Outer join style report - OBIEE 10g

Hi All,
I have a requirement to generate a report for product & sales. I have two dimensions and various fact data elements.
Some products may not be sold on a month but still i want to display them in the report with 0 value. I have tried this by creating a Left outer join in RPD, since we are using some other dimension in the fact calculation (calculated column) so that also comes in to the left outer join group and that mess with the results.
So am looking for the better approach to bring the results through answers. Here is the data and expected results
Data
Product | Month | Sale | Margin
Fridge | May | 100 | 20%
Coolers| May | 50 | 4%
Laptop| Jun| 300 | 15%
Now am filtering the report for the month of May, my results should be looks like
Product | Sale | Margin
Fridge | 100 | 20%
Coolers|50 | 4%
Laptop| 0 | 0%
Can anyone provide a solution for this ?
Thanks,
Ugser

One possible solution is based on the fact, that OBIEE is combining (=outer joining) measures from two different fact tables by their commonly shared dimensions. What you have to do is:
Physical layer:
- create a new dummy fact table in the physical layer (e.g. using a view like Select 1 from dual;)
- join all required dimension tables to the dummiy fact table using a complex foreign key. Make sure it evaluates always to true, e.g. 1=1.
BMM:
- create a new logical fact table for the dummy fact and join all required logical dimension tables to it using complex joins. Set the levels in content tab of LTS same way as for your other fact.
Presentation layer:
- expose the dummy fact column
Answers:
- Drag the dummy fact into your report. You might want to hide it because for a normal user it is confusing and meaningless since it will always show 1.
- Filtering should work fine now.
The dummy fact column will cause OBIEE to create a cartesian join, i.e. all combinations of dimension attributes used in the report will be created. Then the result of the second fact (in your case sales) will be added. In your example it will create a record for each Month for each Product. Sales and Margin will be only added for those Month and Product combinations where there are data in the sales fact.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Peter

