Reporting Services Chart - X-Axis name problem - reporting-services

I have created a chart using a stored procedure which lists totals by name.
However when I create the chart the names only appear for every second element. I have tested this in a table and I get each name correctly.
My first thoughts were that it was a sizing issue, so I considerably increased the size of my chart, but this doesn't make a difference.
Does anyone know what could be causing the problem?
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That "VariableAutoInterval" did not work for me, it showed every alternate other label. However the following worked:
In the Axis Properties -> Interval, type 1 : This will show every label. If you type 2, it will show every alternate label and so on.
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Reference : msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb934393.aspx

I have found the problem. If you go to the properties of the X-Axis in your chart and go to >Interval > VariableAutoInterval and by default this is set to false. Set this to true and it now works.
However there is a problem with formatting as although the labels appear they are displayed slighter off centre of the actual bar elements... this should easily be fixed though.
Thanks for your help!
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Ahh you have run into the notorious RS bug that most everyone doesn't notice. No solution to this, however what you can do to display ALL x axis labels is to shorten the categories (or x-axis values to 3-4 letters a piece and display a key).
What I mean about this is in your SQL table of categories add a field called Acronym or something an for a category such as :
SQL SERVER CATEGORY I
In the acronym field make it
SSCI
And in your report instead of using the category field use a much shorter value (the SSCI value). Now next to your report object just create a matrix / table object that displays categories with their acronyms. You do realize that you can use multiple objects in one report that may point to different data sets.
Doing this will display all the X-Axis values, it is all because of the lengths of the categories...

Seems to be working for me. Can you try to export the report to pdf / excel and check the results. Also I am using RS 2005, are you using 2008?

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SSRS Chart visibility based on data

I am currently trying to apply some conditional formatting to a report that will allow me to hide a chart when there is no data available. like here
The problem I have is that several charts are built off a single data set and filters are applied within the chart properties to set the content. In some cases these filters will cause the chart to have no data (e.g. if a store doesn't stock that product line).
I have tried the method I mentioned above, however I think that because my dataset does have data for the store (just not a specific product line) it doesn't hide the chart.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Dan
are you trying to filter out rows or entire tables?
if rows, you can set a row visibility expression - like IIF(Fields!hideme.Value is nothing, true, false)
or, alternatively, you can set a row filter under the group properties to do the same thing - select the column that is null that you want to hide when null. This is how it's going to work everywhere when setting visibility, tables/columns/rows etc.
hope that helps

How to Format the Labels in a Pie Chart in SSRS 2008 R2

In my SSRS 2008 R2 Pie Chart I want to display 3 values which are calculated fields in my dataset.
The dataset collects a bunch of stats for call center agents. Among them are ProductiveTime, ExcepctionTime, NonProductiveTime, for, of course, a given time period.
If you think you need a bit more details read this paragraph:
The systems keeps track of each change of status in an agent. For example, on break, lunch, in a meeting, training, etc. Then in my stored procedure I create an additional column that has the category of that status, so, for example, lunch, on break will be NonProductiveTime, and so on. Between the selected time period there will be hundreds of entries logging each time there is a change in status, and how long the status lasts.
So back to the Pie, I am adding the SUM of those 3 values to the Chart Data, each one being a series.
The problem I am having, is that when I select the Series Label Properties and configure the format for the Number, only the first series picks it up. It doesn't make a difference if I do it using the UI or the properties window.
What am I doing wrong?
i had this same issue, if you just use the arrows (little blue arrows at the top of the chart data box) to move the value to the top of the list you can edit the label details/code/expression etc for that series. then just repeat this for all the values you've added.
i'm sure there's a better way but this worked so that's what i did.
It seems that when you are editing a label it is only ever editing the item/value at the top of the list, after you've done your labels then just shuffle them back into the order you wanted them listed
I have found you can get this with formatting the 'Label' property of the collection 'Chart Series Labels'. I have also ran into issues with problems of getting enough info of how to format. I think you can get what you want by some built in 'system syntaxes' used.
Here is an example I used to format the YValue and give me a percent on it's value as well:
#VALY{###,##0} (#PERCENT{p0})
Please see a more inclusive list on this msdn page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb677551.aspx
You can format your series labels by going to property of each labels, First Right click on all series properties and tick "show data labels" and then select first property and press F4a property window will open ->under LABELS--> find fonts you can set here.
You can set other properties also here.
I couldn't figure this one out so I went ahead and created a new stored procedure that gives me the data as rows with two columns: one column for the property and one column for the value.
That way I can use just one series for the chart, and to display as percentage, I found this one to be very useful: http://bipassion.wordpress.com/tag/ssrs-pie-chart/
Looking at the answers above and my latest VS 2015
I used these steps
1- Clicked on the Value in "Chart Data" box
2- Clicked on "Show Data Labels"
3- Press F4 to open the "Properties" window on the side
4- Expand "Label" section in the "Properties" window
5- Change "Label" and "Format" property under Label section in the "Properties" window
6- I got a message box says if I want to change the label property then I have to set "UseValueASLabel" to False

