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    #1

    HALP with reports

    I am struggling to learn A5v7 (from A4v8). I have created a database to keep stats for a girls' high school basketball team I coach.

    I keep track of such thing as Field Goal Attempts, Points, Rebounds, Steals, Assists and Percent from Foul Line (Number made divided by number of attempts. I have this calculated field ok.)

    I want to keep the stats for each game, and a running total in the format shown in the attachment.

    Specifically:

    I want the report name to repeat at the top of each page, but I can't make it do that.

    I want the column headers to repeat at the top of each page, but I can't make it do that.

    I want the Date, Opponent and stats to print for each record, but I can't make it do that.

    I can't get a running total of each stat for each player.

    I do not want orphans or widows. If an entire record does not fit on a page, I want it to skip to the next page.

    I had this report built once and it worked fine. Then, somehow, I lost it and cannot figure out how to rebuild it GRRRR! I can get it all just fine with A4v8!

    I think I need to add a summary section somewhere, but I just can't get it to work after a week trying.

    Please. Any help on what I believe is a very simple problem, would be so appreciated. (Good thing I know more about coaching than I do about computing.

    Thanks very much.
    Last edited by BillA; 11-24-2008, 10:05 PM. Reason: To attach a JPG file.
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    Re: HALP with reports

    Bill,
    I want the report name to repeat at the top of each page, but I can't make it do that.

    I want the column headers to repeat at the top of each page, but I can't make it do that.
    Create a Page Header and place the needed fields on it to do this.

    I want the Date, Opponent and stats to print for each record, but I can't make it do that.
    This sounds like fields to be placed into the detail band--but could be something else and without either a sample, a screenshot of what you need, or a better more specific description, I am not certain.

    I can't get a running total of each stat for each player.
    There is a function for running total....but a running total does not seem to fit what you describe...seems like a grouping on the player field and then maybe a total in the group footer???

    I do not want orphans or widows. If an entire record does not fit on a page, I want it to skip to the next page.
    There are such settings for the bands....right click on a band heading and check out the properties to find what you need. My worry always with this setting is what happens if the record is larger than a full page...hmmm..should experiment sometime to see what happens I guess! :)

    Summary section.....if you mean a total of whatever based on whatever, then drag the wanted field to a footer (create the footer if the correct one is not present) and let the genie do the work for you!
    Mike
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    It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
    It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
    Henry David Thoreau
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      #3
      Re: HALP with reports

      Mikie, *Thank you* for your reply. I tried desperately, three times, to upload a JPG image of a sample report. It appeared to be uploading it, but it never did. <Bill shrugs> I think it would have answered your questions.

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        #4
        Re: HALP with reports

        Attached (I *hope*) is a sample of the report I'm trying to generate:

        http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...attach/png.gif
        png.gif

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          #5
          Re: HALP with reports

          Hi Bill,
          Seems like you have accomplished most of it now---do you still have a problem getting the totals of each field? If so, and if the TOTALS: row is a footer for each of the Name groups, then just drag each field you want totaled from the drag-drop list into the footer and choose total from the dialog box that comes up.
          Mike
          __________________________________________
          It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
          It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
          Henry David Thoreau
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            #6
            Re: HALP with reports

            With your great assistance, yeah. Pretty much done. Only one thing ....

            I would like it to print the last name only once. A4v8 had a V or U command in the report writer that took care of that.

            But in A5, I haven't been able to find that or anything similar (and God knows, I've hunted and clicked just about everything).

            That option may appear on the print command, but I have not noticed it.

            Originally posted by MikeC View Post
            Hi Bill,
            Seems like you have accomplished most of it now---do you still have a problem getting the totals of each field? If so, and if the TOTALS: row is a footer for each of the Name groups, then just drag each field you want totaled from the drag-drop list into the footer and choose total from the dialog box that comes up.

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              #7
              Re: HALP with reports

              Bill,
              More than one way to do such things.

              How about creating a Header for your grouping and placing the last name field in it.

              Another way for a different circumstance would be to create a calculated field to use on the report with something along the lines of:
              blank_duplicate("yourNamefield",grouped over your grouping field)

              I think just a single grouping parameter would suffice, but right click on the function's argument to choose a grouping and experiment around with it.
              Mike
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              It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
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