Group By Multiple Columns

I am using the BI plug-in to try and create a multi-column grouped report similar to below:
Emp Name Emp ID Dept Job
Bob_______100____Job1
_________________Job2
_________________Job3
Tom______200____Job1
I use the table form wizard, move all my nodes over and choose to group by Emp Name on my Rowset. I then click on Emp Name and choose to group by Emp Id. I then say ok to create output (choosing table). IS this how you are supposed to create multi-grouped report?

Ok XML on the bottom.
The STUDENT_ID and STUDENT NAME are the grouped fields.
Layout would be a table looking like this:
F STUDENT_ID STUDENT_NAME RELATION_DESC CONTACT_NAME ADDRESS_LINE1 PHONE EMERGENCY_PHONE
Total Students Printed: ttt
E
Thanks for your help.
you can email me template you create at: [email protected]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DATA>
<ROWSET1>
<ROWSET1_ROW>
<STUDENT_NAME_LABEL>Student</STUDENT_NAME_LABEL>
<STUDENT_ID_LABEL>ID#</STUDENT_ID_LABEL>
</ROWSET1_ROW>
</ROWSET1>
<ROWSET2>
<ROWSET2_ROW>
<STUDENT_NAME>Adams, Angela Marie </STUDENT_NAME>
<STUDENT_ID>CHS0001</STUDENT_ID>
<CONTACT_RELATION>A</CONTACT_RELATION>
<CONTACT_REL_DESC>Aunt</CONTACT_REL_DESC>
<CONTACT_NAME>Ms. Margaret Mary Dale </CONTACT_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>300 Main Street </ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>Freehold, NJ 07728</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3></ADDRESS_LINE3>
<PHONE>(732) 555-4354</PHONE>
<PHONE_DESCRIPTION></PHONE_DESCRIPTION>
<EMERGENCY_PHONE></EMERGENCY_PHONE>
<EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION></EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION>
</ROWSET2_ROW>
<ROWSET2_ROW>
<STUDENT_NAME>Adams, Angela Marie </STUDENT_NAME>
<STUDENT_ID>CHS0001</STUDENT_ID>
<CONTACT_RELATION>GF</CONTACT_RELATION>
<CONTACT_REL_DESC>Grandfather</CONTACT_REL_DESC>
<CONTACT_NAME>Mr. George Adams </CONTACT_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>132 Green Glade Drive </ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>Century City, NJ 09009</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3></ADDRESS_LINE3>
<PHONE>(732) 555-1890</PHONE>
<PHONE_DESCRIPTION>Home</PHONE_DESCRIPTION>
<EMERGENCY_PHONE></EMERGENCY_PHONE>
<EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION></EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION>
</ROWSET2_ROW>
<ROWSET2_ROW>
<STUDENT_NAME>Adams, Angela Marie </STUDENT_NAME>
<STUDENT_ID>CHS0001</STUDENT_ID>
<CONTACT_RELATION>GM</CONTACT_RELATION>
<CONTACT_REL_DESC>Grandmother</CONTACT_REL_DESC>
<CONTACT_NAME>Mrs. Nancy Dale </CONTACT_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>1402 Winding Way </ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>Century City, NJ 09009</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3></ADDRESS_LINE3>
<PHONE>(732) 555-9786</PHONE>
<PHONE_DESCRIPTION></PHONE_DESCRIPTION>
<EMERGENCY_PHONE></EMERGENCY_PHONE>
<EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION></EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION>
</ROWSET2_ROW>
<ROWSET2_ROW>
<STUDENT_NAME>Adams, Angela Marie </STUDENT_NAME>
<STUDENT_ID>CHS0001</STUDENT_ID>
<CONTACT_RELATION>P</CONTACT_RELATION>
<CONTACT_REL_DESC>Parents</CONTACT_REL_DESC>
<CONTACT_NAME>Mr. & Mrs. Frank and Marie Adams </CONTACT_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>1402 Winding Way </ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>Century City, NJ 09009</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3></ADDRESS_LINE3>
<PHONE>(732) 555-1515</PHONE>
<PHONE_DESCRIPTION>Home</PHONE_DESCRIPTION>
<EMERGENCY_PHONE>(732) 555-1890</EMERGENCY_PHONE>
<EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION>Grandparent's home</EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION>
</ROWSET2_ROW>
<ROWSET2_ROW>
<STUDENT_NAME>Kopacko, Christopher </STUDENT_NAME>
<STUDENT_ID>700</STUDENT_ID>
<CONTACT_RELATION>F</CONTACT_RELATION>
