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How to Group and then Combine Rows in AL or in SSRS?

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Posted on by jdrco 479

Say I have a table with columns: Item | Cost | Quantity | Total

How would I group rows by items, and THEN calculate the combined Cost and Quantity?

Example:
row1: Bike, $100, 1, $100
row2: Bike, $100, 2, $200
row3: Tire,    $30, 1, $30

Would be combined like this (since there are two Bike items, we combine them and get the new total):
row1: Bike, $100, 3, $300
row2: Tire,    $30, 1, $30

Is this easier to implement in AL or in an SSRS report builder? I am ultimately trying to display this table in a report.

Thanks!

  • Dixonsamuel Profile Picture
    Dixonsamuel 60 on at
    RE: How to Group and then Combine Rows in AL or in SSRS?

    I would use SSRS to do the grouping instead.

    You can use AL to form up the data set, then use SSRS to group the figures.

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    Nitin Verma Profile Picture
    Nitin Verma 21,091 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    RE: How to Group and then Combine Rows in AL or in SSRS?

    Hi jdrco ,

    You can go with the SSRS reporting, please refer below link, if it help you.

    docs.microsoft.com/.../lesson-6-adding-grouping-and-totals-reporting-services

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 73,696 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at
    RE: How to Group and then Combine Rows in AL or in SSRS?

    Hi, it can be done in SSRS, but it looks more complicated. Use Bike(Item No?) to create a new Group, but the Unit Price looks like an average, and the Quantity and Amount look like a total.

    So, I think the easiest way is to handle it in AL.

    A simple practice: create a temporary table and add the fields you need. Then use this new table to create a new Report. Then insert data into the temporary table in AL, and the SSRS just displays all the data and does not require additional processing.

    Jus an idea, hope this helps.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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    Inge M. Bruvik Profile Picture
    Inge M. Bruvik 32,748 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    RE: How to Group and then Combine Rows in AL or in SSRS?

    You can do it in AL. But i really think that what you should do is to look at Power BI to solve this. Especially if you are running BC Online.

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