Exclude Week End Days From Calendar

Today I found a post at MSDN to exclude Sunday using Datediff(). I worked around the query and found a solution

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlreportingservices/thread/9b3efb7f-2015-432f-8624-c78a5c535f1c

declare @start datetime,

              @end datetime

set @start = '2006-01-01'

set @end =   '2006-01-08'

;

with calendar(date,isweekday, y, q,m,d,dw,monthname,dayname,w) as

(

select @start ,

case when datepart(dw,@start) in (1,7) then 0 else 1 end,

year(@start),

datepart(qq,@start),

datepart(mm,@start),

datepart(dd,@start),

datepart(dw,@start),

datename(month, @start),

datename(dw, @start),

datepart(wk, @start)

union all

select date + 1,

case when datepart(dw,date + 1) in (1,7) then 0 else 1 end,

year(date + 1),

datepart(qq,date + 1),

datepart(mm,date + 1),

datepart(dd,date + 1),

datepart(dw,date + 1),

datename(month, date + 1),

datename(dw, date + 1),

datepart(wk, date + 1) from calendar where  date + 1<= @end

)

select * into #test from calendar option(maxrecursion 10000)

Select  DATEDIFF(DD,@start,@end)+1-Count(case when #test.isweekday=0 then #test.isweekday end )

from #test where #test.date between @start and @end

You can also find the solution in this way

SELECT startDate,EndDate,DATEDIFF(DD,startDate,EndDate) FROM Production.WorkOrder WHERE ((DATEPART(dw, StartDate) + @@DATEFIRST) % 7) NOT IN (0, 1)

How to restrict/set number of records per page in SSRS report

Sometimes we came into a situation where we need to show only a specific number of records on per page.

Let’s see how we can restrict the number of records on per page. I am assuming that you are good with your report design. So I will focus only on the required expressions/steps that will need us to achieve required page break in the report.

Step 1: Add a Parent Group under Row Group section. Now on popup window under “Group by:” dropdown, use this expression:

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=Int((RowNumber(Nothing)-1)/10)

In this expression, you need to change 10 to

any desire number as you wish to see number of records on per page

Image-1 will help you regarding this step.

Step 2: Open the group properties window(Right Click on group name-> select Group Properties) of this newly added group.             

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           Go to Page Breaks and checked “Between each instance of the group”.

           Now go to Sorting and delete column/sorting expression (if any).

           You can also delete the 1^st column of your table that has been created automatically on action of add new group by choosing “Delete Columns only” option from the prompt.

           Image-2 will help you regarding this step.

Now you are done. Preview your report and check report output.

You can download the sample report from following link.

Number of records per page Sample Report

An error occurred during report processing

"An error occurred during report processing. Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter Name: index"

I did copy paste of my existing RDL that was using SSAS as datasource and made my all the required changes in the report. But during the report preview I was getting this error “An error occurred during report processing. Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter Name: index”.

I thought since this is an index related error so there would be some custom code or DLL reference that was throwing this error. But there was neither custom code nor any DLL reference on my report. After a lot of efforts I have found that:

There was a Filed Source that was bind with two different Field Name. After correcting the Field   Source, this error has disappeared.

I am sharing this issue with you so that it will save your couple of valuable hours.

Sample RDLS

1.       Bar Chart Sample

Sample RDL for the Bar chart can be downloaded from

 BAR CHART SAMPLE REPORT

You need to only change the datasource of the RDL.

2.      Line Chart Sample

Sample RDL for the line chart can be downloaded from

LINE CHART SAMPLE REPORT

You need to only change the datasource of the RDL.

3.      Place Bar Chart inside a table

Sample RDL for the Bar chart can be downloaded from

BAR CHART INSIDE A TABLE

You need to change the datasource of the sample RDL.

4.      Place Bar Chart inside a table and consume un-pivot data

Sample RDL for the Bar chart that is consuming un-pivoted data can be downloaded from

BAR CHART INSIDE A TABLE Using Un-Pivot data

You need to change the datasource of the sample RDL.

5.      Questionnaire report using Matrix with Indicator control

       

        Sample RDL that illustrate the indicator control can be downloaded from

        Use of Indicator Control

        To execute this RDL, you need to only change its datasource.

Export Matrix data into a Tabular format in CSV export

Generally we need CSV file format for further operations like in data analysis or as an input file for any data processing etc. But usually we design the report in such a way that makes it rich in visualization and information. So the question comes in our mind is how can we achieve both the things in the one report?

Let’s discuss a scenario where we have placed matrix control on the report and want the data in tabular format in CSV export.

Image-1 is the report output  

Image- 1



and Image-2 is the expected CSV output.

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I believe that you can design the matrix as per your requirement. So below I am going to explain the method that will help you to get this expected CSV output.

Step 1:

Select the matrix control and open the property window using F4 key. In the property window, you will see the DataElementOutput property. Set DataElementOutput’s value to NoOutput.

Step 2:

Place a table control on the report and design it for CSV output. Do not place any header row in the table. If you see any header row then delete it. Now give the appropriate name to detail row cells. If you want a specific name for a column in the CSV then you needs to either give that name to cell’s Name property or specify that name in cell’s DataElementName property.

At the end, select this table open the property window using F4 key and set Hidden=True and DataElementOutput= Output.

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 In our scenario, table design will look like image-3

Now preview the report and export it into CSV. You will see the desire output in CSV as well as in report view.

Let’s discuss couple of properties of the controls that helps us in getting desire CSV output.

·         DataElementOutput : If you don’t want to see a specific control/cell/column in the CSV export then set it to NoOutput

·         DataElementName : If you specify a value in this property, the same value will appear as a column name in the CSV

·         Visibility/Hidden : If you set a control/cell/column hidden=True then it will not appear in the report preview but it will appear in the CSV export. So apart from hidden=True, you need to set  DataElementOutput= NoOutput

You can download the sample RDL from

Download MatrixToTableInCSV Sample Report

You need to only change the DataSource of this sample RDL.