Group hierarchy level
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Topic: Group hierarchy level
Posted By: vadim
Subject: Group hierarchy level
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2011 at 4:24am
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I have some problem with "group name fields"
At the moment I can do only this structure grouping:
Year
Object Type
Object Name
i.e. each group included into another, therefore I can do only grouping
Year -> Object Type -> Object Name
but I need last 2 groups independent one from other, i.e. same level:
Main group
Object Type
Object Name for making 2 types grouping:
Year -> Object Type
Year -> Object Name
at the moment I need to include sub-report with necessary group. But it's not normal.
please, any offers?
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Replies:
Posted By: lockwelle
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2011 at 3:33am
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Since all reporting tools display groups as a/b/c, not a/b a/c the subreport is one way to go, and rather logical.
I was going to say to create a formula that would display both b/c, but it won't work, as what CR really needs is 2x the data for what you want to happen...it only reads a data row once, but you are looking to have it read twice (the subreport accomplishes this for you)
If you are using a stored proc, you could create a column in the return set for the grouping value and then fill it in using selects (you would have 2x the amount of data as the original dataset, which may or may not work the aggregate functions in the report)
Depending on how the report is formatted, it might be easier to stay with the subreport. While I try not to use them, as they result in slower reports and more hits the database (unless you pushing the data to the report), they do have their place.
HTH
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