HELP Please! How do I Filter to only show Unque Records based on a Field?

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Post Author: MCourtney
CA Forum: WebIntelligence Reporting
Hello,I am using BOXI R2.  I know there has got to be a simple way to do this but I cannot figure this out.  Problem:I have a Query that returns some Purchase Orders...The way the data is, I have purchase orders that have the same value/ID (duplicates) but I only want to show the unique or distinct record...(i.e. the first record that comes back from the query) - So, for example if I had two PO Numbers in the result set, how would I only have the result show the Distinct value, or the first record and not the second.  If I could get access to the SQL, it would be easy as I would simply apply the DISTINCT function to the statement but I can't, so how would I do this without access to SQL?!?! Please help! Thanks everyone, Mark

Answer 1

Post Author: jsanzone
CA Forum: WebIntelligence Reporting
Mark,
Not knowing the full details of your report requirements and its data, here is one suggestion.  If you can avoid using any type of metric or measures from the initial build of your query (you know, where you drag items from the universe into your "Results Objects" pane), and then when you run the report BO will place a "distinct" on the select clause of the resultant SQL.  If you do need to do some summarizing (like count this or count that), you may be able to apply a local variable to your report to achieve versus pulling it in from your initial query.  Again, not knowing the full details of your report, so this technique of avoiding the use of any metrics or measure may not be an option for you, and thus, I too would be stumped.