I want to display text in column header of ssrs 2010 like below image.
i am able to display text vertically but it will display text top to bottom.
I am using visual studio 2010 and local report (RDLC file).
Version 2008 and earlier don't have this feature, see this Microsoft Connect issue.
For SSRS 2008-R2 you should be able to do this, from the MSDN tutorial:
Create a new report or open an existing report.
If the Properties pane is not open, click the View tab and select the Properties check box.
Click the text box for which you want to change text orientation.
Locate the WritingMode property in the Properties pane and in the drop-down list select the text orientation to apply to the text box.
Note: When the properties in the Properties pane are organized into categories, WritingMode is in the Localization category.
In the list box, select Horizontal, Vertical, or Rotate270.
The Rotate270 value is the option you're looking for.
Although Jeroen is correct in his statement in that it is not possible without the use of Rotate 270, if all you want to do is display a static word (like "Category"?) you can do the below method. Unfortunately, for those that want to display an <<Expr>> in this format, this method obviously would not work.
For those of us that do not have this feature, but still want to implement it, what I did was:
Create the text/textbox I wanted to use in Microsoft word and rotate it to the orientation I wanted to use in my report
Take a screenshot, a snip using the Snipping tool, whatever you want to get an image of the text/textbox
Using the toolbox, insert the snip into your report
This visually looks like it did the trick.
#Liquid Core to your comment, I am not sure how you found these options.
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I'm using SSRS (specifically the Report Builder) for generating some fairly basic reports from SQL Server 2012. Report Builder 3.0. When I add a field from the database that is stored as rich text (with the tags and all), it simply displays all of those tags right on the report, instead of showing the properly formatted text.
I've dug around in the tools as much as I can, and can't find a way to get that field to display in a formatted way.
Is there a function, or setting, somewhere that I'm missing that will get the text to display properly?
I don't believe it's possible to display Rich Text in an SSRS report.
You could render the Rich Text to an image file, and then display the image on the report.
However, it is possible to use HTML markup which could also be of use to you.
To add HTML from a field in your dataset into a text box
On the Insert tab, click List. Click the design surface, and then
drag to create a box that is the size you want.
The Dataset Properties dialog box opens. You can use a shared dataset or a
dataset embedded in your report. For more information, click Dataset
Properties Dialog Box, Query (Report Builder) or Dataset Properties
Dialog Box, Query.
On the Insert tab, click Text Box. Click in the list, and then drag
to create a box that is the size you want.
Drag an HTML field from your dataset into the text box. A
placeholder is created for your field.
Right-click the placeholder, and then click Placeholder Properties.
On the General tab, verify that the Value box contains an expression that evaluates to the field you dropped in step 3.
Click HTML - Interpret HTML tags as styles. This causes the field to
be evaluated as HTML.
Click OK.
Source: MSDN - Add HTML into a Report (Report Builder and SSRS)
This means you have a couple of options:
You could write a function that removes the Rich Text tags, leaving you the plain text to display.
Render the Rich Text to an image file and display the image on the report.
Instead of using Rich Text in your dataset, you start using HTML markup.
Write a function that replaces the Richt Text tags with equivalent HTML styled tags. This would be a little more work but still a valid solution.
I have a html file with some images in a directory. I would simply want to open a report and show the html file (including the images) inside the report. Is there a way to achieve this? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I've found this : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd207057.aspx. Tell me if it's useful? ;oP
To add HTML from a field in your dataset into a text box
1.On the Insert tab, click List. Click the design surface, and then drag to create a box that is the size you want.
The Dataset Properties dialog box opens. You can use a shared dataset or a dataset embedded in your report. For more information, click Dataset Properties Dialog Box, Query (Report Builder) or Dataset Properties Dialog Box, Query.
2.On the Insert tab, click Text Box. Click in the list, and then drag to create a box that is the size you want.
3.Drag an HTML field from your dataset into the text box. A placeholder is created for your field.
4.Right-click the placeholder, and then click Placeholder Properties.
5.On the General tab, verify that the Value box contains an expression that evaluates to the field you dropped in step 3.
6.Click HTML - Interpret HTML tags as styles. This causes the field to be evaluated as HTML.
7.Click OK.
Alright, this is what resolved the issue. I am converting the html to a image using CutyCapt and storing the image in the database as a blob. In the report I have a image control which refers to the image and this works fine.
Hope this helps.
Thanks everyone.
I'm fairly experienced with MS Access 2003, but 2007 has a new feature that is confusing me.
I'm maintaining an Access database with a variety of reports. Some of these reports have fields with constraints on where I can move them. If I move a field vertically, ALL the fields in that section must move with it. If I move a field horizontally, it automatically switches with the field next to it.
This is clearly a feature since it makes some kinds of reports easier, but it's just getting in my way now since I need to have detail fields on 2 lines. Can someone tell me what this thing is called and (more importantly) how do I turn it off?
The feature is known as "Control Layouts." Here's how to get rid of them:
Remove controls from a control layout
Removing a control from a
control layout allows you to place it anywhere on the report without
affecting the positioning of any other controls.
Select the control you want to remove from the layout. To select
multiple controls, hold down the SHIFT key and then click the controls
that you want to remove. To select all of the controls in the layout,
click the layout selector box at the top left corner of the layout.
Do
one of the following:
On the Arrange tab, in the Control Layout group,
click Remove.
Right-click one of the selected controls, point to
Layout, and then click Remove. Access removes the selected controls
from the layout.
TIP To prevent a control from being inserted into
a control layout as you move it, press and hold the CTRL key, and then
drag the control to where you want it.
The full documentation for the above excerpt can be found here: Modify, edit, or change a report
Using the Report designer in Visual Studio, I dragged and dropped a an Image control over onto the header but I'm lost as to what to do next. I need to choose the Source which gives me a choice between External, Embedded, Database and custom expression. I also have a Value property but it didn't prompt me to choose a file.
Any ideas?
On your Report Data view box (Where the report parameters, datasets etc) are shown, there is also a folder for Images.
Right click that and add the image you want.
Now when you use your image control you can choose Embedded and drop down any of the imagess included in the Images folder.
The External source is good for adding in a URL to the image and database is when the image is stored in one of your datasets.
Here is the solution if the report data view screen is missing
I found a way to do this:
If I open the report and give the focus to the report form (not one of the controls), I get a new menu item called Report at the top of Visual Studio. Open the Embedded Images... dialog and I can add a new image there. Then close that dialog and give focus to the image control that I want to have the static image. I can set its value property to one of the embedded images that I have added using the Embedded Images dialog.
I have a report in Reporting services, and when I preview it, the headers for a table wrap, but when I export it to Excel, the don't. They just get cut off. Any ideas on how to force it to wrap when I export to Excel?
Although this link doesn't address your question directly, its fairly comprehensive in terms of design considerations for Report Rendering in in Excel
Link: Designing for Microsoft Excel Output(Reporting Services)
If you are importing report from SSRS to EXCEL and if you find some TOP column joined up then the best way to resolve this issue would be:
Go back to report designer and adjust all your text boxes.
Adjust to left side of the designer window. You will see a blue line when it's adjusted to left.
Your dataset at top should also be moved toward left side of the designer window.
You might have date time function on left adjust it to top dataset vertically with 0-1 Points gap.
Including your header which would be Title of your company, name of report and all parameter mentioned below should be adjusted just next below to date time function which I have mentioned earlier.
Play with report designer by adjusting the text box and you will see the magic.