Reporting Sum Counts and Sum Totals in weekly/monthly formats
I am looking whether to create a Sheet Summary Field or Report based on Sheet for the following. I am also struggling with the correct formula, as well.
Would like to report total # of claims and total sum of account balances for Closed Claims weekly and monthly.
Weekly: would like the process to automatically update on Friday afternoons, reporting Mon-Fri results (work week)
Monthly: I would like to report this as an automatic running cumulative (day by day- adding up to the month)
Columns:
Initial Status (report # of status 'closed' claims)
Account Balance (report sum of all 'closed' claims)
This is the formula that I used for attempting a week report:
=SUMIFS([Account Balance]:[Account Balance], [Initial Status]:[Initial Status], "Closed", [Close Date]:[Close Date], >= TODAY() - WEEKDAY(TODAY()) + 2, [Close Date]:[Close Date], <= TODAY() - WEEKDAY(TODAY()) + 6)
Suggestions on where and how I should report this? I should also mention that I need both of these elements to report to a dashboard.
Best Answer
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Hi @KIMST
Great question! You're definitely on the right track for automating weekly and monthly reporting. Here's a way to do it using the Close Date column,
Step 1: Add helper checkbox columns
Add two new checkbox columns to your sheet:
- This Week
- This Month
Use these formulas:
This Week:
=IF(ISDATE([Close Date]@row), AND(WEEKNUMBER([Close Date]@row) = WEEKNUMBER(TODAY()), YEAR([Close Date]@row) = YEAR(TODAY())))
This Month:
=IF(ISDATE([Close Date]@row), AND(MONTH([Close Date]@row) = MONTH(TODAY()), YEAR([Close Date]@row) = YEAR(TODAY())))
These formulas check if a row has a valid Close Date and whether that date falls within the current week or month. They also handle year-end situations correctly.
Step 2: Create reports
Create two separate reports:
- One filtered where "This Week" is checked
- One filtered where "This Month" is checked
This way, only closed claims from this week or this month will appear.
Step 3: Add Report Summary fields
In each report, use the summary section to:
- Count the number of rows with a Close Date (this gives you the number of closed claims)
- Sum the Account Balance column (this gives you the total balance of those claims)
Step 4: Add reports to a dashboard
You can display the summaries or the full report using widgets in a dashboard for easy tracking at the end of each week or month.
Answers
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Hi @KIMST
Great question! You're definitely on the right track for automating weekly and monthly reporting. Here's a way to do it using the Close Date column,
Step 1: Add helper checkbox columns
Add two new checkbox columns to your sheet:
- This Week
- This Month
Use these formulas:
This Week:
=IF(ISDATE([Close Date]@row), AND(WEEKNUMBER([Close Date]@row) = WEEKNUMBER(TODAY()), YEAR([Close Date]@row) = YEAR(TODAY())))
This Month:
=IF(ISDATE([Close Date]@row), AND(MONTH([Close Date]@row) = MONTH(TODAY()), YEAR([Close Date]@row) = YEAR(TODAY())))
These formulas check if a row has a valid Close Date and whether that date falls within the current week or month. They also handle year-end situations correctly.
Step 2: Create reports
Create two separate reports:
- One filtered where "This Week" is checked
- One filtered where "This Month" is checked
This way, only closed claims from this week or this month will appear.
Step 3: Add Report Summary fields
In each report, use the summary section to:
- Count the number of rows with a Close Date (this gives you the number of closed claims)
- Sum the Account Balance column (this gives you the total balance of those claims)
Step 4: Add reports to a dashboard
You can display the summaries or the full report using widgets in a dashboard for easy tracking at the end of each week or month.
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Thanks so much for the detailed response! This worked perfectly!
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