Question

Q:

I wanna to ask about report design issue.

If my report data source is set of data tables in a data set. And in some cases the data table is empty, How to hide the table(I mean the control which use this empty datatable as a data source) to prevent spaces and empty data in my report ?. Is there some control like panel to make it invisible under the condition of( the source of specific table is empty)?

Please explanation,because I’m a beginner for the reports.and I’m confused about the design ,and formatting issues.I will be grateful if there are resources to help me in this area.

For Example:

How to hide both of the title and the table if the data table used as a data source to the table below is empty without leaving spaces between sections of my report.

thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Set the tablix/table visibility hidden property to = CountRows() = 0

The CountRows() for a dataset return's the number of rows the query returns.

When CountRows() returns 0 rows (no data) the condition return's TRUE 
for the hidden property of tablix, so it hides the tablix control

To hide the title you have two options:

1. Use a list to contain both the table and the title textbox. If CountRows equals 0 hide the list (which contains the other two)

2. Add a row on top of the table column headers. Place the title there.