Using Sum(If to do a subtraction on fields in a text box

[#1]

Hi am using version 8.5. Just getting going with the product and I have a question on the sum(if commands

I am trying to do the following, will illustrate at the very basic level, want to format it in currency once the basic issue is resolved

=sum(if([Field1] = 'Blah', revenue-COST))

Returns a 0

If I do =sum(revenue)-sum(COST)

that works

I can do other calulations with the sum(if such as

=

sum(if([POD Type] = 'POD - EL' or [POD Type] = 'POD - NEL', MONEY(revenue,'£#,###')))

But the simple subtraction wont work, sorry about this really obvious question, I think it is a matter of syntax but Ive tried all sorts of combinations and cant get it to work

Thanks a lot for any help

Stephen

[#2]

PS I have just tested this in a sample application and it works fine

=sum(if([Field1] = 'Blah', revenue-COST))

In the real application the numbers in the fields are huge, not sure why this is happening, hope I can get some pointers thanks

[#3 · Accepted solution]

Hello I got round this by using variables

thanks