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JoseBaez's avatar
JoseBaez
Qrew Trainee
5 years ago

Is there a way to have a summary report calculate the variance of the difference between sums?

Basically I need the variance to be calculated as the following:

FTE Target - FTE Sum (Filled) - FTE Sum(Open) = Variance. In which case would be 
9.6 below.


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  • The only way to do this would be to have a table of Cost Centers (which you may already have) and summarize up the detail records for Filled and Open.

    Then just have s simple Table Report of Cost Centers and do the math on the Cost Center Record.
  • Hi Dan,

    Correct I do have Cost Center table. I'm also am doing the math in the record but it sums the individual variances on the summary which is not the result needed.

    Question - is there a way to create a formula field that captures the totals shown at the bottom of a Report Link?

    i.e. pull in the total 40.3 into a separate formula field? I'm thinking as a workaround have the math show in each record..I think this will be acceptable because the report consumer has to view each record individually anyway.



    • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
      QuickBaseCoachD
      Qrew Captain
      Hi this is Mark.
      I'm not understanding the question now.

      If you have all your fields on a record, you can just do a simple formula to calculate the variance, right?
    • JoseBaez's avatar
      JoseBaez
      Qrew Trainee
      Sorry..Mark.

      The variance calc in the record is missing the Filled and Opened totals for the Cost Center. Keep in mind its a sum of multiple records for each cost center. In other words, each cost center has multiple records within it...I need the sum of Total FTE (Open) and (Filled)...if I can get this in the record I'd be in business...the variance calc would work.
    • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
      QuickBaseCoachD
      Qrew Captain
      If you have a relationship between the Cost Centers and their detail records, then you can make summary fields to get those numbers (Totals or averages) up to the Cost Center record.