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Hello everyone,
I am Ann.
I have one select statement that calculate the statistics for one month(October 2012 in this example)
select ph.phase_number
, sum ( (case
WHEN ph.date_finished IS NULL OR ph.date_finished > last_day(TO_DATE('Oct 2012','MON YYYY'))
THEN last_day(TO_DATE('Oct 2012','MON YYYY'))
ELSE ph.date_finished
END )
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from phase_membership ph
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group by rollup(phase_number)
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Phase One     8.6666666666666667
Phase Two     14.6
Phase Three     12
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select to_char(which_month, 'MON YYYY') as display_month
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rownum <= months_between(to_date('Oct 2012','MON YYYY'), add_months(to_date('Aug 2012','MON YYYY'), -1))
order by which_month )
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DISPLAY_MONTH
AUG 2012
SEP 2012
OCT 2012
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Aug 2012     Phase One     8.666
Sep 2012     Phase One     7.66
Oct 2012     Phase One     5.66
Aug 2012     Phase Two     8.666
Sep 2012     Phase Two     7.66
Oct 2012     Phase Two     5.66
Aug 2012     Phase Three     8.666
Sep 2012     Phase Three     7.66
Oct 2012     Phase Three     5.66
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Aug 2012     Phase One     8.666
Aug 2012     Phase Two     7.66
Aug 2012     Phase Three     5.66
Sep 2012     Phase One     8.666
Sep 2012     Phase Two     7.66
Sep 2012     Phase Three     5.66
Oct 2012     Phase One     8.666
Oct 2012     Phase Two     7.66
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I have just started working here, I think the Oracle version is 11g, but not sure.
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                           AND ph.date_started <= last_day(TO_DATE(am.which_month,'MON YYYY')) -- May not be needed
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A_DEFENDANT, A_ENGAGEMENT, A_PHASE_MEMBERSHIP
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    "DEF_ID"     NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE,
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Insert into A_PHASE_MEMBERSHIP (MPM_ID,MPM_ENG_ID,PHASE_NUMBER,DATE_STARTED,DATE_FINISHED,NOTES,ACTIVE) values (5,3,'PHASE TWO',to_date('02/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('15/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
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The user must be able to request the extract for one or more calendar months, e.g.
May 2013
May 2013 – Sep 2013.
The file must contain a separate row for each calendar month in the requested range. Each row must contain the statistics computed for that calendar month.
The file must also include a row of totals.
The user must be able to request the extract for either Waitakere or Auckland or Consolidated (both courts’ statistics accumulated).
Then the part that I am stuck is
For each monitoring phase:
Phase name (e.g. “Phase One”)
Avg_time_in_phase_all_particip
for each phase name,
Add up days in each “phase name” Monitoring Phase, calculated as:
If Monitoring Phase.Date Finished is NULL or > month end date,
+(*Month end date* Minus Monitoring Phase.Date Started Plus 1)+
Otherwise (phase is complete)
+(Monitoring Phase.Date Finished Minus Monitoring Phase.Date Started Plus 1.)+
Divide by the numbers of all participants who have engaged in “phase name”.
This is the words of the Business Analyst,
I try to do as required but still struggle to identify end_month for the above formula to display for the range of months.
Of course, I can write two nested cursor. The first one run the list of month, then for each month, run the parameterised report.
But I prefer if possible just use SQL statements, or at least a PL/SQL but return a query.
With this way, I can create an APEX report, and use their CSV Extract function.
Yes, you are right, court_name is one of the selection parameters.
And the statistics is not exactly for one month. It is kind of trying to identify all phases that are running through the specified month (even phase.date_started is before the month start).
This is the reason why I put the condition AND ph.date_started <= last_day(TO_DATE('Oct 2012','MON YYYY')) (otherwise I get negative avg_days)
User can choose either one court "AA" or "BB" or combined which is all figures.
Sorry for bombarding you a lot of information.
Thanks a lot, again.
Edited by: Ann586341 on Oct 29, 2012 9:57 PM
Edited by: Ann586341 on Oct 29, 2012 9:59 PM

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Need to adjust SQL query for left outer join in Crystal Reports 2008.

I need to change this SQL 2005 query.....
SELECT     omnicell_anl.DeviceIDsLastMetricTable.member_id, omnicell_anl.DeviceIDsLastMetricTable.[Device Name],
                      omnicell_anl.DeviceIDsLastMetricTable.Account, omnicell_anl.labeledLastMetrics.PROPERTY_NAME,
                      omnicell_anl.labeledLastMetrics.latest_monitor_value
FROM         omnicell_anl.DeviceIDsLastMetricTable LEFT OUTER JOIN
                      omnicell_anl.labeledLastMetrics ON omnicell_anl.DeviceIDsLastMetricTable.member_id = omnicell_anl.labeledLastMetrics.member_id
WHERE
    omnicell_anl.labeledLastMetrics.PROPERTY_NAME = ?MyProperty
To this query in Crystal Reports Report Writer:
SELECT     omnicell_anl.DeviceIDsLastMetricTable.member_id, omnicell_anl.DeviceIDsLastMetricTable.[Device Name],
                      omnicell_anl.DeviceIDsLastMetricTable.Account, omnicell_anl.labeledLastMetrics.PROPERTY_NAME,
                      omnicell_anl.labeledLastMetrics.latest_monitor_value
FROM         omnicell_anl.DeviceIDsLastMetricTable LEFT OUTER JOIN
                      omnicell_anl.labeledLastMetrics ON omnicell_anl.DeviceIDsLastMetricTable.member_id = omnicell_anl.labeledLastMetrics.member_id AND
                      omnicell_anl.labeledLastMetrics.PROPERTY_NAME = ?MyProperty
I can't seem to get the left outer join function of Crystal Reports to emulate the same SQL query in SQL 2005. Any ideas on how I can create this same query in Crystal 2008?
Thanks,
Dominic
Edited by: Dominic Carissimi on Oct 28, 2008 7:55 PM
Edited by: Dominic Carissimi on Oct 28, 2008 7:56 PM