<CONTACT_REL_DESC>Father</CONTACT_REL_DESC>
<CONTACT_NAME>Mr. George Adams </CONTACT_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>132 Green Glade Drive </ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>Century City, NJ 09009</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3></ADDRESS_LINE3>
<PHONE>(732) 555-1890</PHONE>
<PHONE_DESCRIPTION>Home</PHONE_DESCRIPTION>
<EMERGENCY_PHONE></EMERGENCY_PHONE>
<EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION></EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION>
</ROWSET2_ROW>
<ROWSET2_ROW>
<STUDENT_NAME>LaMantia, Andrew </STUDENT_NAME>
<STUDENT_ID>600</STUDENT_ID>
<CONTACT_RELATION>P</CONTACT_RELATION>
<CONTACT_REL_DESC>Parents</CONTACT_REL_DESC>
<CONTACT_NAME>Mr Christopher Kopacko Sr.</CONTACT_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>176 Colonial Dr </ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>Lakewood, NJ 08701</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3></ADDRESS_LINE3>
<PHONE>(732) 999-9999</PHONE>
<PHONE_DESCRIPTION></PHONE_DESCRIPTION>
<EMERGENCY_PHONE></EMERGENCY_PHONE>
<EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION></EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION>
</ROWSET2_ROW>
<ROWSET2_ROW>
<STUDENT_NAME>LaMantia, Andrew </STUDENT_NAME>
<STUDENT_ID>600</STUDENT_ID>
<CONTACT_RELATION>U</CONTACT_RELATION>
<CONTACT_REL_DESC>Uncle</CONTACT_REL_DESC>
<CONTACT_NAME>Mr Anthony LaMantia Ph D</CONTACT_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>45 qqqqq ss zLevi Street </ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>wfwvwvwAERVWRV</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3>Freehold, NJ 07728-2222</ADDRESS_LINE3>
<PHONE>(732) 541-2254</PHONE>
<PHONE_DESCRIPTION></PHONE_DESCRIPTION>
<EMERGENCY_PHONE>(732) 654-1111</EMERGENCY_PHONE>
<EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION></EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION>
</ROWSET2_ROW>
<ROWSET2_ROW>
<STUDENT_NAME>Magan, Bob Tom </STUDENT_NAME>
<STUDENT_ID>100</STUDENT_ID>
<CONTACT_RELATION>P</CONTACT_RELATION>
<CONTACT_REL_DESC>Parents</CONTACT_REL_DESC>
<CONTACT_NAME>Rich Magan </CONTACT_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>3 NW Maple Knoll Lane </ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>Manalapan, NJ 07726</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3></ADDRESS_LINE3>
<PHONE>(732) 363-9311</PHONE>
<PHONE_DESCRIPTION></PHONE_DESCRIPTION>
<EMERGENCY_PHONE></EMERGENCY_PHONE>
<EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION></EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION>
</ROWSET2_ROW>
<ROWSET2_ROW>
<STUDENT_NAME>Magan, Bob Tom </STUDENT_NAME>
<STUDENT_ID>100</STUDENT_ID>
<CONTACT_RELATION>U</CONTACT_RELATION>
<CONTACT_REL_DESC>Uncle</CONTACT_REL_DESC>
<CONTACT_NAME>Mr. Bernard Coster </CONTACT_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>888 zMaple Ave </ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>Lakewood, NJ 08701</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3></ADDRESS_LINE3>
<PHONE>(732) 363-1234</PHONE>
<PHONE_DESCRIPTION></PHONE_DESCRIPTION>
<EMERGENCY_PHONE></EMERGENCY_PHONE>
<EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION></EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION>
</ROWSET2_ROW>
<ROWSET2_ROW>
<STUDENT_NAME>Reilly, Amy Michelle </STUDENT_NAME>
<STUDENT_ID>200</STUDENT_ID>
<CONTACT_RELATION>P</CONTACT_RELATION>
<CONTACT_REL_DESC>Parents</CONTACT_REL_DESC>
<CONTACT_NAME>Joseph Reilly </CONTACT_NAME>
<ADDRESS_LINE1>546874 zElf Lane </ADDRESS_LINE1>
<ADDRESS_LINE2>Toms River, NJ 08753</ADDRESS_LINE2>
<ADDRESS_LINE3></ADDRESS_LINE3>
<PHONE>(732) 548-9635</PHONE>
<PHONE_DESCRIPTION></PHONE_DESCRIPTION>
<EMERGENCY_PHONE>(732) 548-9654</EMERGENCY_PHONE>
<EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION></EMERGENCY_DESCRIPTION>
</ROWSET2_ROW>
</ROWSET2>
</DATA>

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Count = 4 unique rows.
