Count number of items in a query

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  • AZKing
    New Member
    • Sep 2006
    • 12

    Count number of items in a query

    Hi,

    I am creating a query where I would like to count the number of specific items in a certain column of another query. I can do this for one item, for example:

    SELECT DISTINCTROW[Item List].[Discussion Item], Count([Item List].[State]) AS [Delivered Items]
    FROM [Item List]
    WHERE (([Item List].[Discussion Item])="Yes") AND (([Item List].[State])="DELIVERED" )
    GROUP BY [Item List].[Discussion Item];

    But, how do I do this for multiple items?

    Thanks for your help!!
  • PEB
    Recognized Expert Top Contributor
    • Aug 2006
    • 1418

    #2
    Hi,

    In fact you can do it with subqueries:

    In a query based on your information source

    And in the field row you can put:

    Count1:(SELECT DISTINCTROW Count([Item List].[State]) AS [Delivered Items]
    FROM [Item List]
    WHERE (([Item List].[Discussion Item])="Yes") AND (([Item List].[State])="DELIVERED" ) AND (([Item List].[Discussion Item])=[My_source].[Discussion Item] )
    GROUP BY [Item List].[Discussion Item])

    :)

    Have a nice day!

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    • AZKing
      New Member
      • Sep 2006
      • 12

      #3
      Thank you very much, it worked great!!

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