Charts on multiple pages?

Hi All,

I am using SQL Reportig Services 2005 for displaying reports in Bar Graph charts. The problem is that the width of each bar in chart is not fixed and changes based on volume of data. If number of rows retrieved by dataset connection are many, then the graph appears too cramped and is not readable.

Is there any way, programmatically or at design time, that we can change the width of chart based on number of rows retrieved in the dataset?

Any help or reference will be highly appreciated.

Thanks in Advance !!!

Assuming all the data you are showing as bars are really detail rows rather than grouped data, you could consider the following approach:

Add a (detail) group to the list with the following grouping expression:

=Int((RowNumber(Nothing)-1)/20)

As a result you would get 20 detail rows per (repeating) list instance. Then just put the chart inside the list. Those chart instances will never "see" more than 20 detail rows at once.

-- Robert

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Thanks Robert !!!

The solution given by you works fine. But I did not get what you mean by 'data you are showing as bars are really detail rows rather than grouped data'.

Is there any limitation to the approach that you have given?

Thanks for reply once again !!!

Charting from two datasets

I have a chart that is displaying data from two datasets. Dataset #1 returns
a set of "all rows". Dataset #2 returns rows that are a subset of the
Dataset #1 with two status values - let's say "True" and "False". I wish to
display a stacked column chart with three segments - "True", "False" and
"Unknown", where unknown is the count of items from Dataset #1 that are not
represented in Dataset #2. How do I do this? What I have tried is a Series
group keyed to the status value from Dataset #2 (i.e. True, False). My data
value is labeled "Known" and is the count from Dataset #2. But when I add a
2nd data value (i.e. "Unknown") that is the count from Dataset #1, it
effectively multiplies the series to 4 values instead of the desired 3. In
other words, I want the chart to show series values of "Known True", "Known
False" and "Unknown", instead of "Known True", "Known False", "Unknown True",
"Unknown False".You would need to join the data in your query first. Create one chart from
two datasets is not supported.
-- Robert
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"BootieDay" <BootieDay@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0198843D-B474-48E6-9280-2D90038DD765@.microsoft.com...
>I have a chart that is displaying data from two datasets. Dataset #1
>returns
> a set of "all rows". Dataset #2 returns rows that are a subset of the
> Dataset #1 with two status values - let's say "True" and "False". I wish
> to
> display a stacked column chart with three segments - "True", "False" and
> "Unknown", where unknown is the count of items from Dataset #1 that are
> not
> represented in Dataset #2. How do I do this? What I have tried is a
> Series
> group keyed to the status value from Dataset #2 (i.e. True, False). My
> data
> value is labeled "Known" and is the count from Dataset #2. But when I add
> a
> 2nd data value (i.e. "Unknown") that is the count from Dataset #1, it
> effectively multiplies the series to 4 values instead of the desired 3.
> In
> other words, I want the chart to show series values of "Known True",
> "Known
> False" and "Unknown", instead of "Known True", "Known False", "Unknown
> True",
> "Unknown False".|||Thanks Robert. It is my understanding though that supporting an aggregate
from a 2nd dataset within a single data region IS supported, it does seem to
be working, just not giving me the series organization I want. Joining is
not an option as Dataset #1 is provided by an extension DLL and Dataset #2 is
SQL.
"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> You would need to join the data in your query first. Create one chart from
> two datasets is not supported.
> -- Robert
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "BootieDay" <BootieDay@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0198843D-B474-48E6-9280-2D90038DD765@.microsoft.com...
> >I have a chart that is displaying data from two datasets. Dataset #1
> >returns
> > a set of "all rows". Dataset #2 returns rows that are a subset of the
> > Dataset #1 with two status values - let's say "True" and "False". I wish
> > to
> > display a stacked column chart with three segments - "True", "False" and
> > "Unknown", where unknown is the count of items from Dataset #1 that are
> > not
> > represented in Dataset #2. How do I do this? What I have tried is a
> > Series
> > group keyed to the status value from Dataset #2 (i.e. True, False). My
> > data
> > value is labeled "Known" and is the count from Dataset #2. But when I add
> > a
> > 2nd data value (i.e. "Unknown") that is the count from Dataset #1, it
> > effectively multiplies the series to 4 values instead of the desired 3.
> > In
> > other words, I want the chart to show series values of "Known True",
> > "Known
> > False" and "Unknown", instead of "Known True", "Known False", "Unknown
> > True",
> > "Unknown False".
>
>

Chart problem

I am displaying a chart in crystal report. In this chart/graph on the vertical data axis i have values in the format like 0.00. Now I want to display this value in the format 0:00, i.e. I want to replace the period(.) with a colon.

I am not getting any solution for this. Also I have a field label on the top of the graph which is formula. In this also I have the same problem.

I can get a colon in the Time format but it is disturbing the number system of the graph.

Need a solution.I have a similar problem at the moment; my dates on the horizontal axis are in the standard DD/MM/YYYY format, whereas I need DD.MM.YYYY. I don't think Crystal Graphing tool is powerful enough to do this, but I did find that I could make it appear this way by changing my computer's regional settings.

Hope this is of some help to you.|||Yes, even I think that crystal is not capable of such a thing.
Thanks for your input anyway.

Chart Grouping Label Formatting

Is there a way to adjust the orientation of the grouping labels (x-axis) of a bar chart in a report.So instead of displaying the grouping label text horizontally I want to display the text vertically?Is there any way to access the chart object and code this in the report from properties ->code tab? Any suggestions?

From the "Axis Label Formatting Q&A" section of the following whitepaper: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnsql90/html/MoreSSRSCharts.asp?frame=true#moressrscharts_topic3

Question (X-axis): How does automatic x-axis label positioning work?

Answer: Currently, built-in Reporting Services charts only allow automatic positioning in order to avoid overlapping the x-axis labels. The label direction (horizontal/vertical) of the axis labels depends on the label string sizes and the available space. X-axis labels are either shown horizontally in one line, horizontally in multiple lines with line breaks, or vertically. Showing x-axis labels at an angle, or explicit manual control over individual x-axis label positions is currently not supported.

Note There are several third-party chart add-ins that enable more control over axis labels. These add-ins can be installed on top of Reporting Services 2005.