Good morning,
I have the below expression in a table column within SSRS (Essentially outputs a Yes/No based on whether another column has a value.
I want to refer to this expression within a header row that counts the number of Yes answers. However I do not know how to refer to the table expression within that header expression.
I have tried !Fields (this won't work as it is a lookup based on multiple datasets) and !ReportItems but it cannot use this as the original expression is an aggregate.
Thank you for any help you can provide.
The table expression:
=IIF(NOT ISNothing(Lookup(Fields!UserID.Value, Fields!USER_ID.Value, Fields!Logins.value,"CE_LoginsList")), "Y", "N")
What I would expect the headers expression to resemble:
=Count(IIF(ReportItems!HasLicense.Value, "Y", Nothing))
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I have a dataset which looks like this
Name Spend
"First Aid" 2
"Healing Arts" 0
"Surgeon" NULL
I then have three separate textboxes which will be filled with the value of the column which matches the name.
Example: show value of spend in textbox if value of name equals First Aid
for this I've made following expression
=Lookup(Fields!skill_name.Value, "First Aid", Fields!skill_spend.Value, "Skills")
My problem is however that I get an error saying that skill_name is missing its dataset, which doesn't make sense to me as it is informed in the end of the expression (skills)
I think you may be misunderstanding the purpose of Lookup and how it is used. The purpose of the Lookup function is akin to a JOIN in SQL in some ways. Basically, you would have two datasets that each have a matching field with the other. In that scenario, the expression would match on the skill_name field and lookup the skill_spend value and the expression would look something like the following.
=Lookup(Fields!skill_name.Value, Fields!skill_name.Value, Fields!skill_spend.Value, "Skills")
As the documentation shows, the first reference to skill_name is the field you are referencing from the current dataset. The second reference is to the dataset from which you are attempting to look up a value. The third expression is the field you are looking up and the dataset should be the one you are attempting to look up a value from, not the current dataset scope.
Lookup(source_expression, destination_expression, result_expression, dataset)
From the best I can tell, you have a single dataset but separate textboxes that need the correct spend value. I think the following expression will work.
= IIF(Fields!skill_name.Value = "First Aid", Fields!skill_spend.Value, Nothing)
This expression should get the skill_spend value associated with the row "First Aid" only and leave the textbox blank otherwise.
I'm very confused by this situation, i've written quite a few IIF statements and always get them to work. I have two columns in my dataset called CATEGORY and PCT, what i'm trying to do is return the PCT value for only one specific value in CATEGORY.
For example, I have the following table of data
Category PCT
A .50
B .75
I have placed a textbox on my report and have written the following expression to return the PCT value if Category = B, like so:
=IIF(Fields!Category.Value = "B", Fields!PCT.Value, " ")
For some reason this expression returns empty every single time. When I just put Fields!Category.Value in the textbox as a test then the value A returns which is as expected.
I'm really thrown-off by this and I know i'm missing something very simple - can someone help?
Its important that we understand the context of the textbox as the expression seems valid.
If you placed a single textbox on your report and used your above expression (with references to the datasets) ONLY the first row of your dataset will be evaluated. In which case the expression will always evaluate to the same result.
Can you confirm that the control you are using is indeed a textbox? If it is then i believe you do need a reference to the dataset and the expression will look more like this:
=iif(First(Fields!Category.Value, "datasetName") = "B", First(Fields!PCT.Value, "datasetName"), " ")
This would only evaluate the first row in your dataset.
If you were to do this in a tablix using your original expression then it should work.
I have an SSRS 2012 report with columns that are to displayed or hidden based on user parameter selections. Each column has a visibility expression associated with it. For instance, the expression to show or hide the "Cash Flow" column is:
=IIF(InStr(JOIN(Parameters!IF_Variables.Value,","),"CashFlow")>0,False,True)
The problem is that I also have a column called "AnnualCashFlow", with a corresponding visibility expression. If the users selects it, the "CashFlow" column will also be displayed, even if it wasn't chosen, because it is a substring of the longer column name.
There are several other columns that are related in this way. How can I formulate an expression that will only find the exact string requested?
