Pivoting in Discoverer

Question

Given the following situation:
I have units delivered per person.
Now I have two chriteria (only example :-) I'd like to do pivoting:
Persons Weight (kg)
Persons Age (years)
I want it to look like this:
Age | <60kg | 60-80kg | >80kg
20-30 | 1 2 3
30-40 | 0 5 2
40-50 | 5 6 1
50-90 | 2 3 4
Is this possible with discoverer (calculation/crosstable?)
Thanks for any help in advance.

Answer 1

Hi
You can do this using a Crosstab coupled with three calculations.
Calc 1: Age Category
CASE WHEN Age >= 20 AND Age < 30 THEN '20-30'
WHEN Age < 40 THEN '30-40'
WHEN Age < 50 THEN '40-50'
ELSE '50-90' END
What about when Age < 20? You may want to consider this alternative:
CASE WHEN Age < 20 THEN '0-20'
WHEN Age < 30 THEN '20-30'
WHEN Age < 40 THEN '30-40'
WHEN Age < 50 THEN '40-50'
ELSE '50-90' END
Calc 2: Weight Category
CASE WHEN Weight < 60 THEN '<60Kkg'
WHEN Weight < 80 THEN '60-80kg'
ELSE '>80kg' END
Calc 3: Headcount
SUM(ROWNUM)
If you place the Age Category on the left axis, the Weight Category on the top axis and the Headcount in the Data Points and your workbook will be done
By the way, if the categories don't display in the order you want then simplay prefix the value inside the quotes with a number. For example, let's change the Weight Category:
CASE WHEN Weight < 60 THEN '1. <60Kkg'
WHEN Weight < 80 THEN '2. 60-80kg'
ELSE '3. >80kg' END
Hope this helps
Best wishes
Michael