Modify Footers - Add Column Base Sizes

This rule adds sample sizes for each column to the footer for a table or chart.

Example

Client = 919; Supplier = 3650;

Technical details

By editing the rule, you can change the delimiter and the text that appears between the name of the column and the sample size. For example, to: Client base is 919 Supplier base is 3650

How to apply this rule

For the first time in a project

Select the table(s)/chart(s) that you wish to apply the rule to.
Start typing the name of the Rule into the Search features and data box in the top right of the Q window.
Click on the Rule when it appears in the QScripts and Rules section of the search results.

OR

Select Automate > Browse Online Library.
Choose this rule from the list.

Additional applications of the rule

Select a table or chart that has the rule and any table(s)/chart(s) that you wish to apply the rule to.
Click on the Rules tab (bottom-left of the table/chart).
Select the rule that you wish to apply.
Click on the Apply drop-down and choose your desired option.
Check New items to have it automatically applied to new items that you create. Use Edit > Project Options > Save as Template to create a new project template that automatically uses this rule.

Removing the rule

Select the table(s)/chart(s) that you wish to remove the rule from.
Press the Rules tab (bottom-right corner).
Press Apply next to the rule you wish to remove and choose the appropriate option.

How to modify the rule

Click on the Rules tab (bottom-left of the table/chart).
Select the rule that you wish to modify.
Click Edit Rule and make the desired changes. Alternatively, you can use the JavaScript below to make your own rule (see Customizing Rules).

JavaScript

// Create the form.
form.setSummary("Show sample sizes in footers");
var label_text = form.newLabel('Between label and number:');
var text_box = form.newTextBox('between');
text_box.setDefault(' = ');
var label_text1 = form.newLabel('Delimiter:');
var text_box1 = form.newTextBox('delimiter');
text_box1.setDefault('; ');
form.setInputControls([label_text, text_box, label_text1, text_box1]);
var between = text_box.getValue();
var delimiter = text_box1.getValue();

// Getting the data
var column_n_missing = table.availableStatistics.indexOf('Column n') == -1;
var base_n_missing = table.availableStatistics.indexOf('Base n') == -1;
if (column_n_missing && base_n_missing)
    form.ruleNotApplicable("This rule only works one tables with Column n or Base n")
var column_ns = column_n_missing ? table.get('Base n') : table.get('Column n');

// Computing the ranges
var ranges = [];
for (var col = 0; col < table.numberColumns; col++) {
    var smallest_size = column_ns [0][col];
    var largest_size = smallest_size;
    for (var row = 0; row < table.numberRows; row++) {
        smallest_size = Math.min(smallest_size, column_ns [row][col]);
        largest_size = Math.max(largest_size, column_ns [row][col]);
    }
    ranges.push(smallest_size  == largest_size ? smallest_size : smallest_size + " to " + largest_size);
}
// updating the footer
var ss = "";
if (ranges.length == 1 || table.blueQuestion.questionType == "Pick One - Multi")
    ss += ranges[0] + delimiter;
else {
    for (var col = 0; col < table.numberColumns; col++){
        var col_label = table.columnLabels[col];
        if (col_label != "NET" && col_label != "Total" && col_label != "SUM") {
            ss +=  table.columnLabels[col] + between + ranges[col] + delimiter;
            }
    }
    //ss = ss.substring(0, ss.length - delimiter.length);           
}
table.extraFooters = [ss];