I have 14 SSRS datasets which all contain the same columns (Name, Date, Code etc).
What would be the best way to merge them all together that would allow me to add a parameter or two which would allow filtering of the combined data?
I have tried using report parts, but found that the parameters were not working, and also that there were gaps in the reporting once exporting into excel.
Any help gratefully received.
Thanks
Glenn
I think your best approach would be to do this in SQL. You would create a stored procedure that would union the data together. If the data is on different servers, you would need linked servers. Is this approach feasible in your environment ?
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].rsp_XYZ
#param1 varchar(100) = NULL
,#param2 varchar(10) = NULL
AS
BEGIN
Select * From
(
Select Name, Date, Code, etc... From X1
UNION ALL
Select Name, Date, Code, etc... From X2
UNION ALL
Select Name, Date, Code, etc... From X3
) a
Where param1 ...
and param2 ...
END
Related
So I have a query that shows a huge amount of mutations in postgres. The quality of data is bad and i have "cleaned" it as much as possible.
To make my report so user-friendly as possible I want to filter out some rows that I know the customer don't need.
I have following columns id, change_type, atr, module, value_old and value_new
For change_type = update i always want to show every row.
For the rest of the rows i want to build some kind of logic with a combination of atr and module.
For example if the change_type <> 'update' and concat atr and module is 'weightperson' than i don't want to show that row.
In this case id 3 and 11 are worthless and should not be shown.
Is this the best way to solve this or does anyone have another idea?
select * from t1
where concat(atr,module) not in ('weightperson','floorrentalcontract')
In the end my "not in" part will be filled with over 100 combinations and the query will not look good. Maybe a solution with a cte would make it look prettier and im also concerned about the perfomance..
CREATE TABLE t1(id integer, change_type text, atr text, module text, value_old text, value_new text) ;
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES
(1,'create','id','person',null ,'9'),
(2,'create','username','person',null ,'abc'),
(3,'create','weight','person',null ,'60'),
(4,'update','id','order','4231' ,'4232'),
(5,'update','filename','document','first.jpg' ,'second.jpg'),
(6,'delete','id','rent','12' ,null),
(7,'delete','cost','rent','600' ,null),
(8,'create','id','rentalcontract',null ,'110'),
(9,'create','tenant','rentalcontract',null ,'Jack'),
(10,'create','rent','rentalcontract',null ,'420'),
(11,'create','floor','rentalcontract',null ,'1')
Fiddle
You could put the list of combinations in a separate table and join with that table, or have them listed directly in a with-clause like this:
with combinations_to_remove as (
select *
from (values
('weight', 'person'),
('floor' ,'rentalcontract')
) as t (atr, module)
)
select t1.*
from t1
left join combinations_to_remove using(atr, module)
where combinations_to_remove.atr is null
I guess it would be cleaner and easier to maintain if you put them in a separate table!
Read more on with-queries if that sounds strange to you.
I have an application that stores a single XML record broken up into 3 separate rows, I'm assuming due to length limits. The first two rows each max out the storage at 4000 characters and unfortunately doesn't break at the same place for each record.
I'm trying to find a way to combine the three rows into a complete XML record that I can then extract data from.
I've tried concatenating the rows but can't find a data type or anything else that will let me pull the three rows into a single readable XML record.
I have several limitations I'm up against as we have select only access to the DB and I'm stuck using just SQL as I don't have enough access to implement any kind of external program to pull the data that is there an manipulate it using something else.
Any ideas would be very appreciated.
Without sample data, and desired results, we can only offer a possible approach.
Since you are on 2017, you have access to string_agg()
Here I am using ID as the proper sequence.
I should add that try_convert() will return a NULL if the conversion to XML fails.
Example
Declare #YourTable table (ID int,SomeCol varchar(4000))
Insert Into #YourTable values
(1,'<root><name>XYZ Co')
,(2,'mpany</')
,(3,'name></root>')
Select try_convert(xml,string_agg(SomeCol,'') within group (order by ID) )
From #YourTable
Returns
<root>
<name>XYZ Company</name>
</root>
EDIT 2014 Option
Select try_convert(xml,(Select '' + SomeCol
From #YourTable
Order By ID
For XML Path(''), TYPE).value('.', 'varchar(max)')
)
Or Even
Declare #S varchar(max) = ''
Select #S=#S+SomeCol
From #YourTable
Order By ID
Select try_convert(xml,#S)
I need the below results ..
Table :
Order postcode qnty
123 2234 1
Expected result:
Order 123
Postcode 2234
Qnty 1
SQL server:
Select pvt.element_name
,pvt.element_value(select order.postcode
from table name)up
unpivot (element_value for element_name in(order,postcode) as Pvt
How to achieve this in db2?
Db2 for IBM i doesn't have a built-in unpviot function.. AFAIK, it's not available on any Db2 platofrm...unless it's been added recently.
The straight forward method
select 'ORDER' as key, order as value
from mytable
UNION ALL
select 'POSTCODE', postcode
from mytable
UNION ALL
select 'QNTY', char(qnty)
from mytable;
A better performing method is to do a cross join between the source table and a correlated VALUES of as many rows as columns that need to be unpivoted.
select
Key, value
from mytable T,
lateral (values ('ORDER', t.order)
, ('POSTCODE', t.postcode)
, ('QNQTY', varchar(t.qnty))
) as unpivot(key, value);
However, you'll need to know ahead of time what the values you're unpivoting on.
