So I have two combo boxes, box1 and box2. The requirement from within SSRS is if box1 is selected set Box2 to None and if box2 is selected then set box1 to none. Now I don't think this is possible because you can only cascade parameters in one direction. Otherwise you get forward dependencies are not valid.
But the question becomes can I validate the boxes when they click View Report to display a msgbox saying Please either choose box1 or box 2 but not both
Note: I am still working in 2005.
As far as I know, View button code cannot be accessed. As a workaround, you can do the following:
Add a textbox in your report and let the text be something like "Please enter either cmb1 or cmb2" .
Now from the Database check if both Values are entered. If yes, just return the columns in your select statement as NULLs or specify a value e.g. EMP_NO = 9999.
In your report if the returned value for EMP_NO is 9999 by checking FIRST(fields!xx.value ) = 9999 you can determine what did the user enter.
Add an condition to the textbox visibility checking if the value is 9999 or not, do the same for other items in the report to hide them and just show the textbox.
This can be used for other validations as well.
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I have three combo box controls(MFG, Code, and GrpID) in my VBA access form. Once the user selects an option from the first combo box (MFG), rest of combo boxes give me available options. But I need to do some validation i.e. what if the user decided to change the value of first combo box? The values of rest combo box should be cleared. All I need to do is once the first combo box is changed the second and third combo box need to be cleared out or at least set to focus on them so that users will realize that they can't use old values as first value is cleared in the first combo box. I added a code block 'AfterUpdate for first combo box as shown below:
Private Sub MFG_AfterUpdate()
Code.Value = " "
GrpID.Value = 0
End Sub
The problem after writing above code is: they don't get empty until they(Code and GrpID) get clicked. In other words, I need to click them to empty them every time I change the value of MFG. Can anyone direct me how do I clear them or at least focus them?
Set the combo to null to wipe any displayed value in them;
Me.Code = Null
Me.GrpID = Null
This assumes your combo controls are called the same as your field names.
Edit for clarity: Including the Me. makes sure your are changing the form control values. If your field names are the same as the controls then Access will change the underlying field values, and as you have discovered on your form these aren't reflected until you click in that fields bound control.
I'm using Report Builder 2012 to create a report. I have inserted multiple text boxes and other controls inside a list box so that I can hide all the controls at once just by hiding the list box. I'm using a SQL Server stored procedure to fetch rows of data. I'm using below expression to hide/show the list box.
=iif(Fields!certificateType.Value = "CT", False, True)
It works fine but it only checks the first row of data. If certificateType field is "CT" in the first row of data, it shows the list box but it doesn't hide the list box back for the next row of data in which certificateType is not "CT". It seems like list box visibility only checks the first row of data and applies it for all the other rows as well. How can i check the visibility of list for all the data rows?
Okay, based on our chat I have updated this solution.
I mocked up some data that looks like this:
certificateType
---------------
AT
BT
CT
DT
ZT
I created a quick and dirty report with a list. In that, I added a rectangle with a textbox in it. I set the dataset for the list to the main dataset (DataSet1 in my case). I set the expression for the textbox to this:
=Fields!certificateType.Value
Image in design mode:
I clicked on the list, and in the Row Groups pane, I right-clicked the Details rows, and chose Group Properties. On the General section, I clicked Add to add a new group expression. Then I chose certificateType from the dropdown.
I moved to the Page Break section of the Group Properties dialog and ticked the Between each instance of a group check box. Click OK.
Now, the report will break for each instance of a certificate type that comes in the dataset. So, if you have ten different cert types in the data, you will get one page for each.
You can't see it in my image below, but there are 5 pages now.
Hope this helps!!
I'm having a problem when I want to autofill my form in Microsoft Access. The idea is that I use a combo box to select a name. Then the onChange code of my Combobox automaticlly inserts all the other data in the proper field. I use this code on the Combo Box.
Private Sub cmbName_Change()
Me.tbPersonalNumber = Me.cmbName.Column(0)
Me.tbEmailadress = Me.cmbName.Column(2)
Me.tbBirthday = Me.cmbName.Column(3)
End Sub
This methode works fine for the personalnumber and the emailadress. But it doesn't work for the birthday date, it returns a null value but when I check my table there is is a date in the proper field.
Am I missing something? I tried everything but it wont work.
I was thinking that the problem is related to the birthday column being the last in the table. Or having the date type.
Thank you in advance for your time and efford!
Edit; The .Column(1) is missing because this is the name that is already inserted with the ComboBox.
There is some confusion caused by the wording of the question, I'll try to state back how I've interpreted and if I have it right it may lead you to an answer.
You have combo box called cmdName that is pre-populated with data from a table. The content of the combo box could look as below (you may have set column widths to zero to hide the data)
0001|Gary Evans|gary#email.com|01/Jan/1970
0002|J Rommers |JR#email.com |02/Jan/1970
When the user selects J Rommers Me.tbPersonalNumber is populated with Me.cmbName.Column(0) (0002) and Me.tbEmailadress is populated with Me.cmbName.Column(2) (JR#email.com) but Me.tbBirthday is not being populated with Me.cmbName.Column(3) (02/Jan/1970).
Assuming Me.tbBirthday is a text box with no code that might clear it out, I suspect the issue is within the combo box. Not being sure how your combo box is set up, I would suggets the following checks:-
In the combo box properties, does the Column Count equal 4?
In debug, with a breakpoint on Me.tbBirthday = Me.cmbName.Column(3), does it show you the date you are after?
If it is not there does the query that populates the combo box have it in?
Edit based on comments to help further: -
Change the query to SELECT Personel.PersonalNumber, Personel.Emailadress, Personel.Birthday, Personel.Name FROM Personel ORDER BY Personel.Name; this puts all the fields you want hidden at the front.
Change the column widths property of cmbName to 0,0,0, this first the ones you want hidden and leave the last one to fill the width of the combo box.
Ensure the column count property is still 4 as per the answer
Change your code as per below and Gustav's answer
Replacement code:-
Me.tbPersonalNumber = Me.cmbName.Column(0)
Me.tbEmailadress = Me.cmbName.Column(1)
Me.tbBirthday = DateValue(Me.cmbName.Column(2))
This accounts for the fields moving in the query and ensure the date shows as a date like you wanted.
Comboboxes (and Listboxes) always return a string, so convert that to a Date value:
Me!tbBirthday.Value = DateValue(Me!cmbName.Column(3))
It took me hours of searching and putting together piecemeal parts to find the solution to this, so I figured I'd post it on here in the hopes of helping someone else.
The Problem: We need to display a report, with proper grouping and drilldowns. However, we should only allow one group to be drilled down at one time.
SSRS doesn't exactly have robust scripting options - for instance, you can't close other groups "on click" or anything like that. So how do you do it?
In My example i'm using the AdventureworksDW database. I want to have a dataset that includes the total sales for each group and region. My Stored Procedure looks something like this:
SELECT dst.SalesTerritoryGroup,
dst.SalesTerritoryRegion,
SUM(fis.SalesAmount) AS SaleTotal,
DATEPART(YEAR,fis.OrderDate) AS OrderYear
FROM [dbo].FactInternetSales AS fis
INNER JOIN [dbo].DimSalesTerritory AS dst
ON fis.SalesTerritoryKey = dst.SalesTerritoryKey
WHERE fis.OrderDate < #QueryEndDate
GROUP BY
dst.SalesTerritoryGroup,
dst.SalesTerritoryRegion,
DATEPART(YEAR,fis.OrderDate)
UNION ALL /*The ResellerSales table. Same info.*/
From there I added a table with two groups: SalesTerritoryRegion and its parent, SalesTerritoryGroup. I also added a column to the left INSIDE the SalesTerritoryGroup, with an X (this can also be an image if you'd like). This is the "Drilldown" button that we'll use.
Create a string parameter, mine was #ExpandedGroup. Set the Default to an empty string (so that all the groups start out collapsed). Right click on the SalesTerritoryRegion group, or whatever your subgroup is, and go to the visibility tab. Click "Show or Hide based on Expression" and enter something like this:
=iif(Parameters!ExpandedGroup.Value="" or
Fields!SalesTerritoryGroup.Value<>Parameters!ExpandedGroup.Value,True,False)
This statement means: If we haven't opened a dropdown, or if the dropdown isn't the one selected, set hidden to true. Otherwise, false.
Next click on your "X" column to the left of SalesTerritoryGroup or your supergroup. Right click to go to Textbox Properties. Click the action tab. From there select "Go to Report". When you specify a report, make the target itself (For instance, mine is Main). Then, add parameters to the report.
The most important here is ExpandedGroup. The name should be ExpandedGroup, but the value is not just [ExpandedGroup]. Instead, it's an expression:
=IIF(Fields!SalesTerritoryGroup.Value=Parameters!ExpandedGroup.Value,
"",
Fields!SalesTerritoryGroup.Value)
This expression says: If the Group is the same as the Expanded group, make ExpandedGroup an empty string when you load the report. Otherwise, send the TerritoryGroup value. Essentially, this will let us toggle on and off the drilldown (same as you would in the report if you had traditional drilldowns).
Note: Also be sure to pass other parameters! For instance, my query requires a date to exclude some transaction data. If you don't pass this parameter in the "Go to Report" action, then you'll have to enter it again when you DrillDown. This also means you can give yourself even more flexibility when you click a drilldown (changing a chart that's displayed etc.) which is what I'm doing for this project.
Hope it helps someone out! Of course, if there is a more elegant or simpler solution I'd absolutely love to hear it.
This question was very helpful, however I have a list control in my report, and when the report grows over 1 page, data in the header only shows up on the last page of the report.
Apparently, hidden textboxes have to be on every page of the report for header to function properly. How do I do that? The only control I have in the list is a textbox with bunch of text that grows way over 1 page.
Although SSRS does not allow us to use DataSet fields in page headers, it allows us to refer to report items. So we could place a textbox (that takes its value from a DataSet field) anywhere in our report's body and set its Hidden property to true.
Then, we could easily refer to that textbox in the page header with an expression like: =ReportItems!TextBox1.Value and we are done. Note that the textbox that is being referred should be present on every page, or otherwise the header will print an empty value.
sExchange website to the rescue!!!
All I needed to do is to use Report Parameters with queried values from my dataset; and then reference =Parameters!Name.Value in the textbox in the header of the report.
Select Report Parameters, Add new parameter and check hidden, allow null and allow blank value.
If you are retrieving the values from database:
Under Available Values:
check "from query" radio button and provide dataset,value field and label fields.
Under Default Values:
check "from query" radio button and provide dataset,value fields.
Now provide the value for text box in the footer/header as =Parameters!Footer.Value (Footer is the parameter name).
the hidden text boxes can be placed within a rectangle that was a repeatwith property set to be your list item.