Ssrs 2008 r2 straight line within a matrix

In an SSRS 2008 R2 new report have placed a matrix on the end of the report for information the user wants to see at the end of the report. The user wants to place a straight line between the different infomation sections in the tablix. Here are the problems
I am having:
1. In a row I would like to merge 2 cells together so that a line placed within the matrix is the same length. The problem is that I do not know how to merge the cells.
2. When I drag a line into a cell in the matrix, the line is not straight. The line points to an angle. I have tried to change the properties of the line on the endpoint values but that has not worked. Thus can you tell me how to make the line placed within
a matrix cell to be straight?

Take a look at this post for inserting a horizontal (or vertical) line into a tablix cell:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/397d6dc4-766a-43c9-9706-5370a2bfaeb4/insert-line-into-table?forum=sqlreportingservices
For merging cells, you simply select a set of contiguous cells, right-click, merge cells. There is a catch of course. The catch is that all of the cells you are trying to merge must be in the same scope. Below are some screenshots showing a simple Matrix
with 1 column group and 1 row group.
As you can see in this screenshot, I have selected 2 adjacent cells that are both in the same scope, and merge cells is available.
In this screenshot, I have selected 2 adjacent cells that are not in the same scope. The left cell is only scoped by the row group while the cell on the right is scoped by both the row and the column group. As a result, I cannot merge the cells.
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Hi Ok-Hee,
In your Source Query just need to filter the series data based on the Parameters.
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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.
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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.
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SSRS 2008 - Expression for totals in a Matrix

Hi,
I have a simple Matrix with the following groups:
Row Group: Program
Column Group: Employee
I need to add a new total column on the right side of the matrix using a simple calculation but I haven't been able to find how to do that other than doing it on the query side. Here's how the Matrix looks like:
Program
Employee1
Employee2
Employee3
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Program1
45.0%
0.0%
87.5%
Program2
12.5%
50.0%
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Program3
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8.7%
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75.1%
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The new column should display the sum of each program divided by the sum of all totals....for example for Program1 the calculation should be (45+0+87.5)/(87.6+75.1+100) which should be equal 50.44% ...the same logic applies for the other
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The number of columns (Employees) and rows (Programs) are dynamic, so they change according to who is seeing the report. I'm unable to reference the sum of the total at the bottom row, not sure what I am missing.
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Hi Cleber,
I have tested on my local environment and your issue can be caused by you haven't include the scope in the sum function, please find details information below about how to do the calculation:
Please design the matrix like below:
You can find the Row Group name is "Program" and the Column Group name is "Empolyee", this will include in the sum expression as below:
Expression1： =SUM(Fields!Amount.Value,"Empolyee")
Expression2： =SUM(Fields!Amount.Value,"Program")
Expression2： =Sum(Fields!Amount.Value,"Program")/Sum(Fields!Amount.Value,"DataSet1")
Preview you will got the result like below:
If you still have any problem, please feel free to ask.
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Ssrs 2008 r2 rectangle causes first page to be blank

In an SSRS 2008 r2 report I have 6 matrixes that I placed into 1 rectangle so that all the individual items do not float.
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Hi wendy,
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How to calculate difference and percentage in matrix report dynamic columns in SSRS 2008

Hi Friends,
I need to calculate Difference and Percentage In matrix report SSRS 2008
1) Row grouping based On Product
2) Column Grouping Week and Fiscal Year Current week and Previous Year same Weeks
3)Data Invnetory(Value fileld)
Example:
If value1 and Value2 Available we need to calculate Percentage and Difference.Otherwise Not required NA I need to Show.
For example If Particular week,Current year data is available,Previous year week data is not available No
need to cal Diff and Percentage we need to show Empty.
Below Code is working for If two values is available.
If any one of the fiscal year week data is not there it's taking some garbage values.
I tries with If condition in GetPCT() and GetDiff() It's not working.
Can some one please help me on this.
I am using the custom code
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Public Shared Value2 as String
Public Shared previous as string
Public Shared previousweek as string
Public Shared Function GetValue(Value as String,partner as String,Week as String) as String
If partner =previous and Week =previousweek Then
Value2=Value
Else
previous=partner
previousweek=Week
Value1=Value
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return Value2-Value1
End Function
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How to handle this.
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Hi veerapaneni,
According to your description, if one of the fiscal year week doesn’t have data, the custom code returns false results.
For your requirement, if NULL value exists in the database, we should replace it as zero then perform calculate. So within the code, we should judge whether the value is NULL. To achieve your goal, please refer to the steps below:
1. Create a table like below.
create table dif4
([Product Group] varchar(50),
[Week] varchar(50),
[Fiscalyearweek] varchar(50),
value int
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('Desktops','W01','FY14W01',0),
('Desktops','W01','FY15W01',45),
('Desktops','W02','FY14W02',null),
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('Desktops','W03','FY15W03',50),
('Notebooks','W01','FY14W01',35),
('Notebooks','W01','FY15W01',56),
('Notebooks','W02','FY14W02',45),
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('Notebooks','W03','FY14W03',75),
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('Tablets','W02','FY14W02',49),
('Tablets','W02','FY15W02',96),
('Tablets','W03','FY14W03',42),
('Tablets','W03','FY15W03',113)
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Public Shared previous as string
Public Shared previousweek as string
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If Value=Nothing Then
Value=0
End If
If product =previous and Week =previousweek Then
Value2=Value
Else
previous=product
previousweek=Week
Value1=Value
End If
return Value
End Function
Public Shared Function GetPct()
If Value1=0 Then
return 0
Else
return (Value2-Value1)/Value1
End If
End Function
Public Shared Function GetDiff()
return Value2-Value1
End Function
3. Design the matrix like below.
4. Then get the expected results.<o:p></o:p>
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
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How to calculate percentage and difference of two values in matrix report in ssrs 2008

