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I have field in my report that contains time string 25:00:00. How can i export this field to excel and get column format [h]:mm:ss automatically?
Steps that i tried:
Used function System.TimeSpan.FromSeconds(90000). But it gave me result 1.01:00:00 and it exports to excel as General format.
Used expression for TextBox properties -> Number in SSRS like this:
=IIF(Globals!RenderFormat.Name="EXCELOPENXML","[h]:mm:ss","HH:mm"). It gave the same result as previous.
If there are some ideas how to decide this problem, I wait your suggestions. Thanks.
FORMAT function removes the actual data type of the column while exporting. So Instead i will suggest use FORMAT property (as in below screenshot)
Now if you try again & export report to excel it will export using the format property of that cell.
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I have written the following expression to give me the number of days between a date and today.
=IIF(Fields!First_Check_Start_Date.Value = nothing,nothing,datediff("d",Today,Fields!First_Check_Start_Date.Value))
The output is correct but is bracketing the number
ie. (292) instead of 292
Any help as to why this is
if you are using text box to display your result, check what is the type of your text box. Make it as number and look for it's format and set to correct
Else you could also format like below
=IIF(Fields!First_Check_Start_Date.Value = nothing,nothing,Format(datediff("d",Today,Fields!First_Check_Start_Date.Value),"##"))
So it appears that whilst viewing in SSRS Report builder the numbers are bracketed (292), however once export to either csv or excel the bracket disappears and is replaced bi a minus -292 which is correct
Thanks
I have an Excel dataset to be imported into Access. One of the fields in Excel has type General, but it's really numbers shown as text. And some of the data in this field is blank. So when importing into Access, I tried to convert this field to double, but due to having blanks in the data, it's giving me type conversion error. Is there a way to handle blanks as 0s and convert to double during the import steps?
Also I think there used to be an "Advanced" button during the import fields step in Access. Now I don't see that button anymore.
In my testing, the blank cells are not the issue, it is the cells that are individually formatted to display as text and do have data. Recommend fixing the spreadsheet. review:
Convert 'numbers as text' to numbers
I have an SSIS package that imports data form an excel source to a SQL Server DB. The file has a column named [Client Date Of Birth] that is USUALLY a valid date. I say usually because the data is entered by our client's agents and can be anything from 02/24/2017 to Feb 17 or even just 2017. I actually need this data to come in as a string because we do partial comparison to these dates so data coming in as Feb 2017 is still technically okay.
The problem is SSIS automatically determines that this column is of [DT_DATE] type. I try to change the DataType to [DT_WSTR] in the External columns section of the Advanced Editor for the source, but when i click OK, SSIS automatically switches it back to [DT_DATE]. How do I get SSIS to import this column as a string?
It should also be noted that this is an automatic process so I can't make any changes to the excel file itself because it will be replaced by a new file each week.
There are many ways to achieve this:
First way
Add a script component
Mark [Client Date Of Birth] as an Input Column
Create an Output Column [StrDOB] with Datatype equal [DT_STR]
In the script write the following code (i assumed that you want the date format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss):
Public Overrides Sub Input0_ProcessInputRow(ByVal Row As Input0Buffer)
If Not Row.ClientDateOfBirth_IsNull Then
Row.strDOB = Row.ClientDateOfBirth.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
Else
Row.strDOB_IsNull = True
End If
End Sub
Second Way
Use a Data Conversion Transformation component to achieve this. Just follow this MSDN links to get Help:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms141706.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms140321.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186792.aspx
I am working with 4 fields in Report Builder 3.0 in which I am trying to format as a number with the corresponding comma. When I use the number format in the Text Box Properties nothing happens. When I export this report to Excel the field has to be converted to a number as it is being exported as a text field.
Do you have any suggestions as to how I can change the formatting in the report itself?
Thanks for your time!
If I pull data from Oracle using an openquery I get the same issue. To resolve:
When you have the Text Box Properties box open, select the function key by the Value.
In the expression, add "Int" at the front of the string with () on each side of expression. (This converts the value of the expression to an integer)
Ex: =Int(Fields!Count.Value)
Close the expression box after making these additions and select "Numbering" in Text Box Properties to format the text box accordingly.
I'm using the OpenXML SDK 2.0, and I want to know where the list of defined format styles (and their values) is kept. Specifically, I want to know date/time formats. I want to open an xcel file, read a cell, and try to determine (based on format/style) if it is a date or date time value. Conversely, if I write data to a xcel file, and I want a specific cell to be of a 'Date', what styleindex value do i use?
This article
may be of help. It shows how to add style to a cell.
Unfortunately is not possible to reference just the cell format, but you need to reference a cell style item.
I just did a fast look and cannot find the table of standard styles (it's in the xlsx spec somewhere). However, be aware that some of the standard datetime formats are incorrect. Excel does not match what the spec says.