Help on Report

Jose Lerebours fpgroups at gmail.com
Wed Jul 15 09:09:25 PDT 2020


Wait, I understood that using -i[?] simply meant that one can use the -v 
processing to perform lookup thus reduce the process by directing 
pointer to the block of records you are interested in.

Are you saying that using -i[?] means that run time will use the given 
index.[?] as source of data in lieu of key?

Based on my understanding, there is no reason to invoke -i[?] unless you 
are performing lookup - to move record pointer.  BTW, this technique 
runs through thousands of records and retrieves a block of them in a 
blink of an eye - hence the blessings realized when filePro increased 
the number of automatic indexes.

Back to OP: Have you resolved your issue?  Still looking for a solution?


On 7/15/20 11:07 AM, scooter6 at gmail.com wrote:
> Yes     rreport  client  -f  summary -u -a -v select -ih     with 
> index H being received date
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 11:04 AM Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list 
> <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com 
> <mailto:filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>> wrote:
>
>     Are you using a -v selection process?
>
>     I am going to assume that you are already indicating the index
>     mentioned on the command line. Is this assumption correct?
>
>
>
>     Richard
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>     > On Jul 15, 2020, at 7:32 AM, Jose Lerebours via Filepro-list
>     <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>     <mailto:filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Call me crazy but doesn't filePro allow for the "sort" to be
>     changed from within the -v processing table?
>     >
>     > If that is the case, will not work if you
>     >
>     > a. convert date into a YY-MM-DD format
>     > b. create string like so DATE + CONTROL + [ whatever ]
>     >
>     > use filePro available method to set the sort order.  By the time
>     your processing triggers, your data should be in the order you desire.
>     >
>     > If filePro does observe the "date" field as a "date" and not as
>     string when sorting, I fail to see how this cannot be done using
>     standard sort settings ASC/DES combination.  Of course, if your
>     fields are not in sequence, using the -v table might be the way to go.
>     >
>     >
>     >> On 7/15/20 6:03 AM, Jeff Harrison via Filepro-list wrote:
>     >> It's been a while, but I think that you can leverage the min
>     and max functions for this.
>     >> In your processing at line 1 (before the @brk) do something
>     like ;Aa=min(acctfield) ; ab=max(acctfield)
>     >> Now you can reference aa and ab when you are at the break and
>     will have the expected values.
>     >>
>     >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>     >>     On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 1:59 AM, scooter6--- via
>     Filepro-list<filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>     <mailto:filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>> wrote:   I guess that's
>     the part I'm struggling with - since I'm using index for
>     >> date, the first record it finds may not be the lowest number in
>     that 'batch'
>     >> Would it be better to create an index on date and full account
>     number, then
>     >> grab the first 'acct'?
>     >> thanks
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 3:59 PM Bruce Easton via Filepro-list <
>     >> filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>     <mailto:filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >>> Scott - if the only problem is the Starting Acct#, then, are
>     you using a
>     >>> global field to track when the Starting Acct# is less than one
>     >>> previously encountered within a Ctl#?  (And then resetting it
>     back to
>     >>> an arbitrarily high value when you start a new Ctl# after
>     reporting the
>     >>> Ctl#?)
>     >>>
>     >>> Bruce
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> On 7/13/20 2:12 PM, scooter6--- via Filepro-list wrote:
>     >>>> I have a database that has this type structure
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Clt            Acct          Full Acct           Date Received
>     >>>> -------        --------- ----------------------
>     >>>>   -----------------------
>     >>>> 01234        00010      01234-00010 06/01/20
>     >>>> 01234        00011      01234-00011 06/01/20
>     >>>> 01234        00012      01234-00012 06/05/20
>     >>>> 01234        00013      01234-00013 06/10/20
>     >>>> 01235        00250      01235-00250 06/01/20
>     >>>> 01235        00251      01235-00251 06/05/20
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I want to create a report with oldest received date first and
>     a 'summary'
>     >>>> line for each batch then in Clt number order
>     >>>>
>     >>>> For example, for the above data set, I want to see
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Date Rec'd      Clt            Starting Acct     Ending Acct
>     >>> Total
>     >>>> in Batch
>     >>>> ---------------      ----------- -----------------
>     >>>> ----------------        ------------------
>     >>>> 06/01/20          01234        00010     00011
>     >>>>           2
>     >>>> 06/01/20          01235        00250     00250
>     >>>>           1
>     >>>>                             Total Received 06/01/20
>     >>>>                 3
>     >>>>
>     >>>> 06/05/20          01234        00012     00012
>     >>>>           1
>     >>>> 06/05/20          01235        00251     00251
>     >>>>           1
>     >>>>                             Total Received 06/05/20
>     >>>>               2
>     >>>>
>     >>>> 06/10/20          01234        00013     00013
>     >>>>           1
>     >>>>                               Total Received 06/10/20
>     >>>>                 1
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> When I do @wbrk1 - I can get the Ending Account and the Total
>     but even
>     >>> if I
>     >>>> declare the Starting Acct before @wbrk1 - both variables
>     still come out
>     >>> the
>     >>>> same - so I'm apparently missing something there
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I'm using sort order of Date Rec'd and descending and
>     subtotal and
>     >>> subtotal
>     >>>> on Clt
>     >>>> Running this rreport with -ih  (index H which is Date Rec'd)
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I can post full processing table if that helps - but each
>     report dataline
>     >>>> is a field in the actual file
>     >>>> There is a little more I'm doing with it other than this, but
>     it's really
>     >>>> just displaying a few of the other fields - so didn't want to
>     confuse by
>     >>>> posting the full prc table
>     >>>>
>     >>>> thanks
>     >>>> Scott
>     >>>> PDM
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