Specifications

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Figure 90 – Selecting the formatting option
The field being edited will then be displayed using the format chosen.
However, the example above needs to be modified in order to use the formatting since
the field containing the sum also contains a leading string “Total Sum of Employee
Salaries”. Argos cannot format the entire field since the expression also contains a string.
Therefore the leading string must be separated from the SUM, and only the SUM field
should be formatted.
Figure 91 – The expression as one string
To accomplish this, edit the field above to remove the leading string. Then apply the
format to the SUM function. To replace the leading string you will need to add a new text
field and position it immediately to the left of the SUM function.
The figure below shows that there are now two separate fields (the leading string and the
SUM field).
Figure 92 – The expression separated into 2 fields
The new fields will print as shown below and contains the dollar sign and commas: