I have added a row into my report by right clicking the top row and selected add row above. Then when I try and merge all the cells in the new row it doesn't give me the option when I have selected all the cells and right click.
I can Merge 2 or 3 cells but not the whole thing.
My question is why cannot I not merge all the cells? Is there something in the a certain cell I can't see or a creation property that needs to be changed.
Thanks
There seems to be an invisible lines between the row headers and the data, and also the column headers and the data. You cannot merge across these lines.
The solution is to keep you groups and delete the row and column headers. You can put the header rows inside the data area and you can merge cells too.
Sometimes you can only merge the cells from a row if you merge the cells from the row above.
_____1__________2_________3____
A |__________|__________|_________|
B |__________|__________|_________|
Sometimes you can only merge B1-B2-B3 if you merge A1-A2-A3 first.
This problem occure with grouping. You cannot merge across group lines. I have not had a problem merging when there is not a group. There is not a way around this.
if you're trying to create a header row for the whole table. you can create a separate table with 1 column and 2 rows and insert your table into the 2nd row of the new table. the 1st row can then be used as a header
The left-most column has been auto-added as a group, so it can't be merged with cells to the right. But you can delete that column and keep the grouping.
What I do is click on the second column (inside the grouping), then 'add column to left'. Then copy all of the Group fields from the left-most column into this new column, then delete the left-most group column. You should now be able to merge the cells.
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Apologies if I have missed it anywhere else but I can not find any examples of this.
I am pulling data from sql into SSRS and rather than have one row in a table per record, i want a table/group of tables to replicate per record with the ID field as a table title. Something similar to the below image. Is there an option in SSRS to do this? any help is greatly appreciated.
wanted output
You can do this with a row group based on NoticeNumber. Simply add two headers and group detail.
Add a table.
Add a row group with the group field being Notice No. Make sure you select the option to add group header.
Right click the row header added in 2a and select6 "Add Row|Inside Group Below".
Add the number of columns you want for each record.
Select all the in the top group header row, right click, and select merge.
Add your Notice number to the merge cells.
Select the merged cell and set its text alignment to left aligned.
Paint all you cells in the row produced in 3 above gray.
Sample Report showing where header should span
I hope the attached image explains succinctly what I am asking. I have a Matrix with a parent row group, a child row group, and a column group. I need to have a title for each group that spans a column group. The title will be the value of the Parent Row Group. Obviously by it's nature, a column group may be one or more columns which makes this very tricky (I hope not impossible though).
Does anyone know if this can be achieved, and if so how?
Thanks in advance!
I don't 'think' this is possible due to the presence of a column group. The only way I can think of to achieve this would be to create a subreport that displays single parent group (almost identical to what you have now), with a textbox on top of the tablix containing the parent group text.
The main report would then be a single cell table bound to a dataset that just lists the parent groups. In that cell you would place you subreport.
You can just create a parent table and put your table in it. The parent table will expand with the child.
Create another table with one column.
Set the dataset to be the same as your current table.
Add grouping and group on 1.
Make the group text box the same size as your table.
Drop your table in the group text box.
Add you header.
I don't have enough reputation to comment or to upvote Hannover Fist's answer, but it is a good way to proceed. You can indeed nest tables. You just need to make sure that the cell of the outer table that you paste the expanding table into does not have any row or column groups around it: you normally get a Detail row group when you simply insert a table, and you'll need to delete that group.
Subreports work too, but it's messy to have to break a long report into many subreports just because you want spanning headers.
I am trying to create a header row for a matrix in my SSRS report. Currently my matrix is configured as the following:
If I right+click to add a new row, it will insert a row above but I cannot merge the entire row of cells to form a single row, the grouping columns stay separate:
My work-around has been to add a text box above the matrix, but will not keep the the rows together in a page break:
Is it possible to add the header row? And if so, what would be a good way to accomplish this task?
I had the same issue! I wish they would let you merge across the row header; or add a new region of matrix called "title" .
My tablix also had dynamic columns, so I needed the width of the box on the top to expand and collapse with the rest of the table.
