I am working on a BIRT report. Its records are grouped on the basis of the status column. I was looking for an option in the Eclipse BIRT tool by which I can hide combinations of multiple columns in a row which are repeating. I have attached screenshots for both the current report and the expected report structure.
I tried the "suppress duplicate" option but that is limited to a single column. I am not able to apply this on multiple columns together. I couldn't figure out any other option. Please suggest any solution in the tool or do I need to change my query to return the result in the expected format?
Actual Result:
Expected Result:
There are three obvious ways to hide duplicate values.
All of these require you to configure this per column (BTW I don't understand why you consider this to be a problem).
As you already did: Use "suppress duplicates" at the column level.
Add more groups to your table after the existing group.
E.g. one group for the first column (whatever that is).
Then you can choose "Drop" "detail" in the properties of the corresponding group header cell. It's a bit difficult to get the layout right this way.
In your data set, if it's SQL, you can use a little construnct with CASE and the LAG analytic function to compare the column value to that of the previous row, and if they are equal, return NULL instead (pure SQL solution).
I'm trying to clear the entire cell if it doesn't contain a given keyword.
I've managed to do this for one column:
Table.ReplaceValue(#"PrevStep",each [#"My Column"], each if Text.PositionOf([#"My Column"],"keyword")>-1 then [#"My Column"] else null,Replacer.ReplaceValue,{"My Column"})
The problem is I need to iterate/repeat that step for a number of columns... the number of columns may vary and column names also may be different every time. I can have all those column names put into a list but I'm not able to use it.
The solution I'm looking for may look like this
for each ColNam in MyColumnsList
Table.ReplaceValue(#"PrevStep",each [#"ColNam"], each if Text.PositionOf([#"ColNam"],"keyword")>-1 then [#"ColNam"] else null,Replacer.ReplaceValue,MyColumnsList)
next
but this is not the VBA code but Power Query M - and of course the problem is with #PrevStep as I would see it like a recursions... again... do not know how to process.
Is the path I follow correct or should it be done some other way
Thanks
Andrew
Unpivot your columns to turn all the columns into two columns. Apply your replacement to the single value column then pivot it back into the original format
I am writing a query function that I would like sorted. I have this figured out. What I cannot solve is attempting to insert 2 blank rows between the sorted results. Is this at all possible? Here is my query as it currently stands. Works perfectly as written. Just would like to have a 2 row gap between results.
Thank you.
=query('Form Responses 1'!A:CM,"Select B,C,D,I,L,AU,AX Where K = '"&Titles!B2&"' OR AW = '"&Titles!B2&"'Order by K,AW",0)
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Since you've clarified your question to say that you want two blank rows, only to be added at a specific point in your query results, I've created another answer. But you haven't answered my question about what criteria you have for deciding where to insert these two lines, so I've made an assumption based on your data. This formula should be easily adapted if you have some other criteria for where to insert the blank lines. See my added tab HelpGK in yur sample sheet.
Try this formula, where you have your query:
={query('Data Sheet'!A:J,"Select B,C,D,E,F,H,I Where E='' and (G = 'ABC' OR J = 'ABC') Order by J,G",0);
{"","","","","","",""};
{"","","","","","",""};
query('Data Sheet'!A:J,"Select B,C,D,E,F,H,I Where E<>'' and (G = 'ABC' OR J = 'ABC') Order by J,G",0)}
Note that I don't believe your exact Desired Result can be obtained from your Data sheet. You are missing data rows. But this formula produces the result in the screenshot you provided.
EDIT:
Just realised that I created an answer for a single column of data.
Please share a sample sheet since this is not your case.
You can try this formula, but you'll need to replace this text "A4:A8" with your exact query:
=ArrayFormula(flatten(split(A4:A8 & "♥ ♥ ","♥",0,0)))
Note that the column with the "~" values in the blank cells is just to demonstrate what is happening.
If you had provided a sample sheet, with sample data, it would have been easier.
Let me know if this works for you. If not, please provide a sample sheet, with sample data, and let us know what else you need.
Be aware that the you can't put any values into the two inserted rows of blank cells, or the arrayformula will fail. But if you are planning to save the results of this as values, then pasted into place, then you could overwrite the blank cells, if desired.
Also be aware that FLATTEN is an undocumented function, and may possibly be removed from Sheets. If this is for a critical application, and alternative formula can be provided. Let us know if that is a concern.
I will delete my earlier answer, which mistakenly focused on a one column result.
This messy formula seems to handle multiple columns. If it works for you, I'll see if I can simplify it or clean it up. I can also provide details of the steps it is doing, if necessary. Replace the text "A4:C8" in this formula with the range where your query result currently exists. Once you've tested that, you can replace the text "A4:C8" with your actual query statement, to have everything done in one formula, if you want.
=ARRAYFORMULA(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SPLIT(FLATTEN(ARRAYFORMULA(SPLIT(TRANSPOSE(ARRAYFORMULA(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(ARRAYFORMULA(SUBSTITUTE(A4:C8," ","♥"))),,99^99)&"♦~♦~")),"♦",1,0)))," ",1,0),"~",""),"♥"," "))
Please let me know if this works for you. If you have any issues, please share a sample sheet, with only sample data, and clarify what isn't working as you expect.
I do know sometimes I need to think out of the box rather than sticking with that seem-impossible way out. I have to achieve a report (not complicated I guess, but for me I have no more idea how to get)
Well, the details are as follow:
The report is kind of invoice type.
Like an usual report, it has header, body and footer. In my scenario, there is no footer. Only the report header and the body. The header is ok. The Body consist of a table.
My data rows starts from row 3( because I add some content in row no 1, inside the list, as for row no 2, I have my table column header). So, actually my data row(which is directly retrieved from dataset) is at row no 3. The header repeat correctly. In fact, the table is displaying exactly as I wanted. I have two groups in my table. One is group by ItemCode, and then sort by ItemCode and Department number.
I have subtotal of value by ItemCode and Grandtotal after that. So, there are three rows for my data: one directly retrieved from dataset, one for subtotal and one for grandtotal. The problem is here:
I can't limit the number of row because of the groups. The row number rankings are messed up and that's why I can't limit. The resulting outcome is having inconsistency in showing numbers of rows.
For example I want to limit 10, but in some page, it displays 10(correct), but in the next page it might becomes 12 or 8 or even 4. That is one thing. Another is that I want to replace the missing rows(2 rows in this case) with blank rows if the it just displays only 8 rows(example). My idea is to maintain the same layout of the table in every page.
As for now, I have no more idea how to achieve my desired result. If I really cannot use row limit then how to do next. I have been researching about that for quite a long time, but still cannot get away with a solution.
I hope I have made myself clear explaining what is going on. Some part is not clear enough, then get back to me. I will try my best to explain more.
If anyone has any suggestions, please kindly share. Your help is much appreciated!
I'am using JasperReport and ireport 4.0 , I want to know If their the possibility to create a table that can I fix lines and columns? Because the only the table that I have found allowed me just to fix columns !!
And
For the charts I have just an integer values but I dont know what the scale use float numbers!
Update:
what I mean that ireport allowed this format:
and I want the following format:
Thank you
Typically you have a varying number of rows, because the number of rows depend on the data from your database.
To have a known number of rows you either have to make sure that your data has the expected number of rows, or you design your detail section in a way that corresponds to your desired outcome. The height of the detail section is flexible, and you can put various text fields not only side by side, but also on top of each other.