Using the given name will work for the ORDER BY clause, but NOT for the group by clause.
In the group by you need to repeat the expression used in the SELECT ... row.

... and aggregate functions cannot be used within the WHERE clause, but must be specified within the HAVING clause.

Example:
Select Fld1, Fld2, Cast(Count(Fldat#) as Dec(7, 0)) as Counter
From YourTable ....
Where Fldx = 'A' and FLDy = 12345
Group By Fld1, Fld2
Having Cast(Count(Flat#) as Dec(7, 0)) > 1000,0
Order By Counter Desc;

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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jay Vaughn
Sent: Montag, 25. Februar 2019 03:15
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: SQL Cast Question

cast(count(fdflat#) as decimal(7,0)) as “myCount”

Group by myCount
Order by myCount.

I think this works.

Jay


On Feb 24, 2019, at 9:01 PM, Art Tostaine, Jr. <atostaine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

cast(count(fdflat#) as decimal(7,0)) '
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