diff --git a/app/controllers/cost_reports_controller.rb b/app/controllers/cost_reports_controller.rb
index 48298ce5ce..10c4cade94 100644
--- a/app/controllers/cost_reports_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/cost_reports_controller.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ class CostReportsController < ApplicationController
     elsif @query.depth_of(:column) + @query.depth_of(:row) == 1
       @table_partial = "simple_cost_report_table"
     else
+      if @query.depth_of(:column) == 0 || @query.depth_of(:row) == 0
+        @query.depth_of(:column) == 0 ? @query.column(:singleton_value) : @query.row(:singleton_value)
+      end
       @table_partial = "cost_report_table"
     end
     respond_to do |format|
diff --git a/app/helpers/reporting_helper.rb b/app/helpers/reporting_helper.rb
index 2ec0c1938c..899b3219e5 100644
--- a/app/helpers/reporting_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/reporting_helper.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ module ReportingHelper
     when :week                      then "#{l(:label_week)} #%s" % value.to_i.modulo(100)
     when :priority_id               then IssuePriority.find(value.to_i).name
     when :fixed_version_id          then Version.find(value.to_i).name
+    when :singleton_value           then ""
     else value.to_s
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/cost_query/group_by.rb b/app/models/cost_query/group_by.rb
index da723a4df5..42b36c96e3 100644
--- a/app/models/cost_query/group_by.rb
+++ b/app/models/cost_query/group_by.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module CostQuery::GroupBy
       CostQuery::GroupBy::PriorityId,
       CostQuery::GroupBy::ProjectId,
       CostQuery::GroupBy::SpentOn,
+      CostQuery::GroupBy::SingletonValue,
       CostQuery::GroupBy::Tmonth,
       CostQuery::GroupBy::TrackerId,
       #CostQuery::GroupBy::Tweek,
diff --git a/app/models/cost_query/group_by/singleton_value.rb b/app/models/cost_query/group_by/singleton_value.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eeb3d7c800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/cost_query/group_by/singleton_value.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module CostQuery::GroupBy
+  class SingletonValue < Base
+    dont_display!
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/cost_query/query_utils.rb b/app/models/cost_query/query_utils.rb
index bd2ea0105f..01cb4c0f82 100644
--- a/app/models/cost_query/query_utils.rb
+++ b/app/models/cost_query/query_utils.rb
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ module CostQuery::QueryUtils
     when "week"                             then value.to_i.divmod(100)
     when /_(on|at)$/                        then value ? Time.parse(value) : Time.at(0)
     when /^custom_field/                    then value.to_s
+    when "singleton_value"                  then value.to_i
     else fail "add mapping for  #{key}"
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/cost_query/sql_statement.rb b/app/models/cost_query/sql_statement.rb
index 1bcc0cf6b8..e4ddf65efc 100644
--- a/app/models/cost_query/sql_statement.rb
+++ b/app/models/cost_query/sql_statement.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ class CostQuery::SqlStatement
       query.select({
         :count => 1, :id => [model, :id], :display_costs => 1,
         :real_costs => switch("#{table}.overridden_costs IS NULL" => [model, :costs], :else => [model, :overridden_costs]),
-        :week => iso_year_week(:spent_on, model)
+        :week => iso_year_week(:spent_on, model),
+        :singleton_value => 1
       })
       #FIXME: build this subquery from a sql_statement
       query.from "(SELECT *, #{typed :text, model.model_name} AS type FROM #{table}) AS #{table}"