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      Article summary

      Adds the current row to the previous row and displays it as a percentage of the overall cumulative total

      Purpose

      Use this function to: 

      • Add a percentage from one period to the percentage of another period.
      • Create Pareto charts


      Calculation

      cumul%= ( cumul(RowX) / cumul(N) ) * 100

RowX = value for current row

cumul(RowX) = sum of RowX and all previous rows 

cumul(N) = sum of all rows in resultset


      Sample Result

      Parameters

      ParametersDescription
      DimensionsDiscrete field(s).    All fields must come from the same table.
      NameName to be displayed as Column Header in result grid
      MeasureThe 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.
      FunctionCOUNT / SUM / AVG / MIN / MAX / STDEV
      Postcumul%
      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.

      Axis0 / 1.    Y-Axis to use when plotting graph.     Default = 0
      PlotY / N.   Specifies whether measure’s output column should be plotted on graph.  Default = Y
      ResolveOptional.   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.

      PopupDefault / None / Extended
      Prefix$ / £ / E / %

      Usage Notes

      See cumul to calculated sales to date


      Example


      • Example use: Percentage of sales to date
      • e.g Show each month’s sales as a percentage of total sales for the period

      NOTE: Measures 1 and 2 are included purely for illustration. It is not necessary to include these measures for the calculation to work.


      Dimension (s):  [transactions].[product_group], [transactions].[yearmonth]

      Measure 1

      • Name: =Sales
      • Measure:  = transactions.castprice
      • Function: = sum
      • Post: =
      • Value: =
      • Axis: =0
      • Plot:=Y
      • Resolve:=
      • Series Type:= Bar
      • Popup:=Default
      • Prefix:=

      Measure 2

      • Name: =Sales To Date
      • Measure:  = transactions.castprice
      • Function: = sum
      • Post: = cumul
      • Value: =
      • Axis: =0
      • Plot:=Y
      • Resolve:=
      • Series Type:= Line
      • Popup:=Default
      • Prefix:=

      Measure 3

      • Name: = % of total Sales
      • Measure:  = transactions.castprice
      • Function: = sum
      • Post: = cumul%
      • Value: =
      • Axis: =0
      • Plot:=Y
      • Resolve:=
      • Series Type:= Line
      • Popup:=Default
      • Prefix:=


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