Is it possible to have a matrix row footer?

I have a fairly standard matrix on my report, that looks like this when it
renders (I'm simplifying somewhat to get the idea across):
Account Jan Feb Mar Apr May ..... Dec
Total
Office Supplies 100 150 200 50 100 100
1900
...
Obviously "Account" the the row group, and "Month" is the column group.
This works just fine.
What I'd like to have is have a column AFTER the Total column, that lists
some comments about the account (tied to the Account row group). For
example:
Account Jan Feb Mar Apr May ..... Dec
Total Account comments
Office Supplies 100 150 200 50 100 100
1900 Increased by 5% due to switch to new supplier
I can't figure out how to do this...can someone help?
Thanks,
C17Hi C17,
I understand that you would like to know if you can have a row footer in
the matrix of your report.
If I have misunderstood, please let me know.
I do not think that you can do this in a matrix report. You can only add
row group or column group in the existing matrix. Instead I recommend that
you modify your DataSet query text so that you can use a table for
implementing your requirements. You may refer to PIVOT statement so that
you can rotate the month values from one column to multiple columns.
You may refer to:
Using PIVOT and UNPIVOT
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177410.aspx
Hope this helps. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel
free to let me know.
Best regards,
Charles Wang
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=========================================================|||On Mar 21, 3:31=A0pm, "C17" <c...@.community.nospam> wrote:
> I have a fairly standard matrix on my report, that looks like this when it=
> renders (I'm simplifying somewhat to get the idea across):
> =A0 =A0 Account =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Jan =A0 =A0 =A0Feb =A0 =A0 ==A0Mar =A0 =A0 Apr =A0 =A0 May ..... Dec
> Total
> =A0 =A0 Office Supplies =A0 =A0 =A0100 =A0 =A0 150 =A0 =A0 =A0200 =A0 =A0 ==A0 50 =A0 =A0 =A0100 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0100
> 1900
> =A0 =A0 ...
> Obviously "Account" the the row group, and "Month" is the column group.
> This works just fine.
> What I'd like to have is have a column AFTER the Total column, that lists
> some comments about the account (tied to the Account row group). =A0For
> example:
> =A0 =A0 Account =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Jan =A0 =A0 =A0Feb =A0 =A0 ==A0Mar =A0 =A0 Apr =A0 =A0 May ..... Dec
> Total =A0 =A0 =A0Account comments
> =A0 =A0 Office Supplies =A0 =A0 =A0100 =A0 =A0 150 =A0 =A0 =A0200 =A0 =A0 ==A0 50 =A0 =A0 =A0100 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0100
> 1900 =A0 =A0 Increased by 5% due to switch to new supplier
> I can't figure out how to do this...can someone help?
> Thanks,
> C17
What I would do is take create a dataset that is a Union of your Data
+ Comments, differentiated by a Group field, then create a Matrix with
the Group field as a Column group, then conditionally hide the
SubTotal on the Comment group.
In english, make a data set that is:
DataType, Account, Month, Amount, Comment
'Amount', 'Office Supplies', #1/1/2007#, 100, Nothing
'Amount', 'Office Supplies', #2/1/2007#, 150, Nothing
'Comment', 'Office Supplies', #1/1/2007#, Nothing, 'Increased by 5%
due to switch to new supplier'
=2E..
The Matrix would be
Column Group1: =3DFields!DataType.Value, Sort Ascending
Column Group2: =3DFields!Month.Value, Sort Ascending
Turn on Column Subtotal2
Maybe add a conditional Hide if InScope(Group2) And Fields!
Group1.Value =3D 'Comment'
Row Group: Account
Details Expression: =3DIIF( First(Fields!DataType.Value) =3D 'Amount',
Sum( Fields!Amount.Value ), First( Fields!Comment.Value ) )
Since I'm not in a Dev environment at the moment, I can't test this,
but you may have to play with the data types to get things to work.
-- Scott