PeopleFields
PersonID FieldDefID FieldValue
1 1 John
1 2 Smith
2 1 Alice
2 2 Johnson
Of course, we need to be able to search and display this data in a tabular format like:
PersonID PersonType FirstName LastName
1 Consultant John Smith
2 Partner Alice Johnson
We have been building dynamic queries based on which fields are needed (users can select the fields), e.g.:
SELECT p.PersonID, p.PersonType, pf1.FieldValue AS 'First Name', pf2.FieldValue AS 'Last Name'
FROM People p
LEFT JOIN PeopleFields pf1 ON (p.PersonID=pf1.PersonID AND pf1.FieldDefID=1)
LEFT JOIN PeopleFields pf2 ON (p.PersonID=pf2.PersonID AND pf2.FieldDefID=2)
This is very flexible but slow. We've done lots of optimization but can't get this below 5 seconds for common scenarios.
So I'm back to the drawing board now trying to figure out a better way to approach this.
I'm wondering if it would be better (if even possible) to break this out into some sort of view or table UDF that would contain a full representation of all person data, pre-joined. Problem is, this is almost certainly going to have to involve dynamic SQL since we can't know anything about what fields are defined. I think that rules out any sort of view or table UDF, no?
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good approach? Thanks.
Is it possible to generate automatic refresh of excel 2013 table which displays some table of a power pivot model on file open?? I dont want to use pivottable (which supports this ...)
I am trying to find a solution in order to make a pivot dynamically. One of my department charge every month all the sales figure in one table and I need to pick up the last two months archived in order to make a pivot and to see if something is changed or not. What I am trying to do is to have these last two months dynamically. create table forum (customer varchar (50), nmonth varchar(6), tot int, archived datetime)
insert into forum values ('Pepsi','201503',100,'2015-04-28'), ('Pepsi','201504',200,'2015-04-28'), ('Texaco','201503',600,'2015-04-28'), ('Texaco','201504',300,'2015-04-28'),
[code]...
As you can see I have to change manually the values underlined every months but it's a temporary solution. How can I set up the last two months in a dynamic way?
Can I force the following measure to be visible for all rows in a pivot table?
Sales Special Visibility:=IF( Â Â HASONEVALUE(dimSalesCompanies[SalesCompany]) Â Â ;IF( Â Â Â Â VALUES(dimSalesCompanies[SalesCompany]) = "Sales" Â Â Â Â ;CALCULATE([Sales];ALL(dimSalesCompanies[SalesCompany])) Â Â Â Â ;[Sales] Â Â ) Â Â ;BLANK() )
FYI, I also have other measures as well in the pivot table that I don't want to affect.
I have a simple pivot table (screenshot below) that has two variables on it: one for entry year and another for 6 month time intervals. I have very simple DAX functions that count rows to determine the population N (denominator), the number of records in the time intervals (numerator) and the simple percent of those two numbers.
The problem that I am having is that the function for the population N is not overriding the time interval on the pivot table when I use an ALL function to do so. I use ALL in other very simple pivot tables to do the same thing and it works fine.
The formula for all three are below, but the one that is the issue is the population N formula. Why ALL would not work, any other way to override the time period variable on the pivot table.
Population N (denominator): =CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(analyticJudConsist),ALL(analyticJudConsist[CurrentTimeInCare1])) Records in time interval (numerator): =COUNTROWS(analyticJudConsist) Percent: =[countrows]/[denominatorCare]
How can I apply "Min" formula under a "new measure" (calculated field) within a pivot table under Power pivot 2010?Can see that neither does it allow me to apply "min" formula directly "formula box" nor could find any other option.Intent formula: "=Min(1,sum(a:b))" this isn't allowed so all I can do is "=sum(a:b)".
I have simple pivot table (below screenshot with info redacted) that displays a population number ("N" below), this is the denominator, a cumulative numerator number (below "#") and a simple cumulative percent that just divides the numerator by the denominator. It cumulates from top to bottom. The numerator and percent are cumulative using the below functions. There are two problems with the numerator and percent:
1. When there is not a number for the numerator, there is no value displayed for both the numerator and the percent..There should be a zero displayed for both values. 2. When there has been a prior number for the numerator and percent (for a prior month interval) but there is no number for the numerator in the current month interval, the prior month number and percent are not displayed in the current month interval--see the 3rd yellow line, this should display "3" and "16.7%" from the second yellow line.Here is the formula for the numerator:
=CALCULATE(count(s1Perm1[entity_id]),FILTER(ALL(s1Perm1[ExitMonthCategory]),s1Perm1[ExitMonthCategory] <= MAX(s1Perm1[ExitMonthCategory]))) Here is the formula for the percent: =(CALCULATE(countrows(s1Perm1),FILTER(ALL(s1Perm1[ExitMonthCategory]),s1Perm1[ExitMonthCategory] <= MAX(s1Perm1[ExitMonthCategory]))))/(CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(s1Perm1),ALL(s1Perm1[Exit],s1Perm1[ExitMonthCategory])))
I have data in my Powerpivot window which was generated by a sql query. This data includes a field named 'Cost' and every row shows a value for 'Cost' greater than zero. The problem is that when I display this data in the pivot table all entries for Cost display as $0. At first I thought that maybe Cost was set to a bogus data type (such as 'text) but it is set to ''Decimal Number' so that's not the problem.Â
What is happening and how do I fix it so that my pivot table reflects the values for 'Cost'?
I have a data table that contains budget and actual data by month. Â I use the data to create a pivot that shows actual results next to budgeted results. Â I need a column that shows that variance between those columns. Â I think my issue is that the "Type" field contains actual and Budget. Â I sum on "Type". Â I can't seem to create a sum since those items are in the same field or am I missing something?
How to get a list of values to actually display in correct order in either a slicer or when on an axis on a pivot table?
I currently have the below list and have tried to add a preceding numeric (ex. "1. <=0") or preceding blank space, neither of which is visually great. Is there another way?
I am using excel 2010 and creating pivot table from Power Pivot. I created a pivot table with department slicers. All is good, the problem I am having is whilst in an unfiltered position (ALL) of the slicers (departments) I get 200 pages, now when I click on a given department with say 10 pages, I still get the same 200 pages with the first 10 pages showing the data from the clicked department and 190 blank pages.
All I want is to get a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) of what is on the screen as my print, but I am getting extra blank pages right after the data. Â How do I resolve this.
Below are the steps I go thru to printÂ
1. Select slicers in unfiltered position (ALL) 2. Select entire pivot table 3. Select Page layout and select print area. 4. Save 5. Click on Print Preview to preview the print 6. Click on a given department in the slicer and repeat item 5, but this gives me blank pages after the data.
Hi there,I'm looking for advices from people with more experience using SQL Server. I have a situation where from my perspective i have 3 ways to accomplish my task, but i dont know which way would be more efficient and performant.Here's the deal, i have a table which holds millions of records. This table will eventually receives between 30-40 insertion a second. So it's pretty busy. To display the data correctly in reports over the web, i need to manipulate the data in such a way that certain transaction are modified and others are completly eliminated depending on a set of preferences choosen at the moment of the request for the report. Obviously i dont see any ways to do this with just one SQL query, so my choices are the following:1. Create a second table, which would hold the manipulated data. Create a trigger and on each insertion manipulate the data and modify the second table.2. Create a stored procedure, from the stored procedure i query my records, create a temp table, manipulate my data and return it to the user3. Simply fetch the data, return it to the IIS server and process it there before returning the result to the client.The manipulation process consists of querying about 1000 to 2000 records, eliminating duplicate results (or similar results within a chosen range) by comparing them to the last one, and to indicate for each record how many other records were similar. In other words, it's a basic loop and i compare each record to the last one to see if it changed.Personally i think choice #2 would be better, but i could be wrong. I'd like to hear your comments and suggestions.Thanks,
I would like to develop an SSIS solution which loads data from large-sized csv files into the database either in REPLACEMENT or UPDATE mode.
In REPLACEMENT mode I delete all the exisitng data (if any) in the corresponding tables and then I do insertions with a few transfomations beforehand. I have accomplished this mission successfully with SSIS as follows: - Control Flow: Execte SQL Task for performing pre-execution tasks --> Data Flow Task --> Execte SQL Task for performing post-execution tasks - Data Flow: Flat File Source --> Some transformation components --> OLE DB Destination with FastLoad options.
In UPDATE mode I would like to update existing records in the database. I have found a great deal of articles talking about updating existing records. Based on my readings, here are the statements, I have concluded: 1. If the expected number of updates is high, use a staging table and perform the update as a batch operation from the Control Flow. 2. If the expected number of updates is low, use an OLE DB Command transformation.
