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Row level Summary for changing columns

praneshsapmm
8 - Asteroid

Hello ,

 

Can someone help me to solve below requirement . 

 

I would like sum the values from different columns using summarize tool as show below : 

ABC
111
223
334

 

I could do that , but at times the input columns will be changed and i had to modify the workflow everytime to sum the new columns as shown below :

 

ADCE
1111
2233
334

5

 

Is there any workaround to summarize for dynamic columns . 

 

Thanks

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DataNath
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

@praneshsapmm the usual approach to dynamically total fields is to Transpose the data, bringing the headers and values into the dataset. After that, we can then re-Cross Tab the data and one of the options when doing so is to create a Total Column. After that, it's just some clean up of the names and removing the grouping field created in the Tile:

 

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End result:

 

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You can see that if we add the second example you provided, the workflow works fine without any changes needed:

 

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JamesCharnley
13 - Pulsar

Hi @praneshsapmm 

 

If you transpose before the summarize and group by name it'll sum them all

 

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