P&L Statement in SSRS

Question

Hi,
I am working om a Profit & Loss statement in SSRS 2012 and am wondering how to fix correct calculations. My dataset has categories and subcategories and I would like to have these as row groups in a tablix (matrix). Category 1 is "Gross Margin";
category 2 "Costs" and category 3 "Interests". Subcategories are a row group that can be toggled on and off. As a Grand Total I would like to have "Gross Margin" minus "Costs" minus "Interests". My point
is how to get the Costs and Interest deducted from the Gross Margin in the tablix once they are in the same data region. I don't want to show Costs and Interest with a minus sign. So, my Grand Total would be GM -/- Costs -/- Interests where the amounts
for GM, Costs and Interests show up as absolute figures. How should I substract one item in a data region from another item in the same data region? I would rather not like to make several adjacent groupings for the same row group. So preferably nog a grouping
on Category (filtered for Gros Margin) and another adjacent grouping (filtered for Costs) and another adjacent grouping (filtered for Interests) ... I Googled around but there is not a common practice for issues like this.
Example:
Sales: 1000 (= Subcategory)
Cost of sales: 600 (= Subcategory)
GROSS MARGIN: 400 (= Category)
Wages and salaries: 100 (= Sub)
Housing: 50 (= Sub)
Depreciations: 100 (= Sub)
Other expenses: 60 (= Sub)
COSTS: 310 (= Category)
Interests paid: 15 (= Sub)
Interests recieved: 5 (= Sub)
INTERESTS: 10 (= Category)
RESULT BEFORE TAXES: 80
What is the best way to accomplish this?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi Bijntjede2e,
According to your example
in the first group GROSS MARGIN: 400=1000-600
in the second group COSTS: 310=100+50+100+60
in the third group INTERESTS: 10=15-10
In SQL Server Reporting Services report, when adding a total for a group, RS will calculated the sum value from those items inside the corresponding group. In your scenario, you want to calculate the difference value on the first and third group, and calculate
the sum value on the second group. Base on my research, there is no such a functionally that can achieve this requirement
Thank you for your understanding.
Regards,
Charlie Liao
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