Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for group-by access of a database. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving from a user interface information defining a database and a database table; converting the received information into at least one instruction for performing the group-by and the sum at the database table included in the database; sending the at least one instruction to the database; receiving, in response to the at least one instruction sent, a result-set from the database, the result-set representative of the group-by and the sum of the database table; and providing the result-set to an interface. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also discloses.