Comments on: SQL Server 2008 R2: Reporting Services – Look Up, Look Down, Look All Around (Part I)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:32:37 +0000

Stacia, Great information. However, I’m having the same problem as Marcus from above. I’m not sure how to add a calculated field to a dataset and call the same lookup function.

By: EGV

EGV — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:36:29 +0000

Stacia,

Now, the next step for me is to decide which is the best way to do my reports.

Thanks a lot for your Replay, this information was very helpful…

By: Stacia Misner

Stacia Misner — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:11:48 +0000

Depending on your report requirements, you might be able to do something with a sub report that you place inside a table or matrix. I wrote about this in my SSRS 2005 Step by Step book. Basically you pass in a parameter to the sub report with the value that you are using to do the lookup. Performance could be a problem with this approach though. The only other way would be to develop your own function, either as a custom assembly or as embedded code in the report (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920769). I suspect performance could be an issue with this approach as well.

By: EGV

EGV — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:02:48 +0000

Hi Stacia !!

Thank you for the information, please could you help me with finding a function like “lookup” for Reporting Services 2005.

Or, Could you tell me how can I combine data from two datasets in a single data region but in Reporting Services 2005 ?

I know that “lookup” does not exist in 2005 version, but I think that there is a way to do this without this function…

By: Stacia Misner

Stacia Misner — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:03:11 +0000

The lookup function is just an expression that returns a value, so whether you use it in a graph (chart) or a table or a matrix should not matter. Furthermore, the lookup would not affect how many rows get turned for use in the data regions. Instead, it sounds like you’re not using an aggregate expression for the chart values. Another thing to try would be to set up a matrix that contains the same elements as your chart so that you have greater visibility into what’s happening in the results and work with the expressions there until you see what you want, then recreate the expressions in the chart.

By: Tone

Tone — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:25:42 +0000

I’m trying to use the lookup function in a graph but I’m only getting the first row of the table to show up in the graph. I’ve tried to use lookupset and multilookup, but I’m not sure what syntax to use since I’m not going to concatignate these rows. Do you have any clues if this works in graphs or onnly in tables?

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By: riss

riss — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:05:09 +0000

Excellent – thanks for explaining this so succinctly! Big big love.

By: Aneesh

Aneesh — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:06:12 +0000

It helped me a lot.I was using sharepoint with SSRS where i am not having any list joining facility.

By: uzn

uzn — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:12:20 +0000

Thanks Stacia, Your article was very helpful.