Using SSRS 2008 Environment, when exporting to Excel i want the name of the cell assigned.
How can i achieve this?
Ex: When you open excel and click on the cell, we see name of each and every cell being A1 or A2 and so on. what if i want to change the name to something else.
Can you tell me what you're planning on using the cell names for? Do you want the cells to have 'Defined Names' or do you want to see the names in the cell Name/Value in the top bar?
One of the things you should do is to name every item in the report in Properties > Name. I'm not sure if you export to XML, but if you do you can set the Data Element names. I haven't been able to assign defined names to all my cells, but I got most of them. Let me know if that helps, thanks.
Related
I have created one master shape with many properties. In the "Define Shape Data" windows of the master shape (of the document stencil), one of the properties (masterProp) is a variable list (so with a list of allowed values).
Is it possible to re-use the list of values allowed for this property (masterProp) to define the format of another property of type variable list in another master shape so that the list of values has to be maintained only once ?
Maybee is there a way to set up "lists" in Visio and link the expected/allowed values (format field) of a property to this list (without using excel) ?
Thanks for your advises,
Is it possible to use the same property (masterProp) in another master
shape to inherit the same allowed values? Or is it possible to link
the values of another property of type fixed list in another master
shape to the values of this masterProp property ?
You mean mastershape in document stencil or in external stencil ?
You can refer to some cell of mastershape in document stencil
To reference a cell of
Use this syntax
Example
A master
Masters[MasterName]!SheetName!CellReference
Masters[Gear]!Shaft!Geometry1.X1
About Cell References
Well, Thanks to #Surrodate, this is the correct way of doing this:
Add a user-defined cell in the ShapeSheet of the document (or the page)
Open the master shape for editing
In the master shape, open the shapesheet of the master shape and go to the section of the Shape Data
In the Format column, refer to your user-defined cell. Begin typing with a "=" otherwise it takes your entry as text (even if it recognise your data ...). To refer to the document, begin with =TheDoc!User... if your data are in the page, begin with ThePage!User... Do not forget to set the type of data to 1 or 4 (in case of list).
Ok, I found the shapeSheet of the Page-1. I added a user-defined
section, then a cell named "User.Softwares". I set the value to
="Soft1;Soft2;Soft3". Correct for list ? Then in the field "Format" of the "Define Shape Data" windows in have written
"Page-1!User.Softwares". Is that the correct way to refer to the
page-1 ? When I click on the property of a shape, it proposes the text
"Page-1!User.Softwares" and not the value of the user-defined cell in
Page-1 ... What is the mistake ?
You must also change Type field ! If in this cell stores 0, it mean "String". if cell value is 1 it mean Fixed list.
You must write Page-1!User.Softwares, without quotation marks !
I'm creating a customized report that needs to insert some variable data extracted from sql, I've create some views and formula fields, now I need to insert that data in the middle of a paragraph, but always return a blanch field.
This is possible to have?
i.e:
some text 607.619 some text
Thanks in advance
Best regards
carlos
Create a Text Box
Type Whatever you want in that text box
From the field explorer drag the field (Or formala) and place it inside the text box
Your done
I am creating a report with crystal reports 2008. My report has 4 parameters that the user must input, lets say: var1, var2, var3, var4. When I open the report it brings up the prompt to enter var1, once entered the user clicks next, and it goes to a second screen to get the next parameter, and so on.
My question is, is there a way to combine all of these to one screen. When the report opens, it has 4 drop downs for the parameters instead of one at a time?
I have thought about (and tried) a parameter that accepts multiple values but could not get it to work for my purposes. I am displaying approx 6 fields related to each parameter selected. SO if var1 is entered there will be 6 additional fields displayed. If it is not selected the area remains empty. Essentially each parameter represents a column to display in the report.
If there is a way to combine the 4 parameter screens that would be great, if you think this can be done using a multi value parameter then that is all I need to know and I will keep at it.
Thank you
Probably did not go about this in the best way but it serves its purpose and thought I would share for future reference. In response to the comments above, the parameters are not linked and I was not using a sub-report.
I ended up splitting the GroupSectionHEader into 4 parts, one for each variable. The report not contained GroupSectonHeader1-5. Each parameter variable had its own section. The user could select the parameter or False from the parameter input dialog. I then used the section expert and for each Group Header in the formula box nex to Suppress (No-Drill-Down) entered isnull({#var#}) or {var#} = " " this is because my variables are strings. This way if the user chose False, the variable would be left black and this formula would pick up on that and hide that section in the final formula.
I am very new at CR so I doubt my explanation is as clear as it could be, nor the most proficient.
I want to export to excel, but I want the data to print in a cell irregardless of how much data it is. I have tried setting the "Stretch with Overflow" option and that appears to work, but it creates empty rows between actual data rows. I tried adding the IS_REMOVE_EMPTY_SPACE_BETWEEN_ROWS to true and it does not resolve my issue. I am also using IS_IGNORE_PAGINATION.
Ideally I want excel exports to just put all the data in a cell independent of the size of the cell.
I found the answer. You need to set the net.sf.jasperreports.print.keep.full.text report parameter to true
#DMoses: I had the problem of the empty rows a lot using the "Stretch with Overflow" and it was generated because I left unconsciously a space between the cell where I display the data and the margin of the report. Just put the cell at the edge of the margin and then you won't have that problem.
HI I am running a Crystal Reports XI from .NET application. I am passing parameter name as company and report should display the logo depends on company.
How we can load the image dynamically in crystal report.(how to write formula to load the image from specific directory)
A simple solution for Crystal Reports XI is to pass the image's URL as a parameter to the report, then use it as the picture's graphic location.
Create a string parameter field, call it 'imageUrl'.
Add an image (Insert | Picture...) to the report (it's a placeholder)
Change the image's Graphic Location:
right click image
select Format Graphic...
select Picture tab
click the conditional-formula button (looks like x+2)
set the formula's text to '{?imageUrl}' (without the single quotes)
save the formula and click the OK button
save the report
Run the report and set the imageUrl's value accordingly.
Alternately, you could use a CASE statement in a formula field for the same effect; simply change the image's conditional-formula field to reference the formula field instead of the parameter field.
I don't think you can. The only way I've found to do that is to embed each image in a different section of the report and conditionally suppressing the section depending on the company parameter's value.