Blank columns in crosstab data

Hello!
I have a crosstab report that I use that shows revenue forecast by month. The months are across the top of the crosstab. My problem is that if there is no revenue forecast for a particular month, the column does not show up. So I may have columns for Jan, Feb and March and then the next column is May (skipping April). How can I make sure all columns show up even if there is no revenue?
Thank you!
Megan

Hi,
You will have to outer join a folder or table into your report that defines all the months that you wish to include in the report. Otherwise the report will not know about the missing months. For example, define a folder that always returns the previous 6 months, then outer join this folder to the folder used in your report using the month as the join column. Then take the month column used in your report from the new folder.
Hope that is clear.
Rod West

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