Is it possible to force BO to enter categories into a cross tab?
I have calculated the time difference between two datetimes and then grouped these into categories based on the value. For example 0-2h, 2-6h, 6-12h, 12-24h, 1-2d, 2-3d…>6d
only thing is…that sometimes there is no entry for a specific category and therefore not in the crosstab. I can totally understand why it doesn’t appear but is there a way I can get it to show even if there is no data for it?
Also, how do you replace blanks with zeros in a crosstab?
As usual, your help is most welcome and appreciated.
Thanks for the info…now I know how to link data providers!!!
Thing is that it does not work for me in this instance.
First of all, maybe I should mention the universe is created from an excel spreadsheet. The hourly grouping is a derived field not in the spreadsheet but I create it in BOb.
I have created another spreadsheet with all the hourly groupings i want in the crosstab in preparation of linking the data providers…But when I open the Data Providers box and expand the data in the data providers I only see the data fields from the spreadsheets and not those I have derived… :? So i can’t link them…I suppose…or can I???
If you can think of anything (or anyone else reading this post then that would be great). Hopefully I can get this done before heading of on FRIDAY!!!
Unfortunately in this case, you can link data providers only using their common objects. Not using a report-level variable
Can you move the calculation of hourly groups from BO to Excel (to the source) so it would be a part of the data provider and available for linking?
Otherwise, if you don’t go the way with 2 linked dataproviders, you would need to have all hourly groups available already in data in order to show all groups in the cross-tab.
(BOB member since 2003-11-27)
