In the Telerik Report Designer, how do you create a multi-column table with group headers? - sql

Question

I'm using the Telerik Report Designer (the standalone application, not the one in Visual Studio). I have a dataset with two fields: group and task. I'd like to make a table where each group is in it's own column with the tasks for that group listed below. The best I've come up with is a crosstab report that shows the groups and tasks and their counts, but this isn't what the client wants. How can I get the results I want in the report designer? If Telerik controls can't do this, how could I rewrite my SQL query to output the data is the format I want so I can directly use the SQL output to populate a table?
Here is my dataset:
The query I used to get that dataset is:
SELECT
tblDtl.Group
, tblDtl.Task
FROM tblHdr
INNER JOIN tblDtl ON tblHdr.CLHId = tblDtl.CLHId
INNER JOIN tblType ON tblHdr.CLHId = tblType.SelectedId
INNER JOIN tblOrder ON tblType.TypeId = tblOrder.Type
ORDER BY tblDtl.CLDDisplayOrder
Here is my desired output:
The best I've gotten is a crosstab that looks like this:

Answer 1

* Partial Answer *
I wasn't able to figure out how to get the 2 columns I wanted, but I used the code below to at least get the header in the first row with the details below it. I put this code in a stored procedure and then used that stored procedure as the data source for a table within the Telerik report.
CREATE TABLE #Checklist
(
Checklist varchar(200),
Notes varchar(50)
)
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE
#HeaderName varchar(200),
#GroupName varchar(200),
#TaskGroupName varchar(200),
#TaskDesc nvarchar(200)
DECLARE header_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT DISTINCT tblCheckListHdr.CLHName, tblCheckListDtl.CLDGroupName
FROM tblCheckListHdr
INNER JOIN tblCheckListDtl ON tblCheckListHdr.CLHId = tblCheckListDtl.CLHId
INNER JOIN tblServiceType ON tblCheckListHdr.CLHId = tblServiceType.SelectedCLHId
INNER JOIN tblWorkOrder ON tblServiceType.ServiceTypeId = tblWorkOrder.ServiceType
WHERE tblWorkOrder.WorkOrderId = #WOid
AND tblCheckListHdr.CLHActive = 1
ORDER BY tblCheckListDtl.CLDGroupName
OPEN header_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM header_cursor INTO #HeaderName, #GroupName
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Checklist (Checklist, Notes)
SELECT #HeaderName + ' | ' + #GroupName, 'Y, N, NA, Notes' AS Notes
DECLARE detail_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT tblCheckListDtl.CLDGroupName
, tblCheckListDtl.CLDTaskDesc
FROM tblCheckListHdr
INNER JOIN tblCheckListDtl ON tblCheckListHdr.CLHId = tblCheckListDtl.CLHId
INNER JOIN tblServiceType ON tblCheckListHdr.CLHId = tblServiceType.SelectedCLHId
INNER JOIN tblWorkOrder ON tblServiceType.ServiceTypeId = tblWorkOrder.ServiceType
WHERE tblWorkOrder.WorkOrderId = #WOid
AND tblCheckListHdr.CLHActive = 1
AND tblCheckListDtl.CLDActive = 1
AND tblCheckListDtl.CLDGroupName = #GroupName
ORDER BY tblCheckListDtl.CLDDisplayOrder
OPEN detail_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM detail_cursor INTO #TaskGroupName, #TaskDesc
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #Checklist (Checklist)
SELECT #TaskDesc
FETCH NEXT FROM detail_cursor INTO #TaskGroupName, #TaskDesc
END
CLOSE detail_cursor
DEALLOCATE detail_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM header_cursor INTO #HeaderName, #GroupName
END
CLOSE header_cursor;
DEALLOCATE header_cursor
SELECT #Checklist.Checklist, #Checklist.Notes
FROM #Checklist

Answer 2

this can be achieve using PIVOT, Something like this.
IF ( OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#tmpDB') IS NOT NULL )
BEGIN
DROP TABLE #tmpDB
END
SELECT testing ,
production
INTO #tmpDB
FROM (
SELECT
tblDtl.GROUP [group]
, tblDtl.Task [task]
FROM tblHdr
INNER JOIN tblDtl ON tblHdr.CLHId = tblDtl.CLHId
INNER JOIN tblType ON tblHdr.CLHId = tblType.SelectedId
INNER JOIN tblOrder ON tblType.TypeId = tblOrder.Type
ORDER BY tblDtl.CLDDisplayOrder
) P PIVOT ( MAX(task) FOR [group] IN ( testing, production ) ) PVT;
WITH CTEtesting
AS ( SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( ORDER BY testing ) ctr ,
testing
FROM #tmpDB
WHERE production IS NULL
),
CTEProduction
AS ( SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( ORDER BY production ) ctr ,
production
FROM #tmpDB
WHERE testing IS NULL
),
CTE
AS ( SELECT testing ,
production
FROM CTEProduction P
FULL JOIN CTEtesting T ON T.ctr = P.ctr
)
SELECT *
FROM CTE
Result:
testing production
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