The count shows non zero value in reports on a table created using 'Database view'

[Rama Chandra D]

Hello everyone,

I have created a 'Database view' to join Problem and associated Problem task table to run a report that displays all the open problems along with their tasks if any. The Database view runs well so does the report. However, when I group the report using 'Problem Number' it shows the count against each problem with no tasks as '1' and when expanded it shoes 'empty' in all the fields. I was expecting that count would be zero if there are no tasks associated with the problem.

Is there any way, I can avoid the misleading count of '1' when there are no tasks?

Regards,

Darshak

[drjohnchun · Accepted solution]

Yep. To be clear, going back to your question

Is there any way, I can avoid the misleading count of '1' when there are no tasks?

the answer is NO - the "1" is by design, since when you use a LEFT JOIN, there's always 1 record for Problem even if there's no tasks.

[drjohnchun]

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