Query to count multiple skills and numbers allocated to skill

[Adsso]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to create a query to display a work site that has multiple skills and show allocated numbers next to those skills which are how many people actually take those skills.

At the moment I have created a query which looks alot like an overally huge tic-tac-toe grid and i'm not winning at all.

Any suggestions would be great appreciated.

thanks

[Adsso]

Just to add abit of extra information there are in total 12 skills at the moment I have fte being summed and the rest with group by.

Thanks

[orange]

I'm trying to create a query to display a work site that has multiple skills and show allocated numbers next to those skills which are how many people actually take those skills.

At the moment I have created a query which looks alot like an overally huge tic-tac-toe grid and i'm not winning at all.

Do you have tables for the entities shown in Green?
My guess is you have some table design issues, but we haven't seen your tables.

Please post a jpg of your tables and relationships.

[Adsso]

Hi Orange,

thanks for replying I have the one table for the information as trying to make things alot simpler.

Pic posted

http://www.anony.ws/i/2012/11/16/1ZG59.png

[orange]

To succeed at

trying to make things alot simpler.

you need to research database design and normalization.
Here is an article that deals with database design concepts (well worth the read)
http://forums.aspfree.com/attachment...2&d=1201055452

Once you have finished that you may wish to watch these in sequence, or bookmark the links.

These free video tutorials describe the processes of data modelling, normalization and entity relationship diagramming. There are other videos, but this group is by the same presenter and covers an example situation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiVq8M5DBkk Logical data modeling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGMwuOtRfqU Candidate key

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiB-BKCzS_I Normalization

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ47btpjAhA Normalization example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Wg2fZENK0 1st Normal form

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vji0pfliHZI 2nd Normal form

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH-QR7t-kMo 3rd Normal form

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1GaaGHHAqM E_R Diagramming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXAGQ8vmhCY ERD Part 2


When you've seen some of these, post back and show us your tables and relationships.