SSRS Need expression in tablix properties for each cell in the row. That will adjust the Size properties to reduce row to zero if there is no value - reporting-services

I am getting an error on this expression. help? Visual Studio SSDT. I am putting the expression in the properties for the size.
=IIF(SUM(Fields!BridgeBuilderApproach.Value) =0.2in,TRUE, 0.0in, FALSE)

For starters, the IIf expression should have 3 parameters:
=IIf([Condition], [True Result], [False Result])
Your example seems to have 4 parameters? The way you'd want to format it (without knowing exactly how your data looks) is likely the following:
=IIf(Sum(Fields!BridgeBuilderApproach.Value)=[Value that makes the row disappear], 0.0in, 0.2in)

click on Column Groups top, drop down to advanced then you see the Static 1:1 ratio over in the row groups, click on the static row you need and it will highlight it on the design tab of the report, then go over to properties, where you can then enter the expression into the properties hidden. this will apply for the entire row and hide the row if 0 is result
=IIf(Sum(Fields!BridgeBuilderApproach.Value)=0, True, False)

I would use the visible property of the textbox within the tablix.
Right click on the cell(textbox) of the table and choose TextBox Properties.
Select the Visibility Tab.
Select the radio button, "Show or hide based on an expression" and click the Fx.
Enter this or similar in the expression window based on your criteria.
=IIF(SUM(Fields!BridgeBuilderApproach.Value) = 0, TRUE, FALSE)
Brian

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SSRS expression based on visibility of a textbox or column

Is it possible to inspect the visibility (Collapsed/Expanded) of a textbox in SSRS and use this in an expression?
For example :
=iif(Fields!column1 Is Visible,"Use this label","Use this other label")
What I want to accomplish to have the initial value of a column header display some text, when user clicks a particular value the details row are displayed (this is a Tablix), and then the header would change to something else (E.g. initial report state is to hide detail rows and only show Tablix member totals so column displays "... total", when user expands to view details column header changes to "... number".
In MS Access through VBA I could inspect the visible property and create code based on this. Till now haven't found a similar way of doing this in SSRS 2016.
Tried setting expressions for visibility as well as setting expressions for changing value of a textbox.
=IIF(Fields!accountnum.Value IS NOTHING OR Fields!accountnum.Value = TRUE,"Station #", "Station Count")
No error messages. My results should be to change header (textbox) value based on whether detail rows are collapsed (hidden) or expanded (visible).
To answer your first question:
Well of course this is possible, just not they way you want to do it. Here is a smimple example. Lets say your visibilty criteria is the following expression:
'Visibility expression
=IIF(Fields!Category.Value = "Visible", False, True)
Now you dont check on the visibilty with the Is Visible criteria, you just use the same expression again. Like this:
=IIF(
IIF(Fields!Category.Value = "Visible",
Fale,
True) = True,
"This one is not visible",
"This one is visible")
To answer you problem:
They way you want to do it, it is not possible. But you can do this with a workaround.
Add a user defined parameter to your report with two options:
Display details
Hide details
Then add two tablixes to your report. One tablix without the details and one tablix with the details you want to show.
Then go to the first tablix Tablix Properties > Visibility and add the following expression:
=IIF(Parameters!VisibilityParameter.Value = "Display details", True, False)
And the expression for the other tablix visibility:
=IIF(Parameters!VisibilityParameter.Value = "Hide details", True, False)
Now based on the parameter result the talbix with or without the details will be displayed.
You can do this, maybe it won't look too elegant but I'll show you what I did and you can see if it's useful.
Note: Using this method, you can't change the actual column header directly as it's out of scope so this may not meet requirements but you may be able to adapt it. I just thought it was a nice challenge ! :)
First I got some sample data (WideWorldImports sample database) that just gave me a CountryID, CountryName and Continent.
Once you have your data, add a table, drag CountryName into the first column and remove the remaining two columns.
Then right-click the Details row group and do Add Group => Parent Group Choose Continent as the Group By field and check the Add Group Header option.
The table design should look like this, nice and simple.
Next we will set the toggle on the detail rows. Right-Click the "Details" row group and chose "Group Properties". On visibility, click 'Hide' and check the "Display Can be toggled by the report item" to Continent.
We should now have a report that expands and collapses as expected.
Next vertically expand the 'blank cell' just above the countryname as we'll need a bit of room to work with. Make it about 4 times the normal height, we'll change it back later so the size is not important.
In the blank cell, right-click and do Insert => Rectangle.
In this rectangle, right-click and do Insert => TextBox. Double click the text box and type your "collapsed state" column header caption. In my example I just used "Collapsed Header".
Repeat and add another textbox (It must be within the rectangle again). Set this text box to your "expanded state" caption. In this example I just used "Expanded Header".
Next, right click the "Collapsed header" textbox, then properties then set the visibility to Show and the toggle item to Continent.
Repeat for your "Expanded Header" but this time set visibilty to Hide, like this..
Finally, position both text boxes at location 0,0 so they overlap and shrink the cell back down to it's original size.
The final design will look something like this...
When we first run the report we see this.
If we expand a node, we get this.
I do not think this is possible in SSRS. You could change column header text depending on your condition, For Ex: IF (A) then Header A else Header B. But you wish to change Column Header based on some clicks (expand / collapse) on report and this is not possible. I mean we need some data to set condition not clicks.
But maybe someone with more Experience on SSRS would throw some more insight.
This is what InScope() is for. See here for more information

