Query too complex

Question

I am trying to move some calculations out of Excel into my Access database but i am faced with the 'Query too complex' error when i use above 5 input values. Should i split the query up or is there a more efficient way of working around this?? Any help would be appreciated! Here is the code:

SELECT qb1.CompanyName, qb1.Assetname, qb1.Year,
      ((qb1.DatapointValue*1000000)+qb2.DatapointValue+
        qb3.DatapointValue+qb4.DatapointValue+qb5.DatapointValue+
        qb6.DatapointValue) AS MPPOilRevised

FROM ((((((PEBaseQuery AS qb1 
INNER JOIN PEBaseQuery AS qb2 ON qb1.AssetName=qb2.AssetName) 
INNER JOIN PEBaseQuery AS qb3 ON qb1.AssetName=qb3.AssetName) 
INNER JOIN PEBaseQuery AS qb4 ON qb1.AssetName=qb4.AssetName) 
INNER JOIN PEBaseQuery AS qb5 ON qb1.AssetName=qb5.AssetName) 
INNER JOIN PEBaseQuery AS qb6 ON qb1.AssetName=qb6.AssetName))

WHERE qb1.DatapointID=2003 And qb2.DatapointID=2032 
      And qb3.DatapointID=2034 And qb4.DatapointID=2042 
      And qb5.DatapointID=2036 And qb6.DatapointID=2030;

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CompanyName, Year, AssetName, DatapointID, DatapointName,   DatapointValue 
CompanyA,    2011, CAAsset1,  2005,        OIL,             170883.740972926 
CompanyA,    2011, CAAsset1,  2032,        Wellwork,        615913 
CompanyA,    2011, CAAsset1,  2034,        Annual shutdown, 0 
CompanyA,    2011, CAAsset1,  2042,        Export,          0 
CompanyA,    2011, CAAsset1,  2036,        Plant,           958387 
CompanyA,    2011, CAAsset1,  2030,        Reservoir,       2394231 

Answer 1

It looks like you need an aggregation query, instead of this complex one. E.g.

select companyName, assetName, year, 
   Sum(DatapointValue) as MPPOilRevised
from PEBaseQuery 
where DatapointID in (2032, 2034, 2042, 2036)
group by companyName, assetName, year

The only issue is multiplying to 1000000 for the first Data Point. You could try IIF for that:

select companyName, assetName, year, 
   Sum(IIf(DatapointID=2003,DatapointValue*1000000,DatapointValue)) as MPPOilRevised
from PEBaseQuery 
where DatapointID in (2032, 2034, 2042, 2036)
group by companyName, assetName, year

Also please try such 'crazy' query, with sub query for this particular DatapointID, without IIF:

select companyName, assetName, year, SUM(DatapointValue) 
        + (select SUM(DatapointValue * 1000000) from  PEBaseQuery q2 
           where q2.companyName = q1.companyName 
              and q2.assetName= q1.assetName
              and q2.year= q1.year
              and q2.DatapointID = 2003
           group by companyName, assetName, year)
    from PEBaseQuery q1
    where DatapointID in (2032, 2034, 2042, 2036)
    group by companyName, assetName, year

Update for 'Production Max Potential'. Please try following:

select b.companyName, b.assetName, IIf(b.calculationResult > mp.calculationResult,b.calculationResult,mp.calculationResult)  as MPPOilRevised
from 
    (select companyName, assetName, year, Sum(IIf(DatapointID=2003,DatapointValue*1000000,DatapointValue)) as calculationResult
        from PEBaseQuery 
        where DatapointID in (2032, 2034, 2042, 2036) 
        group by companyName, assetName, year) b --Base
     left join 
     (select companyName, assetName, year, 
        Sum(DatapointValue) as calculationResult
        from PEBaseQuery 
        where DatapointID = 2218
        group by companyName, assetName, year) mp -- Max Potential
    on b.companyName= mp.companyName
        and b.assetName = mp.assetName
        and b.year = mp.year

Example of calculation with substract logic. Updated with final crazy SQL. Please also note that I would go with application logic or stored procedures for such kind of things:

    select b.companyName, b.assetName, IIf(b.calculationResult > mp.calculationResult,b.calculationResult,mp.calculationResult)  as MPPOilRevised
from 
    (select companyName, assetName, year, SUM(DatapointValue) 
        + (select SUM(DatapointValue * 1000000) from  PEBaseQuery q2 
           where q2.companyName = q1.companyName 
              and q2.assetName= q1.assetName
              and q2.year= q1.year
              and q2.DatapointID = 2003
           group by companyName, assetName, year)
        - (select SUM(DatapointValue) from  PEBaseQuery q2 
           where q2.companyName = q1.companyName 
              and q2.assetName= q1.assetName
              and q2.year= q1.year
              and q2.DatapointID = 2029 
           group by companyName, assetName, year)
    from PEBaseQuery q1
    where DatapointID in (2032, 2034, 2042, 2036)
    group by companyName, assetName, year) b --Base
     left join 
     (select companyName, assetName, year, 
        Sum(DatapointValue) as calculationResult
        from PEBaseQuery 
        where DatapointID = 2218
        group by companyName, assetName, year) mp -- Max Potential
    on b.companyName= mp.companyName
        and b.assetName = mp.assetName
        and b.year = mp.year