SSRS 2008 R2 Line Chart Issue

Hi,
Problem:
I have an issue of SSRS Line Chart extending backward and forward (same issue discussed in post - http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlreportingservices/thread/3cebd5b2-bb15-4bd1-be16-0daadc613082/)
when Empty point option Value is set Average
I tried sorting on Category Group as suggested by Sean Boon in the URL mentioned above. But, still the issue is not fixed.
I am using SSRS R2.
Thoughts ?

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SSRS 2008 Line Chart Issue.

We are facing an issue with SSRS 2008 charts. We have a report which shows dynamic number of series on a line chart. The data values may not exist for all series for
the same x axis points. We expected SSRS to connect the missing points as average and have set the empty point option to average.
The issue is that the
1)
lines for interpolated points only appear when we set the color of empty point to say red and not when it is set to automatic. We need the interpolated line in the same auto
colour as the original line as we will have markers for the data points from the DB and no markers for empty points.
2)
The interpolated lines extend backwards in the series also – we expect it to only fill the gaps and not extend backward or forward.
Are these issues known and is there a work around for these issues ? We got your name from one of the SSRS community discussions. Could you please connect us with
the right person if you are not the right contact for this issue ?
I also got following reply from one of the MS guy, it says
Hi Akshay,
The lines should not go backward. I have seen this happen before and I’ll have to double-check on what that occurs. If you
are using a Category Axis, make sure you set the sorting to use a Cdate() expression. I think that might be it ,but I’ll have to double check.
As far as using the auto-coloring on the series when you have empty points like this, I don’t think that’s possible. It would require
a DCR. You may need to implement something along the lines described in this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa964128(SQL.90).aspx.
When I tried the suggestions I over come the auto colouring issue and also used CDATE () but lines still extend bacawords. Can anyone suggest what to do it this situation

Hi AKshay_Jadhav,
Firstly, I am not sure who is that MS guy you mentioned without the detail name. Based on my understanding to your issue, I think you could utilize the function
IsNothing in reoprting services to have a check whether the value is null, if it is Null, you should give a average value to this point, if not leave it to be the original value. Of course, you could achieve this in T-SQL. To
the color and marker, we could type in the expression in both feature to control their display effort.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
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HFR_ Line chart Issue.

Hi,
We have a Line chart in Fr rpt......There are 12 months in cols(X axis)........and accounts in rows(Y axis)...
We have data from Jan to Aug........In the chart the lines abruptly falls down from Aug and shows data as 0 from aug to dec.....
How can we just show the lines in chart ONLY where there is data.......It should not fall down where there data doesn't exist.

Hi
I have always had a similar issue and unfortunately never managed to resolve it. Frustratingly it is not the same in Web Analysis so you would think that Oracle could make such a change but I think unfortunately that they are unlikely to.
I have tried various things, setting to #Missing, #Error and I seem to remember that neither worked. Have you tried suppressing the data columns, can't remember if that did stop the line dropping off but would mean that at times your report may only have 1 or 2 data points.
The last time i tried all this was v11.1.1.3 so let us know how you get on.
Regards
Stuart

FR Line Chart Issue

We have a line chart in FR report.
The data in the grid is shown in millions.......the chart gets the data from this grid.
When the FR report is opened in pdf format the chart is coming-up in millions..
but when its opened in html it shows the chart in Unmillions data (-:))..........
The chart display is different in pdf(millions) n html(Unmillions )views
how can we fix it

Hi
There are lots of issues with FR charting to be honest it is nowhere near as 'complete' as charting in Web Analysis for example. I pushed FR to and in some cases beyond its limits on a project a year or so ago but I don't remember this being an issue.
Its a bit hazy now but I thought the chart took its formatting from the grid or there may be formatting options in the format chart dialog box. We tended to only view only in PDF as we were creating books for expor and email rather than online consumption so I suppose were less likely to see the issue.
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Stuart

SSRS 2008 R2 matrix layout issue

Hi, I am working on a report where I have to report total number of tickets resolved per Resource in a week and I get the total number of tickets from a different table and issues resolved from another and most of the aggregation I do it in my dataset and
display it as a matrix report.
The problem I am running into is for instance my layout looks something like below. My data will be I will have 4 records for 2014 week-2 and for each resource will have a Total of 57 tickets and the same for week-3 and when I do the total for Atlanta the
total I get is 57 * 4 + 39 * 4 instead of staright 57 + 39. Please guide me fix this.
Region Year Week Total Resource1 Resource2 Resource3 Resource4
Atlanta 2014 2     57   16             7               8             12
                    3       39     8             9
13              1
Thanks in advance..............
Ione

What is the formula in the total column?
The layout looks like a matrix, is it?
How did you add the total column to the matrix/table?
What fields are returned by the 2 datasets?
The *4 issue seems to indicate that the dataset that returns total has multiple rows (1 per resource) that includes the same total value for each region/year/week and that the formula in the total cell is summing the values of the dataset rows. If this is
the case then the issue may be cleared up by simply eliminating the multiple rows in that dataset. That may mean removing the resource field from that dataset's select list or adding the DISTINCT keyword to the select (assuming it is TSQL).
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SSRS 2008: Line chart Y-Axis scale issue

