From a database I get information about collaborators. The collaborators can have a different number of images. E.g. one collaborator has four images, another one only one. In this example I would get 5 rows in total. Four for the first collaborator, differing only in the image and one row for the other collaborator.
My report should treat all images belonging to the same collaborator as the same result row. So the first collaborator will have four images on its report and the other one only one. At the moment one report per row is created.
How can I tell SSRS that all rows which differ only in the image column belong together and how can I add these images to the report?
I must admit I haven't tried much yet because I don't know where to start. I've read about the previous() function (https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/397c92f5-e533-47be-9e07-56ea0b19f9a7/merge-data-from-multiple-rows-into-one-in-ssrs) and the instr() function (multiple images in SSRS Table Cell) but both are so far I see not what I need.
If necessary I guess I could merge the rows already in MSSQL to have one row per collaborator with comma separated images.
The images are not stored as file names but in binary form.
You should be able to utilize groupings to keep the images of the same collaborator together.
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For data analysis purposes, I need to manually add information in the columns right beside an imported range. It generally doesn't cause any issues and works well. However, whenever the imported data shifts rows (i.e. a new row was added in the middle of the original sheet), the manually-added info no longer matches the data -it either ends up in one row above or below. Basically, it's not in-sync with the needed data.
Is there a way to kind of "fixate" the manually-added information to the same row as the imported data? So that if the order changes in the original sheet, it won't mess up the new one.
I've been using the code shared by #Mogsdad here. However, it is only syncing the info on the "key column" and not the rest of the data in the columns after it.
Attaching screenshots for reference:
This is how it usually looks (the third column is the "key")2
And this is what happens when the rows in the imported range change:3
The code seems to be working, just not for all the columns.
I'm having some formatting issues in SSRS with a current report I'm working on concerning property records. My report is built with 6 tablixes aligned in a landscape view meant to remain in a specific layout for potential printing of the report.
The first Tablix contains general information about the property in question and the owner. This information will be completely static and should remain the same.
The second Tablix is the problem. This Tablix is formatted to pull data from a stored procedure concerning parcels of land and generate up to 13 rows, filling in NULL values if less than 13 rows of data exist. The issue is if MORE than 13 rows of data exist. Currently, the result I have stretches the report and messes up the formatting entirely with 14 or more rows.
There are 4 other tablixes below this Tablix that contain additional details about the property, including buildings, outbuildings, and general appraisal summaries for the property. These will remain the same, as well. Each of these tablixes pulls from its own data set and has a stored procedure to generate the rows as needed.
My goal is to generate a report that contains up to 13 rows of land data on the first page and with any additional rows, keep the same exact page layout, but with the land data Tablix filled with rows 14-26 on a second page. That is, the layout from the first page of the report is repeated but with the remaining rows of data within the land data Tablix.
I've included the layout of the form for reference and I'm currently using Report Builder 2012 with MSSQL. The Land Section Detail is the Tablix in question.
Report View
Honestly, I'm not sure that this is possible, but I'm open to any suggestions on how to make this work.
EDIT: Changed the picture to provide a better idea of what I have.
EDIT: Adding "Sample Data"
Also a Link
Best sample I can offer considering the size of the data set
I once had the same problem to limit the row numbers of a tablix. This description was the solution:
Display a fixed number of rows
I was able to solve this issue with a somewhat complex method, but a method that worked perfectly for the report. The basic idea was to use a temporary table to keep all of the data aligned with a row count and page number in each dataset. With that row count, I was able to determine a cut-off point for each page. For example, if a Tablix had room for 9 rows of data, each of the first 9 rows of data were assigned the page number 1. Rows 10-18 would be assigned page number 2. In this way, I was able to group the report based on the page number.
If no data was assigned to a given page, I had an additional dataset that generated the correct number of blank rows to fill the same gap and maintain the correct page layout.
I have the following format in my dataset (see Dataset Layout screenshot).
I need this report to show like the following (see Report Layout screenshot) with a bit of a difference, but first let me explain.
This report is a "monthly" report that shows the data for each day of a given month. What I have shown in the Report Layout screen shot is how the report displays if the user only selects one available value for column "Level!2!Sample". So in other words, instead of seeing multiple values in that column as shown in the screen print, it would only contain one distinct value. This report works when only one item is available, but I need to allow for multiple options.
What I need to do is be able to display data like this for multiple values of "Level!2!Sample", and each time a new "Level!2!Sample" is encountered, it would create a new matrix as shown in the screen print. So if there are four distinct items for this column, I would have four different tables shown on the report, each displaying the data for the given distinct value of the "Level!2!Sample" column.
