I'm getting some odd behavior from a combo box which I am trying to change the default value of. Even if I remove "By Plant" from the row source it is still present as a default, though it does remove it from the drop down so I can't change back to it if I manually change it to "By Units". Obviously default value doesn't work. Show only row source also did nothing. The event procedure only updates the text boxes to the right.
There was a ResetForm function which hard coded the initial value to "By Plant". Changed that and it worked.
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I am creating a report in Microsoft Access 2019.
Using the code: =IIf(Trim(Nz([TextBox],""))="","","TextBox"), I have been able to use the can shrink option to save space, and make the report easier to read. Using this and similar codes, I have been able to shrink text boxes, dates, and check boxes.
I am having trouble with currency though. Since the currency boxes are already filled as $0.00, I can't use the code above.
When I tried these two codes: =IIf(Trim(Nz([Base Cost],"$0.00"))="","","Base Cost") or =IIf(Trim(Nz([Base Cost],""))="$0.00","","Base Cost") I got an error saying "The control has a reference to itself"
Along the same lines, how would I code the unbound box label for the Currency if I want it to shrink.
In Essence: I have two boxes: Base Cost and $0.00. I'm having trouble figuring out an If/Then statement for the currency to display ONLY if it has value greater than 0. Then how would I code the Base Cost label to display ONLY if the currency if greater than 0.
Thanks.
I got an error saying "The control has a reference to itself"
warns you, that the control (textbox) has the same name as the bound field (if you use add existing fields, they are named equal) what only is valid, if control is directly bound to the field.
You should always rename those controls, to prevent side-effects (like the circular-reference).
Empty controls can be made invible, instead of shrinking. To format by condition, use conditional.formatting (no visible property, but setting background and textcolor to to forms color hides too).
To check for= ""as condition only catches empty fields. Check the unformated value!
Trim(Nz([Base Cost],""))="$0.00"
can't get true, as[Base Cost]is empty or 0. It just displays $0.00, because of formatting!
Nz([Base Cost],0)) > 0
Sets[Base Cost]to zero if empty and then compares if greater zero.
I need to hide or display the header of a SSRS report based on the value of a parameter. The parameter is called "Show Header?", and the values of this parameter are true and false. Is there a hide property for headers? If so, I'm not able to find it.
I'm not sure if you are talking about the table Headers or the report header (some people seem to use the term interchangeably).
I'm still self learning SSRS so there may be better options out there but a quick test i found the following.
For a Boolean Parameter type:
I used the logic below to hide the visibility based on parameter (you may want to play around with the true/false order depending on your parameter to get it to work how you want):
=IIF(Parameters!ShowHeader.Value, False,True)
Table Headers:
Just highlight the text boxes you want to show/hide and open up the properties, under Visibility select "Show or Hide Based on Expression"
(NB. i found highlighting the full row would only let you select the full tablix properties not the single row so I just shift clicked all the cells and pasted the IIF statement into the "Hidden" Property for the selection in the properties window)
Report Headers:
I am not sure you can hide the Header (couldn't see any immediate hiding properties or options), however you could hide the contents of the header using the same sort of process (right click properties and alter the Visibility setting or add the code into the Hidden property). In testing I found that the header would reduce to remove white space when items where hidden so may work out for you.
The sneaky way I've found to get around the limitation of SSRS on this is to put my "header" in the first row of the first tablix and just hiding the actual report header, which you probably know cannot be deleted. That way, I can show or hide the first row of the tablix by whatever criteria I desire. This method works well for me.
I have a report containing a Tablix/table with sets of rows and columns which I am hiding conditionally using Expressions, via the Column/Row Visibility dialog.
If for example I have 3 columns which I want to all have the same Expression to determine their visibility, is there any way for me to achieve this without opening the Column Visibility dialog for each Column and entering the appropriate Expression?
