Remove null values from query

Question

Hi All;
Below is my query and the output and i need to remove null values from the output
Any help regarding same is much appreciated
Thanks
; WITH CTE AS
select a.opportunityid,a.new_entrypoint_displayname,c.parentcustomerid,c.contactid,c.fullname,a.new_mainprogramme_idname,
a.new_subprogramme_idname,
a.owneridname,
a.new_dateofapplication,count(appt.activityid) as NoOfAppointments,
ap.scheduledstart,
ap.scheduleddurationminutes
from opportunity a
left join contact c on (c.contactid = a.parentcontactid)
inner join activitypointer ap on ( ap.regardingobjectid = c.contactid )
inner join appointment appt on (appt.activityid = ap.ActivityId)
where
appt.new_didmeetingtakeplace = 1
and appt.statecode = 1 and
(a.SCRIBE_DELETEDON is null and c.SCRIBE_DELETEDON is null and ap.SCRIBE_DELETEDON is null and appt.SCRIBE_DELETEDON is null)
group by a.opportunityid,a.new_entrypoint_displayname,c.parentcustomerid, c.contactid,c.fullname,a.owneridname,
a.new_mainprogramme_idname,a.new_subprogramme_idname,
a.new_dateofapplication,ap.scheduledstart,
ap.scheduleddurationminutes
union
select a.opportunityid,a.new_entrypoint_displayname,c.parentcustomerid,c.contactid,c.fullname,
a.new_mainprogramme_idname,a.new_subprogramme_idname,a.owneridname,
a.new_dateofapplication,count(appt.activityid) as NoOfAppointments,
ap.scheduledstart,
ap.scheduleddurationminutes
from opportunity a
left join contact c on (c.contactid = a.parentcontactid)
inner join activitypointer ap on (ap.regardingobjectid = a.opportunityid)
inner join appointment appt on (appt.activityid = ap.ActivityId)
where
appt.new_didmeetingtakeplace = 1
and appt.statecode = 1 and
(a.SCRIBE_DELETEDON is null and c.SCRIBE_DELETEDON is null and ap.SCRIBE_DELETEDON is null and appt.SCRIBE_DELETEDON is null)
group by a.opportunityid,a.new_entrypoint_displayname,c.parentcustomerid,c.contactid,a.owneridname,
a.new_mainprogramme_idname,a.new_subprogramme_idname,
c.fullname,a.new_dateofapplication,
ap.scheduledstart,
ap.scheduleddurationminutes
CTE2 As
select opportunityid,parentcustomerid,new_entrypoint_displayname,contactid,fullname,
new_mainprogramme_idname,new_subprogramme_idname,cte.owneridname,
ac.new_businessstartdate,new_dateofapplication,(NoOfAppointments),
case when ac.new_businessstartdate > = CTE.scheduledstart
then (CTE.scheduleddurationminutes) end as PreStartHours,
case when ac.new_businessstartdate < CTE.scheduledstart
then (CTE.scheduleddurationminutes) end as PostStartHours
pp.new_outputs,
case when po.new_outputsname = 'Pre Start Assist'
then 'Yes' else 'No' end as Precheck,
case when po.new_outputsname = 'Business Assist'
then 'Yes' else 'No' end as Buscheck
from CTE
join account ac on (ac.accountid = CTE.parentcustomerid)
join dbo.new_programmeoutput as po on (CTE.opportunityid = po.new_relatedopportunity)
join dbo.new_programmeprofile pp on (
po.new_mainprogrammeid = pp.new_mainprogrammeid and
po.new_subprogrammeid = pp.new_subprogrammeid
and pp.new_claimstartdate = po.new_claimdate
and pp.new_outputsname = po.new_outputsname)
where (ac.SCRIBE_DELETEDON is null)
group by opportunityid,parentcustomerid,new_entrypoint_displayname,contactid,fullname,ac.new_businessstartdate,new_dateofapplication,NoOfAppointments,
scheduledstart,new_mainprogramme_idname,new_subprogramme_idname,cte.owneridname,scheduleddurationminutes
select opportunityid,parentcustomerid,new_entrypoint_displayname,contactid,fullname,
new_mainprogramme_idname,new_subprogramme_idname,cte2.owneridname,
new_businessstartdate,new_dateofapplication,(NoOfAppointments),
PreStartHours, PostStartHours,po.new_programmeoutputid,
case when (new_outputsname) = 'Pre Start Assist'
then 'Yes' else 'No' end as Precheck,
case when (new_outputsname) = 'Business Assist'
then 'Yes' else 'No' end as Buscheck --po.*
from cte2
left join dbo.new_programmeoutput as po on (cte2.opportunityid = po.new_relatedopportunity)
where po.new_claimmonthidname is not null and po.statuscode_displayname = 'claimed'
group by opportunityid,parentcustomerid,new_entrypoint_displayname,contactid,fullname,
new_mainprogramme_idname,new_subprogramme_idname,cte2.owneridname,
new_businessstartdate,new_dateofapplication,(NoOfAppointments),
PreStartHours, PostStartHours,po.new_programmeoutputid,new_outputsname
--where new_claimmonthidname is not null --and CTE2.PreStartHours is not null and CTE2.PostStartHours is not null
Pradnya07

Answer 1

 i need to remove null values from the output
Hello,
What exactly do you mean with "remove", to filter the rows out from result set or to replace the null value by an other value e.g. 0? This can be done with the
ISNULL function:
ISNULL(case when ac.new_businessstartdate > = CTE.scheduledstart
then (CTE.scheduleddurationminutes) end, 0) as PreStartHours, ...
Olaf Helper
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