How Do You Define a Message For An SSRS/ReportBuilder Report With No Rows?

Specifying a No Rows Message for an SSRS/Report Builder Report

I’m sure we have all come across a scenario where a parameter report has allowed a user to specify a combination of conditions that results in no matching records for a dataset behind a region in an SSRS report.

If the report has headers, footers or textboxes then there may be some output produced when the report is run to make it obvious that there is no valid data for the report, as in the following example:

SQL Server SSRS - No Rows Property for Region

Specifying a No Rows Message for an SSRS/Report Builder Report

 

I’m sure we have all come across a scenario where a parameter report has allowed a user to specify a combination of conditions that results in no matching records for a dataset behind a region in an SSRS report.

If the report has headers, footers or textboxes then there may be some output produced when the report is run to make it obvious that there is no valid data for the report, as in the following example:

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What Is Report Builder?

Report Builder is a report creation tool from Microsoft enabling you to develop simple to complex reports and dashboards based on data from a variety of data sources such as SQL Server, Azure, Oracle, DB2, Teradata databases, SAP, XML,ODBC sources.

Report Builder implements the same Report Designer that is provided by SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) development tool.

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SSRS - Repeat Page Headers on Every Page

Here we will learn how to design an SSRS report that repeats the column headers of a Table on every page.

The following report contains four Tablix regions. Each one is a table with a single row group representing a calendar year. The Dataset contains a SELECT statements that aggregates sales amount by year and country: