Newbie Questions

Re: Total the Values in a Repeating Table

Greg Collins — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:13:01 GMT

Browser forms are very picky about what they support and don't support. Unfortunately there are some things you just won't be able to do in a browser form... however some things just take some creative thought and a little experiementation.

Good luck!

Re: Total the Values in a Repeating Table

Chara — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:23:16 GMT

Thanks for your post. It works! :) I'm also a newbie.

Re: Total the Values in a Repeating Table

lanijade — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:44:52 GMT

Hi Greg,

Sorry to bother you again. I can't seem to get this to work in a browser enabled form. It won't let me have the expression boxes in the repeating table or even a repeating section.

Is there a way to do this with a browser enabled form?

Thanks.

Re: Total the Values in a Repeating Table

lanijade — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:51:47 GMT

Thanks Greg!!

You have totally made my day!! And it's only 6.30 in the morning!!

Re: Total the Values in a Repeating Table

Greg Collins — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:13:06 GMT

What you are trying to do is not impossible... it just takes a good understanding of XPath and the current() function. They can be tough to wrap your mind around, but once you get there, they aren't too difficult to work with.

The basic path is to create a second "summary" copy of your table. Then you need to add filtering (or conditional formatting if you are working with a secondary data source) and an expression box for the sum.

I've attached a simple XSN which demonstrates how to do this for either the main DOM (filters) or a secondary DOM (conditional formatting). You could use conditional formatting for either, but filters are more efficient.

Re: Total the Values in a Repeating Table

Patrick Halstead — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:56:31 GMT

Hi Ianijade,

I've asked Greg to also respond. Please check back here in a day and if you don't see a reply, send me e-mail.

Re: Total the Values in a Repeating Table

lanijade — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:40:59 GMT

HI Anuma,

I understand that I could just hard code into the form

"Account A Total"

"Account B Total"

But then each time a new account is added to the sharepoint list, I would have to go in and add another account total to the bottom of the form. Plus there is over 50 accounts and not all of them will be used, therefore this will clutter up the form.

I really need the Account Totals to be dynamic, in this I mean, I only want 'account A total' to appear if in fact, 'Account A' was selected in the repeating table at some point.

Re: Total the Values in a Repeating Table

Anuma — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:30:21 GMT

Hi,

Add below formula to the Total Fields

Acccount A Total Filed: sum(field2[field1 = "Account A"])

Acccount B Total Filed: sum(field2[field1 = "Account B"])

Acccount C Total Filed: sum(field2[field1 = "Account C"])

Field1 --> Account Names field

Field2 --> Value field

For more idea verify attached xsn.

Re: Total the Values in a Repeating Table

lanijade — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:29:40 GMT

Hi Patrick,

Thank you very much. My form is attached. At the moment it is just one repeating table. I would like to sum the value column for each account.

And would like this to show at the bottom of the form.

I also should let you know, that the 'account' drop down will eventually be a data connection to a SharePoint list. This list is dynamic so will change on a regular basis. It also has over 50 account options.

Thank you.

Re: Total the Values in a Repeating Table

Patrick Halstead — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:22:27 GMT

Hi Ianijade,

This is likely an xpath issue. Xpath is kind of tricky. Can you please attach your form and specify which table you are trying to sub-sum and where you want the total to show? I will ask one of our Xpath experts to take a look.

Best!

Total the Values in a Repeating Table

lanijade — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:03:35 GMT

Hi,

I have a repeating table on my form that has 2 columns. One column has a drop down list of account names. The second requires a figure. The user is required to select an account name in the first column and then enter a figure in the second column

So for example the repeating table may look like this:

Account A 20
Account B 10
Account A 20
Account C 30
Account A 15

What I want to do is to display the total of each account at the bottom of the form. So will look similar to this:

Account A 55
Account B 10
Account C 30

I tried this post here http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/p/858/39921.aspx but unfortunately I couldn't get it to work. I was hoping someone could give me detailed step by step instructions on how I can achieve this or point me to a blog that may be able to help?

Many thanks.