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razvan_brais · ‎2016-09-26

Hy guys , I have a problem. I`m trying to calculate the total value of sales for the last day in table and total value of sales for the previous day.

For the last day I`ve calculated this way :

=sum({<DATE={'$(=max(DATE))'}>} Sales)

And for the previous day I`ve wrote :

=sum({<DATE={'$(=Date(max(DATE)-1)))'}>} Sales)

For the first expression I have a result but for the second expression it return 0 , even tough I have info in my database. Where is the problem?

Thank you

sunny_talwar · ‎2016-09-26

I think this is part of the issue

You don't have data from one day ago, you are trying to go one month back. If this is right, then try this:

Sum({<DATE={"$(=Date(AddMonths(Max(DATE), -1)))"}>} SALES)

Make sure to use SALES instead of Sales

UPDATE: Also make sure to use Date() function in the script so that you don't have to use it on the front end of the application

if QvdCreateTime('SALES.qvd') then

SalesToday:

LOAD Date(DATE) as DATE,

ID_TYPE,

ID,

SALES

FROM [SALES.qvd] (qvd);

ELSE

SalesToday:

LOAD Date(DATE) as DATE,

ID_TYPE,

ID,

SALES

FROM

[SALES.xlsx]

(ooxml, embedded labels, table is Sheet1);

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trdandamudi · ‎2016-09-26

May be as below:

=sum({<DATE={'$(=max(DATE)-1))'}>} Sales)

puttemans · ‎2016-09-26

=sum({<DATE={'$(=max(DATE)-1)'}>} Sales) ?

Anil_Babu_Samineni · ‎2016-09-26

I hope you made a muistake

=sum({<DATE={'$(=max(DATE)-1))'}>} Sales)

And for the previous day I`ve wrote :

=sum({<DATE={'=$(max(DATE)-1))'}>} Sales)

OR

=sum({<DATE={'=$('=' & max(DATE)-1))'}>} Sales)

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jonathandienst · ‎2016-09-26

Are you making selections on a field other than DATE? You will need to override this for the yesterday figure:

=sum({<DATE={'$(=Date(max(DATE)-1)))'}, MONTH, YEAR>} Sales)

(Replace MONTH, YEAR with the field/s that you are making selections on)

Note that other selections may change Max(Date) and affect the ability of the yesterday expression and you may need to extend the selection overrides.

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razvan_brais · ‎2016-09-26

It doesn`t work none of the above expressions.

Jonathan , Date is the only selection. But when I use this: =sum({<DATE={'$(=Date(max(DATE)-1)))'}>} Sales)

it brings me the previous day , but the result of the sum is 0.

Anil_Babu_Samineni · ‎2016-09-26

I don't think so, would your provide sample

=sum({<DATE={'=$(=Date(max(DATE)-1,'DateFormatHere')))'}>} Sales)

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puttemans · ‎2016-09-26

Are you sure to have sales for the previous day?

Please beware of the ')', as far as I can see, only my suggestion has an equal '(' and ')'.

Regards,

Clever_Anjos · ‎2016-09-26

Please try

=sum({<DATE={'$(=Date(max(DATE,2)))'}>} Sales)

sunny_talwar · ‎2016-09-26

I think you need to make sure that your Date format is correct. Does using Date() function give you the same format as DATE field. If it doesn't , then you will need to give the date format as pointed out by Anil.