Using DCount in Group Footer filtering records based on value of the group

I've included a DCount in my report and I'm trying to determine if I can
reference the "value" of a report group as part of the criteria in a DCount
function. I'd like to count the number of records in a table where the
value of a field equals the value of the group. My first question is
whether DCount can even reference the group value. If it can, please help
me out. If it can't, I'll have to find out if there is another way to
address the reporting needs.

My database keeps track of Grant applications. One component of the
database is to track the quarterly status reports submitted for each
application (who sumbitted reports, what application report is for, when
received, completed correctly, etc...) I have a report that shows this
information and now want to show the % of applications where reports were
submitted. An application may have no status report submitted (0) or any
number of reports submitted. I need to reference the Applications table to
determine how many applicants SHOULD have sent a report. I will then use
this to later calculate the % of reports submitted.

The challenge is, my QuarterlyStatus report is grouped by SubProgram and
then by Quarter. I need the percent of reports submitted by each SubProgram
and each Quarter.

tblApplications (Table I'm referencing to count the number of records)
ApplicationID
ProgramID
SubProgramID
....

tblStatusReports (Table where information about reports submitted is stored)
ApplicationID
DateSubmitted
ReportingQuarter
....

My attempt at getting this to work sort of looks like this:
=DCount("[ApplicationID]","tblApplication","subProgramID = Group1.Value")
where Group1.value corresponds to the SubProgram of that report group.

Any guidance will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Beth

You can try:
=DCount("[ApplicationID]","tblApplication","subProgramID = " &
[subProgramID])
This assumes subProgramID is numeric. If it isn't:
=DCount("[ApplicationID]","tblApplication","subProgramID = """ &
[subProgramID] & """")

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Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP
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"Beth" wrote in message
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I've included a DCount in my report and I'm trying to determine if I can
reference the "value" of a report group as part of the criteria in a
DCount
function. I'd like to count the number of records in a table where the
value of a field equals the value of the group. My first question is
whether DCount can even reference the group value. If it can, please help
me out. If it can't, I'll have to find out if there is another way to
address the reporting needs.

My database keeps track of Grant applications. One component of the
database is to track the quarterly status reports submitted for each
application (who sumbitted reports, what application report is for, when
received, completed correctly, etc...) I have a report that shows this
information and now want to show the % of applications where reports were
submitted. An application may have no status report submitted (0) or any
number of reports submitted. I need to reference the Applications table
to
determine how many applicants SHOULD have sent a report. I will then use
this to later calculate the % of reports submitted.

The challenge is, my QuarterlyStatus report is grouped by SubProgram and
then by Quarter. I need the percent of reports submitted by each
SubProgram
and each Quarter.

tblApplications (Table I'm referencing to count the number of records)
ApplicationID
ProgramID
SubProgramID
...

tblStatusReports (Table where information about reports submitted is
stored)
ApplicationID
DateSubmitted
ReportingQuarter
...

My attempt at getting this to work sort of looks like this:
=DCount("[ApplicationID]","tblApplication","subProgramID = Group1.Value")
where Group1.value corresponds to the SubProgram of that report group.

Any guidance will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Beth