http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/13.aspxAsk technical support questions, how do I? Questions... Or anything else you want to know from the Method Team and other Method users.enCommunityServer 2007.1 SP2 (Build: 31113.47)http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/37544.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2026 13:33:01 GMT3393c1ec-311b-4812-96cb-ad8c611bba4f:37544Method_Inderdeep0http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/37544.aspxhttp://forums.method.me/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=37544<p></p> <p><span id="mce_14_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_19_start" style="overflow:hidden;">Hi&nbsp;Espoir,</span><span id="mce_15_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_16_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span></span></p> <div> <div> <div>You don&rsquo;t need a custom field for this. Put the Quantity field into the <i>group footer</i> (the band that summarizes that group), then apply a summary to it.</div> </div> </div> <p></p> <div> <div> <div><span id="mce_3_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>Steps:</div> </div> </div> <p></p> <div> <div> <ul> <li>Add a GroupFooter for the item group (so you have a place to show totals).</li> <li>Move the Quantity field from Details into that GroupFooter.</li> <li>Select the Quantity field, open its Summary settings, set Running to Group, and Function to Sum.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p></p> <div> <div> <div>That will print one line per item description with the summed quantity.</div> </div> </div> <p><span id="mce_0_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><span id="mce_1_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_6_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_7_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_11_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_12_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_13_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/uaSlIlJ_d.png?maxwidth=520&amp;shape=thumb&amp;fidelity=high" width="435" height="198" alt="" /></span><span id="mce_12_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span><span id="mce_8_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_6_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ERwF8Q6_d.png?maxwidth=520&amp;shape=thumb&amp;fidelity=high" width="500" height="300" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_6_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/yzLmZHM_d.png?maxwidth=520&amp;shape=thumb&amp;fidelity=high" width="435" height="204" alt="" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_10_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_18_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_10_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_18_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><span id="mce_11_start" style="overflow:hidden;">Best,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_10_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_11_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="mce_10_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_11_start" style="overflow:hidden;">Inder</span></span><span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><span id="mce_7_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></p> <p><span style="overflow:hidden;"><br /></span></p> <p><span id="mce_5_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></p>http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/37543.aspxWed, 03 Jun 2026 19:27:49 GMT3393c1ec-311b-4812-96cb-ad8c611bba4f:37543Espoir0http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/37543.aspxhttp://forums.method.me/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=37543<p><span id="mce_0_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_1_start" style="overflow:hidden;">Hello,&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p></p> <p>I am trying to create a report that takes items with the same description, groups them<span id="mce_8_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>,adds their quantities,&nbsp;&nbsp;and prints the sum on the report.&nbsp;<span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></p> <p><span style="overflow:hidden;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="overflow:hidden;">I was able to gr<span id="mce_16_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>o<span id="mce_15_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>up<span id="mce_17_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>&nbsp;the Items using the Group Header section in the report, but adding<span id="mce_10_end" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_11_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span>&nbsp;their<span id="mce_18_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><span id="mce_12_start" style="overflow:hidden;"> quantity</span> <span id="mce_14_start" style="overflow:hidden;">and print&nbsp;</span>sum has given a lot of issues<span id="mce_19_start" style="overflow:hidden;">. I tried creating custom fields,<span id="mce_20_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span> but it is not working.&nbsp;<br /><br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="overflow:hidden;"><span style="overflow:hidden;">Any suggestions here?</span></span></p>