Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed

Chapter 10. Expressions

IN THIS CHAPTER

• What Is an Expression?

• Expression Syntax

• Adding Expressions

• Collections

• Using Functions

• Other Functions

• Expression and Built-In Function Security

• Using Expressions to Change Report Item Properties

• Emphasizing Certain Values

This might come as a bit of a shock, but much of the work you have done up to this point has been done using expressions. Expressions are central to SSRS. In fact, they are so central that just about everything depends on them. Every property on every report item is an expression. The designer just sets them to predefined values, instead of making them dynamic. This chapter covers making these properties dynamic, and how to use SSRS built-in tools to help you do ...