I have 2 list's that display data and provide totals.
One is a joined query, the other is a single query
I have tried to join the joined query and the single query but i can't get it to work.
Im trying to calculate a return rate. first list produces a total return amount for each salesman. The second produces total sales for each salesman.
In the 3rd list im trying to add and divide the totals to get my return rate.
This can be achieved using master details report.
A great simple example can be found in the following video tutorial here:
Cognos 10 Training - Master Detail Report
The basic steps are:
Create your master list and drag items into the list.
Drag additional list as a new column of the master list. So it should look like this:
Drag items to this list.
Now, make sure both queries contains the data item you want to join on. This data item does not have to appear in the list/s, but it must be part of both queries.
Select any item in the detail list and from the menu pick Data->Master Detail Relationships...
Press the new link button and create the relationship between the 2 queries.
That's itm run the report and see the results.
A deeper documentation can be found on Cognos official documentation is here:
Create a Master Detail Relationship
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I'm having a problem while building this sheet and i'm not being able to find a solution.
The problem goes like this:
This is a marketing agency that wants to build quotes for their clients in a more automated and simpler way they do today.
There is a master table that the user must put all products they have to offer and their prices
from this master table, I've created 5 other tables with power query, So they have an user interface to fill the number of products and price adjustments they want to quote. Also some products price depends on the price and quantity of other products. that's why I needed to separate it.
Now I need to bring them back together so I can use it as a source for a pivot table to build their report.
I've tried a few things:
Making them all a joined source for pivot table, but as they don't have any exclusive fields it failed.
They have a different number of columns and rows, so putting them below each other won't work
I've also tried =Table[Total Value]:Table2[Total Value], but they are joined side by side, and I need them one below each other.
I haven't tried VBA, but it's not out of the question.
im facing this issue whereby i have 2 seperate list reports 1 of them contains details of warehousing inwards quantity, while the other contains details of warehousing outwards quantity. These lists contains basic details like item models, date and quantity.
now the problem've is I would like to create a 3rd list, that concludes each end of day warehouse movement. What is the best way to create this 3rd list given that i'm able to utilize accessDB for ease of data management as well ?
I have some example data like this table:
where the left table is currently the data I have and I want to order by year, company, and product (based on total cost). Currently, the user chooses the year and company on the prompt screen and I am trying to obtain something like a top ten list per year per company based on the total cost per product. I would like my data to sort to the table on the right with keeping track of the billing code area, but not sorting by it. I have been able to write a SQL code that will sort it using a group by, but I cannot add the billing code area. I need the billing code area to display the information in a bar chart.
I have tried using the rank function in Cognos, but I can only do it for one column. I have also tried concatenating the 3 columns together, but no luck with that either. Is there any way to use rank() for 3 columns?
Looks like you have two different tasks:
Calculate top 5
AFAIR you can use rank() like this:
rank([total_cost] for [Country],[Year],[Product])
List all billing area codes. It's not so simple. There is no special function for it (shame on them). So you can write custom query for it using features of you DB or, better, fake concatenation with repeater object or crosstab with master-detail relationship inserted in Billing Area Code field.
Working in Cognos Report Studio 10.2.1. I have two query items. First query item is the base table which results in some million records. Second query item is coming from a different table. I need to LEFT OUTER JOIN the first query item with other. In the third query item post the join, I am filtering on a date column which is in formatYYYYMM to give me records falling under 201406 i.e the current Month and Year. This is the common column in both the table apart from AcctNo which is used to join both the tables. The problem is, when I try to view Tabular datathe report takes forever to run. After waiting patiently for 30 mins, I just have to cancel the report. When I add the same filter criteria to the 1st query item on the date column and then view the third query item, it gives me the output. But in the long run, I have to join multiple tables with this base table and in one of the table the filter criteria needs to give output for two months. I am converting a SAS code to Cognos, In SAS code, there is no filter on the base table and even then the join query takes few seconds to run.
My question is: Is there any way to improve the performance of the query so that it runs and more importantly runs in less time? Pl note: Modelling my query in FM is not an option in this case.
I was able to get this resolved myself after many trial and errors.
What I did is created a copy of 1st Query item, and filtered 1st query item with current month and year and the for the copy of 1st query item added a filter for two months. That way I was able to run my query and get the desired results.
Though this is a rare case scenario, hope it helps someone else.
Is there a way to create a SharePoint calculated column that returns a count of the number of entries in a list? So If I have 3 customers in my list with the company "Starbucks" I'd like the field to return "3"
(Edited some wording for clarity per suggestion from dariom).
You may be able to get what you want with another list using a not-so-well-known variation of a lookup column.
Let's say you have a list called Companies with values in the title column like "Starbucks", "Peets", etc. Now you also have the Customers list you refer to, but the "Company" column is a lookup column pointing to the title column in the Companies list.
You can add a count very similar to what you described to your Companies list. Go to your Companies list, add a column of type "Lookup" referring to the Customers list and you'll notice that in the drop-down area where you define the lookup if you point back to the Customers list, you'll have a new option called "Count Related". This is here automatically because it recognizes that the Customers list has a lookup pointing back to this one. Select that Count Related option and now your Companies list will have a column counting how many customers are associated with that company.
No coding, Javascript hacks, or anything. Just hidden SharePoint auto-magic.
No, I don't think there's a way to do this using the out-of-the-box calculated column.
Some other ways you could accomplish this are:
Create a view for your list that with a group by on the company field and include the total count. This is easiest, but might not be exactly what you're looking for.
Create a custom column type that executes a CAML query to find items that you're interested in. There is a learning curve if you've not done it before and if the list that you're adding this custom column to has lots of rows, you'll be executing a query for each row which is inefficient - it'll be OK for a small number of rows.
Use an event handler on the list that updates a column value each time a new item is added or removed from a list. This is easier, but can also be inefficient if you have a large number of items in your list.
As dariom said (damn my slow typing skills, +1!), only the current row can be operated on with calculated columns by default in SharePoint. There are a couple of documented workarounds involving SharePoint Designer or jQuery, though.
You can get a Count of specific list items in an XSLT Data View
To do this you will need SharePoint Designer.
Right click on your SharePoint List view (ensure the list view contains the field you want to filter by) select convert to XSLT Data View. Then in the Data Source Windows select Data Source Tab and drag and drop the field you want to get a total on for the specific items into where you want it displayed in your XSLT Data View. Click on the numerical value that is showing you should get a lightening bolt icon, select the drop down and choose Count, then select again and choose Filter. Select "Click here to add a new clause" then choose your field name again and enter your unique value as Starbucks and click OK, you can repeat this process for other fields you want the totals on. You will now see the total number of Starbucks items in the list.
I got something similar to work in a way similar to Niall. Basically, I:
Based on the source list, created a Data View Web Part (DVWP) on a "test" web
part page.
Added the footer column, which gives a count.
Set the filter for my conditions (i.e., the items I want to count).
In the code, deleted the recurring items row.
I was left with just the footer, which displayed a filtered count for all the list items. I further customized the footer by taking out the shaded background. Finally, I exported this web part and imported it onto the page where I wanted users to see a total of items in the list (which met the criteria).