1. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Welcome To... ReportSmith & ADP PC/Payroll For Windows

2. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Welcome To... Database Grouping CheckView Tables & SUM(DISTINCT )

3. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Presented By CharlesCook.com Specializing In ReportSmith Training & Consulting Charles@CharlesCook.com

4. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Challenge  CheckView Tables  Many Records For Each Employee Check  One Code Per Record  Can Not Add Up Most Amounts

5. Meeting of the Minds 1999 CheckView Tables  Architecture  One Record Per  Employee  Check  Code

6. Meeting of the Minds 1999 CheckView Tables  Architecture  One Record Per  Employee –CompanyCode –File# –SocialSecurity#  Check  Code

7. Meeting of the Minds 1999 CheckView Tables  Architecture  One Record Per  Employee  Check –CheckViewChkSeq# –CheckViewPayroll# –CheckViewWeek# –CheckViewYear#  Code

8. Meeting of the Minds 1999 CheckView Tables  Architecture  One Record Per  Employee  Check  Code –CheckViewDedCode –CheckViewDedAmt

9. Meeting of the Minds 1999 CheckView Tables  Vertical Data  Each Code And Amount Pair Is On A Separate Record

10. Meeting of the Minds 1999 CheckView Tables  Vertical Data

11. Meeting of the Minds 1999 CheckView Tables  Horizontal Data  All The Other Columns Have The Same Values On Each Record

12. Meeting of the Minds 1999 CheckView Tables  Horizontal Data

13. Meeting of the Minds 1999 CheckView Tables

14. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Solution  Database Grouping  Records Are Compressed  Data is Extracted And/Or Summarized  Using Derived Fields And Summary Functions

15. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Database Grouping  Records Are Compressed  Using Unique Values Of Fields  Include In Report  Value Only

16. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Database Grouping  Always Include In Report  CompanyCode  File#  SocialSecurity#  CheckViewChkSeq#  CheckViewPayroll#  CheckViewWeek#  CheckViewYear#

17. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Database Grouping  Always Include In Report  This Will Result In One Record Per  Employee  Check

18. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Database Grouping  Always Include In Report  This Will Result In One Record Per  Employee –CompanyCode –File# –SocialSecurity#  Check

19. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Database Grouping  Always Include In Report  This Will Result In One Record Per  Employee  Check –CheckViewChkSeq# –CheckViewPayroll# –CheckViewWeek# –CheckViewYear#

20. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Database Grouping  Always Include In Report  Before Database Grouping

21. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Database Grouping  Always Include In Report  After Database Grouping

22. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Database Grouping  Code And Amount Must Be Query Only  Or The Values Will Change How The Records Are Compressed  Only Used In SQL Derived Fields

23. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Database Grouping  All Other Amounts Should Be Query Only  Only Used In SQL Derived Fields

24. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Database Grouping  Any Other Fields Can Be Include In Report Or Query Only  Each Record Will Have The Same Value And Will Not Effect The Database Grouping

25. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Solution  Summarized Data  Using Derived Fields And Summary Functions  Add Up Compressed Vertical Data –Sum All Values SUM(Column Name)

26. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Data is Summarized  Summarized Data  Add Up All Deduction Amounts SUM(CheckViewDedAmt)

27. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Solution  Extracted Data  Using Derived Fields And Summary Functions  Extract One Occurrence Of The Duplicated Values –Sum Only Unique Values SUM(DISTINCT Column Name)

28. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Data is Summarized  Extracted Data  Add Up Only Unique Gross Pay Amounts SUM(DISTINCT CheckViewGrossPayA)

29. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Data is Summarized  Summary Functions

30. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Conclusion  Use Database Grouping To Get One Record Per Check  Remember  What You Include In Your Report Will Be Used To Compress The Records

31. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Conclusion  Always Include In Report  CompanyCode  File#  SocialSecurity#  CheckViewChkSeq#  CheckViewPayroll#  CheckViewWeek#  CheckViewYear#

32. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Conclusion  Summarize Vertical Data  Use Sum( ) To Add Up Compressed Vertical Data

33. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Conclusion  Extract Horizontal Data  Use Sum(DISTINCT ) To Extract One Occurrence Of The Duplicated Values

34. Meeting of the Minds 1999 Presented By CharlesCook.com Specializing In ReportSmith Training & Consulting Charles@CharlesCook.com