Hopefully I'm making some sort of sense. It's a bit much to ask about the number of occurrences of each duplicate value, I'm sure just getting count of the unique rows of the non-indexed rows will be sufficient. Since the query is meant to be universal for multiple columns of numeric and alphanumeric data and can be expanded for multiple columns, I am simply trying to get a basic skeleton that works for an "on the fly" analysis.

Thanks to all of you. I had the idea and just couldn't nail it down. You did it.
All of you understood what I poorly communicated. My apologies for the lack of prep with a table, I was running patches on the system and couldn't dare interrupt it on my laptop and starting Oracle 11 while Micro$lop was patching all sorts of evil code. This is something I'm setting up on my own time so it's a work I'm going to try to be proud of. So there will be plenty of instrumentation and debugging code for timing.
I'd thought of concatenating columns and was worried it wouldn't backport to older Oracle versions (work goes back to 8.1.7) with nulls and other goofy things like long raw fields or lob/clobs plus the other DBs that are at various sites. What I'm trying to do is improve on a crappy data analysis tool SAP provides to use with reporting unique columns. (Basis people could recognize this as DB05). I tried dragging out the SQL that their ABAP/4 language generates from an SQL trace but it was unusable and often dies on internal storage which on most sites is about 4GB per process. Needless to say, the program is wasteful and I'm trying to keep the work on the DB where it belongs and discourage cowboys from doing this in the DB on the fly and at the same time make it simpler for junior members to use while having a semblance of an audit trail.
What I'm trying to do is work out a tool that checks all the crappy secondary indexes that were created by folks who seem to think in ways that are from an alien species not yet speculated about even with the strongest psychedelics. One of them actually decreases performance by a minimum factor of 5. It's not much when it's 5 seconds but when the response time averages about 3 hours beforehand, you can imagine what it was like afterward. In this particular case, the "logic" was that the index needed to be defined by the order of the fields of the select clause. Some myths never die. So it's not easy to work out which ones haven't been used in a long time, so it's down to finding which of the custom ones are actually bad in terms of selectivity. Some of these may have made a little bit of sense when the system was started up, now that some of these have millions of rows instead of a few thousand, thaw tend to expose the flaws in design.
I'm also trying to make this work on multiple DBs such as DB2, MaxDB and (sob) SQL Squealer. The idea is to write this in ABAP code as a utility without the overhead of internal tables in ABAP as some of these tables are many millions of rows and I have to account for the size in memory. (ABAP field sizes in internal memory are generally much larger than the actual DB lengths. so every bit helps!) So I'm trying to create actual SQL on the fly and use it internally without going through the SAP DB interface which limits the type of SQL functions used and all the overhead. It's intended to grab a secondary index and if there are more than 2 fields defined, work it backwards to show unique values for all columns, all columns - 1, all columns - 2 and so on back to the initial column in the index.
Why does this seem important? On Oracle I can generate histograms but those can often screw up SAP. On other DBs, the indexing cardinality is much more important, particularly with DB optimizers that make some odd decisions. So I need evidence I can push to folks who will only understand if there's a plain and simple analysis that explains it (almost) in crayon.
