How to generate this report? - sql

Question

I'm trying to set up a report based on several tables.
I have a table Actual that looks like this:
+--------+------+
| status | date |
+--------+------+
| 5 | 7/10 |
| 8 | 7/9 |
| 8 | 7/11 |
| 5 | 7/18 |
+--------+------+
Table Targets looks like this:
+--------+-------------+--------+------------+
| status | weekEndDate | target | cumulative |
+--------+-------------+--------+------------+
| 5 | 7/12 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | 7/19 | 5 | 50 |
| 8 | 7/12 | 4 | 45 |
| 8 | 7/19 | 5 | 50 |
+--------+-------------+--------+------------+
Grouping the Actual records by which Targets.weekEndDate they fall under, I have the following aggregate query GroupActual:
+-------------+------------+--------------+--------+------------+
| weekEndDate | status | weeklyTarget | actual | cumulative |
+-------------+------------+--------------+--------+------------+
| 7/12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 45 |
| 7/12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 41 |
| 7/19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50 |
| 7/19 | 8 | 4 | | 45 |
+-------------+------------+--------------+--------+------------+
I'm trying to create this report:
+--------+------------+------+------+
| status | category | 7/12 | 7/19 | ...etc for every weekEndDate entry in Targets
+--------+------------+------+------+
| 5 | actual | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | target | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | cumulative | 45 | 50 |
+--------+------------+------+------+
| 8 | actual | 2 | |
| 8 | target | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | cumulative | 45 | 50 |
+--------------+------+------+------+
I can use a crosstab query to make the date columns, but I'm not sure how to have rows for "actual", "target", and "cumulative". They aren't values in the same table, which means (I think) that a crosstab query won't be useful for this breakdown. Should I try to change GroupActual so that it puts the data in the shape I'm looking for? Kind of confused as to where to go next with this...
EDIT: I've made some headway on the crosstabs as per PowerUser's solution, but I'm having trouble with the one for Target. I modified the wizard's generated SQL in an attempt to get what I want but it's not working out. I used a version of GroupActual that only has the weekEndDate,status, and weeklyTarget columns; here's the SQL:
TRANSFORM weeklyTarget
SELECT status
FROM TargetStatus_forCrosstab_Target
GROUP BY status,weeklyTarget
PIVOT Format([weekEndDate],"Short Date");

Answer 1

You're almost there. The problem is that you can't do this all in a single crosstab. You need to make 3 crosstabs (one for 'actual', one for 'target', and one for 'cumulative'), then make a Union query to combine them all.
Additional Tip: In your individual crosstabs, add a Sort column. Your 'actual' crosstab will have a Sort value of 1, 'Target' will have a Sort value of 2, and 'Cumulative' will have 3. That way, when you union them together, you can get them all in the right order.