Counts a number of rows in a report based on a condition.


[GROUP] COUNT(*) [ WHERE condition ]
  1. condition is a boolean expression evaluated to compute the aggregate value.


This aggregate report instruction returns the total number of records qualified by the optional WHERE condition.

The WHERE condition is evaluated after any OUTPUT TO REPORT execution. Even if it is typically used in AFTER GROUP OF blocks, the aggregate expression is not evaluated in that block. Changing values of the WHERE clause in the AFTER GROUP context will not have an immediate effect.

Using the GROUP keyword causes the aggregate instructions to include only data of the current group of records that have the same value for the variable that you specify in the AFTER GROUP OF control block.


The following fragment of a report definition uses the AFTER GROUP OF control block and GROUP keyword to form sets of records depending on how many items are in each order. The last PRINT statement calculates the total price of each order, adds a shipping charge, and prints the result. Because no WHERE clause is specified here, GROUP SUM() combines the total_price of every item in the group included in the order.

  AFTER GROUP OF number 
    PRINT 4 SPACES, "Shipping charges for the order: ",
            ship_charge USING "$$$$.&&"
    PRINT 4 SPACES, "Count of small orders: ",
         GROUP COUNT(*) WHERE total_price < 200.00 USING "##,###"
    PRINT 5 SPACES, "Total amount for the order: ",
          ship_charge + GROUP SUM(total_price) USING "$$,$$$,$$$.&&"