Hi All,
After search of one week, finally decided to put my question in front of you all. Hope I will get some outcome from it.
Currently I am working on Line Chart. Following is the data which I need to bind to line chart.
    JobStartDate JobStartTime   JobEndTime
    1/1/2015       01.00            02.30
    1/2/2015       01.02            03.20
    1/3/2015       01.01            03.40
    1/4/2015       01.05            02.00
    1/5/2015       22.03            23.30
    1/6/2015       22.05            23.40
So, In above scenario Line chart looks like:
      11.00 PM |                          /////////
      10.00 PM |                          ..........
      ........ |
      04.00 AM |              /
      03.00 AM |    / /
      02.00 AM | /                /
      01.00 AM | .....................
      12.00 AM |______________________________________________
               1/1/15 1/2/15 1/3/15 1/4/15 1/5/15 1/6/15
But it should be like :
      04.00 AM |                /
      03.00 AM |     / /
      02.00 AM | /                /
      01.00 AM |   .....................
      12.00 AM |
      11.00 PM |
      10.00 PM |
      09.00 PM |______________________________________________
                    1/1/15 1/2/15 1/3/15 1/4/15 1/5/15 1/6/15
(Sorry As cant upload the image. So, Tried to show as above.)
In above figure (.) is StartTime and (/) is EndTime.
You can see that I am facing the problem of Y-Axis scaling.
Hope everyone understand my problem. Please let me know more explanation.

Hi Prashant Khadatkar,
As per my understanding, you created a line chart, you added JobStartTime and JobEndTime to values area, and added JobStartDate to category groups. You want to display data of y axis from PM to AM. In order to improve the efficiency of troubleshooting, I
need to ask several questions:
What’s the data type of JobStartTime and JobEndTime?
Is the data stored in database the same as you provided?
What’s the state of report now? Please provide some more detailed information of the report. I would be appreciated it if you could provide sample data and screenshot of the report.
This may be a lot of information to ask for at one time. However, by collecting this information now, it will help us move more quickly toward a solution.
Thanks,
Wendy Fu
Wendy Fu
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SSRS 2008 - hide chart lines based on parameter selected

How to control visibility of chart lines based on Params selected by user?
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:
TwoYrs? T/F
ThreeYrs? T/F
if False is selected for TwoYr and ThreeYr parameters then I want to hide chart lines corresponding to last year and the year before.
What I've tried: Created 3 Series groups with filters. eg. YearSeries1 to return only current year data and applying an expression to display it if params TwoYrs and ThreeYrs = False. and so on for YearSeries2 to return current + last
years data if param TwoYrs is True and ThreeYrs = False. But I don't see where to add expression to control the display of the individual series groups. I am open to any way of doing this, but this seemed most logical.

Hi Ok-Hee,
In your Source Query just need to filter the series data based on the Parameters.
I have written sample query below:-
select * from
select 1 monthnumber , 'Jan' MonthName, 2013 year,100 amount
union
select 1 monthnumber , 'Jan' MonthName, 2014 year ,200 amount
union
select 1 monthnumber , 'Jan' MonthName, 2015 year , 300 amount
union
select 2 monthnumber , 'Feb' MonthName, 2013 year, 300 amount
union
select 2 monthnumber , 'Feb' MonthName, 2014 year, 350 amount
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
select 3 monthnumber , 'Mar' MonthName, 2015 year, 500 amount
)t
where year in (
select distinct FilterYear from
select case when @TwoYrs=1 then year(getdate())-1 else year(getdate()) end FilterYear
union
select case when @TwoYrs=1 and @ThreeYrs =1 then year(getdate())-2 else year(getdate()) end FilterYear
union
select year(getdate()) FilterYear
) t
I have created one post in my blog , you can check the result.
https://msbitips.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/ssrs-2008-hide-chart-lines-based-on-parameter-selected/
Thanks
Prasad

SSRS 2008 - Chart Legend Missing Customitems property

Hi,
I'm currently in the process of converting my SSRS 2005 reports originaly designed with Dundas charts, to a SSRS 2008 report and facing an
issue with the charts legend.
Dundas Charts allows me to create custom legend items on a row, cell collection basis.
After BIDS 2008 has converted the rdl-file everthing looks fine except the custom legend that I have created
in the SSRS 2005 report. The legend items did not appear in the reports preview.
I looked thru all the legend properties and read thru Formatting the Legend on a Chart (Report Builder
and SSRS)
but still unable to locate the properties.
Anyone encounters this issue and likes to share a workaround / solution?
Thanks
Bodo

