report sum #error

[Guest]

It seems like this should be simple but I can't get it or find the answer.
I have a report based on a query that displays dollar amounts from a table .
The field name for the dollar amounts is amounts.
I would like to total the dollar amounts at the bottom of the report. It
seems like =sum([amount]) should work but I keep getting the "#error".
Thank you for your help.

 

[Steve Schapel]

H2OBOWL,

Is this a typo in your post, or in yor report. You said the name of the
field is amounts with an 's' but the expression has no 's'. Try
=Sum([Amounts])
You have this in the Report Footer section, right?
The other thing to check is that the name of the textbox which you are
using for this total expression is not named 'amounts', or in fact not
named the same as any field in the report's record source.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. The report footer was hidden. I was working in the page footer
section.

H2OBOWL,

Is this a typo in your post, or in yor report. You said the name of the
field is amounts with an 's' but the expression has no 's'. Try
=Sum([Amounts])
You have this in the Report Footer section, right?
The other thing to check is that the name of the textbox which you are
using for this total expression is not named 'amounts', or in fact not
named the same as any field in the report's record source.

--
Steve Schapel, Microsoft Access MVP

It seems like this should be simple but I can't get it or find the answer.
I have a report based on a query that displays dollar amounts from a table .
The field name for the dollar amounts is amounts.
I would like to total the dollar amounts at the bottom of the report. It
seems like =sum([amount]) should work but I keep getting the "#error".
Thank you for your help.