I have a varchar field (i am grouping on) in a dataset that returns a list of values : 20, 25, 40, 100, 110, 'N/A'..
I want the "numeric" values sorted from low to high : i.e : 20, 25...110, 'N/A'
the problem is that the A>Z sorting in the grouping gives out the following output :
100, 110, 25, ..., N/A
I cannot convert to numeric datatype since there are string values..
Does anyone have a solution please ?
Thank you in advance
Jam
There are several solutions you can implement here. I'll discuss the two I consider to be the easiest. If these don't work for you, let me know because there are a multitude of options. To make it easy, I've named the field you're referring to in your question as *num_text*.
Fix in SSRS:
Go to the Tablix Properties for the tablix displaying the data in question. Go to Sorting tab. Click Add. In the "Sort by" field, click the expression button and type the following:
=CInt(IIF(Fields!num_text.value = "N/A",9999999,Fields!num_text.value))
Note, you need to convert any possible text values to a number greater than any possible integer/decimal. In this case I chose 9999999 based on the examples in your question. If you have multiple text values that are not converted to number, Report Builder/BIDS will allow you to save the report, but when you render it, it will show #Error, signifying that the CInt (or any other conversion formula you choose) failed on a non-numeric value.
Fix in SQL:
Add a new field (like field_sort) with datatype numeric and use your case statement generating the current field in question saying:
, Case
When --Criteria leading to "N/A"
Then 9999999
Else num_text
End as field_sort
--Rest of SQL Script here
Order by field_sort
Then just display your num_text field in SSRS, and the values will be sorted properly. If you have many possible string values, then you might find it easier to fix in SQL (rather than specifying numerous IIF statements in SSRS.
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I have question in SSRS report builder below is the data in column as
Site Information :
1,
2,
Not applicable.
So how to Calculate sum and percentage by excluding Not applicable text value .
Please help me
You can use the VAL() Function. This simply converts a string into a value is the string contains only data that can be viewed as a number.
So your expression would just be something like
=SUM(VAL(Fields!myTextField.Value))
I have an SSRS report that is rounding currency and I need the report to show the actual value. When I run the query in query designer all the values are shown correctly. If I output this to Excel and SUM the values I get the total I expect (e.g £56724.30)
When I run the report I get the value £56840.00 so it looks as if the data being used is getting rounded before output.
I have a Calculated field in the report called Total_Rent_Due_UC_Claims:
=iif(Fields!UC_Rent.Value = Fields!LastCharge.Value, Fields!UC_Rent.Value, 0) or
iif(Fields!UC_Rent_Date.Value = Fields!LastCharge.Value and
Fields!extra10a_d003.Value < Parameters!AsAtDate.Value, 0, Fields!UC_Rent_Date.Value)
I then use this to get a total:
=Sum(Fields!Total_Rent_Due_UC_Claims.Value)
I have formatted this field to currency to two decimal places.
Can someone assist with this so that the value in the report is the same as the expected value?
I don't think this difference can be attributed to rounding -- at least not any rounding I've ever seen before. That's a difference of £115.70. I think the calculated field isn't quite doing what you want it to and needs a little modification. I'm not exactly sure what it's doing right now, but basically both of those IIF statements will evaluate because OR doesn't really work the way you have it. I would try the following expression.
=IIF(Fields!UC_Rent.Value = Fields!LastCharge.Value,
Fields!UC_Rent.Value, IIF(Fields!UC_Rent_Date.Value = Fields!LastCharge.Value
AND Fields!extra10a_d003.Value < Parameters!AsAtDate.Value, 0, Fields!UC_Rent_Date.Value))
Of course, this could still be wrong as I can't tell if all of the fields are date datatypes or if there's some kind of mismatch going on here. Let me know if this doesn't work and I'll see if I can adjust it.
Thank you in advance for taking your time to answer my question.
I am having trouble with expressions in the SSRS reporting system.
The Field I am adding required fields from the dataset I provided in the report, however when I try to preview the report I get the Following message:
"A Value expression used for the report parameter ‘Policies_Total’
refers to a field. Fields cannot be used in report parameter
expressions."
This is my expression:
=IIF(Sum(Fields!policy_id.Value, "DataSet1") Is Null, 0, Count(Sum(Fields!policy_id.Value, "DataSet1")))
That was suppoed to be converted from Crystal reports which has the following expression:
If IsNull ({usp_rep_agent_cases;1.policy_id}) then
0
Else
Count ({usp_rep_agent_cases;1.policy_id})
Any help is much appreciated.
Thank you
I think it may be as simple as understand that a 'parameter' should be passed into SSRS before fields are created for the most part. If this parameter is DEPENDENT on the value of something else first being chosen you cannot list it first as the field is not yet populated to my knowledge. It appears you are trying to use an expression to count something from a field from a dataset when you just make a dataset and reference that field directly. So instead of trying an expression you may choose a few other options instead:
Choose on the left pane of your parameter 'Available Values' selected 'Get values from a query'. You may use your query which is a 'dataset', value is self explanatory, label is what the end user will see display.
The option 'Allow null' value will accept a null value
You may run into situations where multiple datasets may need to be used, multiple selects or querying objects. In my experience with SSRS it gets mad at times when you try to reference a dataset used to display data with a dataset used to determine an event or action. SSRS also gets relativity slower the more Expressions you do so doing a whole report with nothing but expressions versus taking the power of the built ins of the RDL language is not really worth it IMHO.
For SSRS expressions you need to use IsNothing for NULL checking, something like:
=IIF(
IsNothing(Sum(Fields!policy_id.Value, "DataSet1"))
, 0
, Count(Sum(Fields!policy_id.Value, "DataSet1"))
)
In fact the whole expression seems a bit odd; what are you specifically trying to achieve with your expression? Are you just trying to count non-null values?
=Sum(IIf(IsNothing(Fields!policy_id.Value), 1, 0), "DataSet1")
Also, your error seems to be saying that a parameter is referencing a field when this isn't allowed, which may not be solved by changing syntax; I think more information about what you're trying to achieve is required here.
My dataset currently has 12 rows of data. Each representing data for a month. I would like to have variance of a column between to rows, the rows being last & last but one i.e., latest month and previous month's data.
It could have been simple if I were to work on tablix but thats not the case. I want those values for a textbox.
Any ideas on it anyone?
I hope you are using SSRS 2008R2:
R2 introduced the Lookup function that is perfect for this scenario.
=Lookup( Fields!ProductUID.Value ,Fields!ProductID.Value,Fields!Price.Value,"PriceDataSet")
The Lookup function above will evaluate the first parameter ("Fields!ProductUID.Value") in the current dataset, then look for a matching value in the field specified in the second parameter ("Fields!ProductID.Value") in the dataset specified in the fourth parameter. The value of the third parameter is then evaluated in that row of the dataset and returned.
A little convoluted, but very helpful.
In your case, you can use this in a textbox with a calculated a static number:
=Lookup(
Month(DateAdd(DateInterval.Month, -1, GetDate())),
Fields!MonthID.Value,
Fields!Name.Value,
"DataSet1")
This should calculate a number for last month, then look for a match in DataSet1.
In this example I have a tablix with Statecode and name as below
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Suppose you want to display the name of state of CA, write an expression as -
=Lookup(
"CA" ,
Fields!StateCode.Value,
Fields!StateName.Value,
"ReportData"
)
This will return 'California' in the text box
I ran across this post while trying to solve a similar problem but with columns of double data type. Not sure why but SSRS did not want to return my first row using LOOKUP in combination with ROW_NUMBER in SQL(If someone can solve that all the better). I ended up using a SUM(IIF) instead. Hopefully, this is useful for someone else.
=Sum(IIF(Fields!RowNum.Value=1,CDBL(Fields!MyNumericColumn.Value),CDBL(0)))
Note: If SSRS complains about data types, just cast both parts of the IIF to the desired data type.
Customer wants me to repeat the parameter values in the page header of the report. But if they just choose "Select All" on a multi-valued parameter, they want the text "Any" listed.
For example, one parameter has a fixed set of 9 values. I hard-coded the expression for a text box to:
="Room Size: " &
iif(Parameters!pRoomCap.Count=9,
"Any",
Join(Parameters!pRoomCap.Value, ", "))
How can I do this if the parameter source is a query of unknown size?
Try this out. You need to compare the total number of parameters in the dataset to the count of selected parameters. The following assumes that your multivalue parameter is using a dataset called "dsRoomSizes"
="Room Size: "
& iif(Parameters!pRoomCap.Count = count(Fields!pRoomCap.Value,"dsRoomSizes"),
"Any",
Join(Parameters!pRoomCap.Value, ", "))
This expression will work in the page header/footer.
UPDATE
In the interests of finding a solution to your problem, the following should work for you. It feels hackish and I encourage you to keep research alternative methods but this will work:
Create a second multivalue parameter and name it something like "pRoomCap_hidden".
The source of the parameter is the exact same query
In the parameter properties, setting the default values to the same query
Important: Set the parameter visibility to hidden
This will create a second multivalue parameter in your report that is exactly the same as your initial multivalue parameter only this parameter list will have all values selected by default.
Enter the following expression in a textbox in your header:
=IIF(Parameters!pRoomCap.Count = Parameters!pRoomCap_hidden.Count,"All",Join(Parameters!ReportParameter1.Value,", "))
The above will compare the selected values in each parameter list. If the lists contain the same selected values then that indicates that "All" have been selected in the first list.
Like I said, it is hackish but it definitely works. Until you are upgraded to 2008, this might not be a bad workaround for you.
Can you compare the count of the parameter to the count of the dataset you pull the parameter values from?
I unioned my dataset for the parameters with one which I created manually with a "select" statement - I was then able to force the value to be something like -1 or null.
Then simply check if the parameter contains -1 or null and replace the value in the header with the replacement text.
BTW- I am now using SSRS 2008 R2 and this solution worked for me. My report uses three datasets; but only one in the tabilx that I needed to hide a row in. After long hours of searching and many, many, many unhelpful for wrong answers; the solution of creating a identical parameter only hidden (I marked it as internal) and then comparing to the exposed one is brilliant and easy.
Thank you very much!