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How to create a crosstab query with multiple value fields

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Article ID:304458
Last Review:March 27, 2007
Revision:6.0
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Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.accdb and .mdb). For a Microsoft Access 2000 version of this article, see 209143 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/209143/EN-US/).
For a Microsoft Access 97 version of this article, see 109939 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/109939/).

SUMMARY

In a Microsoft Access crosstab query, you can specify only one field or calculation as the value. You may want to show more than one value in the query.

The following example shows two columns of information per company, a count of the number of orders, and the order totals for each year: 
   Company Name  1998 Orders  1998 Total  1999 Orders  1999 Total
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   ABC Company   12           $855.00     15           $1010.25
   XYZ Company   1017         $22045.57   1050         $25345.29
This type of query is sometimes called a Multiple Value Field query.

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MORE INFORMATION

To create a Multiple Value Field crosstab query, you must create a separate crosstab query for each value that you want to calculate. You can then use a select query to join these crosstab queries to display the results that you want.

The following example uses the sample database Northwind.mdb to create a query that displays results similar to the example in the "Summary" section earlier in this article. It shows the number of sales and total for each year for each company.
1.Open the sample database Northwind.mdb, and then create the following crosstab query that is based on the Orders, Order Details, and the Customers tables:
   Query: Order Total
   ------------------
   Type: Crosstab Query
   Join: Customers.[CustomerID] <-> Orders.[CustomerID]
   Join: Orders.[OrderID] <-> Order Details.[OrderID]

   Field: CompanyName
      Table Name: Customers
      Total: Group By
      Crosstab: Row Heading

   Field: Expr1: Year([OrderDate]) & " " & "Order Total"
      Table Name:
      Total: Group By
      Crosstab: Column Heading

  Field: Expr2: Sum(CCur([UnitPrice]*[Quantity]*(1-[Discount])))
      Table Name:
      Total: Expression
      Crosstab: Value
2.Save this query as Order Total.
3.Create the following crosstab query that is based on the Orders and the Customers tables:
   Query: Order Count
   ------------------
   Type: Crosstab Query
   Join: Customers.[CustomerID] <-> Orders.[CustomerID]

   Field: CompanyName
      Table Name: Customers
      Total:      Group By
      Crosstab:   Row Heading

   Field: Expr1: Year([OrderDate]) & " " & "Order Count"
      Table Name:
      Total: Group By
      Crosstab: Column Heading


   Field: OrderID
      Table Name: Orders
      Total:      Count
      Crosstab:   Value
4.Save this query as Order Count.
5.Create a query that is based on the Order Total and the Order Count crosstab queries. Use the CompanyName, the Order Total, and Order Count fields for the years whose results you want to view. The following example uses the last two years of Order Total and Order Count in Microsoft Access.
   Query: Multiple Values
   ----------------------
   Join: Order Total.[CompanyName] <-> Order Count.[CompanyName]

   Field: CompanyName
      Table Name: Order Count

   Field: 1997 Order Count
      Table Name: Order Count

   Field: 1997 Order Total
      Table Name: Order Total

   Field: 1998 Order Count
      Table Name: Order Count

   Field: 1998 Order Total
      Table Name: Order Total
6.When you run the Multiple Values query, you will see a table that looks similar to the following table:
                         1997 Order  1997 Order  1998 Order  1998 Order
   Company Name            Count       Total       Count       Total
   --------------------------------------------------------------------
   Alfred's Futterkiste        3      $2,022.50        3      $2,022.50
   Ana Trujillo                2        $799.75        1        $514.10
   Antonio Moreno              5      $5,960.78        1        $660.00
NOTE: You must add the table name to the expression if the field that is specified for the concatenation is a field in more than one of the tables that is joined in the query. For example, in step 1 you would change: 
   Year([OrderDate]) & " " & "Order Total"
to: 
   Year([Orders].[OrderDate]) & " " & "Order Total"
If you add the table name to the Table row, you generate a syntax error. If you leave the table name out completely, you generate an ambiguous reference error.

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REFERENCES

For more information about crosstab queries, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type crosstab queries in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Office Access 2007
•Microsoft Office Access 2003
•Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition

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