Save a value on a variable to use in the report, where this value remains the same after filters

Jesus Villegas shared this question 4 years ago
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Im creating a report and I have a total value for example of 10,000 and this is my 100%, and I need to keep this number, but when I start adding filters this number will change according to the filters, but I don't want this number to change. Is it possible to have this field exclude from the filters?

Thank you.

Jesus

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Hi Jesus,

Thanks for reaching out. If you want the total to display by itself without being affected by the filtering, you can create a child report with just the 100% value, and then set that report as the co-display report in the main report. If you choose Co-Display Right for example:

In this case you'd just see that static report to the right of your filtered results in your main report:

You can read more about Co-Display Reports on our Wiki here. Let me know if this seems to work for your use case.

Regards,

Mike

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You could also use a a union or left join. I often use unions to get a distinct count when dealing with overlapping data. I also use right join (sub-query's) and join just enough to assure totals. For example, a report that gives a total for the country but drills down to individual states, cities, etc. If you join on country, then the total will always be country. If there isn't a logical drill like that, then create a calculated field with the value 1 in both the master and sub-query and join on that. You can use the "link filter" feature to assure that certain filters are applied without losing the total.

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Hi Larry,

Thanks for your input. This sounds like a great solution to me!

Regards,

Mike

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Hi Jesus,

Please confirm whether either of these methods work for you.

Thanks,

Mike

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Hi Jesus,

I'm going to go ahead and mark this one as Answered since I haven't heard back from you, but if you have further questions or concerns on this, if you respond, it will re-open the case and put it back in my queue and I'll be happy to help.

Regards,

Mike

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