>Am I confused as to what report variables do?
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>I have a variable, "totamt". The initial value is 0, the value to store is "amount", the calculation is sum, and it releases at the end of the report.
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>I thought this would give me the same result as a field at the end of report with the expression "amount" and the calculation of sum.
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>But instead it is giving me a huge number and I don't know where it's getting it from.
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>So how do I get a report variable to give me the total amount?
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>Thanks,
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>Michelle

Michelle, try to set calculation to None and Value To store to
totamt + amount

Nick