Displaying different hidden textboxes from Dataset on Page Header in Reporting Services

In my report I have Matrices that appear according to the parameters on a SP. Each Matrix holds an specific "code"/description which I want to show on the Page Header accordingly.
I tried using an <<Expr>> but that didn't work well as it only shows the first record of the database instead of the code for the specific matrix.
Then I found out that I can show an specific textbox with "=ReportItems!TextBoxXX.Value" and so I added to each Matrix the code value hidden.
Now I thought of adding in the page header inside a TextBox a concatenation of all the values, but that didn't work, and I got a:
"The value expression for the textrun "textboc11.Paragraphs[0].TextRuns[0]" refers to more than one report item. An expression in a page header or footer can refer to only one report item.
Hence, my next attempt consisted of adding separate text boxes each one with the desired TextBox Value and one behind the other (like a Pile of textboxes). Everything working now, except that the "space" that each textbox occupies appears in the report showing the desired value and a white space above each textbox when rendered.
Any ideas of how to prevent this behavior? Maybe creating an array with the textboxes and creating an IIF or I don't know, I've been searching for days and nothing seems like a good approach.
I hope someone can give me some advice and that I explained myself.
Thanks!

Creating a Directory Listing type Report in SSRS

I was wondering if there was a way to create a directory listing report in ssrs and if so, how would i go about creating it.
I'm mostly familiar with creating tabular and some somewhat complex reports, but nothing like this; so any help would be extremely useful.
Here's a sample of how the report might look.
Thanks!
Addendum: The content on each page needs to be grouped by Department & Sub-Department.
I made a mistake on the sample report; where it says Department Subtitle it should say sub-department.
Here's one way I've seen it done.
For a 3 column look, create 3 tables/list with the same dataset and set visibility for details group to:
=IIF(ROWNUMBER("YourDataSet") mod 3=1,FALSE,TRUE) <--Table1
=IIF(ROWNUMBER("YourDataSet") mod 3=2,FALSE,TRUE) <--Table2
=IIF(ROWNUMBER("YourDataSet") mod 3=0,FALSE,TRUE) <--Table3
I think your problem is an addition to this question here.
I did a simple test that imitates your situation. Here is how to do it:
Set the report to 3 columns via Report properties. Adjusted the width of each column so that they fit in 1 page of paper.
Add a List control to the first column. Put Text Box controls inside with the required data fields. The List control will repeat for each Listing record.
Create groups for Department and Sub-Department via Row Groups pane. Rearrange the groups so that they will appear above the List control.
Right-click on Department group (or Sub-Department group) and add Page Breaks.
Preview (Should get a result pretty close to what you want)

Report Services: Controlling page breaks inside a table

I'm using a table on my report to present the data. Since it was a lot of data and I wanted to print the report on a A4 page, I split each row into 3 different rows.
My problem is when the report goes to the second page, I want it to break before or after the 3 rows.
example:
name age
address
contact
name age
address
contact
name age
address
* page break *
contact
this is what normally happens. I want to ensure that the page break only happens on the lines.
There are multiple strategies to follow:
The KeepTogether is useful in this case
If you want it to fit on one page only try adjusting page margins, padding, font size, line height to make the report render more compactly
Another alternative is to create a table group on the person, and from the group properties (edit group) check the page break at end property. this way you can have each group on a separate page
Hope this helps
I'm ended up creating a subreport to represent each item.
I looked for the KeepTogether property but that's probably only for reporting services 2008 (I'm using 2005).
If you have the table in a subreport, you must also Right Click -> Format Object -> Uncheck Keep object together.
This was the step that did it for me after I unchecked Keep object together on the table and the subreport details.
I had the same problem, tried 'Keep together' and it didn't work. After a long time of changing and trying many things the one thing that did the job was reducing the bottom margin of a page.