If you want the list of values for command level parameter then you need to add another command like
select PropertyField from table
and delete the links between this command and the existing command.
Now go to field explorer and edit the command level parameter and make it as dynamic and add the property field from newly added command.
Hope this helps!
Raghavendra

OBIEE not applying outer join syntax to filters

(Note: I've already thoroughly searched the forums before posting this. Thanks)
My problem is the following:
I'm trying to build a report that is a count from my fact table, grouped by month from my date dimension for a given year, resulting in 12 data points. The problem is that not all months have actual data, but I still need those months to show on the report with a count of zero. Typical simple reporting requirement.
I have already done the obvious and within my business layer made the join between my fact table and my date dimension an outer join on the fact side, just like you'd do if writing the query by hand. And when tested by hand this includes all dates for the year anyway, and when coupled with the appropriate null test on the count measure I'd get my 12 data points with zeros were appropriate.
The problem is that there are additional filters I need to apply on the fact data (there are a couple text-based code values that didn't warrant full tables themselves so are just degenerate dimensions directly on the fact table.)
When these filters are applied at the Answer level, I'm only getting back the months that actually have data, and lose the months where the count should be zero. A check of the session log for the query that was generated shows the problem. While OBI properly generates the outer-join syntax for the join itself between the two tables (my date dim and fact table) it does NOT apply the outer-syntax to the constant-based filter against the fact, effectively negating the outer join.
Actual query from the log (I simply changed the table aliases from the ugly T##### stuff OBI generates to something more readable for posting here):
select D.DT_MONTH_NAME as c1,
D.DT_MONTH_NUM as c2,
I.INC_TYPE as c3,
I.INC_EMP_GROUP as c4,
sum(case when I.INC_KEY is null then 0 else 1 end ) as c5
from DATE_DIM D, INCIDENT_F I
where ( D.DATE_KEY = I.DATE_KEY (+) ) and ( D.DT_YEAR = 2010 and I.INC_EMP_GROUP = 'CONTRACTOR' )
group by D.DT_MONTH_NUM, D.DT_MONTH_NAME, I.INC_TYPE, I.INC_EMP_GROUP
order by c2
You can see that the outer syntax (+) is applied to the join, but not to the filter on I.INC_EMP_GROUP. If I take this query and drop it in something like SQL Developer, it only returns the months with data. If I throw the (+) after I.INC_EMP_GROUP like I'd do if writing this by hand, the desired zero-months results pop back in.
I have already searched the forums and while lots of people seem to have asked this question, the only solutions involve things like trickery in the business layer using dummy fact tables followed by manipulations at the report level etc. Unfortunately I can't rely on these as the system is eventually to be turned over to users who can't be expected to apply various hacks to write reports.
Anyone ever get to the bottom of getting OBI to apply outer join logic in filters as well, when the filtered table is meant to be outer-joined to?
Any comments are appreciated.
John

I know that this thread is a bit old thought it might be helpful to some one...
The Issue is, when using Degener@teDimen$ion ( this is !nner joned to FACT tables in BMM) and if any of the dimensions {other than theDegener@teDimen$ion (Let us say Dim X) } have an ()uter join to any of the fact tables, and you were doing your analysis using Degener@teDimen$ion, Dim X, Measure value you will face the following issues.
when filtering the analysis on the ()uter join dimension ( Dim X), the IN filter will not work. Reason is that the filter is getting applied to both the Dimension and FACT tables and the values that exist in Dimension Dim X but not in FACT table wont show up.
The above issue can be fixed by changing the join between the fact and Degener@teDimen$ion from inner to outer. I think this is a bug.. because it is supposed to filter the fact table after the entire outer joined result is obtained but not filter the fact table for the Dim X values and do a outer join. I think the BI should be intelligent enough.

