, the

cyclical will appear in the column header. The 'expression as legend' option

does indeed only exist for graphical type charts.

[#9]

I have my pivot table turned so the expressions are the rows and the dimensions are the columns. So that may be why the cycle is not showing. I see it when I switch expression to columns but I need to see it by rows, not by columns.

Back to the drawing board.

[#10]

Something to maybe consider... Setup a cyclical group for your dimension,

then in your expressions do an if statement similar to:

if(getcurrentfield() = 'A' then sum(sales)

if(getcurrentfield() = 'B' then sum(hours)))

Will allow you to 'customize' your expressions based on your dimension (or

any other field for that matter, doesn't need to be related in any way - you

could setup an inline load and then point the expressions at it)