I have two tablix tables on a report, which are using the same dataset. I'm trying to display some data from the table in a separate textbox area above the table. The data in the tables shows fine, but the textbox values are blank.
Is there something special regarding the "scope" of reportitems regarding the values that would be displayed in the textboxes?
The layout is something like this
textbox1 = ReportItems!MerchantCode.Value
Table A <br/>
MerchantCode
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textbox1 = ReportItems!MerchantCode1.Value
Table B <br/>
MerchantCode1
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What I did to resolve this, was replace the "extra" textboxes ABOVE the table(s), with extra row WITHIN the table, then using expressions that reference fields of the dataset, rather than textbox values. Still wondering however, why the the values with the table will display but referencing that textbox from OUTSIDE the table results in an empty value.
You should use dataset name in the expression.
e.g.:
=First(Fields!MerchantCode.Value, "Dataset1")
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I have a crosstab query which returns results based on consumer demand for a bunch of material numbers. The material numbers become my field names in the crosstab query, and later the values from those fields are displayed in a form.
In the form, I display the value in a textbox. There are a couple of these textboxes where I need to sum the total of two or more values from these fields. Not a big deal it's a simple expression. For example (in the Control Source property): =[H123457] + [H123456].
This works well UNTIL there is no demand for a particular material number. In this case, the field doesn't show up in the crosstab query and I'm left trying to sum two fields where one doesn't exist.
I've tried IIf(IsError([H123456]), 0, [H123456]), Null expressions, Nz function, etc but cannot figure out how to dynamically solve the #Name issue that ends up populating the text box.
Essentially what I want is for a 0 value for the field that doesn't exist, so I can add it to the value where the field DOES exist - is this possible?
Regards!
June7 provided the answer in the allenbrowne.com link. Essentially, you need to add all of the possible field names to the Column Headings property in the crosstab query property window. Then it's a simple matter of adding an Nz() function to handle null values.
Thanks June7!
I'm using MS Report Builder v3.0 to create a report. As part of this report, I have a multi-valued parameter (named #Diagnoses). The labels and some of the values (truncated by the size of the display boxes) of this parameter are shown below:
What I would like to be able to do is display the labels / values the user chooses in a 2-column tablix (I've tried using separate textboxes for the labels / values but the results are mis-aligned).
However, this does not appear to be straightforward. The closest method I've found is this one, which stores the user's choices in an internal parameter in xml format, then queries this parameter to produce a dataset from the xml.
So, I created the xml-producing internal parameter like this:
...and I've created a dataset based on this data, with the following query:
But now when I put these values into a tablix, the labels and values are now on separate rows, like this:
Does anyone have a straightforward way of sorting this out?
Best Wishes
C J
OK - I've solved it (it's not pretty, but it works!)
Basically, the problem comes from having to use the join statement when creating the xml - you can't really put both the label information and the value information on the same row in the xml.
To get round this, you have to use two internal parameters to create two datasets - one for the labels column, one for the values column. The method for creating these is essentially the same as that shown above, except for the values parameter, the expression for the default value is:
...and for the labels parameter, it's this:
(by the way, make sure you set the available values to "None" for internal / hidden parameters - the expressions here are for the default values)
Then, when you create the values dataset, you use the following syntax in its query:
...and similarly for the labels dataset.
Finally, in the report, you create one matrix from each of the two datasets, then put them next to each other, using fixed row heights and setting "can shrink" / "can grow" to false so that they look like they're in the same table:
I hope this helps somebody!
I'm creating a single SSRS report that is composed of data drawn from different Datasets. What I'm wanting to do is have a drop down menu where the user selects the dataset they wish and have the appropriate table turn on and show them the dataset information.
Right now I'm testing with two tables and in there Visibility property I have the following expression:
=IIf(Parameters!AppSelection.Value = "STRAW", false, true)
The other table has the exact same line in the same place but with a different value between the quotes.
With my parameter, I created a new one and called it AppSelection and gave it 2 Available Values that matched the words between the quotes in my above expression. The data type for my parameter is Text and the Value of the each Available Value is left at null.
When I preview my report and select the different values in the parameter, nothing happens. What is it I'm doing wrong?
Change the null in the available values to your text, ie STRAW.
You may find that the tables show the other way round from expected, switch the true and false.
I have added a separate dataset to an SSRS report...it contains some similar tables as another dataset. When I go to write expressions the fields in my new dataset have a "SUM" in front of the field numeric fields and "First" in front of the char fields??? Now I can't pick the numeric field for my report because it will "SUM" up all the data
Just remove the SUM() portion once you add the field. Perhaps it is there because of the scope of the bound item. There is no harm in removing the aggregate if the field is in a position in which a detail can print SUM(X)=X.
To follow on the heels of Ross' answer...
You can remove those [SUM(FIELD)] tags from your table by clicking it and hitting delete. To add the single data value you want to display, type the field name in brackets like [FIELD] right into that text box.
Alternately, edit the expression the be:
=Fields!YOURFIELDNAME.Value
Using SSRS 2012
I have a multivalue parameter in a report and I would like to make it the source of a table. Is there a way to accomplish this? I'm coming to the conclusion that one cannot make the data source of a table anything except a dataset.
I tried to make the multivalued dataset (source of parameter) filtered by parameter but that gives a forward reference error (makes sense).
I am now trying to set the visibility property on the table's single text box like this, so it will only make the values visible that are one of the chosen parameter values:
=IIF(Fields!MODALITY.Value = Join(Parameters!Modalities.Value,","),True,False)
but they are all shown (alway true?). Any ideas on how to show a list of the values picked from a multi valued parameter in the report as a table (not just a delimited string in a text box)?
The data source of a table will always be a dataset, but you can use the parameters in a dataset. Something like
select * from dbo.split3(#parameter)
where split3 is a csv to table function, like one found on http://blogs.msdn.com/b/amitjet/archive/2009/12/11/sql-server-comma-separated-string-to-table.aspx
I found an expression that works for changing visibility so that my table shows just the elements in the multivalue parameter that were selected. Perhaps there's an easier way.
=IIF(Instr(","+Join(Parameters!Modalities.Value,",")+",",","+Fields!MODALITY.Value+",") <> 0,False,True)