Grouping Clients By Top Margin by Drilled down Dimensions

Question

Hi,
I'm using Discoverer 10.1.2.2.
My basic question is.
With a worksheet that had dimension values like:
"Client Name"
"Region"
"Line of Business"
and a fact you're sorting on like:
"Margin"
Is there a way to set the worksheet up so that it will Sort "Client Names" by "Margin" greatest to least and then show the "Client Names" broken down by their "Region and "Line of Business"?
In other words the report would show the top client names by Margin and then under each client name it would show the breakdown by "Region" and "Line of Business".
So
Client Name     Region    Line of Business       Margin
Client X         Central     Storage                100000
Client X         Midwest     Storage                50000
Client X         Midwest     X86                    30000
Total                                               180000
Client M       Western       Storage                50000
Client M       Western       X86                    25000
Client M       Eastern       Network                15000
Total                                               90000
.So because Client X the greatest total Margin it gets ranked first and the breakdown of Margins per Region and per Line of Business is shown.
Is there a way to produce a report that does that?

Answer 1

Hi,
Try this:
Create a calculation that holds the total margin for each client e.g.
SUM(margin) OVER (PARTITION BY client Name)
Then add the calculation as a sort of type "hidden". Then add region and line of business as additional sorts. Then add a total to report when the client name changes.
Rod West