{"id":460,"date":"2024-09-15T08:08:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T08:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datadandies.nl\/?p=460"},"modified":"2024-09-15T08:08:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T08:08:21","slug":"giving-a-name-to-the-total-row-when-using-group-by-rollup-in-sql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datadandies.nl\/index.php\/2024\/09\/15\/giving-a-name-to-the-total-row-when-using-group-by-rollup-in-sql\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving a name to the Total Row when using GROUP BY ROLLUP in SQL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are looking to give some extra context to your SQL query output before you deliver to business users WITHOUT the use of Excel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A colleague of yours would like to see the sales per person including a GRAND TOTAL row. Using GROUP BY ROLLUP ( ColumnName ) you can easily create this, But this will leave an ugly blank, as a description for the grand total row. Yuck! Luckily this is easily fixed by adding a simple CASE WHEN to your code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is an example. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kevinbatdorf-code-block-pro\" data-code-block-pro-font-family=\"Code-Pro-JetBrains-Mono\" style=\"font-size:.875rem;font-family:Code-Pro-JetBrains-Mono,ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,monospace;line-height:1.25rem;--cbp-tab-width:2;tab-size:var(--cbp-tab-width, 2)\"><span style=\"display:block;padding:16px 0 0 16px;margin-bottom:-1px;width:100%;text-align:left;background-color:#2e3440ff\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"54\" height=\"14\" viewBox=\"0 0 54 14\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" transform=\"translate(1 1)\"><circle cx=\"6\" cy=\"6\" r=\"6\" fill=\"#FF5F56\" stroke=\"#E0443E\" stroke-width=\".5\"><\/circle><circle cx=\"26\" cy=\"6\" r=\"6\" fill=\"#FFBD2E\" stroke=\"#DEA123\" stroke-width=\".5\"><\/circle><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"6\" r=\"6\" fill=\"#27C93F\" stroke=\"#1AAB29\" 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5a2 2 0 012-2h2a2 2 0 012 2\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><pre class=\"shiki nord\" style=\"background-color: #2e3440ff\" tabindex=\"0\"><code><span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">SELECT<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\">\t <\/span><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">case<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\"> <\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\">\t\t<\/span><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">when<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #88C0D0\">grouping<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\">(Person) <\/span><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">=<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #B48EAD\">1<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">then<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ECEFF4\">&#39;<\/span><span style=\"color: #A3BE8C\">GrandTotalRecords<\/span><span style=\"color: #ECEFF4\">&#39;<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\">\t\t<\/span><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">else<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\"> Person<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\">\t <\/span><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">end<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">as<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\"> Person<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\">\t,<\/span><span style=\"color: #88C0D0\">count<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\">(<\/span><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">*<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\">) <\/span><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">as<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\"> TotalRecords<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">FROM<\/span><span style=\"color: #D8DEE9FF\"> [TEST].[dbo].[SimpelAantalPerPersoon]<\/span><\/span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #81A1C1\">group 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A colleague of yours would like to see the sales per person including a GRAND TOTAL row. 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