I have a row group in my report that I'm using in the page header using the approach in this article: Reporting Services - Group Name in Page Header However, I can't find a way to NOT SHOW the column in the Tablix AND not have white space in the report where the hidden column is. Anyone? I've been searching for hours now :)
Already did that - it leaves whitespace. I finally just gave up and slid the column width to the minimum so that it doesn't show.
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Using SSRS 2013. I am able to hide columns with boolean values, but the report (body) width does not shrink when columns are hidden. Thus, there is excess blank/white space to the right of the report. Is it possible to eliminate this excess space? If yes, kindly will you please advise how?
The report body width - as with any column width and unlike heights - is a set value that cannot be changed on execution. You need to either put up with the white space, format your presentation layer to not be affected by the appearance of the white space or redesign your report so the objective of hiding the columns can be achieved in a different way.
I ran into this exact same limitation of SSRS. I was able to achieve what I believe you are trying to get (consistent report and report col width when certain columns are hidden due to parameter vals, etc.)- by simply having 2, separately formatted report tablix/tables in the report and hiding/showing based on a parameter (or some SSRS-expressible logic):
1 for the condition when all columns are present; 1 for the condition when some columns are omitted- both of them formatted to utilize all available screen real estate to minimize white space and make things look "clean".
Instead of hiding column(s) when my hidden condition is true- I simply show the 2nd tablix and hide the 1st. And when the filter changes to show all columns, I do the reverse (hide the 2nd tablix and make the 1st visible again).
Not sure if that helps, but I figured I should share if it might aid anybody else facing this issue.
PS: Your tablix Hidden expressions will look something like this:
[the full column tablix].Hidden
=iif(Parameters!parmOmitSomeCols.Value = true, false, true)
[the tablix with some columns omitted].Hidden
=iif(Parameters!parmOmitSomeCols.Value = false, true, false)
I am having an issue in SSRS where my data is showing huge gaps between rows. The dataset is trimmed and has no white spaces. Consume whitespace is also set to true. In the picture below, the row above the top one has an even bigger space between the row.
Any idea what's going on here?
I was able to figure out what the issue was:
My report included the Details grouping, even though I only wanted the Parent grouping to display. I believe this made the report show large white space gaps, as those would be detail rows that would otherwise be in the report, if it was not grouped by the first Parent row.
Therefore, I deleted the Details grouping under Row Groups which resolved my issue.
Help me please.
A Tablix has 7 rows but I need to increase height of tablix until it matches the footer.
What should I do?
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According to below figure, I tried to insert a lot of blank rows to a Tablix.
And I used an Expression for setting visibility each row.
Example :
-If Dataset has one record. One Blank row will hide.
-If Dataset has two records. Two Blank rows will hide.
But It is inflexible because some rows aren't a single Line.
Using RDLC 2005 you can simulate this behaviour with:
a Body section with Body.Height = Page.Height - Footer.Height - TopMargin - BottomMargin
a Tablix without border
a Rectangle for every column to simulate with Rectangle.Height = Body.Height; set its RepeatWith property to Tablix
In order to simplify some operations you could put your Total textbox in the Footer or consider it when you build your Body section as explained before.
There is an example of what I mean (Tablix with red border and Rectangle with black border):
Another, though more complicated way, of forcing the height would be to use Subreports for each of the columns.
Each Subreport would list the table contents for that column as a single list.
You could then force height of a single table row to reach the footer... If the Subreport does not require the entire space it will return whitespace
Parent Report
Report 5
Report 4
Results in the following output report
I am using SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 (SSRS 2005) to build an A4 portrait report. This report contains some text data and a matrix placed on a list so a horizontal table effect is created (with the columns representing the various repeating fields). The problem I am encountering is that, when exporting the report to PDF (or printing it) between each data page, I get a blank page with just the header and the footer and no data. I have read that this may be due to the body + left + right margins being greater than the report width. However, this is not the case and I have the following relevant settings:
InteractiveWidth (Report) - 8.5in;
PageWidth (Report) - 21cm;
PageHeight (Report) - 29.7cm;
Left Margin (Report) - 0;
Right Margin (Report) - 0;
Top Margin (Report) - 0;
Bottom Margin (Report) - 0;
The body width is 7.2 inches.