Hi everyone,
DB--SQL server
SSRS-2008
I am creating matrix report with grouping on WEEK and Fiscalyearweek,
I need to calculate of difference between FY14W01,FY15W01 ande percentage of those..
how to calculate in ssrs level.
Thank You, Manasa.V

Hi veerapaneni,
According to your description, you want to calculated the increment percentage and difference between two fiscal year week within each week. Right?
In this scenario, since we need to do calculation based on values between dynamically generated cells, we can't simply use expression to achieve this goal. In this scenario, we need to use custom code to record the value for fiscal 14 and fiscal 15, then
we can calculate the difference and percentage within the column group. We have tested your case in our local environment, please refer to the steps and screenshots below:
1. Add the custom code below into the report (you may need to modify the data type based on your scenario:
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If product =previous and Week =previousweek Then
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previous=product
previousweek=Week
Value1=Value
End If
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End Function
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End Function
Public Shared Function GetDiff()
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End Function
2. Design the matrix like below:
3. The result look like below:
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
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How to Ensure that a Textbox Will Stay Alinged with a Matrix in SSRS 2008?

Hello All,
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SSRS 2008 Matrix grouping help

Hi. I have a requirement to create an SSRS report with a tablix or matrix which looks like the image below. My dataset will hold the following column values: Project name, overall rag, cost rag, scope rag, headline and commentary.
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I have no idea how to group and create this in an SSRS 2008 report; please can someone let me know how I should configure this?

We can merge cells in Data Region of tablix. Refer this link
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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.
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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
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1)
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2)
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Hi Akshay,
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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.
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Center a report title in Matrix report SSRS 2008

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Hi gainesvillepratt,
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I am really struggling with trying creating a drillthrough report that starts with a matrix (tablix) and passing those parameters. I am using SSRS 2008 R2.
Here's my scenario:
I have a matrix that has mulitple levels where you can drill down. Here an example with all the levels open:
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Leave
Total
128
88
121
United States
110
80
85
New York
65
30
57
Manhattan
10
6
9
Buffalo
20
23
4
Albany
35
1
44
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50
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30
22
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France
18
8
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8
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6
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While I understand about passing parameters, what I don't understand is how to pass the parameters if they are blank. Let's say I clicked 65 for New York, I would need to pass State = New York Status = Active. But the remaining parameters (Country
and City would be null). I know Country doesn't need to be Null in this case.
My Detail Report has the parameters defaulted to Null, but whether I put the parameters in a Filter for the dataset or in the query itself, I cannot get it to ignore the Nulls.
As a crazy work-around (I think) I can put in the Where of the query something along the lines of: this:
and (a.Country in (@paramCountryCode) or NULL in (@paramCountryCode) )
and I would need to do that for each parameter. Usually I have to use 'ALL' instead of NULL, I'm note sure why.
Additionally, in the Report Action of the Main Report, I need to pass those parameters for each level and their Status. I am also not clear whether or not I need to put in all the parameters on each of the levels (Country, State, City) of the matrix. And if
I do, do I need to make the expressions an IIF statement stating whether or not they are In Scope?
All the examples I was able to find, only showed one or maybe two parameters being passed. Doing the way I am trying, seems convoluted, error-prone and tedious. I really hope that I am wrong.
Is there a better way to approach drilltrough reports from a matrix when there are multiple levels?
Thank you for the help.
~J

Hi Jenna_Fire,
According to your description, you have a matrix contains total for each group on each level. Now your requirement is, when you click on any number (data field or total), it will go to the detail report which returns all the detail information of the people
within the group scope. For example, if you click on the total of Active users in United States, it will return the detail information of Active users in New York and Texas. Right?
In this scenario, we should set the parameter (@Country, @State, @City) allow multiple values in both main and detail report. And in Default Value (@Country, @State, @City), query out all distinct values. In the textbox which contains
those total values, when set use these parameters to run the report, we only need to pass the parameters of parent groups. For example, if we click on the total of Active users in New York, we only need to pass Country, State, Status to detail report, and
in the detail report, the City parameter will use all distinct values (Default Values) because we don't pass the City parameter. We have tested this case with sample data in our local environment. Here are steps and screenshots for your reference:
1. Create parameter Country, State, City and Status in both main report and detail report. Set both Available Value and Default Value get values from query (Create a dataset for each parameter, use "select distinct [column] from [table]" as query). Set allow
multiple values for parameter Country, State and City in both reports.
2. In corresponding textbox, pass appropriate parameters in go to report Action.
4. Filter data in detail report (in where clause or using filters).
5. Save and preview. It looks like below:
Reference:
Using Parameters to Connect to Other Reports
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
Best Regards,
Simon Hou

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