Would like to have some text in my report like the following where the percentage is based on an expression. I would like to know how to work out the percentage.
60% of letters were sent with a first class stamp
This is an example of the figures I'm working with
First Class 300
Second Class 150
Other 50
The fields used are 'StampType' and 'RefNo'. The totals are gathered by a count on the 'RefNo'
To do this, do the following steps.
First, add a new Text Box to the report. Click inside the text box so the cursor shows inside. Right-click and choose Create Placeholder.... Enter the following expression for the Value field.
=Lookup("First Class", Fields!StampType.Value, Fields!RefNo.Value, "ReportMain") / Sum(Fields!RefNo.Value, "ReportMain")
This assumes the dataset name that is returning your data is named ReportMain. Change this if needed.
This looks up the First Class RefNo value from the dataset, and then divides that by the total of the RefNo in the dataset.
Go to the Number section of the dialog, change the Category to Percentage. Adjust the Decimal places to your liking. Click OK.
Type the text you want to follow that value after the placeholder (not in the placeholder) in the text box. Like this:
Preview the report, and you should have what you need.
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One of my columns has a value that looks like this -> "$5.95 (Park costs)"
and I need to display the value in column in SSRS report like this:
$5.95
(Park costs)
but font size of "(Park costs)" must be smaller than the price.
Is something like that even possible? To somehow make text that does not contain a number, dot or dollar sign smaller?
You can do this. You'll need to split up each component of the text column and then place each half in a placeholder. You can then format each placeholder individually.
This solution assumes that your column always contains a "(". If not you should be able to modify it to suit.
I Generated some test data and and placed it in a normal table (tablix) control.
I then added some new columns for testing that each part was working as expected.
The expression for "Cost" column is
=TRIM(LEFT(Fields!MyColumn.Value,InStr(Fields!MyColumn.Value, "(") -1))
The expression for the "Caption" column is
=TRIM(RIGHT(Fields!MyColumn.Value, LEN(Fields!MyColumn.Value) - InStr(Fields!MyColumn.Value, "(") + 1))
Once this was working OK I added the "Final Column".
To add a placeholder, click inside the textbox so the cursor appears then right-click and choose "Create Placeholder"
I added two placeholders with a space between then and set the values to the expressions above respectively. I then right clicked the placeholders chose "Placeholder Properties" and formatted each individually.
The final output looks like this. (I left the test columns in for clarity)
I have this expression I would like to change the results to Percent
=""""& INT(Fields!Field.Value*100)/100 & """"
as now the results display .98 and I would like to see 98%
Right click your column and select "Text Box Properties..."
You'll notice a tab called "Number". Click on that tab.
You'll notice a list of categories. One of those categories is called "Percentage". Click on that category.
This will automatically change your value to a percentage. For example, if your value is 0.98, it will show as 98%.
Hope this helps!
I have certain product codes with varying number of letters/digits e.g. 53HD6J, HH88WBD3 (varies between 5 to 10 letters/digits). In order for our barcode to scan these correctly there has to be 13 letters/digits. I don't want to make the user to input -XXXX after each code but rather have Access calculate the difference between 13 and the length of the code and fill the remaining with a X's. Is this possible either by vba or and expression?
I currently am using about 6 IIFs in one formula to fill remaining blanks with X's but hoping there is an easier way.
I have a form to enter in the batch number (product code). Once that form is submitted it links to a report that is printed. On the report are those batch numbers (53HD6J, HH88WBD3). The spot I want to have this feature is in a text box right next to the codes where Access determines the length of the codes and computes the remaining X's to add. This is in barcode font so this text box is where the 53HD6JXXXXXXX would go. Hope that clears it up!
So I have that part figured out. My problem now is my barcode font reads the text no matter what and translates it still so barcode shows up when the batch number is blank (I have four spots for batch codes to be inputted). So what I had before was =IIf([Text31]="",""&[Text31]&"","") which seemed to work. Hopefully I can continue this with the new formula. If that's unclear let me know.
