Wednesday, March 28, 2012

How to make part of the report show in 2 columns?

I am writing a report in SQL server 2005 Reporting service. The report has two parts: first part shows basic information about the client; the second part lists all the softwares the client has. My question is how to make the softwares listed in two columns as shown below?

John Smith

Title: MSTP Location: Main Campus IP:127.0.0.1

Softwares:

Adobe Standard 7.0 Access 5.0

Internet Explore 6.0 Office XP

Any suggestion is appreciated.

In Crystal Reports, there is an option called "format with multiple columns". Could not find the similar configuration in SQL reporting. Please help!

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HI, MiaF:

You can manualy select the two columns in the data section. Right click and select merge cells.

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Rex,

Can you explain a little bit more please? I wanted the results to show in multiple columns, how can I make it happen by merging cells? Also, when you say merging cells, you mean in a table?

I found this article that seems saying that what I asked is impossible:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms155816.aspx

"A multi-column layout applies to the entire report. It is not possible to specify a multi-column layout on the top half of the report, and a tabular layout on the bottom half of the report. " Is there anyway to get around this? Thanks.

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