Occasionally you may want to completely remove the raw data, leaving only the summary information.

This will remove all of the data records. The level 1 summaries (in this case Category) will be turned into data records. Level 2 summaries will be turned into Level 1, etc. In other words, everything shifts down a level.

Be very careful with this operation — it deletes all of the data in the database! Usually you’ll want to perform this operation on a copy. Of course if you realize you’ve done this by mistake you can Undo, but other than that, the data is gone once you’ve removed it.

See Also

• Deleting All Summary Records -- when finished with summary records, they must be deleted.
• Expanding and Collapsing the Summary Outline -- to see more or less detail.
• Generating Summaries Manually -- manually generating summary records in 3 steps (Group, Calculate, Outline).
• groupseq( -- returns the sequence number within a summary level.
• Printing Summary Information -- printing a database that has been organized into categories with summary records.
• Ranking Summaries -- ranking summary values
• Running Difference -- calculating a running difference down an entire database column.
• Running Total -- calculating a running total down an entire database column.
• Summarize & Analyze Dialog -- is a one stop dialog for creating and filling in summary records based on pre-selected criteria.
• Summarize & Analyze Favorites -- saving and recalling favorite summaries.
• Summary Records -- are temporary records used for calculating totals, subtotals, and other summary information.

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