The matrix contains 2 fixed columns and is set to repeat every additional 5 columns using the following grouping expression set on the list:
=Ceiling(RowNumber(Nothing)/5)
What I noticed is if I change that matrix to repeat every 2 columns horizontally, the report is printed properly, with no blank pages. (But 3,4, or more columns leads to the problem). And there is more than enough space for 5 columns and it would look really odd to print just 2! So, I think something in the list/matrix is causing the problem, but don't know exactly what!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in avance,
Tim
I am the one who posted the original question from another PC...
The solution was to shorten the list (that contains the matrix) to the width of the matrix as the list was effectively padding and giving the blank page.
Once I shortened the list to the width of the matrix, some other report items were being pushed out of the page (a useful trick to notice which items go out may be to colour the background of the report items in, say, red), but then this I resolved by placing everything in rectangles and setting the start of the rectangle to a point to the left of the matrix so that it does not get pushed out.
Thanks,
Tim
I have the same problem and what I think is happening is that your body of the report is larger than the size of the matrix in the report designer. That empty space between the matrix in the designer and the body is what is causing the blank page. Unfortunately I am trying to fix that right now as well.
To get around it right now, the width of my body in the report designer is the width of the matrix.
Hope this information was a bit helpful. If you need clarification, let me know.
regarding cylc's answer: the problem does indeed have something to do w/the matrix being less than the report body width.
since my matrix is smaller than the content in my header and footer, i needed another workaround. after reading cyclc's response, i added another hidden column outside the final column group and expanded its width such that the matrix width matched the report width. no more blank pages.
anyone know if MS recognized this as an issue and is addressing it?
The problem might stem from your margins being set to 0. Have you tried setting margin values (0.5cm would be a reasonable value)?
PS - you don't have to work in a mixture of inches and centimeters - BIDS will allow you to change the units to match one another.
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I am getting a blank page, at the end of my report in SSRS 2005.
I have a header logo and footer date values, and I have set the both to PrintOnLastPage = False, but I am still getting a blank last page.
Any ideas how to eliminate it? Thanks!
This solution applies for SSRS 2008 R2. I am not sure about earlier versions.
On Report Properties page, under category Other, set ConsumeContainerWhitespace to True.
Other suggestions still apply: Make sure your Paper Size can contain Report Width and Margins. Remove any white space you may have on your Report.
Good luck.
Shorten the width of the report, dragging the right vertical side to the left.
Setting ConsumeContainerWhitespace works, but may cause a catastrophic increase in report generation time, especially for very large reports.
An alternative solution is as follows and involves keeping track for yourself which record is the last record in your dataset.
SQL - Track Row Number vs. Total Rows
You may use a technique such as the above to track Current Row # vs. Total Rows, just make sure that your "Order By" mechanism matches that of your main select statement.
Add an end-of-record page-break to all but the last record
Add a vertically-tiny rectangle to the end of your report body
Rectangle Properties -> PageBreak -> BreakLocation -> End
Now, we want this rectangle to be visible when we desire a page break, and we want it to be hidden when we do not want a page break.
Thus, in the Rectanble Properties (right click) -> Visibility -> Show or hide based on an expression -> Expression Edit
=Fields!RowNumber.Value=Fields!TotalRows.Value
This will cause a page break to occur at the end of each record, except for the last record
I had a report that kept printing a second page.
Someone else had added the tablix and set a "Page Break" END property to the tablix.
When I changed this to NONE it solved the problem.
I had a report containing a subReport. The subreport had a 'PageBreak' property with the 'BreakLocation' set to 'Start'. Changing it back to 'None' removed the blank page I was getting.
Adding to what MikeGee had answered and considering this is a very old thread, I thought I would add my 2 cents.
To avoid blank pages, set each "BreakLocation" property of each tablix to "None". Sometimes it defaults to "End" and the number of blank pages depend on the number of tablix in your report.
For example if you have 3 tablix in your report and if each tablix has a "BreakLocation" property set to "End", you will have 3 blank pages.
set ConsumeContainerWhitespace to True if it is 2008 R2.
I had an image on the last page and when it's size was set to 210mm, 297mm (A4) it produced a blank page at the end of the report. But when I changed the height size from 297mm to 296.9mm the blank page disappeared. This was using VS2013.
Check your margins as explained above
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If you have a tablix that dynamically adds columns to your report, check that the "runtime width" of you tablix is within your margins. At runtime, it may be larger than the body-width you specify in the designer.
(Note: it's impossible to do this with the designer; try reducing the size of your columns to see if the blank page disappear).