How can we show data in rows when it is in Columns........

Question

I have strucked with a simple but a complex problem.
I have a Report with data in vertical rows..need of the hour is how can we show that data into column structure.
here is the table sample which i have in Database..
Location      chrg_type    Effective_date
xxxxxxx        xxxx          xx-xx
thhis is the structure in effective date we have several months in it in a single column i want show the effective date or effective month in various columns instead of a single column.
my required table is....
                            Effective_date     Effective_date
Location      chrg_type     xx-xx              xx-xx
xxxxxxx        xxxx          xx-xx
any tough heads?????

Answer 1

Hi Sunil,
Your 1st problem is that you are going to need one more field to accomplish you goal. What type of data do want under your new date columns?
Anyway, once you have that you need to move on to how to move the data out into columns based on date.
Try something like this.
0_Date = IF DATEPART('m',{tbl.Effective_date}) = DATEPART('m',CurrentDate) AND
DATEPART('yyyy',{tbl.Effective_date}) = DATEPART('yyyy',CurrentDate)
THEN {tbl.DataField}
1_Date = IF DATEPART('m',{tbl.Effective_date}) = DATEPART('m',DATEADD('m', -1, CurrentDate)) AND
DATEPART('yyyy',{tbl.Effective_date}) = DATEPART('yyyy',DATEADD('m', -1, CurrentDate))
THEN {tbl.DataField}
2_Date = IF DATEPART('m',{tbl.Effective_date}) = DATEPART('m',DATEADD('m', -2, CurrentDate)) AND
DATEPART('yyyy',{tbl.Effective_date}) = DATEPART('yyyy',DATEADD('m', -2, CurrentDate))
THEN {tbl.DataField}
... Repeat this process until you have all of the columns you need, following this format.
Hope this works for you,
Jason