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Title: Is it possible to create Nested cross tab report using Operational Data Source.
Post by: Maverick111 on 10 Oct 2014 08:13:01 AM
Hi,

I am new to report studio and trying to create a nested cross tab report in report studio.

I am using the operational data source as the source for my queries and able to see the required data in a final query. However when i am trying to place the columns in a nested cross tab format I am unable to see my data, but I was able to arrange the columns in desired way.

I have few questions here.
   
    1. Does nested cross tab report works with Operational data store ?
    2. If Yes, pls help me in completing my report. :)

Thanks in advance.






Title: Re: Is it possible to create Nested cross tab report using Operational Data Source.
Post by: BigChris on 10 Oct 2014 08:27:03 AM
If you can query the operational datastore then you should be able to write a crosstab over it...but it's a bit difficult to answer for sure since we don't know what you're operational datastore is.

Have you checked the aggregation for your nested crosstab? I find that that's the problem more often than not. And if you're trying to put a text string into the measures that will generally fail (I know there are ways to make it work...)
Title: Re: Is it possible to create Nested cross tab report using Operational Data Source.
Post by: Maverick111 on 10 Oct 2014 09:07:11 AM
Hi,

You said, we don't know what you're operational datastore is ? ---- what does it mean? Can u pls help me to understand how many types of ODS exists ?

I am trying to Put dates into measures. However, it shows some dates in my first row and hides the column lables. When I make the column labels visible, the dates will disappear from the first row too.


Title: Re: Is it possible to create Nested cross tab report using Operational Data Source.
Post by: MFGF on 17 Oct 2014 08:50:15 AM
Quote from: Maverick111 on 10 Oct 2014 09:07:11 AM
Hi,

You said, we don't know what you're operational datastore is ? ---- what does it mean? Can u pls help me to understand how many types of ODS exists ?

I am trying to Put dates into measures. However, it shows some dates in my first row and hides the column lables. When I make the column labels visible, the dates will disappear from the first row too.

Crosstabs are designed to show measures in the cells - not dates or any other kinds of attributes. The underlying data structures don't have any effect on this - it's the same regardless of whether your data is in an ODS, a data warehouse, a text file, somewhere else...

Cheers!

MF.