RuningValue not working to give Cumulative Stacked Chart - reporting-services

I have a dataset that is showing the correct data, but putting it into a stacked bar chart and using the RunningValue function to try and plot it cumulatively is giving numbers that start way higher than they should.
My data is aggregated at the database, giving a dataset of:
Date of data
Count
Sum of Value
Filter Item 1
Time Since Date
Stacking Category
5 other fields
I am plotting with Time Since X along the X axis, Stacking Category is my Series field (there are 4 possible options), and my Y is using this function:
=RunningValue(IIF(Parameters!VolumeOrValue.Value="Volume",
Fields!Count.Value,
Fields!SumValue.Value),Sum,Nothing)
This should show me in the first X bar only 1 of the series, with a count as 1, or value of 100. Instead I get 3 of the series, with Counts summed up to 2500, which is more than the total sum of all of the count fields.
Can anyone point me to where my problem is?
Edit: Setting the CategoryField in the Series Properties dialog to match the Catgory that is set for the chart means that each bar is increasing by the right amount, but each stacked slice starts at the size of the entire value of the last bar. I need to get the reset to work properly, but I can't set any "Groupings" as normally recommended, and choosing any field name or Series name causes an error.

I managed to get it working quite simply...
Clicking on the Field on the right hand side of the chart on the Drop Series Fields Here section has a Group properties which when expanded has a name of the grouping. Plugging this into the RunningValue function as the last argument got it working properly (after removing the CategoryField setting).

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I'm trying to aggregate a measure in Power BI Report Builder and getting nowhere

I am working on a sample project in Power BI Report Builder. (I couldn't tag it as such because apparently I'm not allowed to create my own tags on this website.) The measure I am going for in my data cube is called Direct_Claim_Deductible_Recoverable_End_of_Year, but we will call it "Deductible" because that's too long a name to type out every time. I am trying to divide it up by the fields of State, City, and Year.
The Category column tells you whether each row is for a state or a city within that state. The Year and Location columns tell you the year and location that the row is telling you about. The Deductible column shows that measure. The Pct% column formula is Deductible - Total. (I added the Total column because I was having trouble with the Pct% column and wanted to know what was going on.)
Here's where the problem begins.
The Total column is supposed to tell me what the total deductible is for that specific year. But instead, it just gives me the grand total for all years in the cube. I've run the report enough times to know that this number is $99,669.71.
Here is the formula I am using for the Total column:
=round(Sum(Fields!Direct_Claim_Deductible_Recoverable_End_Of_Year.Value),2)
The Pct% column is giving me wrong answers too, but it is based on the Total column, so fixing the Total column should also fix the Pct% column.
And the data bar is supposed to show me what percent of the total for that year is in that state's row, or what percent of the total for that state is in that city's row. Instead it gives me an error message saying I am missing a closing parenthesis ')' somewhere:
The Maximum expression for the chart 'DataBar2' contains an error: [BC30198] ')' expected.
Here is the code I used:
=(Sum(Fields!Direct_Claim_Deductible_Recoverable_End_Of_Year.Value) / (Sum(Fields!Direct_Claim_Deductible_Recoverable_End_Of_Year.Value), "StateDS"))
As you can see, all three sets of parentheses are opened and closed.
I did figure out that if I move all the parentheses to the end, like so:
=(Sum(Fields!Direct_Claim_Deductible_Recoverable_End_Of_Year.Value) / (Sum(Fields!Direct_Claim_Deductible_Recoverable_End_Of_Year.Value, "StateDS")))
I resolve that error message but get a different one:
The ValueAxis_Primary.Maximum expression for the chart 'DataBar2' has a nested aggregate that specifies a dataset scope. Inner aggregates cannot specify a dataset scope.
It seems to be telling me that I cannot have the denominator of the fraction for the City data bar specify that its scope is the dataset "StateDS", which is the dataset that aggregates by State alone. But I am confused. I don't understand why that would be. And I don't understand what I need to do to make it aggregate by state anyway.
Thank you.