Question: Well, in my particular case all the rows in the source file represent record updates. And I am expecting a large number of update records. Thus, according to the previous conclusions, I should use the staging table alternative. What I do not like about this alternative is that I will have to insert all the source rows in a staging table first and then I will have to update them all. This seems like too many extra work.
Is there a way to avoid this extra insertion work? I am thinking of something like "FastLoad Update" similar to the "FastLoad Insert", where I directly map input columns to output columns after defining a certain WHERE-CLAUSE?
I have an EDI file with Different Transaction types. I would like to read for a Header, capture some specific info on the header, and read for another specific tran type that comes after and capture additional info. I have a couple of ideas like tagging the records with a key and loading into two temp tables for matching later but that means I would have to do double processing. Maybe a conditional split for the two transaction types and then unioning them downstream, but not sure if the right records would be associated. Possibly tagging sequential key and writng to raw files and matching on the raw file keys downstream.
I have a lot of ideas but I am looking for the best proven practice here so i don't spin my wheels or have to go back and re-engineer later.
I have a pivot table that connects to our data warehouse via a PowerPivot connection. Â The data contains a bunch of comment fields that are each between 250 and 500 characters. Â I've set the columns in this pivot table to have the 'Wrap Text' set to true so that the user experience is better, and they can view these comment fields more clearly.
However, whenever I refresh the data, the text wrapping un-sets itself. Â Interestingly, the 'Wrap Text' setting is still enabled, but I have to go and click it, then click it again to actually wrap the text. Â This is very burdensome on the user, and degrading the experience.
Any way to make this text wrapping stick so that I don't have to re-set it every time I refresh the data?
Simple example:    declare @tTable(col1 int)    insert into @tTable(col1) values (1)    select * from @tTable
Works perfectly in SQL Server Management Studio and the database connection is OK to as I may generate PP table using complex (or simple) queries without difficulty.
But when trying to get this same result in a PP table I get an error, idem when replacing table variable by a temporary table.
Message: OLE DB or ODBC error. .... The current operation was cancelled because another operation the the transaction failed.
I cannot create a measure that returns results for dates that do not exist in the fact table despite the fact that the components included in the measure contain valid results for these same dates.Creature a measure that counts the number of days where the "stock qty" is below the "avg monthly sales qty for the last 12 months" (rolling measure).Here is the DAX code I have tried for the measure (note that filter explicitly refers to the date table (called Calendar) and not the fact table):
Below you can see the sub measures (circled in red) are giving results for all days in the calendar.Highlighted in yellow are dates for which the StkOutCnt measure is not returning a result. Having investigated these blank dates, I am pretty confident that they are dates for which there are no transactions in the fact table (weekends, public holidays etc...).why I am getting an "inner join" with my fact table dates despite the fact that this is not requested anywhere in the dax code and that the two sub measures are behaving normally?
Hi All, Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
I have a current table which I create on a regular basis from a text file with a layout similar to this: TypePolicy #AmountRider 1 AmtRider 2 Amt B1112H24.341212.34
This text file is brought into a staging table with each field (even the amount field) as a varchar (12). I then assign types in a later step in my DTS package.
What I need to do is stack the riders under each policy so for each policy where there is a rider, there is a new row for every rider. So in the example I've given, there would be 2 additional rows for the original first row since there are two riders. TypePolicy #Amount B1112H24.34 R11112H12 R21112H12.34
I plan on doing this by first creating a table with just the Type, Policy #, and Amt fields, and then using a series of insert queries where I take the rider (if there is one) and append it onto the table.
However, I'm getting the following error message when I try: Server: Msg 213, Level 16, State 4, Line 1 Insert Error: Column name or number of supplied values does not match table definition.
Basically, it wouldn't let me put an 'R1' in the Type column. How can I get this to work!?!?
I want to use a Make Table Query to generate a new read-only Table. This I can do but my problem is that I want to be able to name the new Table containing only the records from a calendar year; e.y. Rents2001 and the next year another new table would be created and called Rents2002 and next year Rents2003 ...............
I require the Table to be generated yearly. I know I could do this in other ways but I really require the Table as once I have it I will be doing other things with it to give the final report.
Any suggestions how I can generate the Table with the YEAR being in the Table Name as part of running the Make Table Query? Thanks
What is the best way (short of backing up the entire DB) to make a copy of a Table so that It can be easily restored. We have a table that we want to make some serious changes to, but I want to make sure I can restore if if I need to (if the changes don't work)
In my application i need to access mutiple table. I'm writing a stored procedure in which i need to access tables such as TB01,TB02 .. Basically TBFY where FY is parameter.