I'm testing null values next (which worked!) but these suggestions all seem to follow the same idea which won't work in ABAP without some serious memory issues. So I'm down to this type of coding:
exec sql.
<dynamically generated true SQL>
end-exec.
rather than using ABAP with their concept of "open SQL" and the DB interface with all the overhead.
RB's suggestion of the UNION ALL wasn't quite what I was looking for BUT it made me think that this would be a nice enhancement for evaluations!
So the candidates that seem to work for what I wanted are as follows:
SQL> SELECT COUNT (MIN (0)) AS distinct_col3_col4_cnt
2 from rb group by b, c;
DISTINCT_COL3_COL4_CNT
7
select count(distinct(b || c)) num_rows from rb;
So thanks also to Frank, APNL and Nimesh for their examples. Now the fun starts as I spec out the processing.

Top N Analysis with multiple columns

Hi
I am using Oracle 9i. I do have a table which contains datewise promotional material types for an organisation.
The structure is as follows:
CREATE TABLE TEST
(CDATE DATE,
BROCHURE VARCHAR2(1),
WEBSITE VARCHAR2(1),
DIRECT_MAIL VARCHAR2(1),
PRESS_RELEASE VARCHAR2(1),
JOURNAL_AD VARCHAR2(1)
and the sample data is as follows:
CDate          Brochure     Website     Direct_Mail     Press_Release Journal_Ad
01/04/1996     Y Y Y N N
02/04/1996     Y Y N N N
23/06/1996     Y N Y Y N
13/09/1996     Y Y N N N
01/04/1997     Y Y N N N
02/04/1997     Y Y Y N Y
23/06/1997     N Y N N Y
13/09/1997     Y Y N N N
01/04/1998     Y Y Y N N
02/04/1998     Y N N Y N
23/06/1998     N Y N N Y
13/09/1998     Y Y N N Y
01/04/1999     Y Y Y N Y
02/04/1999     Y N N Y N
23/06/1999     N Y N N N
13/09/1999     Y Y Y N N
I want to have year wise top 4 promotional types in terms of count of 'Y' only. The result should be like as follows:
YEAR:1996
TYPE     COUNT
BROCHURE 4
WEBSITE 3
DIRECT_MAIL 2
PRESS_RELEASE 1
JOURNAL_AD 0
YEAR:1997
TYPE     COUNT
WEBSITE 4
BROCHURE 3
JOURNAL_AD 2
DIRECT_MAIL 1
PRESS_RELEASE 1
Please suggest a solution for the same. I am not able to sort it for multiple columns.
Regards
MS

One of the questions that must be asked when you have a requirement to only show the top N ranked items in a list, is "what about a tie in the ranking?".
Oracle has two ranking functions that allow you to deal with either requirement - RANK and DENSE_RANK. Both operate as either analytic or aggregate functions, so either will work for your requirements. The previous posting by Miguel demonstrated how to decode your Y/N flags and pivot the data.
In this example, I've taken the liberty of adding some data to year 2000 that will show the difference between RANK and DENSE_RANK as well as how to use them to filter your results.
