Suppressing Columns in Pivot table when adding subtotal

Question

Hi,
We have a dimension hierarchy like this:
Level 1 ---> Level 2 ---> Level 3
T ---> A ----> B1
T ---> A ----> B2
T ---> C ----> D
T ---> E ----> E
The report we are trying to build is of this format:
Row_Num --> Dimension --> Amount
1 --> B1 ---> 100
2 --> B2 ---> 50
3 --> A ---> 150
4 --> D ---> 75
5 --> C ---> 75
6 --> E ---> 100
When using Pivot table and subtotals, we are getting the report as below: (where for Dimension Value "E" there are two rows)
Row_Num --> Dimension --> Amount
1 --> B1 ---> 100
2 --> B2 ---> 50
3 --> A Total ---> 150
4 --> D ---> 75
5 --> C Total ---> 75
6 --> E ---> 100
7 --> E Total ---> 100
We do not want the subtotals to be calculated if Level 2 and Level 3 are the same.
Any ideas on how to achieve this?
Many Thanks,
Seetharam

Answer 1

Hi user7276913,
Are you sure you are using a Pivot Table view? Or are you using the standard table view?
In a pivot table, you can only have (n-1) sub-totals where n is the number of fields in your "Rows" section. So in your case you have two fields, so you can only have 1 sub-total. See my screen shot below where I have a similar situation:
!http://i47.tinypic.com/icux5y.png!
Note that in the screen shot only the first column has a summation and the second does not. This makes sense since a sub-total and the last column would be the same as the values being displayed in the "measures" section.
What you described in your post seems more like what I'm seeing in a standard table view
!http://i48.tinypic.com/34z12zp.png!
Based upon what I'm seeing in your sample report, it seems like you are missing some kind of line item number or transaction number or some field that uniquely determines a row. If you add this field into the pivot table you will get exactly what you want.
e.g. Pivot Table Rows = Customer # (with summation Enabled) , Document Type (Summation Enable), Line Number
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Best regards,
-Joe