I've recently uncovered that SSRS is doing a bizarre aggregation and I really don't understand why. In this report I'm building, as with other SQL queries I've built, I have a tendency to take preliminary results from an initial query, throw them into a temp table, and then perform another query and joining on that temp table to get my 'final' results I need to display. Here's an example:
--1. This query fetches all available rows based on the day (must be last day of month)
SELECT DISTINCT Salesperson ,c.Cust_Alias ,cost ,eomonth(CreateDate) createdate ,FaxNumber
INTO #equip
FROM PDICompany_2049_01.dbo.Customers c
JOIN PDICompany_2049_01.dbo.Customer_Locations cl ON c.Cust_Key = cl.CustLoc_Cust_Key
JOIN ricocustom..Equipment_OLD e ON e.FaxNumber = c.Cust_ID + '/' + cl.CustLoc_ID
JOIN PDICompany_2049_01.dbo.Charges ch ON ch.Chg_CustLoc_Key = cl.CustLoc_Key
WHERE Salesperson = #Salesperson
AND ch.Chg_Balance = 0
--2. This query fetches first result set, but filters further for matching date variable
SELECT DISTINCT (cost) EquipCost ,Salesperson ,DATEPART(YEAR, CreateDate) YEAR
,DATEPART(MONTH, CreateDate) MONTH ,Cust_Alias ,FaxNumber
INTO #equipcost
FROM #equip
WHERE Salesperson = #Salesperson
AND DATEPART(MONTH, CreateDate) = DATEPART(MONTH, #Start)
AND DATEPART(year, CreateDate) = DATEPART(year, #Start)
ORDER BY Cust_Alias
--3. Finally, getting sum of the EquipCost, with other KPI's, to put into my final result set
SELECT sum(EquipCost) EquipCost ,Salesperson ,YEAR ,MONTH ,Cust_Alias
INTO #temp_equipcost
FROM #equipcost
GROUP BY Salesperson ,year ,month ,Cust_Alias
Now I am aware that I could have easily reduced this to 2 queries instead of 3 in hindsight (and I have since gotten my results into a single query). But that's where I'm looking for the answer. In my GUI report, I had a row that was showing to have 180 for equipcost, but my query was showing 60. It wasn't until I altered my query to a single iteration (as opposed to the 3), and while I'm still getting the same result of 60, it now displays 60 in my GUI report.
I actually had this happen in another query as well, where I had 2 temp table result sets, but when I condensed it into one, my GUI report worked as expected.
Any ideas on why using multiple temp tables would affect my results via the GUI report in SQL Report Builder (NOT USING VB HERE!) but my SQL query within SSMS works as expected? And to be clear, only making the change described to the query and condensing it got my results, the GUI report in Report Builder is extremely basic, so nothing crazy regarding grouping, expressions, etc.
My best guess is that you accidentally had a situation where you did not properly clear the temp tables (or you populated the temp tables multiple times). As an alternative to temp tables, you could instead use table variables. Equally you could use a single query from the production tables -- using CTE if you want it to "feel" like 3 separate queries.
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I'm a non profit lawyer trying to set up a SQL Server database for my agency. The issue I'm having is query based: I need a simple query that will aggregate the total number of rows on a table, not the sum of the cell contents.
I working with 4 columns of I to: attorney's name, client name, trial date and remedy (the last 2 are date and dollar amount, so integers].
*** Script for SelectTopNRows command from SSMS***
SELECT TOP 100
[attorney]
,[client]
,[trial_date]
,[remedy]
FROM [MyLegalDB]
WHERE [trial_date] between '20160101' and '20160531'
I'm trying to find a way (script, batch file, etc) that will populate a total number of cases by month (according to trial date) total number of clients, and sum the remedy column.
Sorry for the vagueness. There are privilege rules in place. Hope that helps clarify.
Thanks
Assuming that your case history spans years, not just months, try this:
SELECT
,YEAR([trial_date]) AS [Year]
,MONTH([trial_date]) AS [Month]
,COUNT(1) AS [Trial_Count]
FROM [MyLegalDB]
WHERE [trial_date] between '20160101' and '20160531'
GROUP BY YEAR([trial_date]), MONTH([trial_date])
If you want to separate this by attorney, you would need to add that column to the SELECT list, as well as the GROUP BY clause, as such:
SELECT
[attorney]
,YEAR([trial_date]) AS [Year]
,MONTH([trial_date]) AS [Month]
,COUNT(1) AS [Trial_Count]
FROM [MyLegalDB]
WHERE [trial_date] between '20160101' and '20160531'
GROUP BY [attorney], YEAR([trial_date]), MONTH([trial_date])
This is a very general answer to a very general question. If you want me to be more specific, I'm going to have to understand your goal a little better. Hope it helps.
