it's going to look somethign like this: i wasn't sure ont eh join criteria: i was assuming the table ztb_IMP_Notifications has the same sales_order_number
SELECT
ztb_Carrier_Delivery_Metrics.Delivery,
ztb_Carrier_Delivery_Metrics.Delivery_Item,
ztb_IMP_Notifications.Sales_Order_Number,
ztb_Carrier_Delivery_Metrics.REF_DOC,
-- insert Notification_cnt here
MyAlias.Notification_cnt
FROM ztb_Carrier_Delivery_Metrics
INNER JOIN ztb_IMP_Notifications
ON ztb_Carrier_Delivery_Metrics.REF_DOC = ztb_IMP_Notifications.Sales_Order_Number
LEFT OUTER JOIN (SELECT
sales_order_number,
COUNT(sales_order_number) AS Notification_cnt
FROM ztb_IMP_Notifications
GROUP BY sales_order_number
) MyAlias
ON ztb_IMP_Notifications.sales_order_number = MyAlias.sales_order_number
WHERE ztb_carrier_Delivery_Metrics.Ref_Doc > ''
Lowell