Don't know how to get reports that group differently to total the same

Question

I have 2 reports needing to list the same amount as they group differently and both require the amount to be rounded to the tenth place.

Example: October data

County Tons Date

AB 2.48 10/01/09 AB 2.25 10/15/09 AB 2.34 10/15/09 BC 2.76 10/02/09 BC 2.85 10/03/09 BC 4.74 10/03/09

a. Monthly report - Example (October)

County Tons(Rounded to the tenth place) AB 7.1 BC 10.4 __ 17.5

The Monthly reports are grouped and summarized by county Formula: ROUND(SUM({@Tons},{COUNTY.ID}), 1)

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b. Quarterly report - Example

Month Tons(Rounded to the tenth place) October 17.4 November 22.3 November 14.5 __ 54.2

The Quarterly reports are grouped and summarized by date Formula: ROUND(SUM({@Tons}, {RECORD.DATE},"monthly"), 1)

Answer 1

Try not doing any rounding in your formulas. Use the formatting options to show only 1 decimal point when displaying the tonnage. That way your formulas will always be working with the most accurate (non rounded) data.