Excel aggregating function based on an attribute/field

**Saya22** · 12-18-2012, 11:31 PM

I've got an excel file with columns,

C_IP
SESSION_ID
CS_USER_AGENT
CS_URI_STEM
CS_URI_QUERY
WEB_LINK

I'm not able to aggregate the above attributes due to the limitations of the string size allowed in Oracle (11g). I tried to use a user-defined aggregating function for this. I want to aggregate the "WEB_LINK" column, and group by C_IP. Is it possible to do this in Excel?

The SQL query I tried to use was,

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**:) Sixthsense :)** · 12-18-2012, 11:36 PM

I am not sure what is your expected output can you please elaborate it with an excel file?

**Saya22** · 12-18-2012, 11:56 PM

There are around 7312 records.. After aggregating the records, the number of rows should reduce. Aggregate functions in Oracle usually return a single result row based on groups of rows, rather than on single rows. Oracle applies the aggregate functions to each group of rows and returns a single result row for each group.

So when taking a table/file with only two columns into account, C_IP and WEB_LINK, you could consider that it's trying to remove duplicates from C_IP, and aggregating WEB_LINK data into a single row for each corresponding C_IP value. So, if you try to remove duplicates from the C_IP, there are around 1176 unique values, but can't do the same for WEB_LINK since the value is made up of urls.

**jeffreybrown** · 12-18-2012, 11:58 PM

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**Saya22** · 12-19-2012, 12:01 AM

Sorry, I'll do that right away..

**:) Sixthsense :)** · 12-19-2012, 12:16 AM

In excel make use of the Pivot Table Option which will do the work like aggregate in Oracle. If possible attach a sample workbook to know how to do it.

**Saya22** · 12-19-2012, 12:46 AM

Thanks! It works.. But do you know how I can put the values in one row?..

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For example, the rows below the C_IP value 12.148.209.196, I want to concatenate them into a single row.

**:) Sixthsense :)** · 12-19-2012, 01:01 AM

Now I understand your requirement. But it is not possible in Pivot and it is possible in Excel VBA code if the concatenating text size not more than 32,767 characters.