topic Order by & Only in QlikView

Order by & Only

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:37:08 GMT

Hi All,

If I have say a date column and client no and other columns (client number duplicated). To extract the last transaction made by a client, can I say order by then use "Only" for each line that I am uploading?

Thanks

Re: Order by & Only

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:39:05 GMT

You should use group by

LOAD

client_no,

date(max(date)) as DateColumn

resident TableName

group by client_no;

Thanks,

Singh

Re: Order by & Only

PrashantSangle — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:44:42 GMT

Hi,

You can use FirstSortedValue() function in script which is aggregated function

then Use Group By in Where Clause.

You have to write all fields in Group by clause which you are not using in aggregated function.

Or you can use Only() to avoid that field to write in Group By clause

Your expression like this

FirstSortedValue(ClientNo,Date)

Regards,

Re: Order by & Only

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:58:34 GMT

Thanks for this,

The group by clause; I am guessing assumes that for each client all the other columns that are being grouped by will have identical values?

My data is such that I have a client no, date column, and other fields which for each client may not be consistent.

For example lets say I have 4 entries for one client. Client no column will be the same for these 4, date column will be the same hence the max function which is fine, columns c to h may all be different for the 4 different transactions. When I do a group by using all the columns not included in the aggregation, I am still getting 4 columns back and I am assuming this is because of the differences in columns c to h?

How do I come up with one row for each client, purely based on the client no and picking up the max date, and what line corresponds with that max date?

Thanks

Re: Order by & Only

anbu1984 — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:03:44 GMT

Can you post sample input and expected output?

Re: Order by & Only

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:16:35 GMT

Ok, let me prepare something.

To avoid grouping by all fields, can I apply the first sorted value function to all the fields, based on the max date? (12 of them)

Re: Order by & Only

anbu1984 — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:25:23 GMT

Yes you can.

Load ClientNo,FirstSortedValue(Date,-Date),FirstSortedValue(Amt,-Date),FirstSortedValue(Qty,-Date) Group by ClientNo;

Load ClientNo,Date#(Date,'M/D/YYYY') AS Date,Amt,Qty Inline [

ClientNo,Date,Amt,Qty

1,1/1/2014,10,12

1,1/20/2014,12,15

2,1/1/2014,10,12

2,1/20/2014,12,15 ];

Re: Order by & Only

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 15:08:32 GMT

Perfect Anbu,

thank you very very much, works like a dream!!!