Bug? Report Builder returning only unique records!

Our users use Report Builder for writing ad-hoc queries. They have run into a problem where Report Builder is returning only distinct records is the entities unique identifier is not added to the report.

Example:

TransID Type TransQuantity

1 CS 4
2 CS 4
3 CP 2
4 CN 3

Adding the above fields to the report builder canvas will return 4 rows. However, if I were to add only Type and TransQuantity to the canvas as such, Report Builder will only return 3 rows:

Type TransQuantity

CS 4
CP 2
CN 3

Is there any way to have Report Builder return the actual number of records? Our users often will export the results from Report Builder into Excel to slice and dice the data, and with the functionality the Report Builder has right now, incorrect values will be certain.

Thanks,
Taurkon

You need to be aware of what Report Builder is grouping on. If you don't want rows based on distinct values, add the ID field first to make sure you get an entity group, then remove it later.

See this blog post for more info:

http://blogs.msdn.com/bobmeyers/archive/2006/12/20/getting-grouping-right-in-report-builder.aspx

Hope this helps!

|||Thanks Bob for your response.