Yearly percentage growth

[Rovinesh]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to make a report that shows the % growth of incomming calls per year.

It has to show:

Year   | Growth
2002  | NULL
2003  | ..%
2004  | ..%

my problem right now is, when i use de percentage function, i get a 100% every year.
could someone please help me?

thanks in advance

[Rovinesh]

i actually fixed the query, but now i get a different problem.

When i view the tabular data of the query i get

Year           Amount            Percentage Growth
2003   7,149   
2004   8,226                           15
2005   6,919                          -16
2006   7,738                           12
2007   9,140                           18
2008   10,794                           18
2009   10,200                           -6
2010   9,542                           -6
2011   10,236                            7
2012   9,285                           -9

but when i put all the above data items in a list i get

Year    Amount      percentage growth
2003    7149 
2004    8226                 1507%
2005    6919                -1589%
2006    7738                 1184%
2007    9140                 1812%
2008    10794               1810%
2009    10200                -550%
2010    9542                  -645%
2011    10236                  727%
2012    9285                   -929%

could someone help?

[MFGF]

Looks like your percentage format is expecting the source values to be decimals - eg 0.15 rather than 15. How did you calculate the underlying values? Can you just divide by 100?

MF.

[Rovinesh]

thank you mfgf, i accidentaly multiplied the values, thinking i got the percentages.
It worked, so thanks!!!

regards,

Rovinesh