**(The "" & & "" is so the barcode can be scanned).
My formula was wrong right above with the IIf. I figured it out! Forgot I had used ' Like "*" '. Thanks!
You can do what you want with String() and Left().
Here is an example from the Access Immediate window:
product_code = "53HD6J"
? product_code & String(13, "X")
53HD6JXXXXXXXXXXXXX
? Left(product_code & String(13, "X"), 13)
53HD6JXXXXXXX
Based on the update to your question, I think you can use that approach for the Control Source of a text box where you want to display the "expanded" product code.
Pretend your report has a text box named txtProduct_code where the raw product code, such as 53HD6J, is displayed. And there is a second text box where you want to display that value with the required number of X characters (53HD6JXXXXXXX).
Use this as the Control Source property of that second text box:
= Left([txtProduct_code] & String(13, "X"), 13)
Alternatively, you could make it a field expression in the report's Record Source query.
SELECT
product_code,
Left(product_code & String(13, "X"), 13) AS expanded_product_code
FROM YourTable;
I recently started working with MS Access 2010, and I am trying to generate labels from a form that I have created. In the form, three pieces of information are put in by the user: style, color code, and unit of measure (UoM). The style numbers appear the same way on the form and in the report, and I have been able to get that to work.
However, for the color code, I need both the inputted color code and the actual color to show up on the report. I have a table that has all of the color codes with the corresponding color names. I cannot figure out how to get the text box that is supposed to show the color name to show it. I know virtually no SQL, but I found information on it on the internet and pieced together this code in the ControlSource for the text box the color name is supposed to be in:
=(SELECT [Description]
FROM [Color]
WHERE([Forms]![Box Label Form]![ThirdJoined]=[Color]![ColorCode]))
[Description] is the name of the column within the [Color] table that gives the actual color name.
[Box Label Form] is the name of the form.
[ThirdJoined] is the name of the input text box within the form.
[ColorCode] is the name of the column within the [Color] table that gives that color code.
This code doesn't work, and only results in #NAME appearing in Print Preview view. How can I get this to work, either code-wise or otherwise?
You cannot set the ControlSource of a textbox to a SQL statement. You could set it to a DLOOKUP function to lookup a single value. You also need to separate out the reference to the form control using concatenation (&).
=DLOOKUP("Description","[Color]","ColorCode='"&[Forms]![Box Label Form]![ThirdJoined]&"'")
I'm assuming the Color is a text-value so the form-value needs to be enclosed in apostrophes.
If this expression is used on the form [Box Label Form] then you don't need to qualify the name of the Control:
=DLOOKUP("Description","[Color]","ColorCode='"&[ThirdJoined]&"'")
can someone give me an example of what a calculated control is in ms-access?
Say you add a text box to a form, normally it binds back to a specific field in a table, and its contents reflect the contents of that field. A calculated control does not refer to a specific field in a table, rather it displays the calculation done on one or multiple fields in the database. Sometimes, it may not use any fields.
Example of control source value from a calculated control
=[YearlySalary]/52
Presuming that there is a field called yearly salary in the table the form is based on.
A control that simply displays this field would have the following in the control source
YearlySalary
Note the control source for a calculated control starts with an =
you mean this?
Setting the Control Source of a control, generally a textbox, to a calculation creates a calculated control:
=1 * 2
=[TheDate] - 1
=[Stock] * [UnitPrice]
=DlookUp("TheField","TheTable","FieldX=1")
Different cases:
Text box control: here you may be using a trim("text") function to remove spaces and clean up the data--that process requires some calculation
List box control: a calculation may be involved in the query that comprises it's row source. The calculation could be the combination of some kind of cyclic function on a numeric field value which then dramatically changes the order of the data if so directed.
Command Button: a variable could change with the number of presses which in turn changes the command mode of the button. Could change the color of the button, or could hide the button after a certain number of clicks, or could change the column of the listbox that is sorted in a query--each click advances the sort to the adjacent column to the right.