I'm having difficulty with what seems to be a limitation in SSRS (BIDS) 2005, and upgrading to a newer version is not yet an option for me.
I have a DataSet that returns a bunch of payroll withholding data by employee, and I'm wanting to get the value of field "B" based on what I find in field "A." Specifically, I want to get a dollar amount based on a field "Code" being "OptlLife."
So, if Field A = "OptLife" give me the dollar value of Field B. Pretty simple, right?
The closest I can come is:
=IIF(First(Fields!Code.Value, "Withholdings") = "OptLife", First(Fields!AmtPct.Value, "Withholdings"), " ")
What's killing me is that "First" indicator. I don't want "first" or "last" or "max" or "sum." I want whatever row of data has the value OptLife. If I remove that indicator, I get a syntax error. How do I get around this?
What I really want is something like "select AmtPct from WithholdingsDataSet where Code = "OptLife" but it needs to be an SSRS expression.
EDIT PER IAN'S QUESTION:
So, I have a result set from the DataSet that looks like this.
Employee Code Method AmtPct
1121 401K A 400
1121 Roth null null
1121 FSAChild A 96.15
1121 FSAHealth A 192.31
1121 OptLife A 28.84
In my report, I have a textfield formatted for Currency, and need an expression that will pull the 28.84 into that field. Because I have multiple DataSets tied to this report, I need to specify which DataSet the value is coming from, hence the (Fields!Code.Value, "Withholdings") but that parenthetical statement has to be prepended with something. Nothing I put there gives me the value I need.
Once I nail this down, the same methodology will be used for distinguishing Roth and Traditional 401K, and FSA Childcare from FSA Healthcare.
You should be able to use something like:
=Sum(IIF(Fields!Code.Value = "OptLife", Fields!AmtPct.Value, Nothing), "Withholdings")
As you've seen, since you're referencing the data in a Textbox you need to use an aggregate expression.
The expression above will apply a Sum to the dataset, but will only consider OptLife rows, which seems to be what you're after. Assuming you only have one OptLife code in the Dataset, you'll only be considering that one row in the aggregate, which I think is what is required.
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I have a dataset which looks like this
Name Spend
"First Aid" 2
"Healing Arts" 0
"Surgeon" NULL
I then have three separate textboxes which will be filled with the value of the column which matches the name.
Example: show value of spend in textbox if value of name equals First Aid
for this I've made following expression
=Lookup(Fields!skill_name.Value, "First Aid", Fields!skill_spend.Value, "Skills")
My problem is however that I get an error saying that skill_name is missing its dataset, which doesn't make sense to me as it is informed in the end of the expression (skills)
I think you may be misunderstanding the purpose of Lookup and how it is used. The purpose of the Lookup function is akin to a JOIN in SQL in some ways. Basically, you would have two datasets that each have a matching field with the other. In that scenario, the expression would match on the skill_name field and lookup the skill_spend value and the expression would look something like the following.
=Lookup(Fields!skill_name.Value, Fields!skill_name.Value, Fields!skill_spend.Value, "Skills")
As the documentation shows, the first reference to skill_name is the field you are referencing from the current dataset. The second reference is to the dataset from which you are attempting to look up a value. The third expression is the field you are looking up and the dataset should be the one you are attempting to look up a value from, not the current dataset scope.
Lookup(source_expression, destination_expression, result_expression, dataset)
From the best I can tell, you have a single dataset but separate textboxes that need the correct spend value. I think the following expression will work.
= IIF(Fields!skill_name.Value = "First Aid", Fields!skill_spend.Value, Nothing)
This expression should get the skill_spend value associated with the row "First Aid" only and leave the textbox blank otherwise.
I have been working on this for days without being able to solve yet. It's probably simple if you know what you're doing. I'm simply trying to make a standalone formula that is not in a tablix or anything, it's just in a textbox.
Here is an example of my Dataset called Dataset1:
What I am trying to get is a sum of the Actual Cost when the Category is Labor from Dataset1. My current expression is:
=Sum(iif(Fields!Category.Value="Labor", Fields!ActualCost.Value, 0), "Dataset1")
I refer to Dataset1 as my scope because otherwise, I get an error about using an aggregate expression without a scope.
The report runs but shows #Error in the textbox that has my expression in it. When I replace Fields!ActualCost.Value with a 1, I get the answer, 5, which is the correct number of rows with Labor as the Category. But it won't let me sum the numbers in the ActualCost column where Category is Labor.
Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong? I feel like it's something to do with aggregating, but I'm not sure. Thanks!
It may have to do with the datatype of fields!ActualCost.Value. If that field is a decimal (regardless of how you have it formatted), try using cdec(0) instead of just 0 in your expression.
I want to filter my column, let's call it AllStudentID from dataset1 with another column from a different datset.
Dataset1 had many column such as AllStudentID, Class, Time, Location.
Dataset2 has other columns but i'm focused on a similar column called OnCampusID.
I've tried looking into using a filter but since the report itself has the columns from Dataset1, i run into an issue where if I select the column in dataset2, it always gives a First(OnCampusID). And I don't want that.
I looked into IIF() but again, i'm using a column from a different datset plus if let's say that they are NOT equal, I don't want to display anything, instead of putting something there. I know that you have to put a result if true and a result if false.
If I"m thinking of it in terms of SQL statements, it's like having a WHERE clause WHERE AllStudentID=OnCampusID.
I tried running a Parameter but I don't want the select part on the top but rather have the report filtered already.
Am I missing something? I know it has to be simple.
Mind you, the following example above is just an example i made up, not the real thing.
Assuming that each OnCampusID only appears once in Dataset2 then you can do a Lookup expression to filter it:
=IIF(IsNothing(Lookup(Fields!AllStudentID.Value, Fields!OnCampusID.Value, Fields!OnCampusID.Value, "Dataset2")), False, True)
If OnCampusID appears more than once in Dataset2 then do the same thing using LookupSet.
To get the graduate field from Dataset2 just to a Lookup in the Value of the cell, like so:
=Lookup(Fields!AllStudentID.Value, Fields!OnCampusID.Value, Fields!Graduate.Value, "Dataset2")
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I would like to add and expression that calculates a value based on a certain value. I have a dataset with the name DSSPend that has to columns one is the Area and the other spend. Now I would like to calculate the spend based on certain area values.
I tried something like this but does not seem to work
=Iif((Fields!Area.Value, "DSSSpend") IN ('New York','Miami','Texas') = SUM(Fields!Spend.Value, "DSSSpend"), 0)
=sum(iif((Fields!Area.Value = "New York" or Fields!Area.Value = "Miami" or Fields!Area.Value = "Texas"),
CDec(Fields!Spend.Value), CDec(0)))
There is no IN operator in SSRS expressions. You can achieve the same goal by using OR.
Also, your SUM aggregation needs to go outside the IIF. Your expression would evaluate the first record only rather than going through each record in the dataset and then aggregating. The expression I have written above goes through the entire dataset, summing either the value in the Spend field or 0, depending on the value of Area.
Update: If you were getting an error before, it was probably because it wasn't seeing your amounts as numbers. By converting them explicitly, you should get around this issue.
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.