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FILEMAKER PRO HELP 673

Data type returned

number

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description

Field can be any of the following:

• a repeating field (repeatingField).

• a field in matching related records specified by (table::field), whether or not these

records appear in a portal.

• several non-repeating fields in a record (field1;field2;field3...).

• corresponding repetitions of repeating fields in a record

(repeatingField1;repeatingField2;repeatingField3), if the result is returned

in a repeating field with at least the same number of repeats.

• several fields in the first matching record specified by

(table::field1;table::field2;...). You can include fields from different tables

(table 1::field A;table 2::field B...).

Examples

An Invoice table has a portal showing line items.

Sum(LineItems::ExtendedPrice) totals the amounts for all items on the invoice.

A TimeBilling table has a portal showing time worked on a project. Hours is a time field.

Sum(Hours::BillableHours) returns the total number of billable hours on a project. Thus, if the

portal shows 40 hours and 15:30 hours, the total billable hours are 55:30, or 55 1/2 hours.

In the following examples:

• Field1 contains two repetitions with values of 1 and 2.

• Field2 contains four repetitions with values of 5, 6, 7, and 8.

• Field3 contains 6.

If the calculation result isn’t a repeating field:

• Sum(Field2) returns 26.

• Sum(Field1;Field2;Field3) returns 12.

If the calculation result is a repeating field:

• Sum(Field2) returns a repeating field with 26 in the first repetition.

• Sum(Field1;Field2;Field3) returns a repeating field with 12, 8, 7, 8.

Note When a referenced field is a repeating field, the Sum function returns the sum of the first

repetition field, then the sum of the second repetition field, and so on.