You can use the delimiter to help with this:
=IIF(InStr("," & JOIN(Parameters!IF_Variables.Value, ",") & ",", ",CashFlow,") >0
,False
,True)
Since this includes the delimiters in the check, this will match CashFlow only, and not when it's part of a longer string.
Say you have the CashFlow column and your parameter list is Col1,Col2,AnnualCashFlow. In the expression we are looking for ,CashFlow, in the adjusted string ,Col1,Col2,AnnualCashFlow, there is no match so the Hidden expression is working as required.
My application uses SSRS to produce payslips for employees. The Payslip report consists of a tablix with 5 columns. Among the 5, is a column called "Units" and another called "Invoice value".
The report has several Row Grouping levels, but the only important one for this question is the Payslip Number Row Grouping "RG_SlipNum". There is a page break after each "RG_SlipNum" RowGroup.
When users want to print Payslips, they can optionally supply up to 5 parameters which filter the result set to print out.
Employees can be paid based on the number of units delivered * a rate (Unit Based), or by a percentage of the invoice value (Invoice based) for the delivery (Oversimplified, but hopefully, you get my drift).
If the employee is Unit based I want the Units Column to Show, and the "Invoice Value" Column to be hidden. If they are Invoice based I want both columns to show.
My dataset has a bit field indicating whether to show or hide a column based on the logic above. It will be a 1 or a 0 for every underlying row within the current rowGroup. I have tried to use the First(,) function in a Column Visibility expression on the "Invoice Value" Column. However, I get the following error whenever I try to limit the scope of the First Function to the current Payslip Rowgroup using the RowGroup name.
"The Hidden expression for the tablix 'X' has a scope parameter that is not valid for an aggregate function. The scope parameter must be set to a string constant that is equal to either the name of a containing group, the name of a containing data region, or the name of a dataset. "
So, my Question(s)
Can you define a RowGroup name as the Scope argument in a First() function?
If not, What's the best way of achieving this without completely re-working my Dataset / RDL to accomplish this. (Using SSRS2008)
Why is it always just after posting a forum question, you figure it (or some workaround) out?
I'd still like some (better) answers if anyone sees this, but I've set a cell in the tablix to the value of the bit field that determines whether to show the column or not. I then changed my Column Visibility expression to check the cell value (using ReportItems!textboxname.Value) and it's working. as I scroll the payslips the columns visibility changes appropriately.
My dataset currently has 12 rows of data. Each representing data for a month. I would like to have variance of a column between to rows, the rows being last & last but one i.e., latest month and previous month's data.
It could have been simple if I were to work on tablix but thats not the case. I want those values for a textbox.
Any ideas on it anyone?
I hope you are using SSRS 2008R2:
R2 introduced the Lookup function that is perfect for this scenario.
=Lookup( Fields!ProductUID.Value ,Fields!ProductID.Value,Fields!Price.Value,"PriceDataSet")
The Lookup function above will evaluate the first parameter ("Fields!ProductUID.Value") in the current dataset, then look for a matching value in the field specified in the second parameter ("Fields!ProductID.Value") in the dataset specified in the fourth parameter. The value of the third parameter is then evaluated in that row of the dataset and returned.
A little convoluted, but very helpful.
In your case, you can use this in a textbox with a calculated a static number:
=Lookup(
Month(DateAdd(DateInterval.Month, -1, GetDate())),
Fields!MonthID.Value,
Fields!Name.Value,
"DataSet1")
This should calculate a number for last month, then look for a match in DataSet1.
In this example I have a tablix with Statecode and name as below
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Suppose you want to display the name of state of CA, write an expression as -
=Lookup(
"CA" ,
Fields!StateCode.Value,
Fields!StateName.Value,
"ReportData"
)
This will return 'California' in the text box
I ran across this post while trying to solve a similar problem but with columns of double data type. Not sure why but SSRS did not want to return my first row using LOOKUP in combination with ROW_NUMBER in SQL(If someone can solve that all the better). I ended up using a SUM(IIF) instead. Hopefully, this is useful for someone else.
=Sum(IIF(Fields!RowNum.Value=1,CDBL(Fields!MyNumericColumn.Value),CDBL(0)))
Note: If SSRS complains about data types, just cast both parts of the IIF to the desired data type.