I'm writing a report to total a specific set of transactions grouped by day however, the total is incorrect. In the code listed below, no errors are generated but the daily total is off by 11.
SELECT
'1,*'+char(13)+char(10)
+'80,1006062'+char(13)+char(10)
+'100,10'+char(13)+char(10)
+'2405,'+cast(sum(trans.QUANTITY) as varchar(18))+char(13)+char(10) --Census events --as varchar(10)
+'9999,'+cast(count(distinct trans.TX_ID) as varchar(18))+char(13)+char(10) --Count of Records (for analysis/ validation only)
+'2420,'+format(trans.SERVICE_DATE,'M/d/yyyy') --as service date of Observation Procedure
FROM PAT_ENC_HSP hsp
inner join HSP_TRANSACTIONS trans on hsp.HSP_ACCOUNT_ID=trans.HSP_ACCOUNT_ID
WHERE TRANS.TX_TYPE_HA_C = '1' AND-- Billed procedures
datediff(day,trans.SERVICE_DATE,cast(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP as date)) between 7 and 7 AND
PROC_ID in ('90068','94788','94790','94792','94794','10240')
group by format(trans.SERVICE_DATE,'M/d/yyyy')
order by format(trans.SERVICE_DATE,'M/d/yyyy')
This generates the results...
1,*80,1006062 100,10 2405,305.000 9999,90 2420,4/25/2016
I double checked my totals by exporting the results of this query into Excel, which also generated 90 records for 25 Apr. However, the total quantity was "294" and not "305"
SELECT DISTINCT TRANS.TX_TYPE_HA_C, TRANS.PROCEDURE_DESC, TRANS.PROC_ID, TRANS.DEPARTMENT, TRANS.QUANTITY, TRANS.SERVICE_DATE, TRANS.TX_ID, TRANS.TX_POST_DATE
FROM PAT_ENC_HSP HSP LEFT OUTER JOIN HSP_TRANSACTIONS TRANS on
HSP.HSP_ACCOUNT_ID=TRANS.HSP_ACCOUNT_ID
WHERE PROC_ID in ('90068','94788','94790','94792','94794','10240')
AND TRANS.TX_TYPE_HA_C = '1'
AND TRANS.SERVICE_DATE ={ts '2016-04-25 00:00:00'}
ORDER BY TRANS.TX_ID
Results are attached
Not knowing which of these was correct, I recreated the same query in Crystal Reports and once again received the 294 value. Unfortunately, I have to use the format from the initial query to upload the formatted results into another application. I'm not sure why the total values are not the same across all three methods and am assuming that I'm doing something wrong in the "cast(sum" statement.
I have a table of database size information. The data is collected daily. However, some days are missed due to various reasons. Additionally we have databases which come and go over or the size does not get recorded for several databases for a day or two. This all leads to very inconsistent data collection regarding dates. I want to construct a SQL procedure which will generate a percentage of change between any two dates (1 week, monthly, quarterly, etc.) for ALL databases The problem is what to do if a chosen date is missing (no rows for that date or no row for one or more databases for that date). What I want to be able to do is get the nearest available date for each database for the two dates (begin and end).
For instance, if database Mydb has these recording dates:
2015-05-03
2015-05-04
2015-05-05
2015-05-08
2015-05-09
2015-05-10
2015-05-11
2015-05-12
2015-05-14
and I want to compare 2015-05-06 with 2015-05-14
The 2015-05-07 date is missing so I would want to use the next available date which is 2015-05-08. Keep in mind, MyOtherDB may only be missing the 2015-05-06 date but have available the 2015-05-07 date. So, for MyOtherDb I would be using 2015-05-07 for my comparison.
Is there a way to proceduralize this with SQL WITHOUT using a CURSOR?
You're thinking too much into this, simple do a "BETWEEN" function in your where clause that takes the two parameters.
