SQL Server Backup Report

Question

I'm trying to create a report that details the latest backups on our SQL Servers. As of right now I have this written out:

select 
    [Server_Name] = a.server_name, 
    [Database_Name] = a.database_name, 
    [Last_Backup] = max(a.backup_finish_date),  
    [Backup_Type] = CASE A.type
                              WHEN 'D' THEN 'FULL'
                              WHEN 'I' THEN 'Differential'
                              WHEN 'L' THEN 'Log'
                              WHEN 'F' THEN 'FileGroup'
                              WHEN 'G' THEN 'FileGroup Differential'
                              WHEN 'P' THEN 'Partial'
                              WHEN 'Q' THEN 'Partial Differential'
                  END,
    [Backup_Set] = b.name,
    [Days_Since_Last_Backup] = DATEDIFF(d,(max(a.backup_finish_Date)),GETDATE())
from msdb.dbo.backupset AS a
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupset as b ON a.backup_set_id = b.backup_set_id
GROUP BY a.database_name, a.server_name, b.name, a.type
ORDER BY database_name

I want to change it so that the columns to display the following:

Server_Name, Database_Name, Last_Full_Backup, Last_Diff_Backup, Last_Log_Backup, 
Backup_Set, Days_Since_Last_Full

In order to display the dates for Last_Full_Backup, Last_Diff_Backup, and Last_Log_Backup I think I have to do some pivoting, but I'm not really sure how (I'm very unfamiliar with pivoting).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all in advance.

Answer 1

You could do a "manual pivot", something like;

SELECT 
    [Server_Name] = a.server_name, 
    [Database_Name] = a.database_name, 
    [Last_Backup]      = MAX(a.backup_finish_date),  
    [Last_Full_Backup] = MAX(CASE WHEN A.type='D' 
                                    THEN a.backup_finish_date ELSE NULL END),
    [Last_Diff_Backup] = MAX(CASE WHEN A.type='I' 
                                    THEN a.backup_finish_date ELSE NULL END),
    [Last_Log_Backup]  = MAX(CASE WHEN A.type='L' 
                                    THEN a.backup_finish_date ELSE NULL END),
    [Backup_Set] = b.name,
    [Days_Since_Last_Backup] = DATEDIFF(d,(max(a.backup_finish_Date)),GETDATE())
FROM msdb.dbo.backupset AS a
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupset as b ON a.backup_set_id = b.backup_set_id
GROUP BY a.database_name, a.server_name
ORDER BY database_name