Duplicate Numbers - Count only once

This has to be very very simple but I'm not experienced enough to know what
the expression, calculation or what I need to do to get this calculation to
work.

My field is grouped and the count keeps giving me the total. I want the
duplicate numbers to be suppressed. I have tried just about every duplicate
answer and I guess to my limited knowledge in Access, I keep getting error
messages, elimination of the field or zeros.

This is the question:
I have several requisition numbers with the same req #, I only want one req
# appear as the count instead of the total req #s, i.e.,

Over the Group: The field has 3 as the total count and I need 1 (one) to be
listed in that field. I have also placed in the properties…hide duplicates. I
have tried to use another query, I used find duplicates and it eliminated the
numbers in the original table, I tried iif statements, diff statements,
dcount, ….there has to be something to make this work.

Req #
00-093
00-093
00-093

On another group: The field has 3 as the total and I need 2 (two) in that
field.

Req #
00-022
00-023
00-022

Please let me know what I’m doing wrong.
Thanks.

Evelyn Williams wrote:

This has to be very very simple but I'm not experienced enough to know what
the expression, calculation or what I need to do to get this calculation to
work.

My field is grouped and the count keeps giving me the total. I want the
duplicate numbers to be suppressed. I have tried just about every duplicate
answer and I guess to my limited knowledge in Access, I keep getting error
messages, elimination of the field or zeros.

This is the question:
I have several requisition numbers with the same req #, I only want one req
# appear as the count instead of the total req #s, i.e.,

Over the Group: The field has 3 as the total count and I need 1 (one) to be
listed in that field. I have also placed in the properties…hide duplicates. I
have tried to use another query, I used find duplicates and it eliminated the
numbers in the original table, I tried iif statements, diff statements,
dcount, ….there has to be something to make this work.

Req #
00-093
00-093
00-093

On another group: The field has 3 as the total and I need 2 (two) in that
field.

Req #
00-022
00-023
00-022


Hard to tell from your descriptin, but I think you should
try assing another group on the Req# field. Then you can
count the number of distinct Req#s by using a running sum
text box (named txtRunCount) in the Req# group header or
footer section. Set the text box expression to =1 and
RunningSum property to Over Group.

With that in place your current group footer text box can
display the total by using the expression =txtRunCount

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Marsh
MVP [MS Access]