I have a report.

on this report is a sub summary part,sorted by product group. On this PART is a summary field called totalofmonths it is defined as  

summary[12]  = total of months.

It is a repeating field with 12 repeats to show amounts for each month.

 

The months field is a calculation defined as

Case( Get( CalculationRepetitionNumber ) = Month(Extend(  ShipDate )) ;

  Extend( ItemPrice by ProductGroup2 ) )

 

What I need now is to add to that part , the quarterly numbers. so I need to add

the repititions from totalofmonths.. I need repitition 1, 2 and 3 only, then 4,5,6  only etc...

I can not figure out how to do this. it seems it should be so simple but beyond me at this time.

 

 

Create another calc field with 4 repetitions:

 

Case ( 

  Ceiling ( Month ( Extend ( ShipDate ) / 3 ) = Get ( CalculationRepetitionNumber ) ;

  Extend ( ItemPrice ) 

)

 

and summarize that field.

Sometimes I am a moron.. so simple... You are my hero..thanks

Try it this way =

Let (
i = Get ( CalculationRepetitionNumber ) - 1
;
Sum (
GetSummary ( totalofmonths [ 3*i + 1 ] ; product group ) ;
GetSummary ( totalofmonths [ 3*i + 2 ] ; product group ) ;
GetSummary ( totalofmonths [ 3*i + 3 ] ; product group )
)
)

The result type is Number and you need 4 repetitions.

 

 

 

Create another calc field with 4 repetitions:

..

and summarize that field.

 

Ouch. That's a lot of repeated summarizing of the same thing.

this works great, but the new problem becomes past years.  years are calculated same exact way as above. see attached picture

I am afraid you've lost me. What exactly is this new problem? When you say "years are calculated same exact way as above", I have no idea which way that is.

I have a calculation field  called years defined as

Case( Get( CalculationRepetitionNumber ) = Right(Year ( Extend(ShipDate ));1) ;

  Sum(Extend( ItemPrice by ProductGroup2 ) ))

 

it is a repeating field with 8 repeats for years. 

then I have a a summary field  called totalofyears  defined as  summay[8] = Total of Years

 

in this shows the income for a specific product for that year.  as shown in the above image. 

now for each year I need each quarter broken out.

So my thought is to make an another field as mentioned by EOS but use

 

 

If(Year (Extend( ShipDate ))=Year(Get ( CurrentDate ))-1;

 

Case(Get ( CalculationRepetitionNumber )=Ceiling(Month ( Extend(ShipDate )/3));

Extend(ItemPrice by ProductGroup2));"")

 

to go back 1 year.. however this is not working to get the quarters for 2013... and I would have used

 

Year(Get ( CurrentDate ))-2;   to get the data for 2012..

 but no good.

Ouch. That's a lot of repeated summarizing of the same thing.

 

I know …   First find a way, then find a better one …

 

 

now for each year I need each quarter broken out.

 

You can't get an egg back from an omelette.  If you want to show 4 quarters for each of the 8 years, you need to summarize by quarter (24 repetitions) first.