SSRS: Adding Column headers that have multi-row descriptions - reporting-services

I wish to have multi-row Column headers on a table, per this image:
I have tried this:
Inserting another table into the column header, so it is a nested table.
Result: second header row repeats for every Data row, because the nested table is also bound to the dataset.
Use separate tables, 1st for the headers(bound to a 1 record dataset) and 2nd for the data (which has no headers). Then just lined them up to look like one table.
Result: Does not carry the header across pages. Which is required.
I am using SSDT in Visual studio 2017 to build the report.
Is this possible?

Right click the existing header row and "Insert New Row" e.g.
Then select cells and use the "Merge Cells" for your first header row.

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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.
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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.

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I am using SQL Server Report Service and wanted to know if there is a way to display headers one per row on part of page while using the standard header in a group for the rest.
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IN my SSRS project, I created two datasets that I want to use in the same layout.
In my layout, I added two tables. I drag columns from one dataset to one table, and they are all fine.
Then I drag columns from the 2nd dataset (same column names as those in the first dataset) to the 2nd table, and it becomes First(....) , as if it thinks I want only the first row of that dataset.
Why does it automatically add first(...) and more importantly,how do I refer to the same column names from different datasets in the same layout?
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Where are the tables? In the body, header or footer?
Have you bound each table to the dataset (you can't mix and match columns in one table)?
That is, did you set one table up then copy/paste it?
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