Report comparing year over year data

You basically create a report as you would any other report. However, for the SQL part, you will need to involve GROUP BY, DATEADD and DATEDIFF

the query below will give you, for each product, the number of items sold this year and the number of items sold last year

select productCode,
  sum(case when year(saledate) = year(getdate()) then 1 else 0 end) as ThisYear,
  sum(case when year(saledate) <> year(getdate()) then 1 else 0 end) as LastYear
from sales
where saledate >= convert(datetime, cast(year(getdate())-1 as varchar) +'-01-01')
group by year(saledate)

you would modify to suit the situation, i.e. price or percentage difference

Thanks for the quick reply.  I have expanded your idea to include all of the fields and tables I need.  QUery won't run, becasue of syntax near the WHERE clause.

Basically, the "Week" in the "Z1Attendance" table is related to the "z1Week" table, which holds the weeks "EndDate" column.

SELECT z1Attendance.Attraction, z1Attendance.Attendance, z1Attraction.z1AttractionCaption, z1Attendance.Revenue, z1Attendance.GuidebookSales, z1Week.EndDate, z1Week.WeekNumber, z1Week.Year, z1Market.z1MarketCaption,
   sum(case when year(z1Week.EndDate) = year(getdate()) then 1 else 0 end) as ThisYear,
   sum(case when year(z1Week.EndDate) <> year(getdate()) then 1 else 0 end) as LastYear
 
FROM ((z1Attendance INNER JOIN z1Attraction ON z1Attendance.Attraction = z1Attraction.z1AttractionId) INNER JOIN z1Week ON z1Attendance.Week = z1Week.z1WeekId) INNER JOIN z1Market ON z1Attraction.Market = z1Market.z1MarketId;
 
WHERE z1Week.EndDate >= convert(datetime, cast(year(getdate())-1 as varchar) +'-01-01')
GROUP BY year(z1Week.EndDate)
 
FROM ((z1Attendance INNER JOIN z1Attraction ON z1Attendance.Attraction = z1Attraction.z1AttractionId) INNER JOIN z1Week ON z1Attendance.Week = z1Week.z1WeekId) INNER JOIN z1Market ON z1Attraction.Market = z1Market.z1MarketId;
 
WHERE z1Week.EndDate >= convert(datetime, cast(year(getdate())-1 as varchar) +'-01-01')
GROUP BY year(z1Week.EndDate)

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Obviuosly, only the first WHERE clause is there.

SELECT z1Attendance.Attraction, z1Attendance.Attendance, z1Attraction.z1AttractionCaption, z1Attendance.Revenue, z1Attendance.GuidebookSales, z1Week.EndDate, z1Week.WeekNumber, z1Week.Year, z1Market.z1MarketCaption,
   sum(case when year(z1Week.EndDate) = year(getdate()) then 1 else 0 end) as ThisYear,
   sum(case when year(z1Week.EndDate) <> year(getdate()) then 1 else 0 end) as LastYear
 
FROM ((z1Attendance INNER JOIN z1Attraction ON z1Attendance.Attraction = z1Attraction.z1AttractionId) INNER JOIN z1Week ON z1Attendance.Week = z1Week.z1WeekId) INNER JOIN z1Market ON z1Attraction.Market = z1Market.z1MarketId;
 
WHERE z1Week.EndDate >= convert(datetime, cast(year(getdate())-1 as varchar) +'-01-01')
GROUP BY year(z1Week.EndDate)

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Forced accept.

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