How to freeze the Tablix header after export to excel from rdl in SSRS.
I am using report builder 3.0.
For example, if you set properties to repeat column headers and to
keep column headers in view, when you export the report to Excel, the
column headers appear at the top of each worksheet and the Freeze
Panes feature is enabled for that row.
Found here: Controlling Row and Column Headings (Report Builder 3.0 and SSRS)
EDIT: Even though the documentation in the MSDN link above makes it appear that this is possible, further web searches allude that it is not possible to freeze column headers in a tablix when rendered. It can only be done to Report Headers.
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I have a report that I am developing using SSRS like this:
I created the same report layout using Adventure works to show a detailed explanation of my question since I can't post the exact report that I am working on, for security purposes.
So as you can see, I have the chart above and a table with a drill down below. But I am getting an issue when I am exporting this report into an excel format:
(Report in excel format)
The chart above is distorted by default view of the report's excel version. The chart will come back to it's original size unless I clicked the drilldown of the table (Collapsed) as shown below.
Now my question is, How can I maintain the chart's property particularly the size regardless of whether the drilldown of the table is in collapsed state or not?
I have a report for which there is sometimes no data to output. This report is run along with several other reports and all are then output to PDF. However, this report still produces the header and footer with a blank page even tho there is no data.
I can move the header and footer into the report and have tried to hide those elements with =if(rownumber("PersonalProfile")=0, True, False) in the Hidden property of those elements. It hides everything so now the page is blank, but it will will output a blank PDF. Is there a way to completely suppress the report?
I'm using 2008 and I don't see a Report Visibility property. All the data for the report is inside a single Tablix which is inside a rectangle.
There are 3 datasets: PersonalProfile which contains the meat of the data; BoardNames which just produces the name of the board for the report; BoardMeetings which allows the user to pick a date parameter.
If you are distributing your report using subscriptions and you have Enterprise Edition, then you can look at using Data Driven Subscriptions which will give you control over how and when reports are distributed based on whatever logic you need. Otherwise, there is no way to do what you are asking - as trubs says, Reporting Services must first render the report before it has any knowledge of whether there is any data to display.
You haven't explained how you are "running the reports" (e.g. manually in Report Manager, report subscription, third party app using URL access) - if you do perhaps someone can suggest a workaround.
There is no way to do what you want. ssrs has to produce the report in order to determine there is nothing to display.
I've got a SSRS report with many columns. Showing this report on screen can be tedious to use. I would like to hide this report on screen, but data should be visible when user choses to export via export option on SSRS. On hiding this report, through Tablix properties, it was not visible, but on exporting to CSV/PDF, data was not visible there also. What should be done to show data on export??
Sounds to me like you want to hide report items based on how they're rendered. Use an expression like the following for visibility of your report items:
=Iif(Globals!RenderFormat.Name = "EXCEL", True, False)
Alternatively, if you're using the ReportViewer component currently, I'd suggest replacing it with a regular control in your application framework, and sending a Stream of data with a rendered report (rendered from the SSRS web service).
I have a main report main.rdl and 2 linked reports like linked1.rdl and linked2.rdl as a drill through report from the main report.
I have deployed all the reports under one folder in the report server.when i view the main report its working fine and drilling through the linked reports. but my question is how can i export to excel which contains main report as well as linked reports as separate tabs in the same excel?
thanks in advance.
The easiest way to do this would be to put a rectangle on your page and then add your linked report as a subreport inside the rectangle.
then hide the subreports unless exporting to excel by setting the visibility property on the rectangle to
=Globals!RenderFormat.Name<>"EXCEL"
or for ssrs2012
=Globals!RenderFormat.Name<>"EXCELOPENXML"
There are a few problems with this approach. (but these can be solved)
Headers and footers are not shown in sub-report
Performance. The sub reports will run each time you view the main report
the above assumes the drill through reports are only executed with a single set of parameters
imho SSRS is a presentation tool, Excel is also a presentation tool (in this case) so your chaining your presentation tools.
Why don't you call from excel your reports data source and drop it into each tab for each report..main sub whatever.
As your reports should be bound to a named data source (SQL\ view\ sp) for the report you would be calling that.
You can add your main report ....but you cannot add the 2 linked reports, they would show all records. So if you then make your linked reports, reports like main this would then work ie feeding them the key filter field...the children records for linked reports would filter and give you sub tab report you need.
If you cant do this then you have to rethink whole approach... if it was me I would code it so I got all three sets of data and then populated Excel with each tab...save n email spreadsheet
I have to make headers in my reports what i want when some one see the report in report viewer it should not show the headers of the report but when i export the report header should be present in to the report.
Is it possible to do this.
If you are using SSRS 2008R2, you can use Globals!RenderFormat.Name method to achieve your required output. But using this method, you can hide all the header controls but there will be blank space appeared for the report header in report preview.
Take a look into
Use of RenderFormat method in R2