I'm not sure if this is even possible but here goes:
Currently I have a crystal report with a few header fields and detail lines ( of course)
I pass a dataset containing a header datatable and a detail datatable. Everything works as expected... as long as I have only 1 record in the header table. What I would like to be able to do is somehow make the report "repeat" if there are multiple records in the header datatable. Is this possible? Any ideas?
I believe the report header will only appear once. You could insert a group, and bind the group to the data in the header datatable, then remove the default header and footer rows that are added when you add a table to a report. This might mean adding the data in your detail table as a sub-report, and putting the sub-report in detail area.
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Can anyone explain how to add row headers to the following query? I'm sure there is a way, surprised that the column headers appear but the row headers are null.
By row headers I mean the top of the returned data, in gray that actually shows the name of the row returned.enter image description here
That is SSMS and the way it displays the data.
In MDX Studio we get this:
...but SSMS and MDXStudio are not front end clients so this is just the way they have been designed.
If you are using say Excel as a front-end then you will maybe use a pivot-table to display the data - column headers will be the same as any other pivot table
If you are using SSRS then you can name the columns in your Datasets.
Other front-end clients will deal with this differently.
I'm developing a rdlc report, that uses the data from a dataset, programmatically filled (from VB.Net). I need to display the data of the dataset as in the linked photo, so not in a classic "table" way, but each page of the report will concerne only one record of the dataset. Any cells of first page will be filled with the data of the first row of the dataset, the second with the second and so on.
Is it possible to display the report in this way with rdlc?
Further to my comment, I believe it's possible to do what you want using the table, with a bit of work on the layout.
Start by adding a table in the normal way, and get that basically working ie so that it shows all the data across one row. Then work on re-arranging the cells so that they are in vertical columns. Do this by right-clicking in the shaded area to the left of the rows, and select 'Insert Row'
Finally create a group around the whole thing, and group by Item Number or w/e is appropriate for your data. Then in the 'Row Groups' window at the bottom of the designer, right click your new group and select 'Group Properties > Page Breaks > Between each instance of a Group.
This should get you pretty close to your required layout.
I am working on Windows Forms Projects.
I am creating a report for customers.
The report data is pulled from a "CustomerDetails" table.
A field in the table is called "CustPhotoName", this holds a string which relates to an image file.
I Currently have a report set up which runs for a single customer by passing in a customer ID. Then using the passed in ID to populate a Dataset with an ImageRow and then a sub report with the image from the dataset.
I am wanting to set up this report where I can pass in an array of customer IDs and produce the reports (1 page per customer with image (if CustPhotoName has value))
Please can someone let me know how is the best way to do this for the multiple customers.
Add a CustomerID parameter to the report. Type Number. Set it to allow multiple values. In the report's record-selection formula, add the following:
AND {table.customer_id} IN {?CustomerID}
You probably want to group the report by {CustomerID} as well. In the group's footer, select Section Expert and check New Page After. This way each customer will start on a new page.
I am fetching data in from an SQL table using a DataSet in VB.Net. When there is data in table, it displays the data properly in the grid, but when there is no data in the table, it only shows the UltraGrid's basic view.
How can I display the column names of the table as headings of the UltraGrid even when there is no data in Table?
Thanks for the reply, but I think the problem that JD is having is a bit different from mine - in my application the data got fetched properly from SQL Server. My problem is that when there is no data in the table, I want to display the columns of the table as the headings of the grid with 0 rows. This is not happening.
It just shows a message box saying that no data is found, and the UltraGrid shows as it does by default in the application.
This is discussed in this Infragistics forum thread.
Do you know what the headers of the columns will be or is it dynamic based on the data in the table? If you know beforehand you can create the columns with the appropriate headers in an empty dataset and assign that to the grids datasource.
I notice this same behavior when I manually create a datatable and assign it as the grid's datasource. If the data table is empty, all the column header info that was previously set on the grid is lost. My solution to this was to never actually give it an empty table, if I have no rows in my table, at least have all the columns defined.
DataTable table = new DataTable("fooTable");
table.Columns.Add("fooCol1", typeof(long));
table.Columns.Add("fooCol2", typeof(string));
table.Columns.Add("fooCol3", typeof(bool));
myUltraGrid.DataSource = table;
By never setting the grid to an empty table, you keep your header info.
Out of the box SSRS reports cannot have data exposed in the page header. Is there a way to get this data to show?
One of the things I want in my reports is to have nice headers for my reports. I like to have a logo and the user's report parameters along with other data to show to give more information for the business needs the report needs to clarify. One of the things that Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services cannot do natively is show data from a Dataset in the header. This post will explain how to work around this and how easy it is.
Create the Report Server Project in the Business Intelligence Projects section and call it AdventureWorksLTReports. I use the AdventureWorksLT sample database from CodePlex.
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Next show the Page Header by right clicking in the Report area with the designer.
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The Page Header will appear. If you want to show the Page Footer this can be accessed from the same menu as the Page Header.
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I created a stored procedure that returns data for the Sales Order to be presented in the Page Header. I will show the following information about the Sales Order in the Page Header:
Order Date
Sales Order Number
Company
Sales Person
Total Due
I create a TextBox for each of my data fields in the Page Header along with a TextBox for the corresponding label. Do not change the Expression in the TextBoxes that you want the Sales Order data in.
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In the Report Body, place a TextBox for each data field needed in the Page Header. In the Visibility for each TextBox, select True for Hidden. This will be the placeholder for the data needed in the Page Header.
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Your report should look similar to the screenshot shown below.
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The last step and most important is to reference the Hidden TextBox in the TextBoxes located in the Page Header. We use the the following Expression to reference the needed TextBoxes:
=ReportItems!.Value
Your report should now look similar to the following:
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Your Report preview should now have the Sales Order Header data in the Report Header.
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You have to do it through Parameters. Add a parameter for each piece of data you would like to display, then set the parameter to Hidden. Then set the default value to "From Query" and set the Dataset and Value field to the appropriate values.
I think the best option is creating a internal parameter, with the default value the field of the dataset you want to show.
Here are two possible workarounds:
You can place the databound field within the body of the report as a hidden textbox, and then in the header place another textbox with it's value pointed at the the one hidden within the body.
Try using report parameters to store the data, and use those parameters to access the data in the header.
This technique wouldn't work if your report spans over multiple pages, use queried parameters instead, and set the textbox value to =Parameters!Name.Value as per this article.
I'm with Orion Adrian here. Report parameters are the way to go.
I wanted to show a field, common to all returned rows, in the header, and for this scenario I went for the linked table solution (placing a table containing the field in the body and link a textbox in the header to this table).
I did that because if you are using the parameter solution and no data is returned to the field in question, the text "Parameter is missing a value" is shown instead of just a blank table. I reckoned this text would confuse users (as the parameter isn't even visible).