[AccessD] Is there a way to dynamically hide fields if needed

David McAfee davidmcafee at gmail.com
Fri Oct 1 12:02:18 CDT 2010


Normally I would say yes.

But... in the case, I would say no.

I've converted a Excel type entry system where our sales managers
email excel sheets to our Accounting dept.

There are different rules/splits on every Excel sheet depending on a
given dealership and sales manager.

A certain dealership may only have incentives for the Service Dept and
Parts Dept while
another dealership might have certain sales incentives for the Service
Manager, Service Advisor and technician.


I am trying to make the report/form show the same fields/columns that
are on the Excel sheet so it is easier to match up to the Excel sheets
for verification/approval.


D

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Charlotte Foust
<charlotte.foust at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hiding a column that contains all zero values may seem like a good
> idea, but wouldn't it be confusing to users if a column sometimes
> appeared and sometimes vanished?
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 5:31 PM, David McAfee <davidmcafee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm working in an ADP.
>>
>> I have the pseudo pivot table since I am working in SQL2000 (PIVOT
>> wasn't available until SQL2005)
>>
>> SELECT
>> SplitID,  IncDetID, SplitTypeID, SplitAmt
>> FROM tblSplit
>> WHERE IncDetID = 5199
>>
>> returns
>>
>> SplitID  IncDetID SplitTypeID SplitAmt
>> ---------- ------------- ---------------- -------------
>> 36          5199        1             15.00
>> 37          5199        7               5.00
>>
>>
>> My pseudo pivot table:
>> SELECT IncDetID,
>>                SUM(CASE SplitTypeID WHEN 1 THEN SplitAmt ELSE 0 END) AS DlrPay,
>>                SUM(CASE SplitTypeID WHEN 2 THEN SplitAmt ELSE 0 END) AS SvcMgr,
>>                SUM(CASE SplitTypeID WHEN 3 THEN SplitAmt ELSE 0 END) AS PartsDept,
>>                SUM(CASE SplitTypeID WHEN 4 THEN SplitAmt ELSE 0 END) AS SvcAdv,
>>                SUM(CASE SplitTypeID WHEN 5 THEN SplitAmt ELSE 0 END) AS SvcDept,
>>                SUM(CASE SplitTypeID WHEN 6 THEN SplitAmt ELSE 0 END) AS SvcTech,
>>                SUM(CASE SplitTypeID WHEN 7 THEN SplitAmt ELSE 0 END) AS Contest
>>        FROM tblSPlit
>>        GROUP BY IncDetID
>>
>> returns:
>>
>> IncDetID  DlrPay   SvcMgr PartsDept SvcAdv  SvcDept SvcTech Contest
>> ------------ ----------- ------------- -------------- ------------
>> ------------ ------------ -----------
>> 5199        15.00         0.00       0.00        0.00       0.00
>> 0.00      5.00
>>
>>
>> In the actual final display, there are many tables joined to this, so
>> the resultset really looks like:
>>
>> CustNo   InvNo        ItemNo      Qty    Unit Price    IncentiveAmt
>> TotalIncentive    DlrPay    SvcMgr    PartsDept   SvcAdv   SvcDept
>> SvcTech   Contest
>> ------------ --------------- ------------- -----------
>> ---------------- --------------------- ----------------------
>> ------------- -------------- ---------------- -------------
>> -------------- -------------- --------------
>> 07235     54521337   02951         6          54.95              20.00
>>          120.00      15.00           0.00        0.00           0.00
>>   0.00           0.00         5.00
>> 07235     54521337   03111        12         40.95              17.00
>>         204.00      15.00           0.00        0.00           0.00
>>  0.00           0.00         2.00
>> 07235     54521337   01121        24         30.95              20.00
>>         480.00      15.00           0.00        0.00           0.00
>>  0.00           0.00         5.00
>> 07235     54521337   01161        12         36.95              25.00
>>         300.00      15.00           0.00        0.00           0.00
>>  0.00           0.00       10.00
>> 07235     54521337   06011        12         47.95              22.00
>>         264.00      15.00           0.00        0.00           0.00
>>  0.00           0.00         7.00
>> 07235     54521337   10521        12         41.95              19.00
>>         228.00      15.00           0.00        0.00           0.00
>>  0.00           0.00         4.00
>>
>> I'd really like it to look like this:
>> CustNo   InvNo        ItemNo      Qty    Unit Price    IncentiveAmt
>> TotalIncentive    DlrPay    Contest
>> ------------ --------------- ------------- -----------
>> ---------------- --------------------- ----------------------
>> -------------  --------------
>> 07235     54521337   02951         6          54.95              20.00
>>          120.00      15.00         5.00
>> 07235     54521337   03111        12         40.95              17.00
>>         204.00      15.00         2.00
>> 07235     54521337   01121        24         30.95              20.00
>>         480.00      15.00         5.00
>> 07235     54521337   01161        12         36.95              25.00
>>         300.00      15.00       10.00
>> 07235     54521337   06011        12         47.95              22.00
>>         264.00      15.00         7.00
>> 07235     54521337   10521        12         41.95              19.00
>>         228.00      15.00         4.00
>>
>> I'm still debating on displaying this as a listbox or subform on the main form.
>>
>> I'm thinking if it is in a listbox, simply loop through the last 7
>> colums. If the entire column is 0 then make that column a 0" width in
>> the list box.
>> If I go with a datasheet subform, run a recordset clone and if all
>> values for a given field are 0 then make that field hidden.
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>> I have to do this on a form and on a report (print out of the form) so
>> I'm trying to think of a good way to do this that will apply to both.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
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