There are two ways you can handle it (that I know of)
1. Create a "parent" list object with two rows and insert the table in the second row
2. Put all the columns to the right of the row header
To solve my problem I tried both. First, I added the list with one column and two rows and I copied the entire table into the second row. The first row of the outer list is now centered and spans the entire table. It was messy because I had dynamic columns with a toggle for visibility. The outer list had to have columns that lined up with the visibility set to the same toggle. It was a messy work around because of that.
I decided to try the second method above and insert new columns on the other side of the row header.
The challenge is that row header group labels will repeat for each row... in your example RoleID would repeat down each detail row. I created an expression to only show when it was the first row of the group.
=iif(RowNumber("roleid_group") = 1,
max(Fields!roleID.Value,"roleid_group"),
"")
I used an expression to only show the border when it was the last row in the group:
=iif(RowNumber("roleid_group") = countrows("roleid_group"),"Solid","None")
This gives the illusion of a grouped row. Don't delete the row header columns (column 1 and 2) until you get it working because its hard to add them back.
Careful: This method though doesn't work well if the text of the row title needs to wrap. (The first row of the group will be wider --row height is set to can grow.)
If there is another way I would love to know. These are both somewhat tricky but get the job done.
I want my report to have borders around all cells in all rows. In picture below you see that borders in detail rows under groups are missing. How to add them?
It is possible to show all the borders with a few rearrangements.
The problem is that you can't split vertically merged row group header cells from outer groups, this works only once in the first outer group.
The rearrangements would be to delete the outer group columns, here from left to right (delete only columns, not groups!), then you should be able to create new rows and columns step by step and split cells if necessary, at some point you may need the "HideDuplicates" options, depending on the actual structure of your tablix or matrix.
If needed, play with the options to add group results, add/delete rows, columns and headers (deleting only the rows, not the groups).
I have a dataset with the following fields:
SampleHour
Value
MeasureType
Line
Header
AggregationON
I've created a tablix with a row group on SampleHour and I'd like to have two adjacent column groups, each having the same grouping hierarchy as follows (from parent to child):
AggregationON > Line > Header > MeasureType
Well when I define the first column grouping structure all works fine: I add a parent column group on AggregationON, then a child group on Line pointing to the AggregationON group and so on.
Then I try to create the second column grouping structure and I proceed like this: I point to AggregationON in the first column group and choose "Add Group->Adjacent Right" and specify AggregationON as the "Group By" parameter. The newly created column group header AggregationON appears just on the same row as the previous AggregationON header as expected.
Then I point to the newly created AggregationON and choose "Add Group->Child Group" and set Line in the "Group By" parameter: this time the Line group header cause tablix to add a new row. On the left of the newly created header appears a blank new row that is impossible to delete.
If I go on creating child groups to build the whole column group structure, each new column child group will add a blank row on the left. That leads to an unacceptable table header with a mix of texts and blank cells like in the attached screenshot. Any suggestion?
(Creating two column groups with the same structure is due to the need to filter out results differently in the two groupings)
When you create the second column group use the "Column Groups" section on the bottom pane. Click the arrow on the first parent group and select Add Group -> Adjacent After.
Then add the child groups normally and you'll end up with something like this:
Now all you have to do is move the Child1 and Child2 to the rows below, and delete the 2 new rows choosing the option Delete rows only and you will have the two groups side by side.
Other way to tackle this problem is to have only one group (since in your case the grouping rules are the same) just create a parent group that groups based on the filters you want to apply:
Group on: =IIf(<filter expression>, "Group1", "Group2")
This is potentially harder because if you have different rules for each group, you have to put them on every single textbox under this new parent group. But at least it should get the result you want.
I had a similar issue. What worked for me was to use "Merge Cells"
Group1....................Group2......................Group3
Group1a.....................................................
.........................Group2a............................
.....................................................Group3a
In example above Group1a merges with blank cells below, Group2a merges with blank above and below, and Group3a merges with blank cells above. Then just resize the row.