First of Function in SSRS / show first row of each page - reporting-services

In my SSRS report, I have more than 500 pages. In the header section, I have used an textbox with expression First (Productname), where the productname is one of the column in my report.
How to display the First row productname of each page on that control? Now it will always display the first row productname of first page on all the pages.

You need to use the ReportItems collection. Get the name of the cell that contains the text you want by clicking it and looking at the properties, assuming the name is myColumnCell then the expression in you header cell would be
=First(ReportItems!myColumnCell.Value)
Look here for more details if required.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/reporting-services/report-design/built-in-collections-reportitems-collection-references-report-builder

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Textbox label not updating on page change

I am creating a report using SSRS which contains pages separated by individual account holders. Each page represents one account and I am using a textbox label in the header to display the name of the account; however, I am having trouble getting the textbox label to show different name as I navigate through pages.
So for example, on page 1 the account label in the header would show Account A, and on page 2 it should show Account B. However, right now it always shows Account A regardless of the page it is on. The expression of the label looks like this : =(Fields!Account_Name.Value)
Do I need to create a grouping or some sort in order to have the account change depending on the grouping of account name? If so how do I go about doing this? Thanks!
You will have to display the group field in the page header.
The expression would be something like this:
=ReportItems!Account_Name.Value
Reference: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/1bc58a64-db73-4eda-9f86-21d6f9e23c84/ssrs-to-display-page-header-as-per-the-group?forum=sqlreportingservices

SSRS Report Builder 2012 - How to hide list based on field value?

I'm using Report Builder 2012 to create a report. I have inserted multiple text boxes and other controls inside a list box so that I can hide all the controls at once just by hiding the list box. I'm using a SQL Server stored procedure to fetch rows of data. I'm using below expression to hide/show the list box.
=iif(Fields!certificateType.Value = "CT", False, True)
It works fine but it only checks the first row of data. If certificateType field is "CT" in the first row of data, it shows the list box but it doesn't hide the list box back for the next row of data in which certificateType is not "CT". It seems like list box visibility only checks the first row of data and applies it for all the other rows as well. How can i check the visibility of list for all the data rows?
Okay, based on our chat I have updated this solution.
I mocked up some data that looks like this:
certificateType
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AT
BT
CT
DT
ZT
I created a quick and dirty report with a list. In that, I added a rectangle with a textbox in it. I set the dataset for the list to the main dataset (DataSet1 in my case). I set the expression for the textbox to this:
=Fields!certificateType.Value
Image in design mode:
I clicked on the list, and in the Row Groups pane, I right-clicked the Details rows, and chose Group Properties. On the General section, I clicked Add to add a new group expression. Then I chose certificateType from the dropdown.
I moved to the Page Break section of the Group Properties dialog and ticked the Between each instance of a group check box. Click OK.
Now, the report will break for each instance of a certificate type that comes in the dataset. So, if you have ten different cert types in the data, you will get one page for each.
You can't see it in my image below, but there are 5 pages now.
Hope this helps!!

How to display group by(department) value outside the table in ssrs?

I am working on ssrs can someone tell me How to display group by(department) value outside the table in ssrs when page break is set on groups ?
Actually i want to show the department name on top of S.no,Computer etc row which is set to Repeat on new Page:
in image i want to display PROJECT MANAGEMENT on top of table and that name should be changed accordingly(department vice) when navigate to next page.
Make sure the department name is in your table somewhere, you can hide it if you don't want to see it in the output. Make a note of the TextBox name by looking at it's properties (let's say it's called DeptName)
Then in the page header, add a textbox and set it's expression to reference the textbox in the main part of the report using it's name (in our case DeptName) like this.
=ReportItems!DeptName.Value
try something like this
Insert your table in List component then set list GROUP BY "Project Management" Column
Set Tablix Use GROUP BY "Project Management" Column
See image below
But I'm not sure Project Management column are repeat on other page
Hope it Help.

SSRS - Changing tab name when exporting to excel

I have tabbed my report in SSRS 2012 by having my page breaks based upon grouping classname and it works great. How do I change the tab names when exporting to Excel? I tried having an expression for page name =Fields!classname.Value. In doing so, it makes all 4 of my tabs equal the first page break of Sales Division.
My tabs are based upon the grouping of classname, which in returns gives me the 4 tabs: Sales Division, VRS, ClearCaptions, and IP-relay.
You need to set the PageName of the Tablix Member (group), NOT the PageName of the Tablix itselfs.
If you got the right object, if will say "Tablix Member" (Tablix-Element in German) in the title box of the properties grid. If it's the wrong object, it will say only "table/tablix" (without member).
Also, be advised to set the sort order of the group expression, so the tabs are alphabetically sorted.
If you get the tablix instead of the tablix member, it will put the same tab name in every tab, followed by a (tabNum). That is exactly your current problem.
This solution was not working for me.
I had to add group break page.
https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3527/export-sql-server-reporting-services-report-data-into-multiple-excel-worksheets/

How can I show data in the header of a multipage SSRS 2005 report?

This question was very helpful, however I have a list control in my report, and when the report grows over 1 page, data in the header only shows up on the last page of the report.
Apparently, hidden textboxes have to be on every page of the report for header to function properly. How do I do that? The only control I have in the list is a textbox with bunch of text that grows way over 1 page.
Although SSRS does not allow us to use DataSet fields in page headers, it allows us to refer to report items. So we could place a textbox (that takes its value from a DataSet field) anywhere in our report's body and set its Hidden property to true.
Then, we could easily refer to that textbox in the page header with an expression like: =ReportItems!TextBox1.Value and we are done. Note that the textbox that is being referred should be present on every page, or otherwise the header will print an empty value.
sExchange website to the rescue!!!
All I needed to do is to use Report Parameters with queried values from my dataset; and then reference =Parameters!Name.Value in the textbox in the header of the report.
Select Report Parameters, Add new parameter and check hidden, allow null and allow blank value.
If you are retrieving the values from database:
Under Available Values:
check "from query" radio button and provide dataset,value field and label fields.
Under Default Values:
check "from query" radio button and provide dataset,value fields.
Now provide the value for text box in the footer/header as =Parameters!Footer.Value (Footer is the parameter name).
the hidden text boxes can be placed within a rectangle that was a repeatwith property set to be your list item.