Report Control and Multiple Datasets/Result Sets

Question

I have four results sets, Plan, Forecast, Actual and SPLY per eight different product lines.  I want to add conditional formatting of background color if actual is above or below Plan and/or Forecast.  The report needs to export properly to Excel.
 Is there a way I can use one control rather than multiple text boxes to display the data, allow for conditional formatting and export to Excel.?  Thanks!
Environment:
SSRS 2010
SQL Server 2012

Answer 1

Hi blairv,
If I understand correctly, you have a dataset in the report which include four fields: Plan, Forecast, Actual and SPLY. Each filed contains eight values.
In SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), we can use table, matrix or list display report data in cells. The cells typically contain text data such as text, dates, and numbers but they can also contain gauges, charts, or report items such as images.
Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd220592.aspx
In your case, we can use expression to configure these items background color. Please refer to the following steps:
Click a specific text box in the report. Click BackgroundColor prompt in the Properties dialog box.
Click Expression prompt. And fill with expression below:
=IIF(Fields! Actual.Value>Fields! Plan.Valeu Or Fields! Actual.Value>Fields! Forecast.Valeu,”Red”,”Blue”)
Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms157328.aspx
If there are any miunderstanding, please feel free to let me know.
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Alisa Tang
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