Identifying Gains and Losses Using IIF and ABS

In this Microsoft Access tutorial, I'll demonstrate how to identify a gain or a loss within a text string using the IIF function, ABS, and some string concatenation.

Elena from Garland, Texas (a Gold Member) asks: I currently print a monthly report for each district office, showing whether they've gained or lost subscribers. Is it possible to include phrases like "gained 3" or "lost 2" in my reports, instead of just "+3" or "-2"? I believe this would make the reports easier to read and look more professional.

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Prerequisites

• Calculated Fields
• Concatenation
• IIF Function
• Absolute Value

Links

• Nested IIFs
• Switch Function
• Intro to VBA
• Create Function
• If Then

Recommended Courses

• Access Developer Courses

Usage

• GoL: Switch(IsNull([Amt]),"No Data",[Amt]=0,"No Change",[Amt]>0,"Gained " & [Amt],[Amt]<0,"Lost " & [Amt]*-1)

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