Hide Empty Zero Data Points in SSRS Line Chart

I have an SSRS line chart that I need to figure out how to hide empty data points - stop the line from making markers/continuing the line where Category Group values are zero:
The values and series and groups are setup as so:
With the data looking like this:
I have tried filtering both at the chart level and the Category Group levels to filter out data that would create groups for Series 2020 and Category October/November/December, this creating or filling those points in my mind:
Where the expression is "=DateSerial(YEAR(today()),MONTH(today()), 1)" achieving the net result of filtering out data points/rows that from an incomplete month - meaning when the report would be run on 10/10/2020, only data from before 10/1/2020 should be used to generate groups.
The problem is that you are using COUNT() which will always return a value, zero if there are no records to count.
I created a simple dataset and using count of FILE_NUMBER I got this (replicating your issue) ...
The easiest way round this is to change the value expression to something like this...
=SUM(IIF(Fields!FILE_NUMBER.Value = Nothing, 0, 1))
This way we add 1 to the sum for every non-empty value and nothing if it's empty. If the total sum is still empty, by default, the chart will not plot that point.
So we end up with this...

How to sum cells across two matrices in different datasets?

I've researched previous answers, nothing seems relevant to this question.
I have a simple matrix, showing data from "Dataset A" - counts in the rows and month/years in the columns.
I have a second matrix, showing data from "Dataset B" with the same layout.
I wish to create a third matrix, or add a total line to the second matrix, showing the sum of each month's figures. See screenshot;
Image showing dataset A (orange header) and dataset B (blue header) and items I wish to sum
I have tried adding a new row to the dataset B matrix and using the following formula -
=SUM(Fields!Counts.Value) + Sum(Fields!Counts.Value, DatasetA")
However this fails to take into account the month groupings from Dataset A, and instead sums the correct number from Dataset B with the total number from Dataset A - not just the figure for the appropriate month.
How can I make this sum work, ensuring that only the relevant months are summed across both datasets?
Thanks!
Update: Using the LOOKUP function I have made a little progress but still have been unable to sum the two numbers (See image, below). I tried the following lookup expression to build the total;
=Sum(Fields!Counts.Value) + LOOKUP(Fields!ReceivedMonth.Value, Fields!ReceivedMonth.Value, Fields!Counts.Value, "DatasetA")
But it appears that I'm unable to SUM the Fields!Counts.Value, "DatasetA" inside the lookup (it throws a syntax error), so the total result is displaying at the total from DatasetB plus 1.
Image showing result of LOOKUP - not quite correct

How to Display Only 1 Value Label in SSRS 2012 Calculated/Derived Series?

I have been using SSRS 2012 (Sql Server Reporting Services) with SQL Server Report Builder 3.0 (11.0.2100.60) to create Column charts that display columns for each day/week/month and display a trend line based on the mean across all days/weeks/months.
However, although the calculated series reflects only 1 value (the mean across all days/weeks/months), value labels appear on the chart displaying the single mean value for each day/week/month - that is, 3 days will result in 3 value labels for the same mean value.
Is there a way to force the series to show only 1 value for each mean trend line?
See below for sample chart.
The work-around I ultimately settled on involved creating duplicate series with value labels but invisible data points (obtained by setting Color to "No Color").
The values for this series are only assigned if the "dayofweek" field matches the first "dayofweek" field in the dataset, so only 1 data label will be displayed (namely, the first one).
For example, to show a single value for the average of the "physio" field for physiological alarms within my dataset ("techphysDayofWeek", I use the following formula):
=IIF(Fields!dayofweek.Value = First(Fields!dayofweek.Value,
"techphysDayofWeek"),Format(( Avg(Fields!physio.Value, "techphysDayofWeek") /
Parameters!StartDate.Value), "##.#"), "")
I wish SSRS provided an easier way, but after struggling with this seemingly simple issue for hours on end, I'm just glad to have any fix!
You can set the label text to be based on a formula. In that formula you could look at the value of the grouping field, and set the text to an empty string if it's not currently the group you want to have the label on.

Drill Down on a Zero Value in an SSRS Bar Chart

I have a bar chart in SSRS that does legitimately produce zero values. Is it possible in SSRS to drill down on the zero values like you can with non-zero values? The action on the data series works great for all values other than zero.
What about a range chart? The range chart takes dates as values, so depending on how your data is grouped as long as they have a date associatead with it they will map out and then you can drill through. You might even be able to add dates yourself.
The only thing you have to watch out for it that the range chart takes in a range of dates so you need two. But you can always do a dateadd aggregate function to produce another column and that could be your second date value.
Let me know if this helps, Cheers!
The zero values still have a clickable link, it's right on the axis (or at zero). Not easy to find or to click but it does work.