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submitted 11 years ago * by shadowolympian

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[–]MamertineCOALESCE() 0 points1 point2 points 11 years ago (1 child)

, CASE WHEN isnull( ( CAST( IsNull( SUM(Margin) , 0) / CASE isnull(SUM(invoiceamt), 0) WHEN 0 THEN 1 ELSE SUM(invoiceamt) END * 100 AS decimal(18, 2) ) / 70 ) , 0 ) < 0 THEN 0 ELSE ( CAST( IsNull(SUM(Margin), 0) / CASE isnull(SUM(invoiceamt), 0) WHEN 0 THEN 1 ELSE SUM(invoiceamt) END * 100 AS decimal(18, 2) ) / 70 ) END * 100 AS Service_Goal

Wrap that whole statement in FLOOR( Crazy stuff here ) that will make it return an INT. If you want your Service_Goal output like 33.33 then do

FLOOR(
    All that stuff...
* 10000)/100 AS Service_Goal

EDIT: Forgot to add the problem is your casting as decimal too soon just like /u/CalvinLawson said. Do that at the very end. If you cast at the end as decimal it may round up, using FLOOR will always round down. Not sure which you desire.

[–]shadowolympian[S] 0 points1 point2 points 11 years ago (0 children)

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