CASE causes strange aggregation issue.

Question

Hi I have a subject area; Journals; which has a dimension: - Budget Type (Actual or Budget), a dimension GL Code (Cost Centre) and a fact folder BUDGET FACTS which has a field amount which aggregates by default as SUM. (Simplified - but I think this is all that matters).
I create a report in Answers thus; -
Actual Type          Cost Centre       Amount
Actual                801041            100
Budget                801041            150This gives results as desired / expected.
However, wishing to see Sum(Amount) in two columns, one for Budget and One for Actual - next to each other I try this; -
Cost Centre        Budget Amount       Actual AmountWhere Budget Amount is populated by the following formula ; -
CASE WHEN "Journals"."Budget Type" = 'Budget' THEN amount else 0 end
And Actual Amount
CASE WHEN "Journals"."Budget Type" = 'Actual' THEN amount else 0 end
(Syntax may not be exact but you get the idea)
Now all of my results look cartesian - producing massively bigger numbers....
I have tried SUM in the formula and experimenting with default aggregation but cannot get it to work.
Any suggestions - do I have to resort to the ADVANCED tab and setting the SQL - GROUPING - which I can do but I am hoping for a simpler solution to pass on to my wider user community - and pointing them at writing SQL fills me with cold dread....
I am on 10.1.3.4
Thanks for your input,
Robert.

Answer 1

Hi,
these are the log files....
The only difference between what was generated in answers in the first one to the second one is that in the first one I leave the 'Actual Type' column in my report, which works except for the fact that budgets and actuals do not appear on the same row, even when I hide the column....
So the second is identical, but with the afore mentioned 'Actual Type' column deleted.
Here all of the result data winds up in the 'Actual Amount' column (the first of the two case statements) - which makes no sense...
Is there a way round this, except creating a calculation in the repository as you suggest???
thanks,
Robert (code follows)
select distinct D1.c2 as c1,
     D1.c3 as c2,
     case  when D1.c4 = 'Actual' then D1.c1 else 0 end  as c3,
     case  when D1.c4 = 'Budget' then D1.c1 else 0 end  as c4,
     D1.c1 as c5,
     D1.c4 as c6,
     D1.c5 as c7
from
     (select sum(T29613.AMOUNT) as c1,
               T29642.COST_CENTRE as c2,
               T29706.PERIOD_NAME as c3,
               T31281.ACTUAL_TYPE as c4,
               T29706.PERIOD_NUM as c5
          from
               GL_ACTUAL_TYPE_MV T31281,
               GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS_MV T29642 /* Gl Code Combinations for GL Journal Drill */ ,
               GL_PERIODS T29706 /* Gl Periods for Gl Journal Drill */ ,
               GL_JOURNAL_DRILL T29613
          where  ( T29613.ACTUAL_KEY = T31281.ACTUAL_FLAG and T29613.CODE_KEY = T29642.CODE_KEY and T29613.PERIOD_KEY = T29706.PERIOD_NAME and T29613.PERIOD_KEY = 'JUL-11' and T29642.COST_CENTRE = '801040' and T29706.PERIOD_NAME = 'JUL-11' )
          group by T29642.COST_CENTRE, T29706.PERIOD_NAME, T29706.PERIOD_NUM, T31281.ACTUAL_TYPE
     ) D1
order by c1, c7, c6
select D1.c2 as c1,
     D1.c3 as c2,
     D1.c1 as c3,
     D1.c4 as c4
from
     (select D1.c1 as c1,
               D1.c2 as c2,
               D1.c3 as c3,
               D1.c4 as c4
          from
               (select T31281.ACTUAL_TYPE as c1,
                         T29642.COST_CENTRE as c2,
                         T29706.PERIOD_NAME as c3,
                         T29706.PERIOD_NUM as c4,
                         ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY T29642.COST_CENTRE, T29706.PERIOD_NAME, T31281.ACTUAL_TYPE ORDER BY T29642.COST_CENTRE ASC, T29706.PERIOD_NAME ASC, T31281.ACTUAL_TYPE ASC) as c5
                    from
                         GL_ACTUAL_TYPE_MV T31281,
                         GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS_MV T29642 /* Gl Code Combinations for GL Journal Drill */ ,
                         GL_PERIODS T29706 /* Gl Periods for Gl Journal Drill */ ,
                         GL_JOURNAL_DRILL T29613
                    where  ( T29613.ACTUAL_KEY = T31281.ACTUAL_FLAG and T29613.CODE_KEY = T29642.CODE_KEY and T29613.PERIOD_KEY = T29706.PERIOD_NAME and T29613.PERIOD_KEY = 'JUL-11' and T29642.COST_CENTRE = '801040' and T29706.PERIOD_NAME = 'JUL-11' )
               ) D1
          where  ( D1.c5 = 1 )
     ) D1
order by c2, c1