[AccessD] Who likes math!

Sorry for the delay in responding... I'm doing 4 different things at 
once :S, oh well so goes the day :).

I like this idea to pre-tag each row who met the criteria as a candidate 
and then sort so that they float to the top.  This seems to be what I 
want I will forward it on the Boss who will probably have me scrap the 
whole thing :D

at least it's Friday :D

John Colby wrote:

> LOL.  The things we are asked to do!  I think I'd make a aliased
> "AllowInTop10" field in QueryA, set to True/False based on their meeting the
> objective to be allowed in the top 10.  Then sort on that field first, and
> the weighted field next.  Thus all companies that meet the criteria will
> "float to the top".  I doubt that you can really do this in a single query
> however.  Take the "top 10" in QueryA and use it for a sub report, then a
> second query using all companies "not in" that QueryA, just sorted on the
> raw numeric values used as a second subreport.
> 
> You don't mention what happens if only 8 companies make the criteria to be
> in the top 10.
> 
> Ugly stuff.
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.colbyconsulting.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Francisco H
> Tapia
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 1:18 PM
> To: AccessD
> Subject: [AccessD] Who likes math!
> 
> 
> I have a report that has 11 categories.  Each are scored from 1 - 100.
> Through refining the report some categories weigh less now for example
> category # 11 weights only 50% of the value thus a perfect score there
> is only worth 50points vs a perfect score on Category ID 1.
> 
> I was taking these individual category points and tallying them up and
> sort them in descending order thus those w/ the most points wins (those
> at the top).  Now My boss wants to now take those guys who do not meet
> the goal at category 1 to not be allowed to be in the TOP 10.  I tried
> watering down their points first by only giving them 75% of their total
> points down to 10% but the boss thought that probably wasn't a good idea.
> 
> My point is how do you fairly guage this, and how would you do it to
> rank 11 categories over 30 sub-companies
> 
> Category	% of 100points
> 1		100
> 2
> 3		90
> 4		80
> 5		80
> 6		90
> 7		100
> 8		90
> 9		90
> 10		60
> 11		50
> 
> when I sum up all the points I get something like in the 900 or the
> like, when one sub-company and another are tied, they both take up the
> same ranking number such as 1, 2, 2, 4.  the next spot automatically is
> shifted to the next ranking value not 3rd place, but 4th.  How could I
> take a company that is ranked in 3rd place overall score but knock them
> down to be 11th place only because they didn't meet the primary
> criteria?  What this assures is that anybody that ever fails to meet the
> primary category can't qualify in the top 10.
> 
> 
> thanks.
> --
> -Francisco
> 
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-Francisco