total
The total statement calculates totals and subtotals for the current field.
Parameters
No parameters.
Description
This statement calculates totals for the current field. The current field must be numeric. If the database contains summary records, this statement will calculate subtotals for each summary record, along with an overall total for the whole database. If there are not any summary records in the database, one will be added at the end of the database and the overall total calculated and placed into the summary record.
This simple example calculates the total of all checks in the database.
field Debit
total
This example calculates the total sales for each state, along with the overall grand total.
field State
group
field Sales
total
See Also
- analyzedialog -- opens the standard Analyze dialog.
- average -- calculates averages and sub-averages for the selected records in the current field.
- collapse -- hides the detail records associated with the currently active summary record.
- collapsetosummary -- collapses to the next higher summary level.
- count -- counts all non-empty data cells for the current field.
- expand -- reveals the next level of collapsed detail records associated with the currently active summary record.
- expandall -- reveals all collapsed detail records associated with the currently active summary record.
- groupdown -- divides the database into groups, with a summary record at the end of each group. The groups are arranged in descending order (high to low).
- groupup -- divides the database into groups, with a summary record at the end of each group. The groups are arranged in ascending order (low to high).
- info("collapsible") -- checks to see if the current record is collapsible.
- info("expandable") -- checks to see if the current record is expandable.
- maximum -- calculates the maximum and sub-maximums for the current field.
- minimum -- calculates the minimum and sub-minimums for the current field.
- removeallsummaries -- removes all summary records.
- removedetail -- removes data records from the current database, leaving only summary records. It can also delete low level summary records, leaving only higher levels.
- removesummaries -- removes summary records from the current database.
History
| 10.0 | No Change | Carried over from Panorama 6.0. |