Calculated Field

Hi Guys,
I've got a Form containing four bound fields which accept numeric data.
The numbers entered into these fields will only be 0,1,2 or 3. I'd like to be
able to add a fifth, unbound field which calculates the Sum of the four bound
fields and returns the answer as a percentage of 12 (the highest possible
total of the bound fields).

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Jen

Jen

Are you saying that you want the value (i.e. ControlSource property) of the
fifth control (in forms they're called 'controls', not fields) to be:

=([Field1] + [Field2] + [Field3] + [Field4])/12

You can use the fifth control's Format property to format as a percentage
value.

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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"Jen" wrote in message
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Hi Guys,
I've got a Form containing four bound fields which accept numeric data.
The numbers entered into these fields will only be 0,1,2 or 3. I'd like to
be
able to add a fifth, unbound field which calculates the Sum of the four
bound
fields and returns the answer as a percentage of 12 (the highest possible
total of the bound fields).

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Jen

Try this --
Percentage: ((Nz([Field1],0)
+Nz([Field2],0)+Nz([Field3],0)+Nz([Field4],0))/12)*100
Field1 is the name of field in the table, not the form.

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"Jen" wrote:

Hi Guys,
I've got a Form containing four bound fields which accept numeric data.
The numbers entered into these fields will only be 0,1,2 or 3. I'd like to be
able to add a fifth, unbound field which calculates the Sum of the four bound
fields and returns the answer as a percentage of 12 (the highest possible
total of the bound fields).

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Jen

Karl/Jeff,
Thank you both very much for taking the time to help me. I got it working
using a little bit of both your answers. I must be getting stressed if i
think that controls are fields now

Thanks again for the help guys,
Jen xoxo