If you don't know the values, there are some ways to unpivot with the XMLTABLE (possibly JSON_TABLE) that might work. I've never used them, and I'm out of time to spend answering this question. You can find some examples via google.
I have created a stored procedure for LUW that rotate a table:
https://github.com/angoca/db2tools/blob/master/pivot.sql
You just need to call the stored procedure by passing the tablename as parameter, and it will return a cursor with the headers of the column in the first column.
I want to display a string on each row (Details section) in my Crystal Report. The contents of this string will be retrieved with the help of a SQL Expression.
The SQL I have is follows: However if multiple rows are returned, I am not sure how to convert that into a Comma Separated String. I have an Oracle 11g database.
(select distinct NAME from TEST
where SAMPLE_NUMBER = "TEST"."SAMPLE_NUMBER"
and X_BENCH <> '"TEST"."X_BENCH"')
The TEST Table looks like this:
My report will be filtered for all samples with a specific test (e.g. Calcium). For those samples on the report, My SQL Expression should retrieve all "Other" Tests on the sample. See output example.
You can accomplish this with a wm_concat. WM_CONCAT takes a bunch of rows in a group and outputs a comma separated varchar.
Using the substr function you can separate the first result with the last.
Please note that I am dirty coding this (without a compiler to check my syntax) so things may not be 100% correct.
select sample_number
, substr(wm_concat(name),1,instr(wm_concat(name),",")-1) as NAME
, substr(wm_concat(name),instr(wm_concat(name),","),length(wm_concat(name)-instr(wm_concat(name),",")+1) as OTHER_TEST_NAMES
from TEST
where SAMPLE_NUMBER = "TEST"."SAMPLE_NUMBER"
and X_BENCH <> '"TEST"."X_BENCH"'
and rownum < 2
group by sample_number
However, if it is not necessary to separate the name and the other test names, it actually is much simpler.
select sample_number
, wm_concat(name) as NAMES
from TEST
where SAMPLE_NUMBER = "TEST"."SAMPLE_NUMBER"
and X_BENCH <> '"TEST"."X_BENCH"'
and rownum < 2
group by sample_number
Also please try to organize your lines to make it easier to read.
You can use LISTAGG for Converting Rows to Comma-Separated String in Oracle.
Example:
SELECT user_id
, LISTAGG(expertise, ',')
WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY expertise)
AS expertise
FROM TEMP_TABLE
GROUP BY user_id;
I have about 10 fairly complex SQL queries on SQL Server 2008 - but the client wants to be able to run them from their internal network (as opposed to from the non-local web app) through Crystal Reports XI.
The client's internal network does not allow us to (a) have write access to their proprietary db, nor (b) allow us to set up an intermediary SQL server (meaning we can not set up stored procedures or other data cleaning).
The SQL contains multiple instances of row_number() over (partition by col1, col2), group by col1, col2 with cube|rollup, and/or (multiple) pivots.
Can this even be done? Everything I've read seems to indicate that this is only feasible via stored procedure and I would still need to pull the data from the proprietary db first.
Following is a stripped back version of one of the queries (eg, JOINs not directly related to functionality, WHERE clauses, and half a dozen columns have been removed)...
select sum(programID)
, sum([a.Asian]) as [Episodes - Asian], sum([b.Asian]) as [Eps w/ Next Svc - Asian], sum([c.Asian])/sum([b.Asian]) as [Avg Days to Next Svc - Asian]
, etc... (repeats for each ethnicity)
from (
select programID, 'a.' + ethnicity as ethnicityA, 'b.' + ethnicity as ethnicityB, 'c.' + ethnicity as ethnicityC
, count(*) as episodes, count(daysToNextService) as episodesWithNextService, sum(daysToNextService) as daysToNextService
from (
select programID, ethnicity, datediff(dateOfDischarge, nextDateOfService) as daysToNextService from (
select t1.userID, t1.programID, t1.ethnicity, t1.dateOfDischarge, t1.dateOfService, min(t2.dateOfService) as nextDateOfService
from TABLE1 as t1 left join TABLE1 as t2
on datediff(d, t1.dateOfService, t2.dateOfService) between 1 and 31 and t1.userID = t2.userID
group by t1.userID, t1.programID, t1.ethnicity, t1.dateOfDischarge, t1.dateOfService
) as a
) as a
group by programID
) as a
pivot (
max(episodes) for ethnicityA in ([A.Asian],[A.Black],[A.Hispanic],[A.Native American],[A.Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Isl.],[A.White],[A.Unknown])
) as pA
pivot (
max(episodesWithNextService) for ethnicityB in ([B.Asian],[B.Black],[B.Hispanic],[B.Native American],[B.Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Isl.],[B.White],[B.Unknown])
) as pB
pivot (
max(daysToNextService) for ethnicityC in ([C.Asian],[C.Black],[C.Hispanic],[C.Native American],[C.Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Isl.],[C.White],[C.Unknown])
) as pC
group by programID with rollup
Sooooooo.... can something like this even be translated into Crystal Reports XI?
Thanks!
When you create your report instead of selecting a table or stored procedure choose add command
This will allow you to put whatever valid TSQL statement in there that you want. Using Common Table Expressions (CTE's) and inline Views I've managed to create some rather large complex statements (excess of 400 lines) against Oracle and SQL Server so it is indeed feasible, however if you use parameters you should consider using sp_executesql you'll have to figure out how to avoid SQL injection.