Hi Mike,
I tried your workaround and it displays properly, but problem is with displaying the Line color. I'm using reportviewer in .Net 2008 and Line control doesn't contain any expression tab. Please help me with setting line color. Attached is RDLC in XML format.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Report xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2005/01/reportdefinition" xmlns:rd="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SQLServer/reporting/reportdesigner">
<DataSources>
<DataSource Name="DummyDataSource">
<rd:DataSourceID>51fc0fcb-b3fc-4dd4-9397-dfba551fc9df</rd:DataSourceID>
<ConnectionProperties>
<DataProvider>SQL</DataProvider>
<ConnectString />
</ConnectionProperties>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<InteractiveHeight>11in</InteractiveHeight>
<rd:DrawGrid>true</rd:DrawGrid>
<InteractiveWidth>8.5in</InteractiveWidth>
<rd:SnapToGrid>true</rd:SnapToGrid>
<RightMargin>1in</RightMargin>
<LeftMargin>1in</LeftMargin>
<BottomMargin>1in</BottomMargin>
<rd:ReportID>5dd5ca48-0cc1-46e3-aa1a-c65d468d7238</rd:ReportID>
<DataSets>
<DataSet Name="Item">
<Fields>
<Field Name="Event_ID">
<DataField>Event_ID</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.String</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
<Field Name="Category">
<DataField>Category</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.String</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
<Field Name="Country">
<DataField>Country</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.String</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
<Field Name="OrderQtr">
<DataField>OrderQtr</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.String</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
<Field Name="Count">
<DataField>Count</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.String</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
</Fields>
<Query>
<DataSourceName>DummyDataSource</DataSourceName>
<CommandText>SELECT * FROM Item</CommandText>
</Query>
</DataSet>
</DataSets>
<Width>10.625in</Width>
<Body>
<ReportItems>
<List Name="list1">
<ZIndex>3</ZIndex>
<Left>2.375in</Left>
<DataSetName>Item</DataSetName>
<ReportItems>
<Matrix Name="matrix1">
<MatrixColumns>
<MatrixColumn>
<Width>2.125in</Width>
</MatrixColumn>
</MatrixColumns>
<RowGroupings>
<RowGrouping>
<Width>0.375in</Width>
<DynamicRows>
<Grouping Name="matrix1_ColumnGroup1">
<GroupExpressions>
<GroupExpression />
</GroupExpressions>
</Grouping>
<ReportItems>
<Rectangle Name="rectangle2">
<ZIndex>1</ZIndex>
<ReportItems>
<Line Name="line2">
<Top>0.1in</Top>
<Width>0.285in</Width>
<Style>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
<BorderWidth>
<Default>8pt</Default>
</BorderWidth>
</Style>
<Left>0.06in</Left>
<Height>0in</Height>
</Line>
</ReportItems>
</Rectangle>
</ReportItems>
</DynamicRows>
</RowGrouping>
</RowGroupings>
<ColumnGroupings>
<ColumnGrouping>
<Height>0.05in</Height>
<DynamicColumns>
<Grouping Name="matrix1_ColumnGroup2">
<Label>=Fields!Category.Value</Label>
<GroupExpressions>
<GroupExpression>=Fields!Category.Value</GroupExpression>
</GroupExpressions>
</Grouping>
<ReportItems>
<Textbox Name="textbox3">
<rd:DefaultName>textbox3</rd:DefaultName>
<Style>
<FontSize>9pt</FontSize>
<PaddingLeft>2pt</PaddingLeft>
<PaddingRight>2pt</PaddingRight>
<PaddingTop>2pt</PaddingTop>
<PaddingBottom>2pt</PaddingBottom>
</Style>
<ZIndex>2</ZIndex>
<CanGrow>true</CanGrow>
<Value />
</Textbox>
</ReportItems>
</DynamicColumns>
</ColumnGrouping>
</ColumnGroupings>
<Corner>
<ReportItems>
<Textbox Name="textbox2">
<rd:DefaultName>textbox2</rd:DefaultName>
<Style>
<FontSize>9pt</FontSize>
<PaddingLeft>2pt</PaddingLeft>
<PaddingRight>2pt</PaddingRight>
<PaddingTop>2pt</PaddingTop>
<PaddingBottom>2pt</PaddingBottom>
</Style>
<ZIndex>3</ZIndex>
<CanGrow>true</CanGrow>
<Value />
</Textbox>
</ReportItems>
</Corner>
<MatrixRows>
<MatrixRow>
<Height>0.19in</Height>
<MatrixCells>
<MatrixCell>
<ReportItems>
<Textbox Name="textbox5">
<rd:DefaultName>textbox5</rd:DefaultName>
<Style>
<FontSize>9pt</FontSize>
<PaddingLeft>2pt</PaddingLeft>
<PaddingRight>2pt</PaddingRight>
<PaddingTop>2pt</PaddingTop>
<PaddingBottom>2pt</PaddingBottom>
<LineHeight>8pt</LineHeight>
</Style>
<CanGrow>true</CanGrow>
<Value>=Fields!Category.Value</Value>
</Textbox>
</ReportItems>
</MatrixCell>
</MatrixCells>
</MatrixRow>
</MatrixRows>
<Height>0.24in</Height>
</Matrix>
</ReportItems>
<Top>4.25in</Top>
<Width>2.5in</Width>
<Grouping Name="list1_Details_Group">
<GroupExpressions>
<GroupExpression>=Fields!Category.Value</GroupExpression>
</GroupExpressions>
</Grouping>
<Height>0.25in</Height>
</List>
<Chart Name="chart2">
<Legend>
<Visible>true</Visible>
<Style>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
<BorderWidth>
<Default>0.5pt</Default>
</BorderWidth>
</Style>
<Position>RightCenter</Position>
</Legend>
<CategoryAxis>
<Axis>
<Title />
<MajorGridLines>
<Style>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
</Style>
</MajorGridLines>
<MinorGridLines>
<Style>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