First, here's the decoded/pivoted data:
SQL>WITH test AS
2 (         SELECT TO_DATE('01/04/1996','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
3 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('02/04/1996','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
4 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('23/06/1996','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'N' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
5 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('13/09/1996','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
6 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('01/04/1997','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
7 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('02/04/1997','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
8 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('23/06/1997','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'N' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
9 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('13/09/1997','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
10 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('01/04/1998','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
11 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('02/04/1998','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'N' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
12 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('23/06/1998','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'N' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
13 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('13/09/1998','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
14 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('01/04/1999','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
15 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('02/04/1999','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'N' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
16 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('23/06/1999','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'N' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
17 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('13/09/1999','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
18 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('01/04/2000','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
19 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('02/04/2000','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
20 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('23/06/2000','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
21 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('13/09/2000','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
22 )
23 SELECT cyear
24        ,ctype
25        ,RANK()       OVER (PARTITION BY cyear ORDER BY num_media DESC) ranking
26        ,DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY cyear ORDER BY num_media DESC) dense_ranking
27 FROM (SELECT TRUNC(CDATE,'Y') CYEAR
28             ,'BROCHURE' CTYPE, SUM(DECODE(BROCHURE, 'Y', 1, 0)) NUM_MEDIA
29        FROM test
30        GROUP BY TRUNC(CDATE,'Y')
31        UNION ALL
32        SELECT TRUNC(CDATE,'Y') CYEAR
33             ,'WEBSITE' CTYPE, SUM(DECODE(WEBSITE, 'Y', 1, 0))
34        FROM test
35        GROUP BY TRUNC(CDATE,'Y')
36        UNION ALL
37        SELECT TRUNC(CDATE,'Y') CYEAR
38             ,'DIRECT_MAIL' CTYPE, SUM(DECODE(DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y', 1, 0))
39        FROM test
40        GROUP BY TRUNC(CDATE,'Y')
41        UNION ALL
42        SELECT TRUNC(CDATE,'Y') CYEAR
43             ,'PRESS_RELEASE' CTYPE, SUM(DECODE(PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y', 1, 0))
44        FROM test
45        GROUP BY TRUNC(CDATE,'Y')
46        UNION ALL
47        SELECT TRUNC(CDATE,'Y') CYEAR
48             ,'JOURNAL_AD' CTYPE, SUM(DECODE(JOURNAL_AD, 'Y', 1, 0))
49        FROM test
50        GROUP BY TRUNC(CDATE,'Y')
51       )
52* order by cyear desc, ranking
53 /
CYEAR                         CTYPE             RANKING DENSE_RANKING
01-Jan-2000 00:00:00          BROCHURE                1             1
01-Jan-2000 00:00:00          WEBSITE                 1             1
01-Jan-2000 00:00:00          DIRECT_MAIL             3             2
01-Jan-2000 00:00:00          PRESS_RELEASE           4             3
01-Jan-2000 00:00:00          JOURNAL_AD              5             4
01-Jan-1999 00:00:00          BROCHURE                1             1
01-Jan-1999 00:00:00          WEBSITE                 1             1
01-Jan-1999 00:00:00          DIRECT_MAIL             3             2
01-Jan-1999 00:00:00          PRESS_RELEASE           4             3
01-Jan-1999 00:00:00          JOURNAL_AD              4             3
01-Jan-1998 00:00:00          BROCHURE                1             1
01-Jan-1998 00:00:00          WEBSITE                 1             1
01-Jan-1998 00:00:00          JOURNAL_AD              3             2
01-Jan-1998 00:00:00          DIRECT_MAIL             4             3
01-Jan-1998 00:00:00          PRESS_RELEASE           4             3
01-Jan-1997 00:00:00          WEBSITE                 1             1
01-Jan-1997 00:00:00          BROCHURE                2             2
01-Jan-1997 00:00:00          JOURNAL_AD              3             3
01-Jan-1997 00:00:00          DIRECT_MAIL             4             4
01-Jan-1997 00:00:00          PRESS_RELEASE           5             5
01-Jan-1996 00:00:00          BROCHURE                1             1
01-Jan-1996 00:00:00          WEBSITE                 2             2
01-Jan-1996 00:00:00          DIRECT_MAIL             3             3
01-Jan-1996 00:00:00          PRESS_RELEASE           4             4
01-Jan-1996 00:00:00          JOURNAL_AD              5             5You can see that in year 2000 there is a tie for first place (ranking #1). The RANK function will name the second highest count 3 (skipping the rank of 2 due to the tie), while the DENSE_RANK function will not skip a ranking.
