i got a report and i am trying to groupby a field called EMPLOYEE NAME. i know how this groupby works but for some reason access is forcing me to groupby a field called DATE. sounds like a simple problem but i am pulling this report by date so i can't delete the DATE field from the query. i don't know why does that happen. if anyone knows a solution please help me out here...my hairs are falling off my head at this point...thanks to all in advance.