The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0, 97
SUMMARY
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.
This article demonstrates how to create a report that shows the median
value for a set of records. Note that a median value is the midpoint
in an ordered set of values (the value above and below which there is
an equal set of values), or the arithmetic mean of the two middle
numbers if there is no one middle number.
MORE INFORMATION
The following sample report is based on the Orders table in the sample
database Northwind.mdb (or NWIND.MDB in versions 1.x and 2.0). The report
will group records by the CustomerID field, and will sort records within
each group by the Freight field.
NOTE: In Microsoft Access 1.x and 2.0, there is a space in Customer ID.
- Create a new report based on the Orders table in Northwind.mdb.
- On the View menu, click Sorting And Grouping. Select CustomerID as
the first field. Set GroupHeader and GroupFooter to Yes.
- Select Freight as the second field. Select Ascending for the Sort Order.
- If it is not displayed, choose Field List from the View menu. Drag the
CustomerID field from the field list to the CustomerID header on the
report.
- Drag the Freight field to the detail section.
- Add the following unbound controls to the CustomerID header:
Name Control Source
-------------------------------
IDCount =Count(*)
Half =Int([IDCount]/2)
Odd =([IDCount] Mod 2)
NOTE: The Name property is called ControlName in version 1.x.
- Add the following unbound controls to the detail section:
NOTE: In the following example, an underscore (_) at the end of a
line is used as a line-continuation character. Remove the underscore
from the end of the line when re-creating this example.
Name Control Source
-------------------------------------------------------------
Position =1
Arg1 =Val(IIf([Position]=([Half]+[Odd]),[Freight],0))
Arg2: =Val(IIf([Odd]=0,IIf([Position]=([Half]+_
[Odd]+1),[Freight],0),0))
Set the RunningSum property to Over Group for each of the text box
controls in this section except for the Freight text box control.
- Add the following unbound control to the CustomerID Footer:
Name Control Source
--------------------------------------------------
Median =IIF([Odd]=0,([Arg1]+[Arg2])/2,[Arg1])
- Save and run the report.
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