SQL Server: Splitting a Column into Multiple Columns with a Concatenated Table

I have 3 tables A, B, C

Table A

sID sName
1   Apple
2   Banana
3   Cherry

      

Table B

PointID PointName sID
1       seed      1
2       seed      2
3       stem      1
4       stem      2
5       stem      3
6       root      2
7       leave     1

      

Table C

PointID Time                  pointValue
1       2013-03-15 12:00:00   23.0
2       2013-03-15 12:00:00   24.0
5       2013-03-15 12:00:00   25.0
1       2013-03-15 13:00:00   26.0
2       2013-03-15 13:00:00   27.0
6       2013-03-15 13:00:00   28.0
2       2013-03-16 13:00:00   29.0
6       2013-03-16 13:00:00   30.0
7       2013-03-15 13:00:00   31.0

      

I need the result to be like this (just show the whole result filtered by time):

Time                  sName    seed    stem   root
2013-03-15 12:00:00   Apple    23.0    NULL   NULL 
2013-03-15 12:00:00   Banana   24.0    NULL   NULL
2013-03-15 12:00:00   Cherry   NULL    25.0   NULL
2013-03-15 13:00:00   Apple    26.0    NULL   NULL   
2013-03-15 13:00:00   Banana   27.0    NULL   28.0

      

I came up with a solution using multiple joins, however my results show the time and name s named seed, stem, root as NULL because pointName is not required.

SELECT HEADER.TIME
    ,HEADER.sName
    ,SD.seed
    ,STM.stem
    ,RT.root
FROM (
    SELECT C.TIME
        ,A.sName
    FROM B
    INNER JOIN C ON B.PointID = C.PointID
    INNER JOIN A ON B.sID = A.sID
    ) HEADER
FULL JOIN (
    SELECT C.TIME
        ,A.sName
    FROM B
    INNER JOIN C ON B.PointID = C.PointID
    INNER JOIN A ON B.sID = A.sID
    WHERE B.PointName = "seed"
    ) SD ON HEADER.TIME = SD.TIME
    AND HEADER.sName = SD.sName
FULL JOIN (
    SELECT C.TIME
        ,A.sName
    FROM B
    INNER JOIN C ON B.PointID = C.PointID
    INNER JOIN A ON B.sID = A.sID
    WHERE B.PointName = "stem"
    ) STM ON HEADER.TIME = STM.TIME
    AND HEADER.sName = STM.sName
FULL JOIN (
    SELECT C.TIME
        ,A.sName
    FROM B
    INNER JOIN C ON B.PointID = C.PointID
    INNER JOIN A ON B.sID = A.sID
    WHERE B.PointName = "root"
    ) RT ON HEADER.TIME = RT.TIME
    AND HEADER.sName = RT.sName
WHERE (HEADER.TIME > '2013-03-15 11:00:00')
    AND (HEADER.TIME < '2013-03-16 20:00:00')

      

I tried adding an OR clause in the outermost where argument to check if one of the three columns is not null. But got no return results instead

WHERE (HEADER.Time > '2013-03-15 11:00:00') AND (HEADER.Time < '2013-03-16 20:00:00') 
AND (SD.seed <> NULL OR STM.stem <> NULL OR RT.root <> NULL)

      

Would it be great that NULL choices would be allowed or comment if there is a better solution? Since I'm not sure if my current method will be good at implementing with even more columns to be

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I believe you will need PIVOT for this , given the need to project row data into columns:

SELECT Date, sName, [seed], [stem], [root], [leave]
FROM
(
   SELECT DATE, [PointName], [sName], PointValue
   FROM C 
     LEFT JOIN B ON C.PointID = B.POINTID
     LEFT JOIN A ON B.[sID] = A.[sID]
) p
PIVOT
(
  SUM(PointValue)
  FOR [PointName] IN ( [seed], [stem], [root], [leave])
) y;

      



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