I assume I would need to use an "Order By" clause to get my data looking correctly:
Order By
Level!2!Sample,
name!3!Title,
month!4!ReportMonth
But I am not sure how to get SSRS to create a new matrix when the new level!2!sample record is encountered.
I hope my explanation makes sense as to what I am trying to do. Any help is greatly appreciated.
You can't create a new matrix like that but there are other options.
Simple option: Create one big matrix grouped by Level!2!Sample and have page break between groups. This would obviously mean you would end up with 4 pages in your sample scenario which may not be ideal.
Slightly less simple option:
Create a new report
Include your parameter as you did for the current report.
Add a dataset (let's call it dsLoop) that returns a single column and 1 record per selected parameter entry. This might look something like SELECT DISTINCT Level!2!Sample FROM myTable WHERE Level!2!Sample IN(#myParameter).
Add a table with a single column and a single row and set it's width to the width of your report/page.
Set the dataset for the table to be dsLoop
In the table's cell insert a subreport and set the subreport properties to point to your original report
Set the subreport parameter to Level!2!Sample from your dataset.
Notes:
a. You can get rid of the available values and related datasets from your original report as these are no longer needed (optional)
b. You can add rows before or after the cell with the subreport if you want to add gaps between each tablix.
Basically your new report acts as a loop and creates one row per selected item in the parameter list, each row contains an entire subreport with the parameter for the current row passed to it.
The net result is that you will get a 'new' table for each selected entry.
Hope that makes sense.
I have the following table (see the table below). It is querying into a table in my database, which has around 10 000 lines.
It starts well as you can (also below)
Issue is when going to the second page and after, the table is spreading around.
updated version after my wrong description: What I want actually is to have several tables in one page , with the last table complete with the 8 rows at the end of the page and have the next table start on another page.
I tried to set the tablix and the rectangle ,with the following properties:
General
KeepTogether = True
PageBreak
BreakLocation = End
Disabled = False
ResetPageNumber = False
However, it is still not giving me the desired results.
Any tips are more than welcomed
Put your table inside a List Item, and deactivate the Add a page break after in the List.
Or if you want to fit as many tables as possible on a page, but keep the page break from splitting them, here is how I have done this in the past:
Create a sub-report that contains a single tablix for a single data entry.
Put a single-celled tablix on your main report that gets the list of data entries for the full report.
Put a rectangle inside the single cell.
Put the sub-report inside the rectangle, and pass it the ID of the data entry.
I'm learning how to develop SSIS packages for ETL systems this week. One of my first objectives is to discover different ways to import flat files into a database. As this is pretty straight forward for the most part, I've been playing around with different flat files that contain a variety of data.
One issue I ran into today was with a Excel document that contained data in the first row, the header information in the second row and foot information in the last couple of rows. What I want to import into the database is the header and all the rows leading up to the footer. I do not want the first row and I do not want the footer.
My current solution is to create a Data Flow task in Advance Settings and OpenRowSet with "Sheet1$A2:I20000". This allows me to open the sheet I want, select the second row (where my header resides) and then select all other rows that are between A2 and I20000.
This solution also allows me to read the header information (which I want) and all the rows that follow for importation. Unfortunately, this also selects the footer rows and doesn't seem optimize for good performance as the package has to scan a massive range of rows regardless if there is data in those rows or not.
The screenshot below contains the Excel sheet that I'm trying to import based on the MS SQL sample database. The rows I want to remove or ignore are circles with the red box. Everything else not circled is what I want to import.
Any thoughts on how I can ignore the first row, read the second row for my header information, read the rows that follow the header for my data set and then ignore the last couple of rows that I'm deeming as the footer?
Addition Information About This File
The first row will never change.
The header row will never change.
The data set after the header will change values, not data types.
The first column of footer will never change.
The second column of footer will change values, not data types.
The rest of the footer columns will never change.
I figured out the solution to my own question.
I used the Conditional Split as shown in my diagram to filter out the rows I didn't need. For example, I put a condition that checks if the first column of data (member_no) was < (less than) a number. If TRUE, it goes to my OLE DB. If False, it goes nowhere. This prevented the "SUM TOTAL" from being passed to the database.
I also edited my start range with 'Sheet1$A2:I' as opposed to 'Sheet1$A2:I20000'. That way the package scans until there is no records to scan and stops (I assume).