</Style>
</MinorGridLines>
<MajorTickMarks>Outside</MajorTickMarks>
<Min>0</Min>
<Visible>true</Visible>
</Axis>
</CategoryAxis>
<ZIndex>2</ZIndex>
<DataSetName>Item</DataSetName>
<PlotArea>
<Style>
<BackgroundColor>LightGrey</BackgroundColor>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
</Style>
</PlotArea>
<ThreeDProperties>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Rotation>30</Rotation>
<Inclination>30</Inclination>
<Shading>Simple</Shading>
<WallThickness>50</WallThickness>
</ThreeDProperties>
<PointWidth>0</PointWidth>
<SeriesGroupings>
<SeriesGrouping>
<StaticSeries>
<StaticMember>
<Label>Value1</Label>
</StaticMember>
</StaticSeries>
</SeriesGrouping>
</SeriesGroupings>
<Top>0.75in</Top>
<Subtype>Plain</Subtype>
<ValueAxis>
<Axis>
<Title />
<MajorGridLines>
<ShowGridLines>true</ShowGridLines>
<Style>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
</Style>
</MajorGridLines>
<MinorGridLines>
<Style>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
</Style>
</MinorGridLines>
<MajorTickMarks>Outside</MajorTickMarks>
<Min>0</Min>
<Margin>true</Margin>
<Visible>true</Visible>
<Scalar>true</Scalar>
</Axis>
</ValueAxis>
<Type>Pie</Type>
<Width>4.375in</Width>
<CategoryGroupings>
<CategoryGrouping>
<DynamicCategories>
<Grouping Name="chart2_CategoryGroup1">
<GroupExpressions>
<GroupExpression>=Fields!Country.Value</GroupExpression>
</GroupExpressions>
</Grouping>
<Label>=Fields!Country.Value</Label>
</DynamicCategories>
</CategoryGrouping>
</CategoryGroupings>
<Palette>Default</Palette>
<ChartData>
<ChartSeries>
<DataPoints>
<DataPoint>
<DataValues>
<DataValue>
<Value>=Count(Fields!Country.Value)</Value>
</DataValue>
</DataValues>
<DataLabel>
<Value>=Count(Fields!Country.Value)*Sum(Fields!Country.Value)/100 + "%"</Value>
<Visible>true</Visible>
</DataLabel>
<Marker>
<Size>6pt</Size>
</Marker>
</DataPoint>
</DataPoints>
</ChartSeries>
</ChartData>
<Style>
<BackgroundColor>White</BackgroundColor>
</Style>
<Title>
<Caption>Open Incident by Country</Caption>
</Title>
<Height>3.125in</Height>
<Left>5.5in</Left>
</Chart>
<Chart Name="chart1">
<Legend>
<Visible>true</Visible>
<Style>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
<BorderWidth>
<Default>0.5pt</Default>
</BorderWidth>
</Style>
<Position>RightCenter</Position>
</Legend>
<CategoryAxis>
<Axis>
<Title />
<MajorGridLines>
<Style>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
</Style>
</MajorGridLines>
<MinorGridLines>
<Style>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
</Style>
</MinorGridLines>
<MajorTickMarks>Outside</MajorTickMarks>
<Min>0</Min>
<Visible>true</Visible>
</Axis>
</CategoryAxis>
<ZIndex>1</ZIndex>
<DataSetName>Item</DataSetName>
<PlotArea>
<Style>
<BackgroundColor>LightGrey</BackgroundColor>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
</Style>
</PlotArea>
<ThreeDProperties>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Rotation>30</Rotation>
<Inclination>30</Inclination>
<Shading>Simple</Shading>
<WallThickness>50</WallThickness>
</ThreeDProperties>
<PointWidth>0</PointWidth>
<SeriesGroupings>
<SeriesGrouping>
<StaticSeries>
<StaticMember>
<Label>Value1</Label>
</StaticMember>
</StaticSeries>
</SeriesGrouping>
</SeriesGroupings>
<Top>0.75in</Top>
<Subtype>Plain</Subtype>
<ValueAxis>
<Axis>
<Title />
<MajorGridLines>
<ShowGridLines>true</ShowGridLines>
<Style>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
</Style>
</MajorGridLines>
<MinorGridLines>
<Style>
<BorderStyle>
<Default>Solid</Default>
</BorderStyle>
</Style>
</MinorGridLines>
<MajorTickMarks>Outside</MajorTickMarks>
<Min>0</Min>
<Margin>true</Margin>
<Visible>true</Visible>
<Scalar>true</Scalar>
</Axis>
</ValueAxis>
<Type>Pie</Type>
<Width>4.375in</Width>
<CategoryGroupings>
<CategoryGrouping>
<DynamicCategories>
<Grouping Name="chart1_CategoryGroup1">
<GroupExpressions>
<GroupExpression>=Fields!Category.Value</GroupExpression>
</GroupExpressions>
</Grouping>
<Label>=Fields!Category.Value</Label>
</DynamicCategories>
</CategoryGrouping>
</CategoryGroupings>
<Palette>Default</Palette>
<ChartData>
<ChartSeries>
<DataPoints>
<DataPoint>
<DataValues>
<DataValue>
<Value>=Count(Fields!Category.Value)</Value>
</DataValue>
</DataValues>
<DataLabel>
<Value>=Count(Fields!Category.Value)</Value>
<Visible>true</Visible>
</DataLabel>
<Marker>
<Size>6pt</Size>
</Marker>
</DataPoint>
</DataPoints>
</ChartSeries>
</ChartData>
<Style>
<BackgroundColor>White</BackgroundColor>
</Style>
<Title>
<Caption>Open Incident by Category</Caption>
</Title>
<Height>3.125in</Height>
<Left>0.25in</Left>
</Chart>
<Textbox Name="textbox1">
<rd:DefaultName>textbox1</rd:DefaultName>
<Width>5in</Width>
<Style>
<Color>SteelBlue</Color>
<FontFamily>Tahoma</FontFamily>
<FontSize>20pt</FontSize>
<FontWeight>700</FontWeight>
<PaddingLeft>2pt</PaddingLeft>
<PaddingRight>2pt</PaddingRight>
<PaddingTop>2pt</PaddingTop>
<PaddingBottom>2pt</PaddingBottom>
</Style>
<CanGrow>true</CanGrow>
<Height>0.36in</Height>
<Value>Report1</Value>
</Textbox>
</ReportItems>
<Height>5.625in</Height>
</Body>
<Language>en-US</Language>
<TopMargin>1in</TopMargin>
</Report>
Thanks,
Prem
Prem