Now, to filter on the ranking, wrap your query in another in-line view like this - but use which ever ranking function YOUR requirements call for:
SQL>WITH test AS
2 (         SELECT TO_DATE('01/04/1996','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
3 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('02/04/1996','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
4 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('23/06/1996','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'N' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
5 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('13/09/1996','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
6 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('01/04/1997','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
7 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('02/04/1997','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
8 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('23/06/1997','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'N' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
9 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('13/09/1997','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
10 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('01/04/1998','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
11 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('02/04/1998','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'N' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
12 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('23/06/1998','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'N' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
13 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('13/09/1998','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
14 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('01/04/1999','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
15 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('02/04/1999','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'N' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
16 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('23/06/1999','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'N' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
17 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('13/09/1999','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
18 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('01/04/2000','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
19 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('02/04/2000','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
20 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('23/06/2000','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'N' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'N' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
21 UNION ALL SELECT TO_DATE('13/09/2000','dd/mm/yyyy') AS CDATE, 'Y' AS BROCHURE, 'Y' AS WEBSITE, 'Y' AS DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y' AS PRESS_RELEASE, 'N' AS JOURNAL_AD FROM DUAL
22 )
23 SELECT * FROM (
24      SELECT cyear
25            ,ctype
26            ,RANK()       OVER (PARTITION BY cyear ORDER BY num_media DESC) ranking
27            ,DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY cyear ORDER BY num_media DESC) dense_ranking
28      FROM (SELECT TRUNC(CDATE,'Y') CYEAR
29                 ,'BROCHURE' CTYPE, SUM(DECODE(BROCHURE, 'Y', 1, 0)) NUM_MEDIA
30            FROM test
31            GROUP BY TRUNC(CDATE,'Y')
32            UNION ALL
33            SELECT TRUNC(CDATE,'Y') CYEAR
34                 ,'WEBSITE' CTYPE, SUM(DECODE(WEBSITE, 'Y', 1, 0))
35            FROM test
36            GROUP BY TRUNC(CDATE,'Y')
37            UNION ALL
38            SELECT TRUNC(CDATE,'Y') CYEAR
39                 ,'DIRECT_MAIL' CTYPE, SUM(DECODE(DIRECT_MAIL, 'Y', 1, 0))
40            FROM test
41            GROUP BY TRUNC(CDATE,'Y')
42            UNION ALL
43            SELECT TRUNC(CDATE,'Y') CYEAR
44                 ,'PRESS_RELEASE' CTYPE, SUM(DECODE(PRESS_RELEASE, 'Y', 1, 0))
45            FROM test
46            GROUP BY TRUNC(CDATE,'Y')
47            UNION ALL
48            SELECT TRUNC(CDATE,'Y') CYEAR
49                 ,'JOURNAL_AD' CTYPE, SUM(DECODE(JOURNAL_AD, 'Y', 1, 0))
50            FROM test
51            GROUP BY TRUNC(CDATE,'Y')
52           )
53      )
54 where RANKING <= 4
55* order by cyear desc, ranking
56 /
CYEAR                         CTYPE             RANKING DENSE_RANKING
01-Jan-2000 00:00:00          WEBSITE                 1             1
01-Jan-2000 00:00:00          BROCHURE                1             1
01-Jan-2000 00:00:00          DIRECT_MAIL             3             2
01-Jan-2000 00:00:00          PRESS_RELEASE           4             3
01-Jan-1999 00:00:00          BROCHURE                1             1
01-Jan-1999 00:00:00          WEBSITE                 1             1
01-Jan-1999 00:00:00          DIRECT_MAIL             3             2
01-Jan-1999 00:00:00          JOURNAL_AD              4             3
01-Jan-1999 00:00:00          PRESS_RELEASE           4             3
01-Jan-1998 00:00:00          BROCHURE                1             1
01-Jan-1998 00:00:00          WEBSITE                 1             1
01-Jan-1998 00:00:00          JOURNAL_AD              3             2
01-Jan-1998 00:00:00          PRESS_RELEASE           4             3
01-Jan-1998 00:00:00          DIRECT_MAIL             4             3
01-Jan-1997 00:00:00          WEBSITE                 1             1
01-Jan-1997 00:00:00          BROCHURE                2             2
01-Jan-1997 00:00:00          JOURNAL_AD              3             3
01-Jan-1997 00:00:00          DIRECT_MAIL             4             4
01-Jan-1996 00:00:00          BROCHURE                1             1
01-Jan-1996 00:00:00          WEBSITE                 2             2
01-Jan-1996 00:00:00          DIRECT_MAIL             3             3
01-Jan-1996 00:00:00          PRESS_RELEASE           4             4

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