OBIEE 10g Getting wrong results when adding calculated columns to a report

Hi,
I'm experiencing a possible misbehaviour with OBIEE 10g (10.1.3.4.1).
I have a simple report with a table. Columns are simply selected from dimensions and facts. In this case the generated query is:
WITH
SAWITH0 AS (select sum(T30604.TOTAL_TIME) as c1,
sum(T30604.MATERIALS_QTT_COST) as c2,
sum(T30604.AMNT) as c3,
sum(T30604.QNTY) as c4,
T30622.BRANCH_CODE as c5,
T25064.SRP1_CODE as c6,
T25064.SRP1_DESC as c7,
T25064.SRP2_CODE as c8
from
THK_BRANCHES T30622,
THK_ITEMS T25064,
THK_INVENTORY_TRANSACTIONS T30604
where ( T25064.ITEM_ID = T30604.ITEM_ID and T30604.BRANCH_ID = T30622.BRANCH_ID )
group by T25064.SRP1_CODE, T25064.SRP1_DESC, T25064.SRP2_CODE, T30622.BRANCH_CODE)
select distinct SAWITH0.c5 as c1,
SAWITH0.c6 as c2,
SAWITH0.c7 as c3,
SAWITH0.c8 as c4,
SAWITH0.c4 as c5,
SAWITH0.c3 as c6,
SAWITH0.c2 as c7,
SAWITH0.c1 as c8,
SAWITH0.c4 as c9,
SAWITH0.c3 as c10,
SAWITH0.c2 as c11,
SAWITH0.c1 as c12,
SAWITH0.c4 as c13,
SAWITH0.c3 as c14,
SAWITH0.c2 as c15,
SAWITH0.c1 as c16,
SAWITH0.c4 as c17,
SAWITH0.c3 as c18,
SAWITH0.c2 as c19,
SAWITH0.c1 as c20
from
SAWITH0
Results of this report / query are correct.
I then add a simple calculation (subtraction between two fields). The generated query is:
WITH
SAWITH0 AS (select sum(T30604.MATERIALS_QTT_COST) as c1,
sum(T30604.AMNT) as c2,
T30622.BRANCH_CODE as c3,
T25064.SRP1_CODE as c6,
T25064.SRP1_DESC as c7,
sum(T30604.TOTAL_TIME) as c8,
sum(T30604.QNTY) as c11,
T25064.SRP2_CODE as c12
from
THK_BRANCHES T30622,
THK_ITEMS T25064,
THK_INVENTORY_TRANSACTIONS T30604
where ( T25064.ITEM_ID = T30604.ITEM_ID and T30604.BRANCH_ID = T30622.BRANCH_ID )
group by T25064.SRP1_CODE, T25064.SRP1_DESC, T25064.SRP2_CODE, T30622.BRANCH_CODE),
SAWITH1 AS (select D1.c1 as c1,
D1.c2 as c2,
D1.c3 as c3,
D1.c4 as c4,
D1.c5 as c5,
D1.c6 as c6,
D1.c7 as c7,
D1.c8 as c8,
D1.c9 as c9,
D1.c10 as c10,
D1.c11 as c11,
D1.c12 as c12
from
(select sum(SAWITH0.c1) over (partition by SAWITH0.c3) as c1,
sum(SAWITH0.c2) over (partition by SAWITH0.c3) as c2,
SAWITH0.c3 as c3,
sum(SAWITH0.c1) over (partition by SAWITH0.c6, SAWITH0.c3) as c4,
sum(SAWITH0.c2) over (partition by SAWITH0.c6, SAWITH0.c3) as c5,
SAWITH0.c6 as c6,
SAWITH0.c7 as c7,
sum(SAWITH0.c8) over (partition by SAWITH0.c6, SAWITH0.c12, SAWITH0.c3) as c8,
sum(SAWITH0.c1) over (partition by SAWITH0.c6, SAWITH0.c12, SAWITH0.c3) as c9,
sum(SAWITH0.c2) over (partition by SAWITH0.c6, SAWITH0.c12, SAWITH0.c3) as c10,
sum(SAWITH0.c11) over (partition by SAWITH0.c6, SAWITH0.c12, SAWITH0.c3) as c11,
SAWITH0.c12 as c12,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY SAWITH0.c3, SAWITH0.c12 ORDER BY SAWITH0.c3 ASC, SAWITH0.c12 ASC) as c13
from
SAWITH0
) D1
where ( D1.c13 = 1 ) ),
SAWITH2 AS (select sum(T30604.MATERIALS_QTT_COST) as c1,
sum(T30604.AMNT) as c2
from
THK_INVENTORY_TRANSACTIONS T30604)
select SAWITH1.c3 as c1,
SAWITH1.c6 as c2,
SAWITH1.c7 as c3,
SAWITH1.c12 as c4,
SAWITH1.c11 as c5,
SAWITH1.c10 as c6,
SAWITH1.c9 as c7,
SAWITH1.c8 as c8,
SAWITH1.c10 - SAWITH1.c9 as c9,
SAWITH1.c11 as c10,
SAWITH1.c10 as c11,
SAWITH1.c9 as c12,
SAWITH1.c8 as c13,
SAWITH1.c11 as c15,
SAWITH1.c10 as c16,
SAWITH1.c9 as c17,
SAWITH1.c8 as c18,
SAWITH1.c11 as c20,
SAWITH1.c10 as c21,
SAWITH1.c9 as c22,
SAWITH1.c8 as c23,
SAWITH1.c5 as c26,
SAWITH1.c4 as c27,
SAWITH1.c2 as c28,
SAWITH1.c1 as c29,
SAWITH2.c2 as c30,
SAWITH2.c1 as c31
from
SAWITH1,
SAWITH2
Results of this report / query are wrong: it seems as if some rows "disappear".
If I delete the filter in SAWITH1 query above ( D1.c13 = 1 ) results are correct.
Anyone experiencing the same problem? The strange thing is that I have a number of similar reports (on other subject areas) and everyting is working fine.
Please also note that I don't want to add this kind of calculated items in the RPD (they can be simple calculations that are made on-the-fly).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot and regards,
Cristina

