Matrix Question

Hello,
I have been working away with the SSRS and am getting pretty comfortable
with some of it's features, benefits and limitations. I have created a
series of Matrix reports (pivot tables) that show sales from 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007 and even future sales of 2008. My goal is to have a comparison of
2004 versus 2005; 2005 versus 2006 and so on. In Excel I understand how to
acomplish this goal but I don't see how I acomplish this calculation in a
matrix. My field for the year is 'year(eve_date)'.
Thanks in advance - I'm sure it's simply and I'm just being brain dead.
ChrisOn May 9, 2:32 pm, "Chris Marsh" <cma...@.synergy-intl.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have been working away with the SSRS and am getting pretty comfortable
> with some of it's features, benefits and limitations. I have created a
> series of Matrix reports (pivot tables) that show sales from 2004, 2005,
> 2006, 2007 and even future sales of 2008. My goal is to have a comparison of
> 2004 versus 2005; 2005 versus 2006 and so on. In Excel I understand how to
> acomplish this goal but I don't see how I acomplish this calculation in a
> matrix. My field for the year is 'year(eve_date)'.
> Thanks in advance - I'm sure it's simply and I'm just being brain dead.
> Chris
I would suggest handling this functionality in the query/stored
procedure that is sourcing the report. I normally use while loops or
cursors to accomplish this. Hope this is helpful.
Regards,
Enrique Martinez
Sr. Software Consultant|||Thanks - I hoped that this could be done on the report but we can try the
query idea.
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> On May 9, 2:32 pm, "Chris Marsh" <cma...@.synergy-intl.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I have been working away with the SSRS and am getting pretty comfortable
>> with some of it's features, benefits and limitations. I have created a
>> series of Matrix reports (pivot tables) that show sales from 2004, 2005,
>> 2006, 2007 and even future sales of 2008. My goal is to have a comparison
>> of
>> 2004 versus 2005; 2005 versus 2006 and so on. In Excel I understand how
>> to
>> acomplish this goal but I don't see how I acomplish this calculation in a
>> matrix. My field for the year is 'year(eve_date)'.
>> Thanks in advance - I'm sure it's simply and I'm just being brain dead.
>> Chris
>
> I would suggest handling this functionality in the query/stored
> procedure that is sourcing the report. I normally use while loops or
> cursors to accomplish this. Hope this is helpful.
> Regards,
> Enrique Martinez
> Sr. Software Consultant
>|||Best possible is to bring from query, if there is any limitations on writing
the query or access etc... try calculated fields
Amarnath
"Chris Marsh" wrote:
> Thanks - I hoped that this could be done on the report but we can try the
> query idea.
> "EMartinez" <emartinez.pr1@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1178755079.558957.64180@.y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> > On May 9, 2:32 pm, "Chris Marsh" <cma...@.synergy-intl.com> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have been working away with the SSRS and am getting pretty comfortable
> >> with some of it's features, benefits and limitations. I have created a
> >> series of Matrix reports (pivot tables) that show sales from 2004, 2005,
> >> 2006, 2007 and even future sales of 2008. My goal is to have a comparison
> >> of
> >> 2004 versus 2005; 2005 versus 2006 and so on. In Excel I understand how
> >> to
> >> acomplish this goal but I don't see how I acomplish this calculation in a
> >> matrix. My field for the year is 'year(eve_date)'.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance - I'm sure it's simply and I'm just being brain dead.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >
> >
> > I would suggest handling this functionality in the query/stored
> > procedure that is sourcing the report. I normally use while loops or
> > cursors to accomplish this. Hope this is helpful.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Enrique Martinez
> > Sr. Software Consultant
> >
>
>