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:
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Ssrs 2008 r2 black line incorrectly being displayed

In an existing SSRS 2008 r2 report, I just added a page header so that I can display global values in the page header like run date, run time, and page number. Within the report header, I placed all the report header data within a rectangle. Now when I run
the report, there is a black line appearing after the report header but before the details of the report.
I have changed all the border colors to be white and the borderstyle to none. The black solid line between last part of report header to before the detail data keeps appearing.
Thus can you tell me how to keep this black line from end of pageheader or rectangle to before the detail data from appearing?

Hi wendy,
According to your description, I taken a simple test in my local environment (SSRS 2008R2). In my scenario, I insert a page header in the report, then use a rectangle to contain all the items (such as global values) within the page header after creating
a table in the report body. While everything goes well, and there is no such a black line between page header and report body.
As per my understanding, may be you have set the BorderColor property to Black and BorderStyle to Solid of Page header or Rectangle or Report Body. So we can double check those item properties in the report.
If this issue still exists, could you please post the .rdl file and your dataset with sample datato us by the following E-mail address? It is benefit for us to do further analysis.
E-mail: [email protected]
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SSRS 2008 R2 - Try to Open RDL - I got an error saying "Failed to open report 'reports_List.rdl' ... "Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 1, position 1".

Hi,
I am working on SSRS 2008 R2.
My Colleague gave me one RDL. I have added it to my SSRS project on BIDS & Tried to Open by double-click on that RDL.
I got a popup error saying "Failed to open report 'reports_List.rdl'. clicked on
Details button & noticed error explanation as . "Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 1, position 1".
When i try to View Code of this RDL, I got another error message saying "Exception from HRESULT: 0x80041FEB"
Can anybody suggest me ... what exactly the root cause of it? how can i resolve it ?
thanks a lot in advance !
best regards,
Venkat

Hi Venkat,
Did you use Visual Studio 2010 on your test? It is a known issue of Visual Studio 2010. Please refer to the following document. It has fix method provided by the Microsoft Web Development Tools team to work around the issue.
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/552134/hresult-error-creating-timetracking-sample-web-site-project
Since the issue related to Visual Studio. I suggestion you post the question in the following forum:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=Vsexpressvb
It is appropriate and more experts will assist you.
Regards,
Alisa Tang
Alisa Tang
TechNet Community Support

Diagonal line on SSRS line chart

Hi all,
I'm struggling with a charting issue that I was hoping someone here might be able to help with - I've looked through various blogs without success. I need to insert a diagonal line running the full width of a line chart, representing the linearly increasing
target value over a month. The actual data will then be a secondary series on the same vertical axis, showing progress against the target based on today's data.
This report has several limitations that I should emphasise before someone says "Well, why can't you just generate the target data in the SQL query?". It's for Dynamics CRM Online, so the only type of data source and query allowed is FetchXML.
I can't even use a simple SQL query that returns constant values, let alone an actual SQL DB query. It also doesn't seem to be possible to have any custom code in the report, which makes it even more frustrating. FetchXML is just not set up to do things like
return constant values in a query, or return a dataset which is the set of days in the current month.
What I do have is two datasets, one of which returns the actual data, which I've used as the first series in the table, and a second dataset that returns a single value that represents the target for the month. There's no way, as far as I'm aware, to cross-join
that with a set of dates and then use a calculated field in the dataset to turn it into a linear series.
I've set the min and max values of the X-axis to show me all dates, and my initial solution to the problem was to have a horizontal line at the target value, as shown below (red dotted line). However, I've been asked to change that to the solid red diagonal
line as shown:
Series 1 (Total order value) is the RunningValue of the daily order values, summed across the dates.
Series 1 data looks something like this:
[Date] [Order Value]
1 Mar 100
3 Mar 20
3 Mar 35
24 Mar 400
Series 2 data just has
[Target Name] [Target Value]
Sales Target 25000
Does anyone have ideas on how I can do this? I'm happy to take any suggestions; the line doesn't have to be interactive or be an action, so it could even be rendered directly onto the chart, if that's possible. The only limitation is that it needs to be
viewed on screen, and be printable. I'd prefer some sort of elegant approach that allows me to do it as two series on the same chart, but frankly at this point I'm beyond caring how it's done - so long as it works, it can be held together with chewing gum
and string.

