SSRS Calculated Fields

1. Calculated Fields
Ram Kedem

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Creating Calculated Columns
•Creating Calculated Columns
•Expression Builder
•Basic Arithmetic
•Conditional Functions
•Calculations with Text
•Calculation with Dates

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Creating Basic Calculated Field
Used Query
SELECTproductID, ProductName, UnitPrice, UnitPrice* 1.18 AS UnitPriceVAT
FROMproducts

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Creating Basic Calculated Field(VAT)

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Sort By Calculated Column (or any other column)

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Conditional Functions (IF)
•Simple
=IIf(Fields!VAT.Value>5, "High" , "Low")
•Complex
=IIf(Fields!VAT.Value>0 AND Fields!VAT.Value<3, “1-3" , IIf(Fields!VAT.Value>3 AND Fields!VAT.Value<=6 , “3-6" , "Other Range"))

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Conditional Functions (SWITCH)
•Basic
=Switch(Fields!UnitPrice.Value<20, "Low", Fields!UnitPrice.Value< 40 , "Medium" , Fields!UnitPrice.Value< 100 , "High")
•Using ELSE
=Switch(Fields!UnitPrice.Value<20, "Low", Fields!UnitPrice.Value< 40 , "Medium" , Fields!UnitPrice.Value< 60 , "High", TRUE , "Very High")

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Concatenating Text
=Fields!ProductName.Value& " Price is " & Fields!DIFF_UP_CHECK.Value

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Text Functions
•Using Left / Instrin order to divide full name into first name and last name :
•SSMS
•SELECTlastname+ ' ' + firstNameAS FULLNAME
INTOFullNameList
FROMemployees
•SELECTFULLNAME, charindex( ' ' ,FULLNAME )- 1 FROMFullNameList
•SELECTLEFT(FULLNAME , charindex( ' ' ,FULLNAME )-1) AS lastNameFROMFullNameList
•SELECTRIGHT(FULLNAME , LEN(fullname) - charindex( ' ' ,FULLNAME ) ) AS FirstNameFROMFullNameList

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Text Functions
•SSRS
•=Left(Fields!FULLNAME.Value, InStr(Fields!FULLNAME.Value, " ")-1)
•=Right(Fields!FULLNAME.Value, Len(Fields!FULLNAME.Value) - InStr(Fields!FULLNAME.Value, " "))

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Date Functions
•=Month(Fields!BirthDate.Value)
•=MonthName(Month(Fields!BirthDate.Value))
•=DateDiff(DateInterval.Year, Fields!BirthDate.Value, Today())