I have the same issue, everything OBIEE server generate query using ROW_NUMBER() over () function, it will hardcode Dx.cx = 1, this will cause issue if you have rows of the same distinct value, thus causing missing rows and the final results will be wrong.
I have open a SR with Oracle Support since March 2011, but till today, they have not resolve the issue yet.
Hope they solve the issue soon.
Best Regards
KT

Problem in navigating from one report to another in OBIEE 10g

Hi,
I am facing an issue with OBIEE 10g while applying navigation on my reports.
Lets suppose I made a report showing list of all items(in broad categories) sold on a particular day, say Dairy, Frozen Foods, Chocolates etc.In this report there is a date prompt showing the date of sale.
Now there are certain items that are distributed within these categories, like dairy includes milk, cheese, butter etc.
Hence, my navigation should be like when I click on a particular item category, the control should move on to the report which has all items under that particular category and the prompt for this report should show the same date as passed in the previous report.
But sometimes what happens is that on clicking the navigation from first report to the second one, the date is not persisting in the prompt. I say sometimes because at times the navigation does work correctly. This is a bug of Obiee or something which is giving unexpected results.
Kindly help with your suggestions.
Thanks
Ankita

Ankita,
This is not a bug in OBIEE...I'm sure something is missing. If this is working for some cases and not working for some other case then you will need to find the root cause. Try in bits and pieces...Step by Step with some dates (unit testing). Ideally this shud work properly.
For an instance try with OBIEE drilldown feature and not with navigation with a single sale date and observe the behavior.
Hope its clear...

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