Using SQL CASE Statement to replace Text with GROUP BY - sql

Question

I am Using SQL Server and i have the following Problem and i am hopping someone could help me.
I am getting this Error
Column 'TransactionsLine.Text' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause.
I do not want to include Text in the GROUP BY Clause yes that makes the query run but the issue is there is other text in the field i do not want it grouping by i would just like to replace the Name with the Text for items matching the CASE
when i add Text to the group by i get this result.
43036 SPECIAL 73.0000
43036 SPECIAL 6.0000

Answer 1

Issue is exactly what the error says. You are selecting TransactionsLine.text which is not in the group by clause.
you probably want to put the case in your group by clause:
select StockItemCode as CODE,
(
case
when StockItems.Description like 'item%'
then TransactionsLine.text
else StockItems.Description
end
) as name,
SUM(ItemQuantity) as Sales
from Transactions
inner join TransactionsLine on Transactions.id = TransactionsLine.TransactionID
inner join StockItems on TransactionsLine.StockItemID = StockItems.id
where location = #location
and Department = 43
and Transactions.date between #FROM
and #TO
and TransactionTypeID in (3, 32)
group by StockItemCode,
case
when StockItems.Description like 'item%'
then TransactionsLine.text
else StockItems.Description
end