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CountandCountAll
Intheexamplebelow,ifyouinsertaCountontheResortcolumn,theresult
ofthecalculationis3becausetherearethreedifferentresorts,Bahamas
Beach,HawaiianClubandFrenchRiviera.TheCountfunctioncountsvalues
ofadimensionobjectthatarethesameonlyonetime.Thisiscalledadistinct
count.
IfyouinsertCountAllonthesamecolumn,theresultis12becausethere
aretwelverowsofdataintheresortcolumn.TheCountAllfunctioncounts
allrowsincludingemptyandduplicaterows.
IfyoulookattheRevenuecolumn,CountandCountAllreturn12.Fora
measureobject,theCountfunctioncountsallrows.
UsingtheCalculationtoolbar
YoucanalsousethebuttonsontheReporttoolbarforcertaincalculations.
Theyare,inorder:Sum,Percentage,Count,Variance,andVariance
percentage.
Todeletecalculationsfromatableoracrosstab
1. Selecttheroworcolumnwherethecalculationisdisplayed.
2. ClickCalculationsthenthecalculationontheDatamenu.
Youcanseewhichcalculationshavebeenappliedtoaroworcolumnof
data.OntheDatamenu,theiconnexttothecalculationisdimmedor
hasacheckmarknexttoittoshowithasbeenused.Buttonsonthe
toolbararedimmedtoshowtheyhavebeenusedontheselecteddata.
Notethatthecalculationcommandsavailableonthemenuandtoolbar
dependonthedatayouhaveselectedinthetableorcrosstab.
Makingcalculationsondimensionanddetailobjects
Youcanusethefollowingcalculationsondimensionanddetailobjects:
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