Back to Basics - Novice

[Kieron]

Is there a place on here for a novice willing to learn, 

I use Telerik Report Designer to provide templates to a reporting system i use for work, pulling the source from the report system (i'm sure this is simple stuff to most on here).

I'm getting familiar with the system however i often come across issues that I'm sure are fairly quick fixes however it takes me a fair while to get right so though i would sign up to this forum and see if i can get swift responses.

My first question to post is what expression would i need to use to give a cell in the report 2 values from the source?

for instance i want both this value:

= Fields.Specification

and this value

= Fields.Type_in_the_Standard

to to appear in the same cell

 

any help is much appreciated.

[Eric R | Senior Technical Support Engineer]

Hi Kieron,

Thanks for your inquiry. Just a heads up, the initial post was switched to a Forum as we no longer monitor the Code Library. Additionally, if your company has an available License I recommend asking them to assign one to your account which will give you access to our Virtual Classroom for Reporting and award winning support. Note that the virtual training provides a great foundation for getting started in Telerik Reporting. As for the question, this can be achieved in different ways depending on the requirement. Let me review them below.

Option 1. To output a string literal use Embedded Expressions which are surrounded with curly brackets. For example, in a plain TextBox which references two fields set the value to: {Fields.Specification} - {Fields.Type_in_the_Standard}

Option 2. To output the expressed value as a Report Item Property use Expressions which will surround the expression with square brackets. For example, in a column of a Table that references the two fields set the value to: = Fields.Specification + '-' + Fields.Type_in_the_Standard

Option 3. To created a field that can be referenced without using expressions, use Calculated Fields on the data source.

Please let me know if you need any additional information. Thank you for creating Reports with Telerik Reporting.

Regards,

Eric R | Senior Technical Support Engineer
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