I have a form that display values btwn .000001 to 50,000.000000 in a text box control.
I would like to display rounded number according to a range of value in the control source properties. Is it possible?
I try this simple example:
IIf( [unit_weight]>=100, Round([unit_weight],1),[unit_weight])
and I did get the following message
The error you receive is because you're using a , to separate arguments in an expression, while you should be using the list separator, as defined in your locale settings.
You can change your list separator by going to the control panel, then Region, then Additional settings ... , then List separator.
The usual list separator in England and the US is a comma, if it's not a comma it's usually a semicolon
Note that in VBA and SQL, you always use a comma to separate arguments, while in expressions, it's dependent on your locale settings
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I am creating a report, the purpose of which is to print a letter to many different people. Obviously each person's name, email, etc. will be different. For this I am using a list, which I understand uses a tablix.
Now inside each letter I also need some global data that comes from a dataset. For example, the company email, telephone number, etc. This data will be the same for every letter. However, every time I try to use some expression to get this, I get an error such as:
The Value expression for the text box ‘Textbox11’ refers to the
field ‘URL’. Report item expressions can only refer to fields within
the current dataset scope or, if inside an aggregate, the specified
dataset scope. Letters in the names of fields must use the correct
case.
The expression I'm using to get the above error is
=LookupSet(true, true, Fields!URL, "SystemVars")
I've tried other things but I can't figure out what I need to make it word.
Is there an expression I can use to solve this problem? If not, what steps should I take to get my letters working?
You are missing the ".Value" portion in the expression. Try this:
=First(Fields!URL.Value, "SystemVars")
When a user runs the report, they can select a multi-value parameter. I know I can use Parameters!Value.Label(0), Parameters!Value.Label(1), etc to display the each of the values based on their location within the array, but the number of the values changes based on how many values the user selects.
The report separates each value onto a separate page. I'm looking to (a) have an expression that identifies which value's info is displayed on the page, and (b) an expression that labels the tab as the value when the report is exported to Excel. I expect the same expression would work for both.
I believe I should be using Array.IndexOf(Split(Parameters!Value.Label.ToString(), ","), Parameters!Client.Label), but just get #Error as the output when the report renders. I'm not sure, but it seems like the Array... expression would only identify the location within the array.
Could someone offer some insight into where the syntax is wrong? I'm not sure if the issue is syntax or it's an issue of how to specify which dataset to use in the expression.
Thanks.
This is what you should use
=Join(Parameters!CSR.Label, ", ")
I'm trying to write a little form which accepts some user input, and on the basis of some logic displays one of two possible other forms. Everything is working fine if I use simple, unformatted data, but I hit a problem if the data in question has an input mask of a phone number. Presumably there's a trick here to ignore formatting characters or some such?
The actual logic looks for records in a particular table whose values match the data entered. Something like this cut down example:
A form, which is not associated with any specific table, containing one data entry field, called FormFieldY, and a button whose onClick invokes a Macro whose condition looks for matching data in a table.
DCount("*","TableX","[MyColumn] = [FormFieldY] " ) > 0
Now, if I MyColumn in the table has simple text or numeric values this works just fine. However if I apply a Telephone number input mask to that column, I never get a match. I have tried applying an input mask to my form field, or typing literally into the form field a fully formatted number
(1234) 56789012
neither gives a match. However if instead I hack the macro and enter a suitable hard-coded formatted valueL
DCount("*","TableX","[MyColumn] = '(1234) 56789012'" ) > 0
It works just fine.
I think you may have two issues going on. The first is that your format property displays the parentheses when a user types in a phone number, but those parentheses are not included in the value of FormFieldY --- they are display-only.
You can verify the value of FormFieldY by assigning this code to its After Update event:
Private Sub FormFieldY_AfterUpdate()
MsgBox Me.FormFieldY
End Sub
If you want the parentheses stored as part of FormFieldY's value, perhaps you would get more joy by using an input mask rather than a format. With Access 2003, I used this as my text box control's input mask:
!\(999") "000\-0000;0;_
But it's probably easiest to use the Input Mask Wizard (click the button with 3 dots, which is just to the right of the Input Mask line on your control's property sheet). Choose phone number on the first wizard page. On the Wizard page which asks "How do you want to store the data?", select the "With the symbols in the mask" radio button.
