Casting to Decimal is not supported in LINQ to Entities queries

Question

I have a database table Transaction (transactionID, LocalAmount...). where datatype for Localamount property is float. ON the UI I am trying to return a

Answer 1

Entity Framework is indicating it does not support the conversion you desire. One workaround is to simply execute as much of the work in the database as you can, and then complete the process in memory. In your case, you can calculate the sum in its native type, pull the result into memory as an anonymous type, then perform your conversion as you construct the type you actually need. To take your original query, you can make the following change:

select new // anonymous type from DB
{
    ProfitcenterCode = tProfitcenter.Key,
    // notice there are no conversions for these sums
    TotalTransactionAmount = tProfitcenter.Sum(t => t.LocalAmount),       
    TotalTransactionAmountInEUR = tProfitcenter.Sum(t => t.AmountInEUR)
})
.AsEnumerable() // perform rest of work in memory
.Select(item =>
     // construct your proper type outside of DB
    new TransactionTotalForProfitcenter
    {
        ProfitcenterCode = item.ProfitcenterCode,
        TotalTransactionAmount = (decimal)item.TotalTransactionAmount
        TotalTransactionAmountInEUR = (decimal)item.TotalTransactionAmountInEUR
    }
).ToList();