2dcumul

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2dcumul

Requires 2 dimensions in order to accumulate (2d)

Successively adds current row to the previous row’s accumulation. (cumul)

Restarts the accumulation each time dimension 1 changes

e.g.

Dimension1 = Product { [Product1], [Product2]…}

Dimension2 = Quarter { [Q1], [Q2], [Q3]…}

Measure = [Sum of Sales]

Purpose

Use this function to:

Parameter	Description
Dimensions	Discrete field(s). All fields must come from the same table.
Name	Name to be displayed as Column Header in result grid
Measure	The field to be used in the post-function calculation. Must be numeric if Function is anything other than COUNT. Must come from same table as DIMENSIONS. Supports Discrete or Continuous DataTypes.
Function	COUNT / SUM / AVG / MIN / MAX / STDEV
Post	2dcumul
Value	Optional. Filter to apply when evaluating FUNCTION. Only records in the Filter Recordset will be included in the Function and Post-Function calculations. Must come from same table as DIMENSION/MEASURE or be linked to the Dimension table.
Axis	0 / 1. Y-Axis to use when plotting graph. Default = 0
Plot	Y / N. Specifies whether measure’s output column should be plotted on graph. Default = Y
Resolve	Optional. Resolve level for the measure. If blank, Resolve = Dimension Table
Series Type	Default / Bar / Stacked Bar / Line / Spline / RangeLow / RangeHigh / CSLow / CSHigh / CSOpen / CSClose Determines the graph style for the measure.
Popup	Default / None / Extended
Prefix	$ / £ / E / %

Cumulative data is always dependant on row sort order.

2dcumul is also dependent on the order in which dimensions are specified.

NOTE: Measure 1 is included purely for illustration. It is not necessary to include this measure for the calculation to work.

Example use: Calculating the running sales total, grouped by quarter and product

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