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List with dynamic column headings

Started by t1701, 14 May 2013 06:05:29 PM

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t1701

I have a list report to create either from relational data or a cube in this format.

Customer     Product.     2013/05/14. 2013/05/07.  2013/05/01 .......
John.            Item A.        25.                  38.                52
Joe.              Item B.        87.                    0.                42

The list is by customer/product of quantities sold by week.
The week column headings are for the last 52 weeks.
I'm kind of stumped on the how to do the week columns.

Jiayue.lin

Hi t1701,

I think it is better to define the week columns in tables, per your example, you need to add a new column for every new week

raj_aries

I think it is better to go for crosstab with some formatting to make it look like a list.

terry_stjean

Hi,
I can't define the weeks as columns in a table since they change from week to week as new data is added.
Right now, in the table, there is a column called Week_Ending with the week number.
In SQL, I can pivot it around but I can't use that in Framework Manager since it's not static, i.e. the weeks change.

How would I create a cross-tab but have it look like a List?

Lynn

Quote from: tstjean on 15 May 2013 07:04:32 AM

How would I create a cross-tab but have it look like a List?

This post by PaulM is a great technique that might solve your problem.

http://www.cognoise.com/index.php/topic,11363.msg64116.html#msg64116