>I have a report that is grouped by a field and then has a summary band. I
>am trying to understand why it doesn't work as I think it is supposed to. I
>have a report variable with a calculation and this variable goes into the
>group footer. This works. Now I have another report variable that takes
>the first variable and I want to sum it for the grand total in the summary
>band. This does not work. Any ideas? TIA!

I'm not exactly sure I'm following what you are saying .. but .. report variables are calculated for each and every DETAIL line. If you are trying to SUM the other variable you created .. it is adding it again for EACH and EVERY detail line. If what you want to do is have one variable SUM a field for the group footer and another variable SUM the field for the REPORT SUMMARY at the end .. then make sure the expression is exactly the same in the two variables. The only thing that should change is the RESET AT value .. one is the Group .. the other is End of Report.

If this doesn't help, please try to elaborate on what your variables are doing.

Cathy