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Conference ilbbak::ibi_focus

Title:FOCUS, from INFORMATION BUILDERS
Moderator:ZAYIUS::BROUILLETTE
Created:Thu Feb 19 1987
Last Modified:Mon May 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:615
Total number of notes:1779

492.0. ""Appending" reports horizontally" by MISERY::BLUM_JO () Tue Jan 28 1992 17:12

    I'm trying to create a report which is, in effect, 2 reports appended
    horizontally.  Each report uses a different datafile.  There is one
    field the reports share in common.  This would be used for the join or
    match.  However, there is no relationship between the rest of the fields
    from the 2 datafiles.

    One report looks like (KEY_FIELD and PART_NO are sort fields):

    KEY_FIELD

    COUNT   PART_NO    DESCRIPTION
    COUNT   PART_NO    DESCRIPTION
    COUNT   PART_NO    DESCRIPTION

    KEY_FIELD

    COUNT   PART_NO    DESCRIPTION
    COUNT   PART_NO    DESCRIPTION
    COUNT   PART_NO    DESCRIPTION
    COUNT   PART_NO    DESCRIPTION
    COUNT   PART_NO    DESCRIPTION
    COUNT   PART_NO    DESCRIPTION

    KEY_FIELD

    COUNT   PART_NO    DESCRIPTION
    COUNT   PART_NO    DESCRIPTION



    The other report looks like (all the fields other than DESCRIPTION
    are sort fields):


    KEY_FIELD

    AGREEMENT_NO
        COST_CTR    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                               PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                               PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
        COST_CTR    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                               PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
        COST_CTR    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION

    AGREEMENT_NO
        COST_CTR    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION

    AGREEMENT_NO
        COST_CTR    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                               PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
        COST_CTR    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION


    KEY_FIELD

    AGREEMENT_NO
        COST_CTR    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION

    AGREEMENT_NO
        COST_CTR    SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION



    PART_NO and PART_NO_2 are not the same.  I need to get the report to
    look like:


    KEY_FIELD

    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION    AGREEMENT_NO
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION    COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION                         PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                             SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                   COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                             SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                                        PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION

                                   AGREEMENT_NO
                                   COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                             SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION

                                   AGREEMENT_NO
                                   COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                                        PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                             SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                   COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION


    KEY_FIELD

    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION    AGREEMENT_NO
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION    COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION              SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION    
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION    AGREEMENT_NO
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION    COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION    COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION              SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION    COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION
    COUNT  PART_NO  DESCRIPTION    AGREEMENT_NO
                                   COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                             SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                                        PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                                        PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                   COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION
                                             SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION

                                   AGREEMENT_NO
                                   COST_CTR  SERIAL_NO  PART_NO_2  DESCRIPTION


    Any ideas on how to do this?

    Regards,

    John
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492.1Try multiple VerbsUSMFG::BHYNESThu Jan 30 1992 15:477
    Try using multiple verb phrases.... Its in Volume 1 chapter 2 in the
    focus books. The section is titled(in my book)
    
    	Using more than One Verb at a time..
    
    bob