Webi XI R2 Advanced Report Design

I completed the above course earlier this year and have been looking through the Learner's Guide that was distributed at the time (QA320R2 Revision B, Nov-2007) in the hope of finding a solution to a problem I am currently experiencing.  Coincidentally, what I am trying to do is almost identical to the example on pages 5-7 to 5-10 of the Learner's Guide.
I want to take the example one step further.  The table shown on the right of the image at step 11 of the example shows a column for the "State's best year amount".  I want to add a column to the right that lists what year that result was actually achieved.  So for California it would be 2003.  For DC it would be 2002 etc.  I then want to remove the columns for "Sales Revenue" and "State's best year amount" only leaving the "State" column and the newly added column for "Best Year"
I have no doubt there is a simple solution to this problem but I can't seem to find it.
Thanks in advance.
Martin

You can right click a column and select Remove => Remove column...

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    </xs:choice>
    </xs:complexType>
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    </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
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    Hi Sourashree,
    Thank you for the response and ideas you have given me so far. I can get the fetch the data from the data source without any problem. That is I do the following,
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    2.     From Create New Connection-> XML
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    4.     Provide the u201CLocal Schema Fileu201D  -> Finish
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    + CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST
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         CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST/CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP
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         CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST/ CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP/ORDER_LINES/ORDER_LINE
         CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST/ CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP/ORDER_LINES/ORDER_LINE/ORDER_LINE_CHARACTERSTICS
         CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST/ CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP/ORDER_LINES/ORDER_LINE/ORDER_LINE_CHARACTERSTICS/CHARACTERSTIC_ITEM
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         CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST/CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP
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         CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST/ CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP/ORDER_LINES/ORDER_LINE/ORDER_LINE_CHARACTERSTICS/CHARACTERSTIC_ITEM
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    Date
    Order number                                   Authorized code
    Customer No
    Name
    Phone
    Fax email
    Shipping address 1                              Billing Address 1
    Shipping address 2                              Billing Address 2
    Shipping address 3                              Billing Address 3
    Shipping address 4                              Billing Address 4
    Order Line 1 detailsu2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026                      LINE_NO     CUSTOMER_PART_NO          CUSTOMER_PART_DESC     SALE_UNIT_PRICE     PRICE_QTY     DISCOUNT     PRICE_TOTAL
    Characteristic details belonging to Order line 1       CHARACTERISTIC_ID 1  CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE1
                                           CHARACTERISTIC_ID 2  CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE2
                                           CHARACTERISTIC_ID 3  CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE3
    Order Line 2 detailsu2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026
    Characteristic details belonging to Order line 2
    Order Line 3 detailsu2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026
    Characteristic details belonging to Order line 3
    Order Line 4 detailsu2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026
    Characteristic details belonging to Order line 4
    Order Line 5 detailsu2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026
    Characteristic details belonging to Order line 5
    How can I achieve this kind of a layout using the give xml and xsd? Should I use grouping if so how should I do the grouping?
    I have included the full xml and xsd in the first mail I posted but I canu2019t see it now. I can include that again if you want.
    Regards,
    Chanaka

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