Hi Anuruddha,
When you want to see the diagonal line, you should divide the target value with number of values in x-axis,
let say Month March has 31 days, your target is 25000
then 25000/31=806.4516129032258
But to do dynamic you need to get the number of days in month
=day(DateAdd("d",-1,DateAdd("M",1,cdate(cstr(Month(First(Fields!workday.Value, "DataSet3")) )+"/01/" + cstr(Year(First(Fields!workday.Value, "DataSet3")))))))
Create another series like below shown:-
a Above expression :-
= (Sum(Fields!target.Value, "DataSet2")/ (day(DateAdd("d",-1,DateAdd("M",1,cdate(cstr(Month(First(Fields!workday.Value, "DataSet3")) )+"/01/" + cstr(Year(First(Fields!workday.Value, "DataSet3")))))))))*Fields!id.Value
Run the report:-
Orange Line is yours previously, Red Line is what you want.
I am doing calculation in series, so there is no problem for you as you can't write SQL query.
Below is the RDL code , which will help you to check the expressions.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Report xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2008/01/reportdefinition" xmlns:rd="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SQLServer/reporting/reportdesigner">
<Body>
<ReportItems>
<Textbox Name="textbox1">
<CanGrow>true</CanGrow>
<KeepTogether>true</KeepTogether>
<Paragraphs>
<Paragraph>
<TextRuns>
<TextRun>
<Value>Sparkline</Value>
<Style>
<FontFamily>Tahoma</FontFamily>
<FontSize>12pt</FontSize>
<FontWeight>Bold</FontWeight>
<Color>SteelBlue</Color>
</Style>
</TextRun>
</TextRuns>
<Style>
<TextAlign>Center</TextAlign>
</Style>
</Paragraph>
</Paragraphs>
<rd:DefaultName>textbox1</rd:DefaultName>
<Height>0.37in</Height>
<Width>5in</Width>
<Style>
<PaddingLeft>2pt</PaddingLeft>
<PaddingRight>2pt</PaddingRight>
<PaddingTop>2pt</PaddingTop>
<PaddingBottom>2pt</PaddingBottom>
</Style>
</Textbox>
<Chart Name="Chart1">
<ChartCategoryHierarchy>
<ChartMembers>
<ChartMember>
<Group Name="Chart1_CategoryGroup">
<GroupExpressions>
<GroupExpression>=Fields!workday.Value</GroupExpression>
</GroupExpressions>
</Group>
<SortExpressions>
<SortExpression>
<Value>=Fields!workday.Value</Value>
</SortExpression>
</SortExpressions>
<Label>=Fields!workday.Value</Label>
</ChartMember>
</ChartMembers>
</ChartCategoryHierarchy>
<ChartSeriesHierarchy>
<ChartMembers>
<ChartMember>
<Label>value</Label>
</ChartMember>
<ChartMember>
<Label>target</Label>
</ChartMember>
<ChartMember>
<Label>id</Label>
</ChartMember>
</ChartMembers>
</ChartSeriesHierarchy>
<ChartData>
<ChartSeriesCollection>
<ChartSeries Name="value">
<ChartDataPoints>
<ChartDataPoint>
<ChartDataPointValues>
<Y>=RunningValue(Fields!value.Value,Sum,"DataSet3")</Y>
</ChartDataPointValues>
<ChartDataLabel>
<Style />
</ChartDataLabel>
<Style />
<ChartMarker>
<Style />
</ChartMarker>
<DataElementOutput>Output</DataElementOutput>
</ChartDataPoint>
</ChartDataPoints>
<Type>Line</Type>
<Style />
<ChartEmptyPoints>
<Style />
<ChartMarker>
<Style />
</ChartMarker>
<ChartDataLabel>
<Style />
</ChartDataLabel>
</ChartEmptyPoints>
<ValueAxisName>Primary</ValueAxisName>
<CategoryAxisName>Primary</CategoryAxisName>
<ChartSmartLabel>
<CalloutLineColor>Black</CalloutLineColor>
<MinMovingDistance>0pt</MinMovingDistance>
</ChartSmartLabel>
</ChartSeries>
<ChartSeries Name="IDDetails">
<ChartDataPoints>
<ChartDataPoint>
<ChartDataPointValues>
<Y>=Sum(Fields!target.Value, "DataSet2")</Y>
</ChartDataPointValues>
<ChartDataLabel>
<Style />
</ChartDataLabel>
<Style />
<ChartMarker>
<Style />
</ChartMarker>
<DataElementOutput>Output</DataElementOutput>
</ChartDataPoint>
</ChartDataPoints>
<Type>Line</Type>
<Style />
<ChartEmptyPoints>
<Style />
<ChartMarker>
<Style />
</ChartMarker>
<ChartDataLabel>
<Style />
</ChartDataLabel>
</ChartEmptyPoints>
<ValueAxisName>Primary</ValueAxisName>
<CategoryAxisName>Primary</CategoryAxisName>
<ChartSmartLabel>
<CalloutLineColor>Black</CalloutLineColor>
<MinMovingDistance>0pt</MinMovingDistance>
</ChartSmartLabel>
</ChartSeries>
<ChartSeries Name="Series">
<ChartDataPoints>
<ChartDataPoint>
<ChartDataPointValues>
<Y>= (Sum(Fields!target.Value, "DataSet2")/ (day(DateAdd("d",-1,DateAdd("M",1,cdate(cstr(Month(First(Fields!workday.Value, "DataSet3")) )+"/01/" + cstr(Year(First(Fields!workday.Value, "DataSet3")))))))))*Fields!id.Value</Y>
</ChartDataPointValues>
<ChartDataLabel>
<Style />
</ChartDataLabel>
<Style />
<ChartMarker>
<Style />
</ChartMarker>
<DataElementOutput>Output</DataElementOutput>
</ChartDataPoint>
</ChartDataPoints>
<Type>Line</Type>
<Style />
<ChartEmptyPoints>
<Style />
<ChartMarker>
<Style />
</ChartMarker>
<ChartDataLabel>
<Style />
</ChartDataLabel>
</ChartEmptyPoints>
<ValueAxisName>Primary</ValueAxisName>
<CategoryAxisName>Primary</CategoryAxisName>
<ChartSmartLabel>
<CalloutLineColor>Black</CalloutLineColor>
<MinMovingDistance>0pt</MinMovingDistance>
</ChartSmartLabel>
</ChartSeries>
</ChartSeriesCollection>
</ChartData>
<ChartAreas>
<ChartArea Name="Default">
<ChartCategoryAxes>
<ChartAxis Name="Primary">
<Style>
<FontSize>8pt</FontSize>
</Style>
<ChartAxisTitle>
<Caption>Axis Title</Caption>
<Style>
<FontSize>8pt</FontSize>
</Style>
</ChartAxisTitle>
<ChartMajorGridLines>
