I have a problem which I'm hoping is a pretty straightforward one. I'm sure it's from highschool computing or something, but I can't quite define the theory very well (possibly data redundancy/normalisation, from memory), and therefore can't get any good google results.
Essentially I have 4 forms which capture requests. Requests can be of 4 different types, and from 4 different locations. Unfortunately due to how the location data is captured,each record has 4 columns for the same piece of info. e.g.
| Name | Request Type | Form1.Location | Form2.Location | Form3.Location | Form4.location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Unblock | North | |||
| bob | Recat | East | |||
| Jane | Transport | West | |||
| Sarah | Unblock | South |
What I'd like is just to have 1 column, something like Combined.Location for all records, eleminating the blank columns.
If anyone can help, it'd be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, B.