Types of Reports in SSRS

Types of SSRS Reports

Taking Sub Reports

• Sub Report displays the content in the main report or is the report in the main report.
• It can take parameters.
• Generally, subreports are taken in real-time to display particular information for every row (or) set of rows in the main report

Eg:- Display every branch and its report in the main report.

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Main Report

1. Create a report (report2) and take a parameter to the report
2. Take a new column in the main Report and Drag and Drop sub-report from the toolbox to the column and specify the below subreport properties:

General:

Name Location _ SUB_Reprt

Use this report as subreport: party2

Visibility: Select SHOW

Parameters: Click ADD

Name                    Value

VARLOC               [PARTYLOC]

Border: Style: Solid

Width                    : 2pt

Working with Chart Report

To display the data in a more analytical way chart reports are useful.

These display data in the required chart type the chart report contains 3 sections.

a) Data Section → Have actual data presented

b) Category sections → here group-wise in-formation displayed

c) Series section → It displays the information related to the series of data presented in the report.

Types of Charts:

1) Display locations and their total incomes

Sol:- Take income on data section and location in the category section

2) Display party code wise income in a very location

Sol:- Take income on data section and location in category section & code in the series section

Frequently Asked SSRS Interview Questions & Answers

Changing Chart Type:

Chart → rt click → shape → select shape.

Taking Labels on chart:

On the chart → rt click-click show data labels

1) Chart properties

• General
• Visibility
• Filter
• Fill
• Border

2) Chart Area properties

→ 3D options, visibility, fill, border, shadow

3) Series properties

→ Series Data:

Value field:

[Sum [Party Income]]

• Visibility, Axes & chart Area, Fill …..etc.Series properties

4) Legend properties

• General:

Name: Location –Code

Layout: auto table

→ Visibility, font, fill, Border, shadow ……..etc

Note:- Chart report takes parameters and it supports action implementation.

→ For changing the default dataset values go to series properties and change the value field

----    Related Page: SSRS – How To Create Dynamic Reports Using Parameters    ----

Matrix Reports:

This is useful to display cross tab reports.  Generally, it displays data in the form of matrix-like rows against columns. It contains 3 sections.

• Row Section → Row wise information displays.

• Column section → It displays column-wise information

• Data section → It many have summarized (or) aggregated (or) Normal data against row and column section. It also supports parameters, actions, etc..

→ Take (drag & Drop) Matrix on the layout

→ Take location in the row section, code in column section, Income in the data section

LOC*Code                 Party code

Party Loc                   [sum[prtyinc]]

→ To change color, font ..etc press F4 (or) go to generic method & change it

• we can add groups in the row-wise (or) column-wise report → rt click → Insert row

• The matrix report supports tablix properties.

• Taking subtotal within the matrix report

a) Go to row section → rt click-click insert row → Outside group below

b) Go to column section → rt Click → click insert row → outside group right.

----     For more info: Matrix Reports in SSRS     ----

List Report:

It displays a list of contents

• It uses tablix properties

• This is used to display columnar reports (or) table reports

List box properties are rectangle properties

• Drag and drop text boxes and design like below

 

To change the font, color … etc go to properties (or) press F4

• Take a line from the toolbox of report items and take before (or) after (or) where ever you require in the list report.

• Displaying each row content in separate Go to rectangle properties à Generalà Name: Rectangle 1

• Page break options à select 1st & b2nd options.

----     Related Page: Different Parts Of Creating Drill Down Reports In SSRS     ----

Rectangle properties:- Change name and page break option

General → Name:  [Rectangle 1]

Page break Options:

Add a page break before

Add a page break after

[]   Omit border o the page break

• Visibility

• Fill

• Border

Guage Report

Newly added in 2008.

→ It displays information like industrial meters, bike speedometers

→ 2 types of gauges

1. Radial Guage

2. Linear Guage

• Take a guage in one of the columns in the existing report

• Specify a radial pointer (or) linear pointer as party code

• To change the pointer values (or) work with pointers go to properties

Pointer Options:

Value:                                                   = fields! Party code. Value

Expression:                                         =Fields! Party code.value

Pointer type:                                     Needle

Needle

Marker

Bar

Needle style:

Tapered

Tapered with style

Placement and size options:

Placement (relative to scale) distance

Inside                                                    0

Width

15

• Action

• pointer fill

• pointer border.

• cap options

• cap fill

• shadow → click ok

Guage panel properties:

a) General

Name:

Tooltip: MSBI Guage

Data set Name:

DB_MSBI

Page break options:

b) Visibility

c) Filter

d) Fill

e)Borders

Scale Properties: