Currently I'm trying to display custom data per a unique key, like a person ID. For example, if I select an ID from a dropdown (a parameter), the data should be tailored to that ID. If I change the ID, the data should change with it. However, I'm using a Lookup() function for now since my report only returns the first row of data even if I change the ID. I've tried filters but haven't had luck. There should be an alternative to the lookup function. Any help?
Thanks.
Generally, the best way to accomplish this is with cascading parameters.
See here.
In short, have your initial visible parameter drive a lookup query, the values of which are used a parameters for the main query.
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In Spotfire I have a dashboard that uses both filtering (only one filtering scheme) and multiple markings to show the resulting data in a table.
I have created a data function which takes a column and outputs the data in the column after the active filtering scheme and markings are applied.
However, this output column is only calculated if I have something marked in every marking.
I want the output column to be calculated no matter how many of the markings are being used. Is there a way to do this?
I was thinking I could use an IronPython script to edit the data function parameters for my input column to only check the boxes for markings that are actively being used. However, I can't find how to access those parameters with IronPython.
Thanks!
I think it would be a combination of visuals being set to OR instead of AND for markings (if you have a set of markings that are being set from others).
Also are all the input parameters set to required parameter perhaps unchecking that option would still run the script. In the r script you may want to replace null values as well.
Not too sure without some example.
I am somewhat new to MS Access and I have inherited an application with a table that uses this Lookup feature to replace a code with a value from a query to another table.
When I first used this table and exported it to Excel for analysis, I somehow got the base ID number (or whatever it would be called) rather than the translated lookup value. Now, when I do this, I get the translated text. The biggest problem is that while the base value is unique, the translated values are not, so I cannot use them for the work I am doing.
Can someone explain how to get the underlying ID value rather than the lookup value? Is there some setting I can use or some way to reference the field upon which the lookup is based. When I query the ID field, I get the lookup value. I know that the first time I did this, the spreadsheet contained the ID number not the text.
For now, I created a copy of the table and removed the lookup information from this copy, but I know I did not run into this when I did this the first time.
Thanks.
When you export to Excel, leave Export data with formatting and layout unchecked. This will create a spreadsheet with raw data values in Lookup fields.
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I want to get data(dynamic) according to the data in another dataset and put the result in textbox of the different dataset.
Right now, the data I get is static and I tried to use many expressions but no avail.
Problem lies in editing textbox expression. Since I am getting data from different dataset, it always ask me to have dataset aggregate function in my expression. If I specified the dataset from where I am getting the data, then, I cannot make it dynamic - and I get the undesired result.
And another way out that I attempted is merging the data sets into one rather than having multiples and use it only but this was unsuccessful.
How can I make it work to get the result that I want:
By the way, the textbox and the tables are in different scope. I have tried to combine them in one scope too.
Getting data from another dataset requires an aggregate function because it can't tell what data you want from that dataset so it forces you to aggregate it so it can return a specific value rather than an entire list of values.
I think what you are after is the Lookup function. Lookup allows you to look up a value from another dataset based on a value in the table's dataset. To give a simplistic example, let's say your table was of employees and you had a department id on that table and another dataset called "Departments" which had an id and a name. You could look up the department's name using the following expression:
=Lookup(Fields!DeptId.Value, Fields!Id.Value, Fields!Name.Value, "Departments")
This uses the current table's dataset's DeptId field to look up the Departments dataset by the Id field and return the Name field.
=Lookup(First(ReportItems!EmpID.Value),Fields!EmpID.Value,Fields!Dept.Value,"dataset_which_u_retrieve_the_data_from")
Problem solved!By using reportItems instead of Fields because I am retrieving one data only,not the whole field.
Thanks guys for helping me out.
I am using SSRS 2012.
I have two datasets. I have two tables.
The first table contains a contract Id which is used as parameter in the second dataset.
I want to set the parameter as the contractId (ie Fields!ContractId.Value, or ReportItems!Contract1.Value) or something like that but nothing works because of different limitations.
If I would be using a subreport that would have been easy just pass the Field!Contract.Value from the 1st dataset as the parameter for the second and there you go. But since we want to call the report using SQL server agent, I cannot use subreport since the agent is limited and does not accept subreport.
So I believe my only option is to use two different tables, but I still need the value from the first dataset. Also, I don't think LookUp() would work for me as I do not have Ids.
Does anyone already did something like that?
Thanks for any help.
You can create report parameters in which the available values are pulled from a query.
Then just use the parameter in your second data set.
I've got two tables binded to two different datasets. I'm trying to reference one of the rows from one of the tables (Table A) from Table B.
Since it's outside the scope of the table, I can't use ReportItems![Textbox name].Value
Any ideas?
You can use the SSRS Lookup() or LookupSet() function to retrieve the data directly from the other dataset.
I found the MSDN pages a bit unclear, the syntax goes like this:
=LOOKUP(Fields!sourceMatchingField.Value,
Fields!targetMatchingField.Value,
Fields!targetReturnField.Value,
"Name of Second Dataset"
)
Fields!sourceMatchingField.Value is from the dataset that is
currently in scope.
Fields!targetMatchingField.Value is from the other data set you need to get information from and equals Fields!sourceMatchingField.Value.
These two parameter values for the Lookup function make the join criteria for the two datasets. They can be more complicated than simply two field references (such as using functions to manipulate on or both), but I'm just showing the simplest way to do it.
Fields!targetReturnField.Value is the field from the second dataset that you want to return. This should just be a reference to a field.
"Name of Second Dataset" is just what you've named the other dataset that you're joining to.