Disabling interpolation in SSRS 2012 line charts - reporting-services

I have a chart where the x axis is comprised of dates. I give the chart data rows, with each row corresponding to a unique date, but occasionally dates are missing. Currently, the line chart's series just connects the existing points with a straight line. What I want is for the line to stop before non-existing datapoints such that the missing points are obvious.
Let me know if I can provide more information.

I would customize the Empty Points properties for that series, e.g. setting the Empty Points / Color property to "No Color".
For more info:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd207051.aspx

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What is the "predictions for different feature values" curve in a catboost feature plot?

The plot I am referring to can be found here. It is reproduced by calling the calc_feature_statistics function.
It is clear to me what the blue and orange curve (mean target and mean prediction) represent.
What is the red line(predictions for different feature values) ?
from the link:
To calculate it, the value of the feature is successively changed to fall into every bucket for every input object. The value for a bucket on the graph is calculated as the average for all objects when their feature values are changed to fall into this bucket.
As far as I understand these words the explanation is as next:
for example you've got categorical feature with three possible values: 'Moscow', 'London', 'New York'. Then:
Let's set all values of this feature in train data as 'Moscow' and
calculate average prediction among all of the data with the model we
trained earlier. This will be the dot of red line for bucket
'Moscow'
Repeat previous step with value 'London' --> this will be dot of red line for bucket 'London'
Same for New York.

SSRS 2012 Report Builder 3.0 Bar and Point on Same Chart

I would like to add points to a stacked column chart as per the attached image. I am able to do this in Excel by changing the data series type for the points to x-y scatter. However in report builder when highlight a series and select change chart type it changes the type for all the series on the chart.
Any ideas on how I might achieve this would be much appreciated.
Unfortunately, the logic between Excel and SSRS are different. The issue seems to be that SSRS says the two chart types are incompatible.
When I try to do it in SSRS 2014, instead of changing one series, it changes them both without giving an error or any other message.
When I hit UNDO and then REDO, it gives an error message. (But it WAD - MS)
The issue seems to be that the Axis of the bar chart doesn't work with the axis from the scatter - probably since the bar chart is one dimensional but the scatter is two.
It does seem to work with a Stacked Bar Chart. Could you use that instead? Make sure you change the Horizontal Axis of the Scatter to Secondary.
MSDN - Multiple Series on a Chart

Report builder 2.0 expression to sort values highest to lowest on a chart

I have a 3d cylinder chart that I am having some problems with. I want to effectively sort the cylinders with the highest value at the back and the lowest value at the front. Otherwise the tallest valuest cover the smallest values.
I have tried sorting both a-z and z-a but I really need it to be dynamic based on the values. I have also tried sorting the values by the actual value field. both a-z and z-a but this seems to return completely random results.
the data in the database (example) looks like. I use a parameter to separate by supplier.
Date catgeory_Type cost supplier
01/01/2013 apple $5 abc
01/01/2013 pear $10 def
01/01/2013 bannana $15 cgi
01/02/2013 apple $7 etc
01/02/2013 pear $12 etc
01/02/2013 banana $18 etc
I believe I need some form of expression that sorts the values based on cost. as both a-z and z-a in the instance would provide cylinders that blocked other cylinders.
I have tried sorting the series group by :=Sum(Fields!cost.Value, "DataSet1") and =Fields!cost.Value but this seems to return random results.
I would be happy even if I could achieve a custom sort such as sort by "bannana, pear, apple" although for some "suppliers" this would still cause me an issue.
edit 1: strangely enough this works with a line chart but not a 3d cylinder
edit 2: example
attached is an example. I want the tallest cylinders at the back. but methods mentioned above do not work
In chart area properties -> 3D-options , Enable,
series clustering
Choose this option to cluster series groups. When multiple series for
bar or column charts are clustered, they are displayed along two
distinct rows in the chart area. If series are not clustered, their
corresponding data points are displayed adjacent to each other in one
row. This option is applicable only to bar and column charts.
Also try changing the Rotation & Inclination degrees, to get a better look.
Decrease wall thickness also.

Label expression works on the series groups, but not on category groups

In the chart I am building the series and categories labels need to be converted before displaying.
Conversion is trivial - replacing some charater with another and taking left X characters.
Entered into the properties of the Series groups/General/Label the expression works fine. The legend shows the converted series names. I expected that the same should be true for the categories groups and the converted labels should show along the X axis. But that is not working - the X axis labels are still raw column names from the underlying matrix where the chart takes data from.
The exact same expression is used on the matrix's column names and that works fine.
=Left(Fields!fiscalmonth.Value, 3)
That converts my November to Nov etc in the matrix, but not on the chart axis X.
The correct place for changing X axis labels is the Series Properties/Category Field expression. This is somewhat counter-intuitive, but works.

SSRS: Trouble applying custom expression to Vertical Axis Chart Label

Using visual studio BI dev studio 2008.
I have a chart that has a Y axis of numbers ranging from 0 to about 1500 (Values), an x axis of dates (Category Group). The Y-axis numbers are integers representing minutes.
I want to convert the Y-Axis of minutes to hh:mm form and I thought it would be simple to write a custom function to do so. However, after going to Vertical Axis Properties -> Number -> Custom format, I am finding that the custom expression will not calculate most expressions that I give it.
For example, I have tried
=(Fields!RealRunTimeMin.Value) * 2
=(Fields!RealRunTimeMin.Value) + 1000
But when I go to Preview the report, the y-Axis is in the same range (0 to 1500) rather than displaying 0-3000.
I have also tried
=CInt(Fields!RealRunTimeMin.Value) + 1000
But the chart remains unchanged. The only thing I seem able to do is convert the number to a string.
Any idea on what I am doing wrong? Note: I'm not asking for the logic to format to hh:mm, but rather I am asking why all attempts to maniuplate numbers in SSRS's axis labels seem to be defeating me.
Thanks in advance,
T
Expressions are not supported with this set of functionality. I do realize that the UI suggests that it is, but that is a bug in the current product. You will need to perform the calculations at either the query or dataset level.