I've tried selecting multiple columns, but then the right-click context menu no longer offers the Column Visibility option (it's greyed out) and I have also tried out the Hidden property of the columns (which can be amended in bulk by selecting multiple columns), but this only stops the columns from being rendered, leaving a blank space where they used to be (rather than how Column Visibility works, where columns to the right of the hidden columns are moved across to fill the gap, like hiding columns in an Excel sheet).
Is it possible to achieve what I'm after, or will I have to continue opening the Column/Row Visibility dialog for each column/row I wish to conditionally hide/show?
If the columns you want to control the visibility for are next to each other, you can create a Column Group for them and manage the visibility via the Group.
Add a new column group at the appropriate level so that only the relevant columns will be included.
If you already have Column Groups this will likely be a Child Group or an Adjacent Group.
If not, you can create an initial Column Group by dragging a Dataset field from the Report Data into the Groups pane.
Insert new columns inside the new group, and move the data from your existing relevant columns into the group.
The new group does not need to repeat, so in it's properties window set Group on: to a plain text value, e.g. "1".
Input the desired visibility settings into the Visibility page of the properties window.
For each of the individual columns inside the group set the Hidden property to False, to remove any other expressions or settings that might interfere.
Not exactly what you are looking for but perhaps a midway point - and this can apply to many things other than visibility (e.g. background colour, tooltip) - edit the RDL directly using View Code. This has the added benefit of being able to implement changes that are almost identical per column instead of identical with a minimum of mouse usage.
Typically I have set one column up the way I like it in the designer and then copy/paste under the other columns. In the case of visibility look for <TablixColumnHierarchy><TablixMemebers>. You will see a list of empty <TablixMember /> items along with the expanded <TablixMember><Visibility><Hidden>=... block where you have set up one column. Simply copy paste that block over the empty items at the position of interest (you will need to count it out unfortunately as there are no identifiers).
Bonus Tip: If you make a mistake or want to change something later, you can do a replace on all expressions at once (optional regex allowed).
Remember to backup or check in your work first because the designer may not open that report again correctly if you make a mistake :-)
Select the columns you want to conditionally hide and press F4 to see the Properties Window. Look for the Visibility node and use the Hidden property to set the conditionally expression.
The expression should evaluate to True for hiding and False for showing.
Let me know if this helps.
I want the parameter value to be checked automatically in the second dropdown based on the selection of first parameter value.
For e.g In the below image i am selecting the Finops in the first dropdown so in second dropdown it should checked automatically.
Can anyone please guide?
What you want to create is also known as cascaded parameters in SSRS world.
Set the default parameter to whatever value you want to see like below:
Just make sure whatever value you are adding as default value is also present in the set of Available Values.
This is very similar to the post on Formatting multiple fields at once in RDL, but there are still issues with setting properties like Size.Width and Font.FontSize when the underlying data is different between selected cells.
Here's the accepted answer:
Select all the controls in the designer and press F4 for properties. Change the background color
But if falls short when there is a property that is made up of several child properties. Here's an example using font and size, each of which are comprised of several properties.
This is what it looks like when a single field is selected or when multiple fields are selected that all have the same value:
But if I highlight several cells that have different font sizes, or widths, I lose the ability to edit them all simultaneously. For example if I wanted to make consistent column widths across an entire report.
Here's what the properties look like when multiple fields are selected and any of them have a different value:
It's not ideal, but in the case of the size property, I can enter the shorthand value which includes both width and height separated by a comma and it will apply that change to all the selected cells.
But for some reason, in the Font section, I can't even do that.
Other things I've tried:
Using the Formatting Toolbar - which seems to be always greyed out for SSRS:
Using the Formatting Menu Item - which doesn't expose the FontSize property:
Using the Context Menu to enter the Properties Form, which is disabled:
They will be greyed out if they are not identical in all fields selected. This can depend on a related formatting field being different.
One workaround is to create an internal text parameter:
With default value of the value you want to use for the property:
Then set the property for each cell that should have the same formatting to this parameter individually:
Repeat this for each of the relevant child properties, you will then be able to change formatting across the report by changing the parameters.