Create Tabular Form On Non Tabular Data

Hi,
I'm not sure if this is possible.
We have an existing process the project manager enters the users time again projects this i done row by row so the results are
User Project Wk Hrs
A 1 1 8
A 1 2 4
A 1 3 3
A 1 4 1
B 1 2 5
B 1 3 2
D 1 1 7
D 1 3 8
I dont want to change the existing table structure as this is used by other preorts but I would like to change the data entry form to something like this
Project 1
Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4
User A 8 4 3 1
User B 5 2
User C
User D 7 8
Any idea how best I could achieve this, all ideas would be appreciated?
Thanks

Hi Andy,
you'd need an updateable pivot table (crosstab) - there is no out-of-the-box solution for this ... but a combination of existing how tos will do the trick.
First: generate the crosstab (as an APEX report):
Crosstables (Pivot tables) with SQL ...
Second: Create a tabular form on the crosstab report manually:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/howtos/tabular_form.html
I have a german how to which explains the full process - even if you don't understand german the embedded code might help you ...
http://www.oracle.com/global/de/community/tipps/kreuztabelle-edit/index.html
Best regards
-Carsten

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