Comment from djna: That was the solution, the expression change below seems not to be needed
The other issue is your DCount expression:
DCount("*","TableX","[MyColumn] = [FormFieldY] " ) > 0
I think you should use the value of FormFieldY rather than the name of the control. That may not be clear, so here's what I mean:
DCount("*","TableX","[MyColumn] = '" & Me.FormFieldY & "'" ) > 0
By default, csv takes the text box name as the csv header name for the columns. The text box does not allow a space.
How do I make a different header than the text box for the csv?
Is there a way to display comma in the header when exported to csv?
Note: The solution has to be only for one report; not global.
The column name comes from the DataElementName property, or if that is blank, the Name property. Unfortunatly, neither allow commas or quoting.
There is a blog post here:
http://www.behindthecode.net/Blog/post/2008/01/29/How-to-modify-Reporting-Services-CSV-export-Behavior.aspx
on how to change settings in the config file for csv exports. These are global changes. The list of properties available is here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms155365.aspx
None of these allow the spaces you need, or the quoting of column names that I am currently trying to achieve. Sorry.
In short, No, it's not possible.
From SSRS 2008 Column issue when exporting to a CSV file:
For csv export, the header of a column is determined by the DataElementName property of the textbox which actually contains the data. If the DataElementName property is not explicitly set by the user, DataElementName automatically gets defaulted to the value of the textbox.Name property.
That being said, I believe you're getting this issue because RDL has a restriction that both a reportItem.Name and reportItem.DataElementName property must be CLS-compliant identifiers. The headings like "Phone #", "Other Name(s)", etc... are not CLS-Compliant.
You can verify this by opening up the report in BIDS or RB and trying to set the DataElementName/Name property of the textbox containing the data to those names.
You will get an error which states the following:
Property Value is not valid. Specify a valid name. The name cannot contain spaces, and it must begin with a letter followed by letters, numbers, or the underscore character (_).
There is a Microsoft Connect Issue about this, but unfortunately it looks like it won't be acted on.
See: Use of expressions for DataElementName property (for CSV Export)
This solution works: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32110072/674237
In summary:
Modify your query to have the first row in the data set be your desired column headers. E.g., select header names and union them to the data set.
Add a new CSV rendering extension to the report server that excludes headers.
This workaround will let you to put whatever values you'd like in the headers.
Append the following query parameters to your url:
For # - [url]&rs:format=CSV&rc:FieldDelimiter=%23
For ; - [url]&rs:format=CSV&rc:FieldDelimiter=";"
Not sure you can do it directly from Report Manager without altering config files somewhere
Update: After rereading this, are you returning the column headers from the procedure like this?
SELECT tbl.colname [my column name, some text],
tbl.col2 [another, col]
The square brackets will allow you to escape characters.
Column names for Csv, Dbf and Xml are picked up from <Name> field by default.
Solved this issue by adding appropriate names for each of this formats in <Tag> field in *.mrt file. E.g:
<Name>Txt_InternalName</Name>
<Tag>CSV:"Name for Csv"; DBF: "Name for DBF"; XML: "Name for Xml"; Default: "Default Name for Csv Dbf Xml"</Tag>
Also it resolves issue with CLS non compliant identifiers in headers
I need to display a number (real), ie 1234.567 like "1.234,56" or "1,234.56". I know that I have to use Format() but I can't figure it out. (It's for a textbox where the 'Control Source' property is set to some number field)
This should do it:
Format(number, "#,##0.00")
Where the actual separators used depend on the current locale setting.
Below method worked for me in ms access 2000-2003.
You should make changed in Table and in reports.
Table.
Go to the required field, Change data type to Nnmber, Field size to Decimal, Format to Standard.
Report.
Select the control where you want the thousand separator, select properties the format Select standard,, Decimal places 2.