In your example, if you perform the query:
SELECT * FROM DATABASE_AUDIT WHERE DATE BETWEEN param1 /*2015-05-06*/ and param2 /*2015-05-14*/
It will give you the desired results.
select (b.dbsize - a.dbsize ) / a.dbsize *100 dbSizecChangePercent from
( select top 1 * from dbAudit where auditDate = (select min(auditDate) from dbAudit where auditDate between '01/01/2015' and '01/07/2015')) a
cross join
(select top 1 * from dbAudit where auditDate = (select max(auditDate) from dbAudit where auditDate between '01/01/2015' and '01/07/2015')) b
The top 1 can be replaced by a group by. This was assuming only 1 db aduit per day
INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE TABLE BEING USED -
I am working on a “Stock Market Prices” based Database Table. My table has got the data for the following FIELDS –
ID
SYMBOL
OPEN
HIGH
LOW
CLOSE
VOLUME
VOLUME CHANGE
VOLUME CHANGE %
OPEN_INT
SECTOR
TIMESTAMP
New data gets added to the table daily “Monday to Friday”, based on the stock market price changes for that day. The current requirement is based on the VOLUME field, which shows the volume traded for a particular stock on daily basis.
REQUIREMENT –
To get the Average and Total Volume for last 10,15 and 30 Days respectively.
METHOD USED CURRENTLY -
I created these 9 SEPARATE QUERIES in order to get my desired results –
First I have created these 3 queries to take out the most recent last 10,15 and 30 dates from the current table:
qryLast10DaysStored
qryLast15DaysStored
qryLast30DaysStored
Then I have created these 3 queries for getting the respective AVERAGES:
qrySymbolAvgVolume10Days
qrySymbolAvgVolume15Days
qrySymbolAvgVolume30Days
And then I have created these 3 queries for getting the respective TOTALS:
qrySymbolTotalVolume10Days
qrySymbolTotalVolume15Days
qrySymbolTotalVolume30Days
PROBLEM BEING FACED WITH CURRENT METHOD -
Now, my problem is that I have ended up having these so many different queries, whereas I wanted to get the output into One Single Query, as shown in the Snapshot of the Excel Sheet:
http://i49.tinypic.com/256tgcp.png
SOLUTION NEEDED -
Is there some way by which I can get these required fields into ONE SINGLE QUERY, so that I do not have to look into multiple places for the required fields? Can someone please tell me how to get all these separate queries into one -
A) Either by taking out or moving the results from these separate individual queries to one.
B) Or by making a new query which calculates all these fields within itself, so that these separate individual queries are no longer needed. This would be a better solution I think.
One Clarification about Dates –
Some friend might think why I used the method of using Top 10,15 and 30 for getting the last 10,15 and 30 Date Values. Why not I just used the PC Date for getting these values? Or used something like -
("VOLUME","tbl-B", "TimeStamp BETWEEN Date() - 10 AND Date()")
The answer is that I require my query to "Read" the date from the "TIMESTAMP" Field, and then perform its calculations accordingly for LAST / MOST RECENT "10 days, 15 days, 30 days” FOR WHICH THE DATA IS AVAILABLE IN THE TABLE, WITHOUT BOTHERING WHAT THE CURRENT DATE IS. It should not depend upon the current date in any way.
If there is any better method or more efficient way to create these queries, then please enlighten.
You have separate queries to compute 10DayTotalVolume and 10DayAvgVolume. I suspect you can compute both in one query, qry10DayVolumes.
SELECT
b.SYMBOL,
Sum(b.VOLUME) AS 10DayTotalVolume,
Avg(b.VOLUME) AS 10DayAvgVolume
FROM
[tbl-B] AS b INNER JOIN
qryLast10DaysStored AS q
ON b.TIMESTAMP = q.TIMESTAMP
GROUP BY b.SYMBOL;
However, that makes me wonder whether 10DayAvgVolume can ever be anything other than 10DayTotalVolume / 10
Similar considerations apply to the 15 and 30 day values.
Ultimately, I think you want something based on a starting point like this:
SELECT
q10.SYMBOL,
q10.[10DayTotalVolume],
q10.[10DayAvgVolume],
q15.[15DayTotalVolume],
q15.[15DayAvgVolume],
q30.[30DayTotalVolume],
q30.[30DayAvgVolume]
FROM
(qry10DayVolumes AS q10
INNER JOIN qry15DayVolumes AS q15
ON q10.SYMBOL = q15.SYMBOL)
INNER JOIN qry30DayVolumes AS q30
ON q10.SYMBOL = q30.SYMBOL;
That assumes you have created qry15DayVolumes and qry30DayVolumes following the approach I suggested for qry10DayVolumes.
