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In SQL Server, use ‘Pivot’ to convert rows to columns.

Problem

I’ve read everything there is to know about MS pivot tables, but I’m still having trouble getting this right.

I’m working on a temporary table with three columns: column 1 is a store number, column 2 is a week number, and column 3 is a total of some sort. The Week numbers are also dynamic, whereas the shop numbers are fixed.

Store      Week     xCount
-------    ----     ------
102        1        96
101        1        138
105        1        37
109        1        59
101        2        282
102        2        212
105        2        78
109        2        97
105        3        60
102        3        123
101        3        220
109        3        87

I’d like it to look like this when it’s finished:

Store        1          2          3        4        5        6....
----- 
101        138        282        220
102         96        212        123
105         37        
109

Numbers should be written down the side and weeks should be written across the top.

Asked by Lynn

Solution #1

If you’re using SQL Server 2005 or later, the PIVOT function can be used to convert data from rows to columns.

If the weeks are uncertain, it appears that you will need to use dynamic sql, although it is easier to examine the correct code using a hard-coded version at first.

First, some simple table definitions and data to get you started:

CREATE TABLE yt 
(
  [Store] int, 
  [Week] int, 
  [xCount] int
);

INSERT INTO yt
(
  [Store], 
  [Week], [xCount]
)
VALUES
    (102, 1, 96),
    (101, 1, 138),
    (105, 1, 37),
    (109, 1, 59),
    (101, 2, 282),
    (102, 2, 212),
    (105, 2, 78),
    (109, 2, 97),
    (105, 3, 60),
    (102, 3, 123),
    (101, 3, 220),
    (109, 3, 87);

If you know your values, you can hard-code the query:

select *
from 
(
  select store, week, xCount
  from yt 
) src
pivot
(
  sum(xcount)
  for week in ([1], [2], [3])
) piv;

See SQL Demo

If you need to dynamically produce the week number, your code will be:

DECLARE @cols AS NVARCHAR(MAX),
    @query  AS NVARCHAR(MAX)

select @cols = STUFF((SELECT ',' + QUOTENAME(Week) 
                    from yt
                    group by Week
                    order by Week
            FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE
            ).value('.', 'NVARCHAR(MAX)') 
        ,1,1,'')

set @query = 'SELECT store,' + @cols + ' from 
             (
                select store, week, xCount
                from yt
            ) x
            pivot 
            (
                sum(xCount)
                for week in (' + @cols + ')
            ) p '

execute(@query);

See SQL Demo.

The dynamic version creates a list of week numbers to be transformed into columns. Both provide the same outcome:

| STORE |   1 |   2 |   3 |
---------------------------
|   101 | 138 | 282 | 220 |
|   102 |  96 | 212 | 123 |
|   105 |  37 |  78 |  60 |
|   109 |  59 |  97 |  87 |

Answered by Taryn

Solution #2

This is for a variable number of weeks.

Here’s the complete example: SQL Dynamic Pivot

DECLARE @DynamicPivotQuery AS NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @ColumnName AS NVARCHAR(MAX)

--Get distinct values of the PIVOT Column 
SELECT @ColumnName= ISNULL(@ColumnName + ',','') + QUOTENAME(Week)
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT Week FROM #StoreSales) AS Weeks

--Prepare the PIVOT query using the dynamic 
SET @DynamicPivotQuery = 
  N'SELECT Store, ' + @ColumnName + ' 
    FROM #StoreSales
    PIVOT(SUM(xCount) 
          FOR Week IN (' + @ColumnName + ')) AS PVTTable'
--Execute the Dynamic Pivot Query
EXEC sp_executesql @DynamicPivotQuery

Answered by Enkode

Solution #3

I’ve done something similar before using subqueries. So, if your original table was StoreCountsByWeek and you had a separate table with Store IDs, it would look like this:

SELECT StoreID, 
    Week1=(SELECT ISNULL(SUM(xCount),0) FROM StoreCountsByWeek WHERE StoreCountsByWeek.StoreID=Store.StoreID AND Week=1),
    Week2=(SELECT ISNULL(SUM(xCount),0) FROM StoreCountsByWeek WHERE StoreCountsByWeek.StoreID=Store.StoreID AND Week=2),
    Week3=(SELECT ISNULL(SUM(xCount),0) FROM StoreCountsByWeek WHERE StoreCountsByWeek.StoreID=Store.StoreID AND Week=3)
FROM Store
ORDER BY StoreID

This technique has the advantage of having clearer syntax and making it easier to join to other tables to include additional fields in the results.

Running this query through a few thousand rows took less than a second, and I got 7 subqueries, according to my anecdotal data. However, as mentioned in the comments, doing it this way is more computationally expensive, so use caution if you anticipate it to run on big amounts of data.

Answered by Eric Barr

Solution #4

Here’s what you can do to help:

SELECT * 
FROM yourTable
PIVOT (MAX(xCount) 
       FOR Week in ([1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6],[7])) AS pvt

DEMO

Answered by Praveen Nambiar

Solution #5

I’m building a sp that might be useful for this; basically, this sp pivots any table and returns a new table pivoted or simply the set of data; here’s how to run it:

Exec dbo.rs_pivot_table @schema=dbo,@table=table_name,@column=column_to_pivot,@agg='sum([column_to_agg]),avg([another_column_to_agg]),',
        @sel_cols='column_to_select1,column_to_select2,column_to_select1',@new_table=returned_table_pivoted;

Please note that column names must begin with ‘[‘ and the parameter must conclude with a comma ‘,’ in the parameter @agg.

