I am trying to create a footer that is using ProperCase within SSRS 2008
I have tried
=Code.ProperCase(LCase(Fields!aField1.Value, "DataSet1"))
to use the ProperCase field within the footer but it is stating that I do not have the text box linked to a DataSet.
Help would be much appreciated.
I don't think the problem lies with the ProperCase function. However, when inserting a value from a dataset, outside the context of the dataset, you must specify what record to use. For example, to use the first record from the dataset in your page footer, you should write your expression like this:
=Code.ProperCase(LCase(First(Fields!aField1.Value, "DataSet1")))
In other words, the reference to "DataSet1" makes no sense in the LCase-function, which is just a simple string manipulation function. To reference the dataset, you must use one of the Aggregate functions (in this case, First()), which takes as second argument the name of the dataset in question.
I assume you have written the ProperCase function yourself? There is a VBA function available in SSRS that allows you to change the case of a string and it's called StrConv which you could've used.
In your case you'd write: StrConv(First(Fields!aField1.Value, "DataSet1"), vbStrConv.ProperCase)
The other benefit of the StrConv function is that you can specify a localeID too if that is of any relevance.
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The report works for just 1 choice, but when I add more than one, it does not return anything ( no errors, just nothing in the report).
My SQL statement includes the parameter #Region
where Region_Name IN (#Region)
In the Region parameter's properties, I set to allow multiple values.
in the dataset filter's properties:
Expression: =Fields!Region.Value
Operator: IN
Value: =Parameters!Region.Value(0)
*EDIT
I removed the dataset filter as suggested.
Below are the properties for the parameter.
The available values come from another data set that is a distinct list of regions.
Your edit makes a lot more sense. To use multivalue parameters you just need to reference the parameter in the usual way, except use in within the SQL:
select cols
from table
where specificcol in #Region
And then don't have a dataset filter set, just make sure there is a reference to the Region parameter in the Parameters property page. The filtering of the data is handled by the inclusion of the parameter in the SQL, so you don't need to also have a filter on the SSRS dataset.
Instead of using a parameter to go back and forth between the stored procedure and the report, I created the parameter and used it in the tablix properties.
Expression: =Fields!Region.Value
Operator: IN
Value: =Parameters!Region.Value
When you first create the value, it adds a (0) to the end of the expression. Remove that and it works as expected.
Thank you #iamdave for the help!
EDIT:
I came back to this and was able to filter using the parameter and stored procedure.
I followed a link from a question to here: http://www.codeulike.com/2012/03/ssrs-multi-value-parameters-with-less.html
I created a dataset parameter and removed the one from the tablix properties. Then created the function provided and it worked. I did not mess with the "ALL" features in the post.
Thanks for all the tips. Brent
I can't understand the structure of the written code
(CountRows("client_code").Equals(Parameters!client_code.Count)
can anyone explain this please?
And where can I find a reference for all the functions that I can use to write Expression in SSRS??
In SSRS we use "=" operator for comparison rather than equals.
Expression mentioned by you below
(CountRows("client_code").Equals(Parameters!client_code.Count)
Rather it should be like
=IIF(CountRows("client_code")=Parameters!client_code.Count,true,false)
What your mentioned code does: It Returns a count of rows within the specified scope, Scope can be Group as well. and it compared with your Report Parameter count.
Here you will find complete list of functions and expression for SSRS.
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")
I'm writing a report in SSRS. I have a report with some fairly long expressions although the calcuations are simple additions, subtractions and mults and divs. Is there a way to capture the results of an expression for use in a calculation in another field without having to repeat the whole original calculation? I already do part of the calculation in underlying views. Is it possible to do something similar to referencing a 'Field.xxx.Value'? I'm using 2008 R2 for now but will be moving to Sql Server 2012 soon.
Supposedly the result of the complex expression that you want to reuse is located in a Text Box named "amt3". Then you can use this to, say, Color it:
=iif(ReportItems("amt3").Value < 0, "Red", "Green")
Are you wanting to repeat a calculation or use a calculated value?
If you want to repeat a calculation you can use inbedded code. Just write some VB that takes in whatever parameters you want and have it output the results.
I'm finishing up my reports in my SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services project, and as one of the last steps, I need to make things translateable.
Since I have a bunch of reports, and they all share some identical labels, I decided to put all those labels I need to show into a SQL Server table, and I am surfacing that contents as a DataSet dsReportLabels in my reports.
This DataSet basically contains two fields: LabelName is the name of the label (e.g. "Count of items"), and Caption contains the text in the chosen language to be shown on the report.
But now here comes my mental block: how do I assign the dsReportLabels.Caption value to a e.g. textbox, based on the dsReportLabels.LabelName ?
So I need something like (pseudo-LINQ statement):
Textbox1.Value = from dsReportLabels
where LabelName = "some value"
select Caption;
but how do I express that in a Reporting Services code snippet?
I know how to reference things like Parameters!MyParameterName.Value and so on - but that doesn't really work here when I'm trying to extract a value from one column of the DataSet, given the value of the other column in that DataSet.
I bet this is totally easy to do in the end.... just can't seem to wrap my head around this right now.... anyone out there know how to do this?
This MSDN blog post describes one way of doing it. Essentially:
Create a lookup table with the LabelID, Language, and Caption.
Create a Stored Proc that gets all of the labelIDs and captions for a specified language.
Store the results of the SP in a dataset.
Store the dataset in a multi-value parameter.
Use the multi-value parameter in a custom lookup function.
So, the expression in your label textbox would call the custom function with the labelID, which would get the appropriate caption for the appropriate language.
Report Server 2008 also has a built-in Lookup function that may allow you to skip steps 4 and 5. If this is the case, your expression would call the built-in lookup function, which would go directly to the dataset. I don't have RS 2008, so I can't test this.