How can I enter an Alias and Have all "" in this Field? - sql-server-2008

Question

I'm using SQL Server. I'm trying to enter an Alias field, as a placeholder (haven't received this data yet), and I keep getting an error. Please see the image bellow.
I'm not sure how to set this up in SQL Server, but in Access it would simply be like this:
Any idea how I can make this work?
Thanks to all.
Here is the SQL Script:
SELECT dbo.Plan_ID_Mapping.[Level 3 Service], dbo.Plan_ID_Mapping.[PLAN ID],
dbo.All_Enteprise_NONProduction_and_Production_Hardware.Application_Systems_Software_ID_CI_ID AS CI_ID,
dbo.All_Enteprise_NONProduction_and_Production_Hardware.Application_Systems_Software_Name_CI_Name AS CI_Name,
dbo.All_Enteprise_NONProduction_and_Production_Hardware.Description_Product_Name, dbo.Service_Taxonomy.[Critical Y/N],
dbo.Service_Taxonomy.[Criticality Rationale], dbo.qry_BE.BE, dbo.qry_BE.Street, dbo.qry_BE.City, dbo.qry_BE.ST, dbo.qry_BE.Zip, dbo.qry_BE.Country,
dbo.qry_BE.O_L, dbo.qry_BE.ENTITY, dbo.qry_BE.Comp_Code
FROM dbo.Plan_ID_Mapping INNER JOIN
dbo.All_Enteprise_NONProduction_and_Production_Hardware ON
dbo.Plan_ID_Mapping.[PLAN ID] = dbo.All_Enteprise_NONProduction_and_Production_Hardware.Plan_Id INNER JOIN
dbo.LocationWorkSpaceByPlanWithAllIn ON
dbo.All_Enteprise_NONProduction_and_Production_Hardware.Plan_Id = dbo.LocationWorkSpaceByPlanWithAllIn.Plan_Id INNER JOIN
dbo.qry_BE ON dbo.LocationWorkSpaceByPlanWithAllIn.Location_ID = dbo.qry_BE.BE INNER JOIN
dbo.Service_Taxonomy ON dbo.Plan_ID_Mapping.[Level 3 Service] = dbo.Service_Taxonomy.[Level 3]
GROUP BY dbo.Plan_ID_Mapping.[Level 3 Service], dbo.All_Enteprise_NONProduction_and_Production_Hardware.Application_Systems_Software_ID_CI_ID,
dbo.All_Enteprise_NONProduction_and_Production_Hardware.Application_Systems_Software_Name_CI_Name, dbo.Plan_ID_Mapping.[PLAN ID],
dbo.All_Enteprise_NONProduction_and_Production_Hardware.Description_Product_Name, dbo.Service_Taxonomy.[Critical Y/N],
dbo.Service_Taxonomy.[Criticality Rationale], dbo.qry_BE.BE, dbo.qry_BE.Street, dbo.qry_BE.City, dbo.qry_BE.ST, dbo.qry_BE.Zip, dbo.qry_BE.Country,
dbo.qry_BE.O_L, dbo.qry_BE.ENTITY, dbo.qry_BE.Comp_Code

Answer 1

Quick Answer:
Uncheck the GROUP BY for PACKAGE_ID
EXPLANATION
It looks like PACKAGE_ID is the the alias column you are creating. Which, if there is nothing there, you can't group on it. I rewrote your query below using table alias for clarity and commented out what it really would look like. What is happening is since you don't have anything for PACKAGE_ID the SQL statement literally would reflect:
SELECT NULL AS PACKAGE_ID
Your error lies in trying to group on theLITERAL of NULL. You can't group on a literal. For example the query below wouldn't work since we are attempting to group on the literal 2007. In order to make it work, we'd have to remove the 2007 from the grouping.
SELECT
COLUMN1,
COLUMN2,
2007
FROM
TABLE1
GROUP BY
COLUMN1,
COLUMN2,
2007
YOUR CODE
SELECT
map.[Level 3 Service],
map.[PLAN ID],
eh.Application_Systems_Software_ID_CI_ID AS CI_ID,
eh.Application_Systems_Software_Name_CI_Name AS CI_Name,
eh.Description_Product_Name,
tax.[Critical Y/N],
tax.[Criticality Rationale],
qry.BE,
qry.Street,
qry.City,
qry.ST,
qry.Zip,
qry.Country,
qry.O_L,
qry.ENTITY,
qry.Comp_Code,
NULL as PACKAGE_ID --this is your blank alias field you created
FROM
dbo.Plan_ID_Mapping map
INNER JOIN
dbo.All_Enteprise_NONProduction_and_Production_Hardware eh ON
map.[PLAN ID] = eh.Plan_Id
INNER JOIN
dbo.LocationWorkSpaceByPlanWithAllIn loc ON
eh.Plan_Id = loc.Plan_Id
INNER JOIN
dbo.qry_BE qry ON
loc.Location_ID =qry.BE
INNER JOIN
dbo.Service_Taxonomy tax ON
map.[Level 3 Service] = tax.[Level 3]
GROUP BY
map.[Level 3 Service],
eh.Application_Systems_Software_ID_CI_ID,
eh.Application_Systems_Software_Name_CI_Name,
map.[PLAN ID],
eh.Description_Product_Name,
tax.[Critical Y/N],
tax.[Criticality Rationale],
qry.BE,
qry.Street,
qry.City,
qry.ST,
qry.Zip,
qry.Country,
qry.O_L,
qry.ENTITY,
qry.Comp_Code,
NULL --This is your query trying to group on the blank field