matrix: more than 1 column in static rowgroups ?

Hello,

I am working with a matrix report item and would like to display something like that :

DataGroup1
DataGroup2
StaticText11 StaticText12 Data1
StaticText21 StaticText22 Data2
StaticText31 StaticText32 Data3

But I cannot find a simple way to have 2 columns of static text on the left. The only way I've found is inserting a table report item in the matrix cells, but it cannot be exported in Excel.

The only samples I found do'nt have multiple colums in the static rowgroup.

Is it possible ?

Kind regards,
Xavier Miller.

Xavier,

This is a known issue since Ms release Reporting Services 2000, they promised to fix it on a service pack... but it seems that this has not been fixed even in 2005.

Apart from the table inside the matrix... there's another nasty trick, place a rectanlge and inside textboxes with the headers (you have to adjust the size pixel by pixel), BUT.... you will get horrible columns merged when you export into excel and you cannot use dynamic column sizes....

I'm looking as well for a better solution... but it seems that nobody cares about this.

Regards

Braulio

|||oh cool, that's what I expected...

Thanks anyway for the answer ;)|||

Hi,

It is also possible to add a second Row Group and set the group expression the same value as the first. This way you will receive an additional column. In this column, you can then set the expression to the required value.

Greetz,

Geert

Geert Verhoeven
Consultant @. Ausy Belgium

My Personal Blog

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Geert Verhoeven wrote:

Hi,

It is also possible to add a second Row Group and set the group expression the same value as the first. This way you will receive an additional column. In this column, you can then set the expression to the required value.

Greetz,

Geert

Geert Verhoeven
Consultant @. Ausy Belgium

My Personal Blog

Hello,

The expression is static text. How do you proceed, please ?|||

Mmm... but I guess this is only valid in the data area (the right hand side of the matrix report), in the columns that identify the rows (left hand side), I guess you can not set that columns on top of the left area, isn't it ?

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Brauliod wrote:

Mmm... but I guess this is only valid in the data area (the right hand side of the matrix report), in the columns that identify the rows (left hand side), I guess you can not set that columns on top of the left area, isn't it ?

Yes, that's why I posted that message to confirm that it is impossible.

In fact, I can double the static rows in the RDL source. The designer shows well 2 columns, but the renderer refuses to show them.|||

Gert I'm trying to group rows, but I get them as an addition column not as a row above the left hand side of columns, could you tell us which steps must be performed ?

Thanks in advance, Regards

Braulio

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Hi,

I'll try to give an example. I'm using the following query on the AdventureWorks db:
SELECT Production.Product.Name, Production.ProductSubcategory.Name AS ProductSubCategory
FROM Production.Product INNER JOIN Production.ProductSubcategory ON Production.Product.ProductSubcategoryID = Production.ProductSubcategory.ProductSubcategoryID

If I get it right you want to have something like this:

ProductSubCategory
Product statictext

To do this, you need to follow these steps:

add a matrix to your report|||Yes, that works for dynamic data and grouping, but NOT for static data, multiple columns by row, which was my initial question...|||

Sorry, what I want to get is something like:

May 07 June 07

Project Name Location

Tiger Spain 20 40 (...)

I need the header on top ( the matrix reports that I'm using is more an horizontal report, the data columns are dynamic, but the left hand side columns are static and have the ID column and some attributes).Having the data columns dynamic does not allow me to use tabular reports :-(.

Any idea about how to do this?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Braulio

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Sorry, I didn't understand well the query (my problem is putting columns on top)... you want columns in the left hand side... mmm... for horizontal reports there is an interesting post in a blog tell me if this is what you are looking for

Does Reporting Services support horizontal tables (fixed rows and dynamic columns)http://blogs.msdn.com/chrishays/archive/2004/07/23/HorizontalTables.aspx

HTH

Braulio

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Brauliod wrote:

Sorry, I didn't understand well the query (my problem is putting columns on top)... you want columns in the left hand side... mmm... for horizontal reports there is an interesting post in a blog tell me if this is what you are looking for

Does Reporting Services support horizontal tables (fixed rows and dynamic columns)http://blogs.msdn.com/chrishays/archive/2004/07/23/HorizontalTables.aspx

HTH

Braulio

Hmm, and does this hack work well for Excel exporting ?|||

Mmmm...

I'm not sure I found this solution meanwhile I was looking for another, I just bookmarked it :-(.

I think it's worth to give a try, it doesn't use subtables or strange stuff, and the guy that wrote that stuff owns a lot of kudos, must be good stuff.

Good luck

Braulio