Help on Sql Script to be insert in a Package

Question

Hi Experts,
does someone can help on this.
I need to make an export of a fact table , with a filter on Category and Time.
I make Test on the Apshell, but fail to filter on properties.
Here is my code :
select *
from [apshell].[dbo].[tblfactfinance]
where mbrcategory.[group1] = 'Actual'
Thanks for your help;
Regards
Olivia.

Answer 1

Hi Olivia,
I might need to research T-SQL in order to write queries... Here are a few links to a basic clauses:
SELECT - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176104.aspx
WHERE - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188047(v=sql.100).aspx
From my understanding, you are looking for something like this (even though it's not clear what you are trying to achieve):
SELECT *
FROM apshell.dbo.tblfactfinance
WHERE category = 'actual'    -- you don't have to use a sub-query to select a single result from another table.
     AND TIMEID IN -- if you want to include a YEAR part then it'll look like: TIMEID IN ('2012.JAN', '2012.FEB', '2012.MAR')
          (SELECT [ID]
          FROM [ApShell].[dbo].[mbrTime]
          WHERE PERIOD in ('JAN', 'FEB', 'MAR'))
UNION ALL -- ALL is an optional keyword if you need duplicate records which could be valid in case of BPC fact data.
SELECT *
FROM apshell.dbo.tblfactfinance
WHERE category <> 'actual' -- you don't need a time filter here for months, since you want JAN to DEC, but you might need a YEAR
     AND LEFT(TIMEID, 4) = '2012'
T-SQL may not be all that strait forward for beginners, so I'd advice to ask your local DBA or developer for help. Otherwise, you may end up pulling incorrect date in or out of your system.
Regards,
Akim