Report Grouping

  • Grouping Question - Best advice

    Here's my dataset

    DocNum ItemNumber ItemType QtyOnHand

    MO001 Item A LotTracked 5

    MO001 Item B NotTracked 100

    MO001 Item C LotTracked 2

    MO001 Item D SerialTracked 10

    MO002 Item A LotTracked 5

    MO003 Item D SerialTracked 10

    I have a report - user enters parameter - DocNumber

    First Group is DocNumber (only group right now)

    I want to add a second group (I think) which is dependent on Item Type (Item Type will always be one of three variables and will always be the same for every item number.

    If a document (like MO001) has three different item types I would like three different displays - one for each type - in this group (?). Example

    MO001 - Group 1

    NotTRacked (Group 2 or is it details/body?)

    Item B

    LotTracked (Group 2/3 or is it details/body?)

    Item A

    Item C

    SerialTracked (Group 2/4 or is it details/body?)

    Item D

    What's the most logical way to achieve my desired result? Do I create three groups (one for each type?) and 'hide' if no data is part of dataset?

    Any advice/guidance is appreciated..........

  • Within your tablix you have a group (DocNumber) and a details row at present. Create another group level between the two existing items, by adding a child group to the DocNumber level, or a parent to the details level.

    Your group level should now be DocNumber...ItemType...(Details).

    Fitz

  • Thanks - that's what I ended up doing. Works great except having hard time getting the DocNumber group to repeat on each page. Group Properties doesn't do it - I researched and another forum suggested using advanced mode in grouping - but every time I tried that I got an error message.

    I'll eventually figure it out.............thanks for your response.

    This forum is really a great asset to anyone trying to learn a challenging subject.

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