I tried for OPENQUERY, but that needs me to add a linked server, which i don't think is a good idea.
Link ( GroupID int , MemberID int ) Member ( MemberID int , MemberName varchar(50), GroupID varchar(255) )
The Link table contains the records showing which Member is in which Group. One particular Member can be in multiple Groups and also a particular Group may have multiple Members.
The Member table contains the Member's ID, Member's Name, and a Group ID field (that will contains comma-separated Groups ID, showing in which Groups the particular Member is in).
We have the Link table ready, and the Member table' with first two fields is also ready. What we have to do now is to fill the GroupID field of the Member table, from the Link Table.
For instance,
Read all the GroupID field from the Link table against a MemberID, make a comma-separated string of the GroupID, then update the GroupID field of the corresponding Member in the Member table.
Please help me with a sql query or procedures that will do this job. I am using SQL SERVER 2000.
Perhaps I was dreaming, but I thought I remembered reading in some SQL Server 7 propaganda that PIVOT TABLE was added. The idea is, a cool syntax that would turn a number of rows into the same number of columns, and automatically transpose the values for you.
This is not a data-mining application. It's more a hyper-normalizing operation. We define products as a collection of attributes that are stored in rows, not columns. A single product is therefore one row from a Product Header table and N rows from the Product Attributes table. Products can have widely differing numbers of attributes.
I know you can write a query that will grab N rows and turn them into N columns, but I don't want to have to write one for every product type (meaning for N, O, P, Q, R and S attributes).
I just looked in one of my SQL Server 7 books and found nothing on Pivot Table, so maybe I was dreaming.
Failing this cool new command, do you know of a general solution to this type of problem?
I have to pivot one table to get the result in correct format. Here is an example as I am not sure how to explain it. If there is another way instead of pivot, let me know.
Table1 ID | Name | 1 | Joe | 2 | Ron |
Table2 Table1_ID | Language 1 | English 1 | ASL 2 | Spanish 2 | English 2 | French
I need the two tables joined and table2 to be pivoted to get the desired result as shown below. Third column for language is left off as I am limited to two columns.
Result ID | Name | Language 1| Language 2 1 | Joe | English | ASL 2 | Ron | Spanish | English
I have read RobVolks article on creating a Pivot table. I have copied his code into a stored procedure. He then explains how to call this code see below. But how do I actually run the EXECUTE statement in my asp.net webpage ?
EXECUTE(crosstab) 'select title from titles inner join sales on (sales.title_id=titles.title_id) group by title', 'sum(qty)','stor_id','stores'
Hello All. I have a Pivot query that I am working on, and I have it working, however I want to add a 'totals' type column at the end. For some reason I can't get it to work
Here is my code
SELECT [July] AS July, [August] AS August,
[September] AS September, [October] AS October, [November] AS November, [December] AS December,
[January] AS January
FROM
(SELECT TimeStamp FROM tMaster WHERE ServicesArea = 'US') AS P
Also, I was wondering if there was a way, I could add different calculations per row? For instance, the first row would be counts per month of total # of good orders and the second row would be the total # of bad orders, the 3rd row being a total count of incomplete orders etc etc. Is there a way to do that?
I'm trying to extract some data from an ssas 2005 cube to build a report with ssrs 2005.
The report should have a variable number of columns and a fixed number of rows ... so I think I cannot use a table control but I must use a matrix control ...
So I would group the column for the fiscal month and the row for the measure name or measure caption ... and put the measure value inside the matrix.
Like the following
month 1 month 2
measure 1 xxx xxx
measure 2 xxx xxx
measure 3 xxx xxx
To do that I should run a query to extract data in the following form ...
fiscal month mesaure name measure value
month 1 measure 1 xxx
month 1 measure 2 xxx
month 1 measure 3 xxx
month 2 measure 1 xxx
month 2 measure 2 xxx
month 2 measure 3 xxx
The problem is ... when running an mdx query on reporting services I need to put the meausure only on the columns ...
so any idea on how can I extract data from ssas in that form ??
I have the following table: UserID Pet (Range: Cat, Dog, Fish) ------------------ 1 Cat 1 Dog 1 Fish 2 Dog 3 Fish ......
I want the following result: UserID(as PK) Cat Dog Fish ---------------------------------- 1 Cat Dog Fish 2 (null) Dog (null) 3 (null) (null) Fish .......
Does this have anything to do with pivoting table? How can I achieve this? Thank you.
