10. Subtotals and Crosstabs
Keywords Introduced
ROLLUP • GROUPING • CUBE • PIVOT • FOR
The previous chapter provided numerous ways to add aggregation to a query. We now want to extend that discussion to cover the additional option of providing subtotals. When we aggregate data, we’re also removing the detailed data that lies below the summarized totals. The whole point of aggregation is to replace detailed data with a summarization. However, users sometimes want to see the detailed data, along with an occasional summary. This is where subtotals come in. Subtotals are typically provided via extra rows added in with the detailed data that summarize key columns.
A second topic we’ll cover in this chapter has to do with how summarized data ...
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