Adding multiple fields together

Okay hopefully this is quick and easy.

I have 3 fields (Annual Salary, Medical, Pension) and I now need to working out Cost To Company which is just adding those three together.

I tried to do that in a formula but it doesn't return me anything... This is what I had.

=(Sum(Fields!AnnualSalary.Value, "CoreEmployeeData")+Sum(Fields!AnnualMedicalAid.Value, "CoreEmployeeData")+Sum(Fields!AnnualPension.Value, "CoreEmployeeData"))

So it should add the 3 records?

While you are here :), Can you tell me how I can put a currency symbol in the front of these numbers and add the thousand comma delimiter?

ok, What is the "CoreEmployeeData" section, I would think this is affecting your calcs.

Also i would braket each individual sum too as below, I have also added in the ￡ and thousand delimiter too.

="￡" & round(cdec((Sum(Fields!AnnualSalary.Value))+(Sum(Fields!AnnualMedicalAid.Value))+(Sum(Fields!AnnualPension.Value), 2)), 2)

I have not tested this but should provide what you are looking for.

Andy

|||CoreEmployeeData is the DataSet name.
If I leave that out I get an out of scope error.

If I leave it there I still get no response at all....?|||Okay well it's working now.
I had to paste the code in the "Format" and "Value" fields.

Not sure why it was required in both but it seems to work now. I think I need some more practice :)

Thanks,
Gavin|||

the easiest way to get aorund this issue is split out your sum to individual columns, create 3 new columns in your report, and put the Sum() in each, make sure that return the correct data in the new columns.

If so then just copy and paste each one into your total column and + them together making sure you bracket each one and wrapper the whole thing in brackets too.

((sum(A)) + (sum(B)) + (sum(B)))

Now add in my code above to format to dec and add ￡ and you should be ok

|||

Cool! - Its is one of those things, to be honest i dont use the format area at all but add my formatting only into the expression for each field, at least then you only have to change one area of needed.

SSRS certianly has its quirks but you get used to it.

Andy