Fixed number of detail rows

Hi all,
I have "shipment form" that I need to replicate in reporting services - see image.
FYI, there is more header info below the "shipment details" section...
My issue, is fixing the number of detail lines, my data can have between 1 and 5 detail lines & I would like to use a table rather than lists / textboxes etc.
Is there any way I can fix the detail lines lines to 5 i.e. i need the shipment detail section to be the same size - regardless of the number of rows.
I think one solution is do it in the query (return empty detail columns when they don't exist) - but I'm guessing there is a correct way to do it in the report.
Any assistance greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Clay,
I am not sure if it's the cleanest option, but it works :-)
In the query of the shipment details, add the following (assuming your query has just five output columns):
UNION ALL
SELECT '', '', '', '', ''
UNION ALL
SELECT '', '', '', '', ''
UNION ALL
SELECT '', '', '', '', ''
UNION ALL
SELECT '', '', '', '', ''
ORDER BY ColumnName DESC
This will add blank lines to your query. Now you have to tell the tablix that it should not display more than 5 rows. Right-click on the details icon on the left of the details row and select "Row visibility". Select the option "Show or hide based on an
expression" and type the following in the expression box:
=Iif(RowNumber(Nothing) <= 5, False, True)
The added blank lines and this visibility expression should always create 5 rows.
Hope this helps!
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