SSRS 2008r2 Using Aggregate on field with an Expression - reporting-services

SSRS 2008r2
I'm trying to perform an aggregate (Sum) on a field within a GROUPing that contains an expression.
The field where I want to SUM to appear is within a different GROUPing.
I've created the following Function within Report Properties
Dim public tot_OT_Hrs As Decimal
Public Function Add_OT_Hrs(ByVal OT_Hrs As Decimal) AS Decimal
tot_OT_Hrs = tot_OT_Hrs + OT_Hrs
return OT_Hrs
End Function
Public Function GetTotal()
return tot_OT_Hrs
End Function
I've added a call to the "Add_OT_Hrs" function in the field where the expression is and this works fine.
=Code.Add_OT_Hrs(
IIF(Sum(Fields!HrsWorked.Value) > Parameters!StdWorkingHrs.Value,
Sum(Fields!HrsWorked.Value) - Parameters!StdWorkingHrs.Value + Sum(Fields!Rate1Hrs.Value)
, Sum(Fields!Rate1Hrs.Value )
)
)
Fields!Rate1Hrs.Value is the field in which the expression resides in and Fields!HrsWorked.Value is an adjacent field
However, the field where I want to total to appear I've added the following
=Code.GetTotal()
All that is returned here is 0 (zero) on every row in the GROUPing. If I initialise the Dim public tot_OT_Hrs As Decimal variable to say 1.2 then 1.2 is returned on every row in the GROUPing. The Add_OT_Hrs function isn't working as expected.
Where am I going wrong?
Thanks in advance.

Looks to me that you are converting in the wrong order and also to the wrong data type. In the code example that you used you were converting the sum to a double which is not the correct data type. There is a notable difference between a double and decimal when using custom functions.
I tested this with a very small dataset as follows
select '1.2'
union all
select '1.8'
Then applied the following custom code
Dim public total as decimal
Public Function AddTotalr(ByVal r AS decimal) AS decimal
total = total + r
return r
End Function
Public Function GetTotalr()
return total
End Function
The order of your explicit conversion is vital. You have to convert the value before you sum the total so that you are working with consistent data types.
=code.addtotalr(sum(cdec(Fields!ID.Value)))
Even with the correct data type the this will produce an error because you are attempting to sum what is, most likely, being interpreted as a character string.
=code.addtotalr(cdec(sum(Fields!ID.Value)))
-----------edit ------------------------
As a test to see what the return on the function is change your function to
Dim public total as decimal
Public Function AddTotalr(ByVal r AS decimal) AS decimal
total = total + r
return total
This should give you a running total of the items processed and the last value in the list should match what your total should be.

I decided to do this in the proc.
It works out quite well now.

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End If
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Else
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I know how I can split every value from the string and recombine them:
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Dim mystring() As String
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mystring(index) = Trim(mystring(index))
Next
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Better practice would be to create a function in a module in your db like the following. Then call it through the query. The code is more maintainable, testable and understandable.
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Thanks Advance.
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Public Shared Status as String
Public Shared Value as Integer
Public Shared Function GetValue(Item as Integer) as Integer
if Status is nothing then
value=item
status="1"
else
value= value - Item
end if
return Item
End Function
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End Function
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I have a table created a report where there should be a field with sum of Avg.
Please find the below image
I am getting the average but i need to sum the average to display A.
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This person wrote this custom function:
Dim Test as double
Public Function Testing(Byval value as Double, ByVal reset as Boolean) as Double
Test = Test + value
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If reset = TRUE Then
Test = 0
End If
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