Slanted column heading - SSRS reports - reporting-services

Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to create an SSRS 2008 report which has slanted/angled column headers like in the screenshot below?
I've searched for a solution to this, but haven't found anything of use.

In a word, no, SSRS won't do this. 90 degree rotated text is possible as you've probably seen
You actually have two problems:
1. Slanted text.
2. Non rectangle cells.
There are potential workaround to solve the first problem: create a text graphic on the fly, use stylesheet tricks, &c.
But the second problem will be very difficult if not entirely impossible to solve. SSRS, and many of the formats to which it exports, only support rectangle cells.

It is actually possible to create slanted text in SSRS, but not slanted text boxes. Just paste a column chart into the cell, style the horizontal axis as needed to slant the text at the desired angle, and delete all data series and the vertical axis, title and key from the chart.
If the text is to show at the top of a column that repeats in a column group, assign the same dataset to the chart as the body of the table and filter the chart so that only the relevant column of the chart shows in each column of the expanded table. The filter will look like [HeadingFieldName] = [HeadingFieldName], because you are essentially joining the dataset to itself on this column.

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I am converting a Crystal report to SSRS. I need to align text to prevent wrap and continue in next text box. How to do that?

Here is the crystal report pic. How can we achieve same in SSRS.
I think those can be emulated as merged cells in a table with two detail lines.
The cell with the CARTONS field is merged with the one to the right of it. The same for the Tag For field that has the STORE values.
Not sure how to get those lines that overlap the text though.

Vary the colors of same-series data markers in a chart in SSRS

Hello I have a Column Chart in SSRS . There is only one data series. I want to give green color for top 4 and blue colors for the rest ones in this series as you can see in the picture.This is an image that ı want to make but when ı prepare a "custompalettecolors" it still gives all the column same color.(I think this is for charts with different series but ı have only one series and many columns).So can you give me some advice for this ?
I believe you can by using a formula in the fill if you have someway in the data to specify the top 4. On fill properties for the series:
Now the question is: What goes in the formula? You'll need something in your data that ranks the items. so, that you could create a formula like this:
=iif(Fields!Ranking.Value<=4,"Green","Blue")
I would do this in my T-SQL. Not seeing your dataset, I can't tell you exactly how to proceed. I hope this gets you started

SSRS single bar-chart

Good day all,
Please am trying to create a SSRS report that looks like the image below
i have my table structure in this manner
Please note the data are not in relation with the chart
But all i could get as a result is a multiple bar chart. that resembles the image below.
Thanks in anticipations of your response
First of all, your "Balance on COC" is negative. That's probably not just a chart visualization issue.
You can format the numbers on the y-axis to be more readable like they are in your first screenshot. Click on the Chart Axis and set the LabelsFormat property to #,0;(#,0).
While numbers in the chart can have up to 16 digits, that is highly unreadable for most people. You might want to consider visualizing the numbers in Billions instead.
To get the labels on the x-axis you'll need to set that field as the Category Group. Then you can delete the legend area from the chart. You can also remove the "Axis Title" areas since they are not needed in this case. This will all make it look more polished like the other image.

Is it possible to add items to legend that are not on the chart?

I have a column chart in SSRS with a single series group. The chart is perfect but I need to add a couple of items to the legend even though they are not part of the chart (don't ask). If I add them to the data source with 0 values, the width of my columns still change to reflect the new number of items in my series group.
I ended up using Word to create an image of the proper legend and using this image as my legend. Works great but feels like duct tape.

Problem in SSRS with Matrix headings for non-data fields

Hi I have been working on a large matrix which displays the results of a stored procuedre with date fields for the dynamic columns. Prior to the dynamic columns i have several other columns of identifiers for the data. The problem i have is when i try and add column headings (in the tableheading textbox) for the identifiers i need to use spaces to pad the text so that the heading appear in the correct place, this works fine in preview mode, but when i publish the report the final version always has the padding spaces removed. This results in the text all appearing in one bunch on the left of the matrix. I have tried using individual text boxes but these then appear after the Matrix and not over the appropriate columns. Does anyone have any other ideas i might try? Thanks Jon
It appears to be a rendering error with overlapping objects. By moving the text boxes so they do not overlap the matrix they appear fine.