12.
Click OK to save changes
and return to the Matrix
Properties dialog, Groups tab.
13.
Click the
single item in the Columns box, to select it.
14.
Click Edit to
open the Grouping and Sorting Properties dialog for the column group,
just as when we worked with the row group.
15.
Change the
column group title in the Name box to the following:
matrix1_ColumnGroup_Acct
16.
In the Group
On: section, in the top Expression field, select =Fields!Account_Level_03.Value
to populate the field, as depicted in Illustration 45.
We
return to Matrix Properties - Groups tab, where we see the newly added
column group for Account, just below the row group we added earlier for Location,
as depicted in Illustration
46.
Illustration 46: Our
Newly Added Groups...
18.
Click OK to
close the Matrix Properties dialog, and return to the Design Surface.
We need
to add row, column, and data textbox details next.
19.
Right-click
the bottom left textbox in our matrix (the textbox to the left of the box
marked Data).
20.
Select Properties
on the context menu, shown circled in Illustration 47.
Illustration 47: Select
Properties from the Context Menu...
The Textbox
Properties page appears.
21.
Change the textbox
title in the Name box to the following:
textbox_Location
22.
Type (versus select) the following:
=Parameters!px_LocationHier.Label
into the Value selector,
as depicted in Illustration 48.
Illustration 48: Selecting
Row Textbox Details...
23.
Leaving all
other textbox settings at default, click OK to accept our selection, and
to close the Properties page.
24.
Right-click
the top right textbox in the matrix (the textbox immediately above the box
marked Data).
25.
Select Properties
on the context menu, once again.
The Textbox
Properties page appears.
26.
Change the textbox
title in the Name box to the following:
textbox_Account
27.
Select =Fields!Account_Level_03.Value
in the Value selector, as depicted in Illustration 49.
Illustration 49:
Selecting Column Textbox Details
28.
Again leaving
all other textbox settings at default, click OK to accept our selection,
and to close the Properties page.
29.
Click the
textbox we have just named once to select it.
30.
Click the "Center"
icon in the format group on the design environment toolbar, as shown in Illustration
50.
Illustration 50:
Centering Label Contents ...
Now let's
perform the same binding exercise for the Data box.
31.
Right-click
the box marked Data in the matrix (bottom right corner of the matrix).
32.
Select Properties
on the context menu, once again.
The Textbox
Properties page appears.
33.
Change the textbox
title in the Name box to the following:
textbox_Measures_Amount
34.
Select =Fields!Measures_Amount.Value
in the Value selector.
35.
Enclose the
selected value with the SUM() function, as follows:
=SUM(Fields!Measures_Amount.Value)
NOTE: The "=" sign must precede all characters
assigned to the textboxes.
36.
Under Format,
in the right half of the Properties page, ensure that the radio button
to the immediate left of the Standard label is selected.
37.
Select Currency
in the Value selector.
The Properties
page appears as shown in Illustration 51.
Illustration 51: Our
Completed Properties Page
38.
Again leaving
all other textbox settings at default, click OK to accept our selection,
and to close the Properties page.
39.
Click the
textbox we have just named once, to select it.
40.
Click the "Center"
icon in the format group on the design environment toolbar, as we did with the
last textbox.
The
matrix, with new textbox values partially shown, appears similar to that
depicted in Illustration 52.
Illustration 52: Matrix
with Textbox Values
There is
far more involved than what we have accomplished, obviously, in writing a
robust and useful OLAP report in any reporting package. Many more
considerations, including a host of formatting nuances, more involved data
selection and grouping, and almost certainly more restrictive filtering (such
as by time, etc.), as well as others, can come into play. Our intent here is merely
to see our MSAS-based parameter support in operation, so we have accomplished
enough to conclude with executing and reviewing the report.
If
Reporting Services, the new paradigm in enterprise reporting, is of interest to
you, see my series devoted specifically to the application at Database
Journal. The same concepts will apply, as we have noted, with any
enterprise-level reporting package that can access MSAS cubes and calculated members
/ named sets.
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