SP

Create Procedure [dbo].[rs_pivot_table]
    @schema sysname=dbo,
    @table sysname,
    @column sysname,
    @agg nvarchar(max),
    @sel_cols varchar(max),
    @new_table sysname,
    @add_to_col_name sysname=null
As
--Exec dbo.rs_pivot_table dbo,##TEMPORAL1,tip_liq,'sum([val_liq]),sum([can_liq]),','cod_emp,cod_con,tip_liq',##TEMPORAL1PVT,'hola';
Begin

    Declare @query varchar(max)='';
    Declare @aggDet varchar(100);
    Declare @opp_agg varchar(5);
    Declare @col_agg varchar(100);
    Declare @pivot_col sysname;
    Declare @query_col_pvt varchar(max)='';
    Declare @full_query_pivot varchar(max)='';
    Declare @ind_tmpTbl int; --Indicador de tabla temporal 1=tabla temporal global 0=Tabla fisica

    Create Table #pvt_column(
        pivot_col varchar(100)
    );

    Declare @column_agg table(
        opp_agg varchar(5),
        col_agg varchar(100)
    );

    IF  EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(@table) AND type in (N'U'))
        Set @ind_tmpTbl=0;
    ELSE IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..'+ltrim(rtrim(@table))) IS NOT NULL
        Set @ind_tmpTbl=1;

    IF  EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(@new_table) AND type in (N'U')) OR 
        OBJECT_ID('tempdb..'+ltrim(rtrim(@new_table))) IS NOT NULL
    Begin
        Set @query='DROP TABLE '+@new_table+'';
        Exec (@query);
    End;

    Select @query='Select distinct '+@column+' From '+(case when @ind_tmpTbl=1 then 'tempdb.' else '' end)+@schema+'.'+@table+' where '+@column+' is not null;';
    Print @query;

    Insert into #pvt_column(pivot_col)
    Exec (@query)

    While charindex(',',@agg,1)>0
    Begin
        Select @aggDet=Substring(@agg,1,charindex(',',@agg,1)-1);

        Insert Into @column_agg(opp_agg,col_agg)
        Values(substring(@aggDet,1,charindex('(',@aggDet,1)-1),ltrim(rtrim(replace(substring(@aggDet,charindex('[',@aggDet,1),charindex(']',@aggDet,1)-4),')',''))));

        Set @agg=Substring(@agg,charindex(',',@agg,1)+1,len(@agg))

    End

    Declare cur_agg cursor read_only forward_only local static for
    Select 
        opp_agg,col_agg
    from @column_agg;

    Open cur_agg;

    Fetch Next From cur_agg
    Into @opp_agg,@col_agg;

    While @@fetch_status=0
    Begin

        Declare cur_col cursor read_only forward_only local static for
        Select 
            pivot_col 
        From #pvt_column;

        Open cur_col;

        Fetch Next From cur_col
        Into @pivot_col;

        While @@fetch_status=0
        Begin

            Select @query_col_pvt='isnull('+@opp_agg+'(case when '+@column+'='+quotename(@pivot_col,char(39))+' then '+@col_agg+
            ' else null end),0) as ['+lower(Replace(Replace(@opp_agg+'_'+convert(varchar(100),@pivot_col)+'_'+replace(replace(@col_agg,'[',''),']',''),' ',''),'&',''))+
                (case when @add_to_col_name is null then space(0) else '_'+isnull(ltrim(rtrim(@add_to_col_name)),'') end)+']'
            print @query_col_pvt
            Select @full_query_pivot=@full_query_pivot+@query_col_pvt+', '

            --print @full_query_pivot

            Fetch Next From cur_col
            Into @pivot_col;        

        End     

        Close cur_col;
        Deallocate cur_col;

        Fetch Next From cur_agg
        Into @opp_agg,@col_agg; 
    End

    Close cur_agg;
    Deallocate cur_agg;

    Select @full_query_pivot=substring(@full_query_pivot,1,len(@full_query_pivot)-1);

    Select @query='Select '+@sel_cols+','+@full_query_pivot+' into '+@new_table+' From '+(case when @ind_tmpTbl=1 then 'tempdb.' else '' end)+
    @schema+'.'+@table+' Group by '+@sel_cols+';';

    print @query;
    Exec (@query);

End;
GO

Here’s an example of how it’s done:

Exec dbo.rs_pivot_table @schema=dbo,@table=##TEMPORAL1,@column=tip_liq,@agg='sum([val_liq]),avg([can_liq]),',@sel_cols='cod_emp,cod_con,tip_liq',@new_table=##TEMPORAL1PVT;

The result of Select * From ##TEMPORAL1PVT is:

Answered by MelgoV

Post is based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15931607/convert-rows-to-columns-using-pivot-in-sql-server