Matrix Groups and Sums

I have what I thought was a pretty simple report, but have encountered two
issues.
I have three groups in this report.
1. When using sum on my detail row I am getting what appears to be a running
total in one of the columns. When I don't use sum then I get either the first
or last value for a detail record.
2. When using groups, the results are not what I would expect. It seems
almost impossible to get the grouping I would like. If I want to total on the
first group and then the second group and then a final total for all the
groups I can't. Am I missing something as this seems like it should be a
trivial effort.
If anybody can help I would appreciate it.
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DCDUse Fields!fieldname.value (sounds like you are getting sum, first, and
last)... do not use a function at all..
Look at the sum documentation,, there is an additional parameter which
allows you to set the scope, Use a group name there and see if that helps...
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"Darryl" <ddillman@.tmsteam.com> wrote in message
news:F1127546-8532-4873-A11B-B6A7D3B8897E@.microsoft.com...
>I have what I thought was a pretty simple report, but have encountered two
> issues.
> I have three groups in this report.
> 1. When using sum on my detail row I am getting what appears to be a
> running
> total in one of the columns. When I don't use sum then I get either the
> first
> or last value for a detail record.
> 2. When using groups, the results are not what I would expect. It seems
> almost impossible to get the grouping I would like. If I want to total on
> the
> first group and then the second group and then a final total for all the
> groups I can't. Am I missing something as this seems like it should be a
> trivial effort.
> If anybody can help I would appreciate it.
> --
> DCD