Hello Everyone,
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am trying to set the document name to LastName_FirstName as my report is a summary of an individual. Is there a way to either access my dataset fields LastName and FIrstName to set an expression for the document name or can I dynamically change the documentname property in the reportviewer.aspx code behind? I use Visual Basic.
My only options for document name expressions are as follows: Constants, Functions, GlobalObjects, and Report Parameters.
Again any help would be fantastic.
Thanks,
Brad
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am trying to set the document name to LastName_FirstName as my report is a summary of an individual. Is there a way to either access my dataset fields LastName and FIrstName to set an expression for the document name or can I dynamically change the documentname property in the reportviewer.aspx code behind? I use Visual Basic.
My only options for document name expressions are as follows: Constants, Functions, GlobalObjects, and Report Parameters.
Again any help would be fantastic.
Thanks,
Brad
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Hello Brad,
The built-in Fields value refers to a column from your datasource i.e. it is expected to return a value for each record from your datasource. The DocumentName on the other hand expects a String that would be used as the name for the exported report and this is evaluated on report document level (Report, ReportBook). In short you cannot use datasource fields in it and that is why you do not see the fields in the Expression Editor for DocumentName property.
Kind regards,
Steve
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The built-in Fields value refers to a column from your datasource i.e. it is expected to return a value for each record from your datasource. The DocumentName on the other hand expects a String that would be used as the name for the exported report and this is evaluated on report document level (Report, ReportBook). In short you cannot use datasource fields in it and that is why you do not see the fields in the Expression Editor for DocumentName property.
Kind regards,
Steve
the Telerik team
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answered on 08 Mar 2019, 07:19 PM
Another report limitation that makes no sense. By the time the report would get exported all the fields and datasets have been retrieved, so why not have them as an option? The more I dive into these reports the less I like them.
I'm venting don't even bother replying.
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Hi Steve,
Please use our support system for any challenges you are facing while implementing our reporting solution. We sincerely try to help, not do disappoint our clients.
Accessing the root data scope of the report while evaluating the DocumentName would be helpful. Thank you for bringing this up to our attention. I am logging it in our feedback portal where you and other users can vote for it: https://feedback.telerik.com/reporting/1400524
Regards,
Milen
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Please use our support system for any challenges you are facing while implementing our reporting solution. We sincerely try to help, not do disappoint our clients.
Accessing the root data scope of the report while evaluating the DocumentName would be helpful. Thank you for bringing this up to our attention. I am logging it in our feedback portal where you and other users can vote for it: https://feedback.telerik.com/reporting/1400524
Regards,
Milen
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answered on 14 Mar 2019, 03:02 PM
Thanks Milen.