Is it possible to write SQL commands

Hi Everybody
Is it possible to write your own sql commands in the report. SQL is created automatically when you drag and drop objects, but now i got a scenario where i want some changes restricted only to particular report. I dont want the changes at data level, thus want to do it query level.
so is this possible and if possible, then how can we do it.
Regards,
Rohini

Can you let us know the scenario plz?

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Edited by: user631364 on Oct 27, 2008 8:26 AM
Edited by: user631364 on Oct 27, 2008 8:27 AM

Thank you!!
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     INNER JOIN ISSUENOTE ON ISSUE.ISSUEID = ISSUENOTE.ISSUEID
     GROUP BY ISSUE.PROJECTID) AS ISSUE_NOTE ON PROJECT.PROJECTID = ISSUE_NOTE.PROJECTID
LEFT OUTER JOIN (
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     max(modified_date) AS LastRiskLogUpdate
     FROM V_PROJECT_RISK_LAST_AMMENDED
     GROUP BY PROJECTID) AS VPR ON PROJECT.PROJECTID = VPR.PROJECTID
LEFT OUTER JOIN (
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     FROM PROJECT_CHECKLIST
     GROUP BY PROJECTID) AS PC ON PROJECT.PROJECTID = PC.PROJECTID
LEFT OUTER JOIN (
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     max(input_date) AS LastGANTTUpdate
     FROM V_PROJECT_ACTIVITY_LAST_AMMENDED
     GROUP BY PROJECTID) AS VPA ON PROJECT.PROJECTID = VPA.PROJECTID
LEFT OUTER JOIN (
     SELECT PROJECTID,
     USERPROFILE.USERNAME AS Supervisor
     FROM USERPROFILE
     INNER JOIN PROJECT_MEMBER AS SUPERVISOR ON USERPROFILE.USERID = SUPERVISOR.USERID RIGHT
     OUTER JOIN PROJECT_MEMBER AS KEYCONTACT ON SUPERVISOR.PROJECT_MEMBERID = KEYCONTACT.PARENTID
     WHERE KEYCONTACT.KEY_CONTACT =1) AS Supervisor ON PROJECT.PROJECTID = Supervisor.PROJECTID
WHERE V_PROJECT_KEYCONTACT.USERNAME IN ('aaa','bbb','ccc')
AND (PROJECTSTATUS.PROJECTSTATUS IN ('111', '222', '333'))
AND ((PROJECT.TITLE NOT LIKE 'xxx%')
AND (PROJECT.TITLE NOT LIKE 'yyy%')
AND (PROJECT.TITLE NOT LIKE 'zzz%'))
ORDER BY V_PROJECT_KEYCONTACT.USERNAME, PROJECT.INPUT_DATE
HTH,
Jason

Without using SubReport or SQL Command in Main Report, get desired results without duplicating