<Enabled>False</Enabled>
<Style>
<Border>
<Color>Gainsboro</Color>
</Border>
</Style>
</ChartMajorGridLines>
<ChartMinorGridLines>
<Style>
<Border>
<Color>Gainsboro</Color>
<Style>Dotted</Style>
</Border>
</Style>
</ChartMinorGridLines>
<ChartMinorTickMarks>
<Length>0.5</Length>
</ChartMinorTickMarks>
<CrossAt>NaN</CrossAt>
<Minimum>NaN</Minimum>
<Maximum>NaN</Maximum>
<ChartAxisScaleBreak>
<Style />
</ChartAxisScaleBreak>
</ChartAxis>
<ChartAxis Name="Secondary">
<Style>
<FontSize>8pt</FontSize>
</Style>
<ChartAxisTitle>
<Caption>Axis Title</Caption>
<Style>
<FontSize>8pt</FontSize>
</Style>
</ChartAxisTitle>
<ChartMajorGridLines>
<Enabled>False</Enabled>
<Style>
<Border>
<Color>Gainsboro</Color>
</Border>
</Style>
</ChartMajorGridLines>
<ChartMinorGridLines>
<Style>
<Border>
<Color>Gainsboro</Color>
<Style>Dotted</Style>
</Border>
</Style>
</ChartMinorGridLines>
<ChartMinorTickMarks>
<Length>0.5</Length>
</ChartMinorTickMarks>
<CrossAt>NaN</CrossAt>
<Location>Opposite</Location>
<Minimum>NaN</Minimum>
<Maximum>NaN</Maximum>
<ChartAxisScaleBreak>
<Style />
</ChartAxisScaleBreak>
</ChartAxis>
</ChartCategoryAxes>
<ChartValueAxes>
<ChartAxis Name="Primary">
<Style>
<FontSize>8pt</FontSize>
</Style>
<ChartAxisTitle>
<Caption>Axis Title</Caption>
<Style>
<FontSize>8pt</FontSize>
</Style>
</ChartAxisTitle>
<ChartMajorGridLines>
<Style>
<Border>
<Color>Gainsboro</Color>
</Border>
</Style>
</ChartMajorGridLines>
<ChartMinorGridLines>
<Style>
<Border>
<Color>Gainsboro</Color>
<Style>Dotted</Style>
</Border>
</Style>
</ChartMinorGridLines>
<ChartMinorTickMarks>
<Length>0.5</Length>
</ChartMinorTickMarks>
<CrossAt>NaN</CrossAt>
<Minimum>NaN</Minimum>
<Maximum>NaN</Maximum>
<ChartAxisScaleBreak>
<Style />
</ChartAxisScaleBreak>
</ChartAxis>
<ChartAxis Name="Secondary">
<Style>
<FontSize>8pt</FontSize>
</Style>
<ChartAxisTitle>
<Caption>Axis Title</Caption>
<Style>
<FontSize>8pt</FontSize>
</Style>
</ChartAxisTitle>
<ChartMajorGridLines>
<Style>
<Border>
<Color>Gainsboro</Color>
</Border>
</Style>
</ChartMajorGridLines>
<ChartMinorGridLines>
<Style>
<Border>
<Color>Gainsboro</Color>
<Style>Dotted</Style>
</Border>
</Style>
</ChartMinorGridLines>
<ChartMinorTickMarks>
<Length>0.5</Length>
</ChartMinorTickMarks>
<CrossAt>NaN</CrossAt>
<Location>Opposite</Location>
<Minimum>NaN</Minimum>
<Maximum>NaN</Maximum>
<ChartAxisScaleBreak>
<Style />
</ChartAxisScaleBreak>
</ChartAxis>
</ChartValueAxes>
<Style>
<BackgroundGradientType>None</BackgroundGradientType>
</Style>
</ChartArea>
</ChartAreas>
<ChartLegends>
<ChartLegend Name="Default">
<Style>
<BackgroundGradientType>None</BackgroundGradientType>
<FontSize>8pt</FontSize>
</Style>
<ChartLegendTitle>
<Caption />
<Style>
<FontSize>8pt</FontSize>
<FontWeight>Bold</FontWeight>
<TextAlign>Center</TextAlign>
</Style>
</ChartLegendTitle>
<HeaderSeparatorColor>Black</HeaderSeparatorColor>
<ColumnSeparatorColor>Black</ColumnSeparatorColor>
</ChartLegend>
</ChartLegends>
<ChartTitles>
<ChartTitle Name="Default">
<Caption>Chart Title</Caption>
<Style>
<BackgroundGradientType>None</BackgroundGradientType>
<FontWeight>Bold</FontWeight>
<TextAlign>General</TextAlign>
<VerticalAlign>Top</VerticalAlign>
</Style>
</ChartTitle>
</ChartTitles>
<Palette>BrightPastel</Palette>
<ChartBorderSkin>
<Style>
<BackgroundColor>Gray</BackgroundColor>
<BackgroundGradientType>None</BackgroundGradientType>
<Color>White</Color>
</Style>
</ChartBorderSkin>
<ChartNoDataMessage Name="NoDataMessage">
<Caption>No Data Available</Caption>
<Style>
<BackgroundGradientType>None</BackgroundGradientType>
<TextAlign>General</TextAlign>
<VerticalAlign>Top</VerticalAlign>
</Style>
</ChartNoDataMessage>
<DataSetName>DataSet3</DataSetName>
<Top>0.59667in</Top>
<Left>0.24667in</Left>
<Height>3.55in</Height>
<Width>4.53667in</Width>
<ZIndex>1</ZIndex>
<Style>
<Border>
<Color>LightGrey</Color>
<Style>Solid</Style>
</Border>
<BackgroundColor>White</BackgroundColor>
<BackgroundGradientType>None</BackgroundGradientType>
</Style>
</Chart>
<Textbox Name="Textbox2">
<CanGrow>true</CanGrow>
<KeepTogether>true</KeepTogether>
<Paragraphs>
<Paragraph>
<TextRuns>
<TextRun>
<Value>=day(DateAdd("d",-1,DateAdd("M",1,cdate(cstr(Month(First(Fields!workday.Value, "DataSet3")) )+"/01/" + cstr(Year(First(Fields!workday.Value, "DataSet3")))))))</Value>
<Style />
</TextRun>
</TextRuns>
<Style />
</Paragraph>
</Paragraphs>
<rd:DefaultName>Textbox2</rd:DefaultName>
<Top>4.33833in</Top>
<Left>2.21333in</Left>
<Height>0.25in</Height>
<Width>1in</Width>
<ZIndex>2</ZIndex>
<Style>
<Border>
<Style>None</Style>
</Border>
<PaddingLeft>2pt</PaddingLeft>
<PaddingRight>2pt</PaddingRight>
<PaddingTop>2pt</PaddingTop>
<PaddingBottom>2pt</PaddingBottom>
</Style>
</Textbox>
</ReportItems>
<Height>4.71333in</Height>
<Style />
</Body>
<Width>5in</Width>
<Page>
<LeftMargin>1in</LeftMargin>
<RightMargin>1in</RightMargin>
<TopMargin>1in</TopMargin>
<BottomMargin>1in</BottomMargin>
<Style />
</Page>
<AutoRefresh>0</AutoRefresh>
<DataSources>
<DataSource Name="DataSource1">
<DataSourceReference>DataSource1</DataSourceReference>
<rd:SecurityType>None</rd:SecurityType>
