Custom date format...

Hi,
I'm just trying to get custom date formatting working. I have a datetime
variable plotted on an x axis of a scatter plot. The axis is marked as
continuous ('numeric of timescale values').
I'd like the time to appear as eg 'Jan 04' and thought this would be
possible based on the posting by Robert Bruckner in response to 'Custom Date
Format' (09/Apr) in which he said that one could use these functions
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconcustomdatetimeformatstrings.asp
However I cannot get any of these codes to work. I have tried putting the
codes in or by putting the format code as this:
=Format(Fields!calDay, "MMM")
Woudl be very grateful if someone could tell me whether this is possible and
if so how I should go about it.
Thanks,
Phil
PS I don't want to convert to a string as I have lots of values and quite
like keeping it as a continuous axis.Pull up chart properties dialog, go to X-axis tab, check "Numeric and
Timescale Values" checkbox, check the "Show Labels" checkbox, and enter "MMM
yy" in the Format code textbox (without the double-quotes.)
--
Ravi Mumulla (Microsoft)
SQL Server Reporting Services
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Phil Aldis" <PhilAldis@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5D4AF02E-618F-4FAD-9E52-473A5EAFBB70@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I'm just trying to get custom date formatting working. I have a datetime
> variable plotted on an x axis of a scatter plot. The axis is marked as
> continuous ('numeric of timescale values').
> I'd like the time to appear as eg 'Jan 04' and thought this would be
> possible based on the posting by Robert Bruckner in response to 'Custom
Date
> Format' (09/Apr) in which he said that one could use these functions:
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconcustomdatetimeformatstrings.asp
> However I cannot get any of these codes to work. I have tried putting the
> codes in or by putting the format code as this:
> =Format(Fields!calDay, "MMM")
> Woudl be very grateful if someone could tell me whether this is possible
and
> if so how I should go about it.
> Thanks,
> Phil
> PS I don't want to convert to a string as I have lots of values and quite
> like keeping it as a continuous axis.
>
>
>|||Thanks - works perfectly.
Phil
"Ravi Mumulla (Microsoft)" wrote:
> Pull up chart properties dialog, go to X-axis tab, check "Numeric and
> Timescale Values" checkbox, check the "Show Labels" checkbox, and enter "MMM
> yy" in the Format code textbox (without the double-quotes.)
> --
> Ravi Mumulla (Microsoft)
> SQL Server Reporting Services
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> "Phil Aldis" <PhilAldis@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D4AF02E-618F-4FAD-9E52-473A5EAFBB70@.microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm just trying to get custom date formatting working. I have a datetime
> > variable plotted on an x axis of a scatter plot. The axis is marked as
> > continuous ('numeric of timescale values').
> >
> > I'd like the time to appear as eg 'Jan 04' and thought this would be
> > possible based on the posting by Robert Bruckner in response to 'Custom
> Date
> > Format' (09/Apr) in which he said that one could use these functions:
> >
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconcustomdatetimeformatstrings.asp
> >
> > However I cannot get any of these codes to work. I have tried putting the
> > codes in or by putting the format code as this:
> >
> > =Format(Fields!calDay, "MMM")
> >
> > Woudl be very grateful if someone could tell me whether this is possible
> and
> > if so how I should go about it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > PS I don't want to convert to a string as I have lots of values and quite
> > like keeping it as a continuous axis.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Custom Annotations on SRS 2000 charts

I would like to be able to put custom annotations on charts. Specifically I have a line chart I want to annotate. I don't want to indicate all plot points, just areas of interest. For example, on one of our line charts there is a value for a week (weeks are the x-Axis) that is way out of whack with other weeks. I would like to be able to display only that value, circle that location on the chart and create a custom note so that when the report displays, all users can see it.

All I've been able to find that I can customize on SRS line charts is to add all plot points and be able to change their shape and color and font size. I want to be able to do way more than that with annotations. Is it possible? I have .NET programming abilities so I'd be willing to write code to do it, I just can't find any examples of how I can write custom code to do things like this.

Thanks for any help!

Mary

You may need to look at a 3rd-party charting tool such as Dundas Charts for Reporting Services. Unfortunately these are only available with RS 2005.

cheers,

Andrew

|||We purchased Chart FX for Reporting Services and it works like a charm, but this is for RS2005 http://www.softwarefx.com/SfxSqlProducts/cfxReportingServices/ . But I think there is not a version for RS2000 anywhere in the market... Sorry I cannot help much on this one.