Bar graphic chart is not in the same order with data table

Hi All,

I have a very simple bar-graphic report that has the following data:

Sale Region Total Sale

A 1,000,000

B 350,000

On the table, the data is sort by the Sale Region, so the A would come before the B. But on the bar-chart, the B is always displayed before the A. If it is a vertical bar chart, and then the B is on the left, the A is on the right. And if it's a hoz. bar chart, the B bar is on the top, and the A bar is on the bottom. I try to modify the RDL to make the bars displayed in order, but failed after many tries.

Here is the RDL code that I wrote in an attempt to make the bars display in ASC order, but does not work:

<CategoryGroupings>

<CategoryGrouping>

<DynamicCategories>

<Sorting>

<SortBy>

<SortExpression>Fields!SaleRegion.Value</SortExpression>

</SortBy>

</Sorting>

<Grouping Name="Chart1CategoryGroup">

<GroupExpressions>

<GroupExpression>=RowNumber(Nothing)</GroupExpression>

</GroupExpressions>

</Grouping>

<Label>=Fields!SaleRegion.Value</Label>

</DynamicCategories>

</CategoryGrouping>

</CategoryGroupings>

Can someone shed a light?

Thanks in advance

You are missing the "=" in the SortExpression. Right now it is just a constant string "Fields!SaleRegionValue".

Change it to:
<SortExpression>=Fields!SaleRegion.Value</SortExpression>

-- Robert

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That's it! Thanks Robert. You surely have a pair of hawk's eyes.

I have the chart sorted in order the way I wanted it too. However, I could not get the table order in the same way. I event go into the VS2005 report designer, set the sort property of the table. But no matter what order I set, the table is always displayed in a non-order. I added an ORDER BY clause in the SQL retrieve statement, the table is still displayed in a kind of random order.

Is this a known problem with Reporting Service? Or are there properties that I have to set in order for the table displayed on an ASC or DESC sequence?

Thanks in advance.

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It sounds like you have an explicit table detail group or a table group expression defined. In that case, you have to add the sorting directly on the grouping expression.

-- Robert

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