Counting..:(

crystalllll

Hi Genius,

I have a column of DATES like
10/3/08
10/3/08
10/3/08
11/03/08
11/03/08
11/03/08
11/03/08
12/03/08
13/03/08 (today's date)
13/03/08 (today's date)
13/03/08 (today's date)
13/03/08 (today's date)

I would like to count this column WHERE the date is = today's date (which means 13/03/08 from above and it should return 4) how can i do that??? PLEASE PLEASE HELP

averma

Hi crystalllll:

It should be very easy to do. You will need to define a global variable and increment its value if the date matches. I am attaching a design that counts the selected date and prints it at the end of the report.

Ashwini

crystalllll

THANK YOU SOOO SOOO MUCH!!!!!! much appreciated!!:)

crystalllll

OO Do i need a specific version of Birt to do that? I only have 2.1 is that OK? when i Open you sample..it say xml error...what do i have to configure in order to view it?? PLEASE thanks

averma

crystalllll:

That report design was for version 2.2.2. I have recreated a similar design for version 2.1.3, hope this will work for you.

Ashwini

crystalllll

THanks alot again, i can open and view it now, However i can see you are defining a value gl.variable...but where is that gl.variable referring to? i mean where is it getting the gl.variable value.? thanks...Sorry if it cause too much of your time thanks thanks

averma

crystalllll:
The global variable(gbl_Counter) is defined in the table. Select the table and then the script tab, varible is initialized in the onPrepare method and then incremented based on the matching condition in the onCreate method of the detail row(you will need to select the detail row and then script tab). The variable value is accessed in the footer of the table in the text element to print out the number of matching dates. Hope this helps

Ashwini