Rick,

That's the exact reason why I use Calculate and Count. Plus I can set filters right in the statements. Here's something for ya: when I do my Calculate statement, the value passed to my variable has 2 decimal places by default. Can I eliminate these decimal places??

Perry

>Jason,
>According to Hacker's Guide, CALCULATE SUM() and CALCULATE AVG() are about twice as fast as SUM and AVERAGE...That could be one reason for using it instead.
>
>Have a Happy Thanksgiving,
>Rick
>
>>It should go top implicitly without you interfering. I am curious though why you chose this methodology?
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>JTryon