I am using an expression in Access to obtain a year value.

[Mary]

Expr1: Left([NM_Measures_qry.divisionValue],4).
divisionValue can be 2007, 2008, 2009, 2009 1Q, 2009 2Q, 2009 3Q, 2009 4Q,
2010. (Earlier years they did not track quarterly, but going forward they
will.)
I need to add the values if there are more than one record for a year.
This information will be displayed in a bar chart by yearly totals, i.e. the
current year will be a running sum of the year.
I'm sure the solution is simple, but I could use some help with how best to
do this.

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

You can use the Year function instead of the Left function, and it will be
more accurate if there is a 2 digit year:

SELECT Year([DateField]) AS MyYear, Sum(Whatever) AS TotalWhatever
FROM tblMyData
GROUP BY Year([DateField]);

 

[Jeff Boyce]

Mary

So, won't you end up with 4 X 2009 when you use Left([x],4)? Will that be
OK for your purposes?

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Jeff Boyce
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