Hide multiple rows or columns in SSRS report with same Expression at same time

I have a report containing a Tablix/table with sets of rows and columns which I am hiding conditionally using Expressions, via the Column/Row Visibility dialog.
If for example I have 3 columns which I want to all have the same Expression to determine their visibility, is there any way for me to achieve this without opening the Column Visibility dialog for each Column and entering the appropriate Expression?
I've tried selecting multiple columns, but then the right-click context menu no longer offers the Column Visibility option (it's greyed out) and I have also tried out the Hidden property of the columns (which can be amended in bulk by selecting multiple columns), but this only stops the columns from being rendered, leaving a blank space where they used to be (rather than how Column Visibility works, where columns to the right of the hidden columns are moved across to fill the gap, like hiding columns in an Excel sheet).
Is it possible to achieve what I'm after, or will I have to continue opening the Column/Row Visibility dialog for each column/row I wish to conditionally hide/show?
If the columns you want to control the visibility for are next to each other, you can create a Column Group for them and manage the visibility via the Group.
Add a new column group at the appropriate level so that only the relevant columns will be included.
If you already have Column Groups this will likely be a Child Group or an Adjacent Group.
If not, you can create an initial Column Group by dragging a Dataset field from the Report Data into the Groups pane.
Insert new columns inside the new group, and move the data from your existing relevant columns into the group.
The new group does not need to repeat, so in it's properties window set Group on: to a plain text value, e.g. "1".
Input the desired visibility settings into the Visibility page of the properties window.
For each of the individual columns inside the group set the Hidden property to False, to remove any other expressions or settings that might interfere.
Not exactly what you are looking for but perhaps a midway point - and this can apply to many things other than visibility (e.g. background colour, tooltip) - edit the RDL directly using View Code. This has the added benefit of being able to implement changes that are almost identical per column instead of identical with a minimum of mouse usage.
Typically I have set one column up the way I like it in the designer and then copy/paste under the other columns. In the case of visibility look for <TablixColumnHierarchy><TablixMemebers>. You will see a list of empty <TablixMember /> items along with the expanded <TablixMember><Visibility><Hidden>=... block where you have set up one column. Simply copy paste that block over the empty items at the position of interest (you will need to count it out unfortunately as there are no identifiers).
Bonus Tip: If you make a mistake or want to change something later, you can do a replace on all expressions at once (optional regex allowed).
Remember to backup or check in your work first because the designer may not open that report again correctly if you make a mistake :-)
Select the columns you want to conditionally hide and press F4 to see the Properties Window. Look for the Visibility node and use the Hidden property to set the conditionally expression.
The expression should evaluate to True for hiding and False for showing.
Let me know if this helps.

How can i hide a Column group when I use pagebreak

I have made a matrix report in SSRS with two column groups. I have added one of the column group also in the Row groups to use page break so I can have each column group on a separate page.
And you see in the following pictures the preview of what has happened with the output.
Page One
Page Two
You see that the page break has worked but it doesn’t hide the other column that shouldn’t be present.
Does somebody has a clue how to fix this?
I don't think just adding a page break will hide the column group's visibility. In SSRS, you can set visibility of a column group based on a condition. Right click on the column group, select Group Properties, Select "Visibility", and "Show and Hide Based on Expression".
You could set an expression based on a field or parameter value. For example, if a parameter value is such, the visibility is true, else false. Example:
=IIF(Parameters!"PARAMNAME".Value.Equals(value),false,true)
I would think in your case, if some a field was null or blank, hide the column group. The page break will take care of itself.
I have solved it with the list object in the toolbox.
I have put the matrix in the list and used a page break on the list.

Display a Tablix on click of Image in ssrs.

We have one requirement in SSRS where we need to display the tablix on click of the Image. By default tablix will be hidden, when user clicks on the Image then we need to show the hidden tablix. Kindly suggest some solution if any. Thanks.
You can toggle the visibility of an object. Initially have the visibility property set to hidden, then use the toggleitem property to accomplish what you are looking for. Instructions are below
To hide static rows in a table, matrix, or list:
In report design view, click the table, matrix, or list to display
the row and column handles.
Right-click the row handle, and then click Row Visibility. The Row Visibility dialog box opens.
To set the visibility, follow steps 3 and 4 in the first procedure.
To hide static columns in a table, matrix, or list
In Design view, select the table, matrix, or list to display the row and column handles.
Right-click the column handle, and then click Column Visibility.
In the Column Visibility dialog box, follow steps 3 and 4 in the first procedure.
Then use the ToggleItem property of the table. Select the table, locate the property in the Properties window and specify the name of the textbox. If you now render the report you'll notice a little + icon in front of the testingBox content.
To find out what your textbox is called first select that and look at the bold part in top of the Properties window. To change it you can use the Name property. It's advisable to give it a clear name so you can easily locate it.

Conditional Visibility of rows in SSRS 2008

I'm very new to SSRS 2008.Here is my problem/question.
I have 15-20 check boxes in the web interface on which the report is based on.I gave ID values to all the check boxes and passing the values of the selected checkboxes into the table so that I can get them on the report side.
On the report side,if a check box is not selected I've to hide that row.For instance if the column name on the table(REPORTCRITERIA) is LOCATIONS and if it has values (1,2,3).This means that checkboxes 1,2 and 3 are selected.how do I query that so that I can accomplish what I want?
Please help.
Thanks,
Praveen.
In Report Designer, left-click the detail row, choose Row Visibility from the context menu, and use an IIF(Condition, True, False) for Hidden, meaning if the Condition holds the row will not be visible.
Example that shows a specific text box ONLY on the very last page of the report:
Visibility / Show Or Hide based on an expression:
=Globals!PageNumber < Globals!TotalPages
The expression HIDES the text box element only when this expression is true, and it will UNHIDE (show the element) when the expression turns FALSE.
Hope this helps,
If not, drop me a line or two.
Alejandro.-