Question

I believe a Group By would solve the following, but maybe it’s Select Distinct. Either way, I respectfully turn to you:

The Goal:

To consolidate by Agreement then LaborCode then Schedule. I work for a company that performs multiple services and I want to take any range of dates and specify what DAYS OF THE WEEK we perform each service. Over the period of a month we would have (4) Mondays – I want to just see ONE Monday. As a side note, I have tried XML Path but it doesn’t seem to work.

The Code:

Select Top 100 Percent Agreements.AgrmntID, JobSites.SiteName,
  Customers.CompanyName, LaborCodeTypes.Description As LaborCode, DateName(dw,
  AgreementSchedules.SchedDate) as Schedule
From Agreements Inner Join
  AgreementSchedules On Agreements.AgrmntID = AgreementSchedules.AgrmntID
  Inner Join
  Customers On Agreements.CustID = Customers.CustID Inner Join
  JobSites On Agreements.CustSiteID = JobSites.CustSiteID Left Outer Join
  LaborCodeTypes On AgreementSchedules.RepairID = LaborCodeTypes.RepairID
Where Agreements.Status = 2

The Data (Schedule is derived from AgreementSchedules.SchedDate) – 2 weeks selected:

AgrmntID    SiteName   Company   LaborCode    Schedule
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
1           JOB01      COMP01    Sweeping     Monday
1           JOB01      COMP01    Sweeping     Wednesday
1           JOB01      COMP01    Sweeping     Monday
1           JOB01      COMP01    Sweeping     Wednesday
1           JOB01      COMP01    Porter       Thursday
1           JOB01      COMP01    Porter       Thursday
2           JOB02      COMP02    Landscaping  Tuesday
2           JOB02      COMP02    Landscaping  Tuesday

The Desired Output:

AgrmntID    SiteName   Company   LaborCode    Schedule
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
1           JOB01      COMP01    Sweeping     Monday
1           JOB01      COMP01    Sweeping     Wednesday
1           JOB01      COMP01    Porter       Thursday
2           JOB02      COMP02    Landscaping  Tuesday

Thank you SO much in advance. I’ve been trying to figure this out for days with no luck.

Answer 1

Either would work.

I’d go for DISTINCT

Select DISTINCT Agreements.AgrmntID, JobSites.SiteName, 
  Customers.CompanyName, LaborCodeTypes......