If you want to cut down the number of queries, you could use subqueries for each of the qry??DayVolumes saved queries, but try it this way first to make sure the logic is correct.
In that second query above, there can be a problem due to field names which start with digits. Enclose those names in square brackets or re-alias them in qry10DayVolumes, qry15DayVolumes, and qry30DayVolumes using alias names which begin with letters instead of digits.
I tested the query as written above with the "2nd Upload.mdb" you uploaded, and it ran without error from Access 2007. Here is the first row of the result set from that query:
SYMBOL 10DayTotalVolume 10DayAvgVolume 15DayTotalVolume 15DayAvgVolume 30DayTotalVolume 30DayAvgVolume
ACC-1 42909 4290.9 54892 3659.46666666667 89669 2988.96666666667
Access doesn't support most advanced SQL syntax and clauses, so this is a bit of a hack, but it works, and is fast on your small sample. You're basically running 3 queries but the Union clauses allow you to combine into one:
select
Symbol,
sum([10DayTotalVol]) as 10DayTotalV,
sum([10DayAvgVol]) as 10DayAvgV,
sum([15DayTotalVol]) as 15DayTotalV,
sum([15DayAvgVol]) as 15DayAvgV,
sum([30DayTotalVol]) as 30DayTotalV,
sum([30DayAvgVol]) as 30DayAvgV
from (
select
Symbol,
sum(volume) as 10DayTotalVol, avg(volume) as 10DayAvgVol,
0 as 15DayTotalVol, 0 as 15DayAvgVol,
0 as 30DayTotalVol, 0 as 30DayAvgVol
from
[tbl-b]
where
timestamp >= (select min(ts) from (select distinct top 10 timestamp as ts from [tbl-b] order by timestamp desc ))
group by
Symbol
UNION
select
Symbol,
0, 0,
sum(volume), avg(volume),
0, 0
from
[tbl-b]
where
timestamp >= (select min(ts) from (select distinct top 15 timestamp as ts from [tbl-b] order by timestamp desc ))
group by
Symbol
UNION
select
Symbol,
0, 0,
0, 0,
sum(volume), avg(volume)
from
[tbl-b]
where
timestamp >= (select min(ts) from (select distinct top 30 timestamp as ts from [tbl-b] order by timestamp desc ))
group by
Symbol
) s
group by
Symbol
I'm writing a report in Crystal Reports XI Developer that runs a stored procedure in a SQL Server 2005 database. The record set returns a summary from log table grouped by Day and Hour.
Currently my query looks something like this:
SELECT
sum(colA) as "Total 1",
day(convert(smalldatetime, convert(float, Timestamp) / 1440 - 1)) as "Date",
datepart(hh, convert(smalldatetime, convert(float, Timestamp) / 1440 - 1)) as "Hour"
`etc...`
GROUP BY
Day, Hour
Ignore the date insanity, I think the system designers were drinking heavily when they worked out how to store their dates.
My problem is this: since there are not always records from each hour of the day, then I end up with gaps, which is understandable, but I'd like Crystal to be able to report on the entire 24 hours regardless of whether there is data or not.
I know I can change this by putting the entire query in a WHILE loop (within the stored procedure) and doing queries on the individual hours, but something inside me says that one query is better than 24.
I'd like to know if there's a way to have Crystal iterate through the hours of the day as opposed to iterating through the rows in the table as it normally does.
Alternatively, is there a way to format the query so that it includes the empty hour rows without killing my database server?
Here's how I solved this problem:
Create a local table in your SQL-Server. Call it "LU_Hours".
This table will have 1 integer field (called "Hours") with 24 rows. Of course, the values would be 1 through 24.
Right join this onto your existing query.
You might need to tweak this to make sure the nulls of empty hours are handled to your satisfaction.
You could use a WITH clause to create the 24 hours, then OUTER JOIN it.
WITH hours AS (
SELECT 1 AS hour
UNION
SELECT 2 AS hour
...
SELECT 24 AS hour
)
SELECT *
FROM hours h
LEFT OUTER JOIN [your table] x ON h.hour=x.datepart(hh, convert(smalldatetime, convert(float, Timestamp) / 1440 - 1))
This SQL would need to added to a Command.
Group as necessary in the SQL or the report.