Increase gap between bars in SSRS 2008 charts

Hi,
I'm converting from Crystal Reports 11 to SSRS 2008. In the reports I have bar charts. In CR11 I could set a gap interval between the bars so there would be some white space between each data element. How can I set a gap interval or create white space between each data bar in the charts. I have tried setting custom attributes on the bars and all it did was adjust the width of the bars. Thanks.

Hi sjmala,
Based on your description, you want to increase a gap interval between the bars in the chart. Just as Jason Thomas said, you can change the value of PointWidth Property to increase or decrease the interval relatively. However if your chart also has Series Group not just Values and Column Groups, the different series chars at one scale on X-Axis will still be side by side without interval after changing the PointWidth Property, to work around this issue, the following detailed steps are for your reference:
1. Right-click the whole chart, and then select the Series Properties.
2. Switch to Border tab, you can set the line attributes of the border on the left side.
3. Select "Default" in the Line style drop-down list and "White" in the Line color drop-down list,
4. Set the value of Line width to '1pt'or '1.5pt'...
5. Click OK, and preview the chart you will see 2*'1pt' or 2*'1.5pt' interval between the chars at the same scale on X-Axis.
The following picture is produced using above steps:
Thanks,
Challen Foo

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<Field Name="Category">
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</Field>
<Field Name="Country">
<DataField>Country</DataField>
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</Field>
<Field Name="OrderQtr">
<DataField>OrderQtr</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.String</rd:TypeName>
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<DataSetName>Item</DataSetName>
<ReportItems>
<Matrix Name="matrix1">
<MatrixColumns>
<MatrixColumn>
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</Rectangle>
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</DynamicRows>
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<Style>
<FontSize>9pt</FontSize>
<PaddingLeft>2pt</PaddingLeft>
<PaddingRight>2pt</PaddingRight>
<PaddingTop>2pt</PaddingTop>
<PaddingBottom>2pt</PaddingBottom>
<LineHeight>8pt</LineHeight>
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Hi,
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It is my pleasure to help you reflect the issue to the proper department, and you can also submit it at
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Hi AKshay_Jadhav,
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Hope this helps.
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Hi ,
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Akhilesh Sahu Sr.Software Developer

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SSRS 2008 - hide chart lines based on parameter selected

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By default, my report display last 3 years worth of data (including current) with Month on the x axis and Counts on the y axis. I have two Boolean parameters:
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ThreeYrs? T/F
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Hi Ok-Hee,
In your Source Query just need to filter the series data based on the Parameters.
I have written sample query below:-
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union
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union
select 1 monthnumber , 'Jan' MonthName, 2015 year , 300 amount
union
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union
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union
select 2 monthnumber , 'Feb' MonthName, 2015 year,200 amount
union
select 3 monthnumber , 'Mar' MonthName, 2013 year, 380 amount
union
select 3 monthnumber , 'Mar' MonthName, 2014 year, 100 amount
union
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)t
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union
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I am using SSRS 2008, I generated one chart in report designer with the data from Analysis Services (Cube).
According to the dataset, there is no data returned when I run the query. so when I preview the chart, there is nothing but "no data available" showing on the chart.
Here I want to know is there any possible to show an empty chart with legend and x and y axis?
If it is possible, can you tell me how can I make it?
Best Regards.
Connie Zhu

Hi,
When there is no data, the chart displays the message "no data available". But using a little work around, you can display an empty chart.
Please find the below steps given to achieve this
1. Create a new dataset using TSQL to return 1 row of data having the category field and value field set to 0. Add the fields that are necessary for the category fields, series fields and datafields.
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   SELECT 'abc' as Category, 0 as Amount
2. Add a new chart, set the category field to 'Category' and set the data field to Amount from above dataset created in step 1.
3. In the new chart, right click the category axis and select axis properties, Click on the labels tab, check on
'Hide axis labels' and then click ok
4. Now set the Visibility property of both the charts depending on the rows returned from your main dataset
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=iif(CountRows("MainDataSet"),false,true)
   b. click on the new blank chart added and set its Hidden proprety to (the opposite) :
=iif(CountRows("MainDataSet"),true,false)
   Note : Please change the dataset name in above expression "MainDataset" to the name of your chart's dataset
5. Resize the new chart to the same size as your main chart, then position the new chart on the place as the main chart.
   (Note : You can set the position of new chart to be same by copying the location property from the main chart)
6. Now run and observe the result. When there are no rows returned by your main dataset, the new chart (the blank chart) should be displayed.
I've added a working sample of this kind of a report
here.
Hope this helps. Please feel free to discuss if you have any questions.
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