<rd:DataSourceID>6abd5341-c043-4ab1-b449-c32e00efc4ac</rd:DataSourceID>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<DataSets>
<DataSet Name="DataSet1">
<Query>
<DataSourceName>DataSource1</DataSourceName>
<CommandText>SELECT 1 ID, 1 MONTH, 50 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 1 ID, 2 MONTH, 30 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 1 ID, 3 MONTH, 20 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 1 ID, 4 MONTH, 10 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 1 ID, 5 MONTH, 25 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 1 ID, 6 MONTH, 50 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 1 ID, 7 MONTH, 10 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 1 ID, 8 MONTH, 20 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 1 ID, 9 MONTH, 30 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 1 ID, 10 MONTH, 40 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 1 ID, 11 MONTH, 45 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 1 ID, 12 MONTH, 50 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 1 MONTH, 25 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 2 MONTH, 30 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 3 MONTH, 10 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 4 MONTH, 30 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 5 MONTH, 45 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 6 MONTH, 35 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 7 MONTH, 10 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 8 MONTH, 50 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 9 MONTH, 20 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 10 MONTH, 14 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 11 MONTH, 40 VALUE
UNION
SELECT 2 ID, 12 MONTH, 45 VALUE</CommandText>
<rd:UseGenericDesigner>true</rd:UseGenericDesigner>
</Query>
<Fields>
<Field Name="ID">
<DataField>ID</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.Int32</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
<Field Name="MONTH">
<DataField>MONTH</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.Int32</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
<Field Name="VALUE">
<DataField>VALUE</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.Int32</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
</Fields>
</DataSet>
<DataSet Name="DataSet2">
<Query>
<DataSourceName>DataSource1</DataSourceName>
<CommandText>Select 25000 target</CommandText>
</Query>
<Fields>
<Field Name="target">
<DataField>target</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.Int32</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
</Fields>
</DataSet>
<DataSet Name="DataSet3">
<Query>
<DataSourceName>DataSource1</DataSourceName>
<CommandText>
select 1 id, '03/01/2015' workday , 100 value
union
select 2 id, '03/02/2015' workday , 50 value
union
select 3 id, '03/03/2015' workday , 400 value
union
select 4 id, '03/04/2015' workday , 300 value
union
select 5 id, '03/05/2015' workday , 250 value
union
select 6 id, '03/06/2015' workday , 200 value
union
select 7 id, '03/07/2015' workday , 500 value
union
select 8 id, '03/08/2015' workday , 700 value
union
select 9 id, '03/09/2015' workday , 50 value
union
select 10 id, '03/10/2015' workday , 450 value
union
select 11 id, '03/11/2015' workday , 350 value
union
select 12 id, '03/12/2015' workday , 100 value
union
select 13 id, '03/13/2015' workday , 100 value
union
select 14 id, '03/14/2015' workday , 100 value
union
select 15 id, '03/15/2015' workday , 200 value
union
select 16 id, '03/16/2015' workday , 700 value
union
select 17 id, '03/17/2015' workday , 450 value
union
select 18 id, '03/18/2015' workday , 100 value
union
select 19 id, '03/19/2015' workday , 700 value
union
select 20 id, '03/20/2015' workday , 300 value
union
select 21 id, '03/21/2015' workday , 100 value
union
select 22 id, '03/22/2015' workday , 200 value
union
select 23 id, '03/23/2015' workday , 700 value
union
select 24 id, '03/24/2015' workday , 100 value
union
select 25 id, '03/25/2015' workday , 100 value
union
select 26 id, '03/26/2015' workday , 450 value
union
select 27 id, '03/27/2015' workday , 200 value
union
select 28 id, '03/28/2015' workday , 100 value
union
select 29 id, '03/29/2015' workday , 450 value
union
select 30 id, '03/30/2015' workday , 300 value
union
select 31 id, '03/31/2015' workday , 700 value</CommandText>
</Query>
<Fields>
<Field Name="id">
<DataField>id</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.Int32</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
<Field Name="workday">
<DataField>workday</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.String</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
<Field Name="value">
<DataField>value</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.Int32</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
</Fields>
</DataSet>
</DataSets>
<Language>en-US</Language>
<ConsumeContainerWhitespace>true</ConsumeContainerWhitespace>
<rd:ReportUnitType>Inch</rd:ReportUnitType>
<rd:ReportID>59e8101c-8585-409d-82e7-c6719e928567</rd:ReportID>
</Report>
Thanks
Prasad
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