Dawn- What version of Access are you using? The problem is the Chart applet runs outside of Access and cannot, therefore, resolve parameters that point to objects within Access. If you have Access 2002 or later, you should be drawing your chart with a PivotChart subform embedded in your main form. Time to upgrade? The Chart applet hasn't significantly been updated seen V2 and is a piece of junk.
John Viescas, author "Building Microsoft Access Applications" "Microsoft Office Access 2003 Inside Out" "Running Microsoft Access 2000" "SQL Queries for Mere Mortals" http://www.viescas.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crosier, Dawn Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 4:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ms_access] Use a Form to Automate a Report (Chart) My ultimate goal is to build a report (Chart) which is based on a query. I've got the query going. I've got the chart report going. My next step is to be able to modify the query so that I can re-use the same report for the various instances of the report. My Query: SELECT Format([Date Arrived in PCC],"mm/yyyy") AS DateArrivedInPCC, Avg(Format(WorkDays([Date Arrived in PCC],[ECO Routing Complete]),"#,###.0")) AS WorkDays FROM tblReleases GROUP BY Format([Date Arrived in PCC],"mm/yyyy"), tblReleases.[ECN Class] HAVING (((tblReleases.[ECN Class])=[Forms]![frmECNClass]![ECN Class])) ORDER BY Format([Date Arrived in PCC],"mm/yyyy"); My Report will work IF I change the query to: SELECT Format([Date Arrived in PCC],"mm/yyyy") AS DateArrivedInPCC, Avg(Format(WorkDays([Date Arrived in PCC],[ECO Routing Complete]),"#,###.0")) AS WorkDays FROM tblReleases GROUP BY Format([Date Arrived in PCC],"mm/yyyy"), tblReleases.[ECN Class] HAVING (((tblReleases.[ECN Class])="3")) ORDER BY Format([Date Arrived in PCC],"mm/yyyy"); However, if I leave the query setup the way I want it, the report provides an error: "The Microsoft Jet database engine does not recognize 'Forms!frmECNClass![ECN Class]' as a valid field name or expression." I hope I don't have to build a separate report for each of the ECN Classes. The OLEUnbound Object Frame - Microsoft Graph chart has the following as it's RowSource: TRANSFORM Avg([WorkDays]) AS [AvgOfWorkDays] SELECT [DateArrivedInPCC] FROM [qryWorkDays] GROUP BY [DateArrivedInPCC] PIVOT [WorkDays]; It seems as though I should be able to change [qryWorkDays] to a Select Statement, but I have not been able to figure out the syntax. Dawn Crosier Application Specialist "Education Lasts a Lifetime" Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ms_access/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
