Displaying Columns as Rows in SQL Server 2005
pivot, sql, sql-server-2005, t-sql
Solution
In order to get the result that you want you need to first `UNPIVOT` the data and then `PIVOT the`DatePeriod` Values.
The UNPIVOT will transform the multiple columns of `Transactions`, `Customers` and `Visits` into multiple rows. The other answers are using a `UNION ALL` to unpivot but SQL Server 2005 was the first year the `UNPIVOT` function was supported.
The query to unpivot the data is:
select dateperiod,
col, value
from transactions
unpivot
(
value for col in (Transactions, Customers, Visits)
) u
See Demo. This transforms your current columns into multiple rows, so the data looks like the following:
| DATEPERIOD | COL | VALUE |
-------------------------------------
| Jan 2012 | Transactions | 100 |
| Jan 2012 | Customers | 50 |
| Jan 2012 | Visits | 150 |
| Feb 2012 | Transactions | 200 |
Now, since the data is in rows, you can apply the `PIVOT` function to the `DatePeriod` column:
select col, [Jan 2012], [Feb 2012], [Mar 2012]
from
(
select dateperiod,
t.col, value, c.SortOrder
from
(
select dateperiod,
col, value
from transactions
unpivot
(
value for col in (Transactions, Customers, Visits)
) u
) t
inner join
(
select 'Transactions' col, 1 SortOrder
union all
select 'Customers' col, 2 SortOrder
union all
select 'Visits' col, 3 SortOrder
) c
on t.col = c.col
) d
pivot
(
sum(value)
for dateperiod in ([Jan 2012], [Feb 2012], [Mar 2012])
) piv
order by SortOrder;
See SQL Fiddle with Demo.
If you have an unknown number of date period's then you will use dynamic SQL:
DECLARE @cols AS NVARCHAR(MAX),
@query AS NVARCHAR(MAX)
select @cols = STUFF((SELECT ',' + QUOTENAME(dateperiod)
from transactions
group by dateperiod, PeriodNumberOverall
order by PeriodNumberOverall
FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE
).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)')
,1,1,'')
set @query = 'SELECT col, ' + @cols + '
from
(
select dateperiod,
t.col, value, c.SortOrder
from
(
select dateperiod,
col, value
from transactions
unpivot
(
value for col in (Transactions, Customers, Visits)
) u
) t
inner join
(
select ''Transactions'' col, 1 SortOrder
union all
select ''Customers'' col, 2 SortOrder
union all
select ''Visits'' col, 3 SortOrder
) c
on t.col = c.col
) x
pivot
(
sum(value)
for dateperiod in (' + @cols + ')
) p
order by SortOrder'
execute(@query)
See SQL Fiddle with Demo. Both will give the result:
| COL | JAN 2012 | FEB 2012 | MAR 2012 |
-------------------------------------------------
| Transactions | 100 | 200 | 300 |
| Customers | 50 | 100 | 200 |
| Visits | 150 | 300 | 600 |
Problem
I have read dozens of solutions to similar transposition problems as the one I am about to propose but oddly none that exactly mirrors my issue. I am simply trying to flip my rows to columns in a simple dashboard type data set. The data when pulled from various transaction tables looks like this: ``` DatePeriod PeriodNumberOverall Transactions Customers Visits 'Jan 2012' 1 100 50 150 'Feb 2012' 2 200 100 300 'Mar 2012' 3 300 200 600 ``` and I want to be able to generate the following: ``` Jan 2012 Feb 2012 Mar 2012 Transactions 100 200 300 Customers 50 100 200 Visits 150 300 600 ``` The metrics will be static (Transactions, Customers and Visits), but the date periods will be dynamic (IE - more added as months go by). Again, I have ready many examples leveraging pivot, unpivot, store procedures, UNION ALLs, etc, but nothing where I am not doing any aggregating, just literally transposing the whole output. I have also found an easy way to do this in Visual Studio 2005 using a matrix with an embedded list, but I can't export the final output to excel which is a requirement. Any help would be greatly appreciated.