Problem with Page header width when column is hidded

Question

Hi All,
am using SSRS-2008 R2 version.
i had an issue width Page header width when am hiding column. Please find the below screen shoot for reference.
Here , there is an audit parameter which contains a and b values respectively.
If Audit= a then i need to hide the State and City column . So, for that i have written following expression[ =Parameters!Audit.Label="a" ] and its working fine.
But, if see the screen shoot when columns are hiding then some space is coming in that column which is deviating from Page header width.
Is there any option to increase the remaining column width when these 2 columns are hidden or is there any way to reduce the page header width according to report columns width. Can you please guide me any one.
Thanks in advance.
bala krishna

Answer 1

Hi bala,
According to your description, you have a report with a textbox in its page header. You have set some column visibility in tablix based on the parameter selection. Your problem is, when you hide columns, the textbox remains top right in the page header.
Now you want to make it aligned with the tablix. Right?
In Reporting Service, we can’t reduce the page header width or increase those remaining columns width based on the parameter selection (or columns visibility). And we can’t keep the tablix always top right because we only have top and left to determine the
location of a tablix/textbox. For your requirement, it doesn’t have a complete solution to achieve either of your two options. However, we find a workaround for you. In this scenario, we can use two textboxes in page header. Put one in top right. Put the other
textbox at an appropriate position when columns are hidden. Then put conditional expression into textbox for text displaying based on parameter selection.
Ps: We don’t set the visibility of textbox because the space of textbox will be removed if it’s hidden, that may make one textbox float moving when the other is hidden.
We have tested this case with sample data in our local environment. Here are steps and screenshots for you reference:
1. In our sample report, we set Amt1 column hidden when selecting “a” in parameter. Put expression into textbox.
A: =IIF(Parameters!ReportParameter1.Value="a","header info","")
B: =IIF(Parameters!ReportParameter1.Value="b","header info","")
2. Save and preview. It looks like below:
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
Best Regards,
Simon Hou