CSV export gets ruined, rows become columns - reporting-services

Here is my data
And this is my SSRS report. It is a table with no groupings, just showing the 3 colums. I right clicked on me detail colum and insert row -> inside group - below.
I created row 6,7 and 8 because I use the SWITCH function to do some calculations to get the totals.
Now the issue is that the report renders good when I run it. But when I export to CSV, it looks like this:
The rows that I insert, they show up as columns and so my export gets ruined. How can I export them correctly?

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SSRS duplicates parent group id in CSV export

I have a simple SSRS report which shows id, description and credits.
I grouped the report by id and it when it runs it shows id, description and credits. But my end user doesn't want description and credits to show up when they export into CSV.
So i set the Data Element Output for the detail group (description and credits) to NoOutput. Now when I run the report, I only get the id but it is duplicated as many times as there is data for description and credits. So instead of 6 rows showing me only the unique ids, I get around 18 rows consisting of the 6 ids.
I only want the unique 6 ids to show up, please help me in achieving this.
What I would do is create two separate tablix. Both with different visibility settings. One will show up when you run the report, the other will show up when you export the report. The expressions will look something like the following.
For the first tablix that will only show when you run the report:
=Globals!RenderFormat.Name = "CSV"
For the second tablix that will only show in the exported CSV file:
=Globals!RenderFormat.Name <> "CSV"
Then, in the second tablix, you can just create one column (ID) and a single group to group on the ID column. You can leave your first tablix the way it is.

SSRS export tab delimited with line breaks

I've created a table in SSRS 2008 with multiple rows. Meaning, 1 row of information from the database displays as multiple rows in the the table. Until I export, then it gets flattened into a single row. I'm exporting to a custom CSV that uses tab delimitation.
Is there any way I can force the export to do a line break at the end of my SSRS table rows, as opposed to the database rows? I want the end of my SSRS table rows to produce an <CR><LF> when exported like each field produces a <Tab>.
It's hard to explain. Please let me know if I can clarify anything. Thanks.

How to bind multiple table to single dataset in ssrs

I am trying to repeat the table data for showing 2 list based on in-out time. So I have copy-paste the table and applied filter function based on in-out time to single dataset. I can view two table in report output as it is but when exporting to PDF table gets overlapped on each other. Also filter seems to get applied to only one table.
How we can tackle PDF export issue?
What are best way to repeat table using single dataset?
Insert a list into the report.
If you can group the row group on something that will generate two rows then brilliant - you will only need one tablix in the list.
If that is not possible, group the row group on 1. Then insert a new row group adjacent below, also grouped on 1. On the new row that has appeared in the list, insert a new rectangle. Now you can past a copy of the tablix into each rectangle, and page break on the row groups instead of the tables.
The groups & rectangles will prevent overlapping when exporting to PDF.

Repeat Column titles in SSRS . How to achieve it

I have 2 Data sets. The Dataset 1 is to be used for Report ColumnNames whereas Dataset 2 is used for it's value.
Dataset 1 and Dataset2
Now my Final Report Should look like this:
Please guide me on how i can proceed. I am new to this SSRS Reporting.
Hi there I'll try to walk you through the steps:
What you need to do is first get your data sets into a workable format. I've done that by using a CROSS JOIN between Dataset1 and Dataset2:
Then I used the report wizard to create the report:
Step 1 select the datasource:
Step 2 Select the report type (here I've selected a Tabular report)
Step 3 design the report table:
Step 4 Choose the layout for the table (I've chosen stepped):
click finish and you will now be taken to the design window for the report.
Step 5 Alter the report design:
Cut and paste the columns [ID],[Name],[Desc], and [Amt] to get the following result:
Now you remove the unwanted columns :
Now you can remove unwanted rows:
please note that a pop up will appear on the rows within the groupings with the following messgae:
choose delete rows and associated groups.
You can now add a row outside of the group to clearly show separate groups:
And here is the report:

SSRS - Why is my table duplicating rows?

I am creating a report in SSRS. I have a table showing the date and time the report was generated, it's a single column table with one expression =Now() and is not linked to any datasets.
The trouble I am having is that it returns 77 rows all with the exact same date. My main dataset returns 77 rows in a different table but that table is not linked to this one in any way.
How can I stop it from returning so many rows? The reason I'm using a table and not a text box is because I want it to have the same look and feel as other data presented in my report i.e. Header Row and Data Presented underneath. There are a few tables that use the same approach and all of them are returning duplicate rows. As you can see from the image below, I just need the first row from each table.
EDIT: Looks like SSRS automatically references a dataset when I insert a new table. When I change the table properties dataset to none it returns an error. Is there a way around this? I don't want data from any dataset, just want to use an simple expression =now()
As you've seen, a Tablix requires a DataSet, and when you only have one DataSet in a report it will link to this DataSet automatically in some circumstances.
You've mentioned you don't want to use Textboxes, but this does seem like the easiest option.
If you're set on using a Tablix for ease of formatting, to prevent any repeating rows just delete the Details group that gets set up by default when you create a Table through the designer:
This leaves a table with one header row only - you can add more header rows as required:
The result is a table that will only display the header rows once, i.e. no repeating rows.
You can add Summary data or individual fields from the DataSet to these header rows; if no aggregation is specified it will just take the first row by default.