It seems so simple. I just need the cost, at a certain time (based on a parameter), for each item. I wrote a SQL Command that works beautifully, but when it connects to the existing report, it slows to a horrible crawl and cannot be used for tables with over 4 million records. Here is the SQL Command that provides the desired results:
SELECT TOP 1 WITH TIES "INVENTITEMPRICE"."ITEMID", "INVENTITEMPRICE"."PRICETYPE", "INVENTITEMPRICE"."MARKUP", "INVENTITEMPRICE"."PRICEUNIT", "INVENTITEMPRICE"."PRICE", "INVENTITEMPRICE"."PRICEQTY", "INVENTITEMPRICE"."ACTIVATIONDATE", "INVENTITEMPRICE"."DATAAREAID"
FROM ("AX09PROD"."dbo"."INVENTITEMPRICE" "INVENTITEMPRICE" INNER JOIN "AX09PROD"."dbo"."INVENTTABLE" "INVENTTABLE" ON (("INVENTITEMPRICE"."ITEMID"="INVENTTABLE"."ITEMID") AND ("INVENTITEMPRICE"."DATAAREAID"="INVENTTABLE"."DATAAREAID")))
WHERE ("INVENTITEMPRICE"."DATAAREAID"=N'TMC' AND "INVENTITEMPRICE"."PRICETYPE"=0 AND "INVENTITEMPRICE"."ACTIVATIONDATE"<={?As Of Date})
ORDER BY ROW_NUMBER () OVER(PARTITION BY "INVENTITEMPRICE"."ITEMID" ORDER BY "INVENTITEMPRICE"."ACTIVATIONDATE" DESC)
I've attached the report with saved data. However, when I remove the restrictions of just certain items, it is unusable as it is SO SLOW!
I can also get the desired results from using a subreport but it takes forever to export due to the number of records/items. Whenever possible, I avoid subreports for this reason. I've attached that report with data as well.
Please be patient as I'm not savvy in SQL, but decent in generating reports. What am I doing wrong? This seems SO simple. The premise is that I want the corresponding information based on the date entered: If the date entered is 3/15/2014, the result should be 91.15 as indicated below. I'd simply like this value to be placed in a formula per item.
Item 80014:
Activation Date
Cost Price
6/2/2014
104.43
4/1/2014
91.58
3/1/2014
91.15
2/1/2014
92.89
1/1/2014
93.57
Any assistance would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks!
Teena
Update: I was unable to attach the reports with .rpt or .txt extensions. There were well under 1MB. Any suggestions?

hi Teena,
if you're going the inline subquery route, try something like the following...the last line in the sub-query 'where' clause should in theory take care of matching the correct price based on relating the item id's between your cost price & inventory data. this should leave you with distinct values for each itemid then. hopefully it won't error out as i'm just guessing on the syntax.
SELECT DISTINCT
"INVENTTABLE"."ITEMID",
"INVENTTRANS"."DATAAREAID",
"INVENTTRANS"."DATEPHYSICAL",
"INVENTTRANS"."QTY",
"INVENTTABLE"."ITEMGROUPID",
"INVENTTABLE"."ITEMNAME",
"INVENTTRANS"."TRANSREFID",
"INVENTTRANS"."STATUSISSUE",
"INVENTTABLE"."ITEMTYPE",
"INVENTTRANS"."TRANSTYPE",
"INVENTTRANS"."RECID",
"INVENTTRANS"."DIRECTION",
SELECT TOP 1 "INVENTITEMPRICE"."PRICE"
FROM "AX09PROD"."dbo"."INVENTITEMPRICE" "INVENTITEMPRICE"
WHERE "INVENTITEMPRICE"."DATAAREAID" LIKE 'TMC%'
AND "INVENTITEMPRICE"."PRICETYPE"=0
AND "INVENTITEMPRICE"."ACTIVATIONDATE"<={?As Of Date}
AND "INVENTITEMPRICE"."ITEMID" = "INVENTTABLE"."ITEMID"
ORDER BY "INVENTITEMPRICE"."ACTIVATIONDATE" DESC
) AS ITEMPRICE
FROM
"AX09PROD"."dbo"."INVENTTABLE" "INVENTTABLE"
LEFT OUTER JOIN "AX09PROD"."dbo"."INVENTTRANS" "INVENTTRANS"
ON ("INVENTTABLE"."DATAAREAID"="INVENTTRANS"."DATAAREAID")
AND ("INVENTTABLE"."ITEMID"="INVENTTRANS"."ITEMID")
WHERE
"INVENTTRANS"."DATAAREAID" LIKE 'TMC%'
AND (("INVENTTABLE"."ITEMGROUPID" LIKE 'RAW%') OR ("INVENTTABLE"."ITEMGROUPID" BETWEEN '000' AND '999') OR ("INVENTTABLE"."ITEMGROUPID" LIKE 'Ship_Box'))
AND "INVENTTABLE"."ITEMTYPE" IN (0,1)
ORDER BY
"INVENTTABLE"."ITEMGROUPID",
"INVENTTABLE"."ITEMID",
"INVENTTRANS"."DATEPHYSICAL" ASC
Message was edited by: Jamie Wiseman

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