If you use the IIF statement to solve your divide by zero errors, you will most likely find that you still get divide by zero errors.
The following example is trying to divide last weeks total hours worked The following errors: The Problem The solution: This evaluates to: Final Code Example In short by converting the zero to a 1, it stops the false result from erroring and allows the calculation to work correctly when it is evaluated. That is a work around for a problem that should never of existed, good one Microsoft..
[csharp]
=IIF(Sum(Fields!LWWorkingDays.Value) = 0,
0,
Sum(Fields!LWTotal.Value)/Sum(Fields!LWWorkingDays.Value)
)
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Even though the number of days = 0 and it should evaluate to the true condition of 0, SSRS still evaluates the false result, and the false result still throws a divide by zero error because it is evaluating:
Sum(Fields!LWTotal.Value) / 0
We need to try to make the false result not error when working days = 0.
The false result
[csharp]
Sum(Fields!LWTotal.Value) / Sum(Fields!LWWorkingDays.Value)
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Needs to change to the following:
[csharp]
Sum(Fields!LWTotal.Value) /
IIF(Sum(Fields!LWWorkingDays.Value) = 0, 1, Sum(Fields!LWWorkingDays.Value))
[/csharp]
Why does this work?
When working days = 0 the result is going to be 0. So we don’t really care what the false result is going to be we just don’t want it to error. So the new IIF statement on the denominator returns 1 when the working days are zero.
[csharp]
Sum(Fields!LWTotal.Value) / 1
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and this does not error.
[csharp]
=IIF(Sum(Fields!LWWorkingDays.Value) = 0,
0,
Sum(Fields!LWTotal.Value) /
IIF(Sum(Fields!LWWorkingDays.Value) = 0, 1, Sum(Fields!LWWorkingDays.Value)) / 60
)
[/csharp]
I am using formula for calculated column: =sum(Fields!MarketBetaAdjExp.Value)/sum(Fields!Exposure.Value)
if Field.Exposure = 0 in calculated Column I need show just blank ,what to use?
Apply a format to the field,(by using the format property on the Textbox that the data is being displayed).
You can define formats for “positive:Negative:zero”, similar to excel like so;
#0.0;(#0.0);-negative values with this would display as a dash, -.
you should use
#0.0;(#0.0);where there is a single space specified as the zero value.
I just tested it on my report (against 2008 R2 Nov CTP) and it works.
Many thanks, I’ve been scratching my head for weeks about div by 0 errors when I’ve tried to account for them with iif statements.
Awesome post, thanks 🙂
Well done microsoft on this one. Impressive. How could it be that bad.
Thanks for the blog – I was looking for ages to find out what i had done wrong.
Please I need some answeres.
Ihave a situation in (Sql reporting services) columns I have two value,
One is postive numbers ex(676767)next is (-45623)I have a lot of numbers ,what i need advise I have to sum the negative numbers and devide by another column it hase positive numbers , if any can help me please , I need this very urgent. god bless you
This one was driving me crazy! Thanks for the solution, it worked perfectly.
Thanks! This is the most helpful post I’ve ever found. I would never have figured this one out. You are amazing! Microsoft, not so much on this one.