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Jon Erickson
Jon Erickson

Reputation: 114976

What are the valid Style Format Strings for a Reporting Services [SSRS] Expression?

I am trying to figure out the style string for the Format(Expression as Object, Style as String) function in a Reporting Services expression.

I can't find where these style format strings are documented!

Specifically I am trying to format a Price field to be always 2 decimal places.

ie 1.5 formats to $1.50

Upvotes: 46

Views: 190051

Answers (5)

dance2die
dance2die

Reputation: 36985

Format with Currency format string

=Format(Fields!Price.Value, "C")

It will give you 2 decimal places with "$" prefixed.

You can find other format strings on MSDN: Adding Style and Formatting to a ReportViewer Report

Note: The MSDN article has been archived to the "VS2005_General" document, which is no longer directly accessible online. Here is the excerpt of the formatting strings referenced:

Formatting Numbers

The following table lists common .NET Framework number formatting strings.

Format string, Name

C or c Currency

D or d Decimal

E or e Scientific

F or f Fixed-point

G or g General

N or n Number

P or p Percentage

R or r Round-trip

X or x Hexadecimal

You can modify many of the format strings to include a precision specifier that defines the number of digits to the right of the

decimal point. For example, a formatting string of D0 formats the number so that it has no digits after the decimal point. You

can also use custom formatting strings, for example, #,###.

Formatting Dates

The following table lists common .NET Framework date formatting strings.

Format string, Name

d Short date

D Long date

t Short time

T Long time

f Full date/time (short time)

F Full date/time (long time)

g General date/time (short time)

G General date/time (long time)

M or m Month day

R or r RFC1123 pattern

Y or y Year month

You can also a use custom formatting strings; for example, dd/MM/yy. For more information about .NET Framework formatting strings, see Formatting Types.

Upvotes: 54

LCJ
LCJ

Reputation: 22661

You can set TextBox properties for setting negative number display and decimal places settings.

  1. Right-click the cell and then click Text Box Properties.
  2. Select Number, and in the Category field, click Currency.

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Upvotes: 4

Peter Radocchia
Peter Radocchia

Reputation: 11007

As mentioned, you can use:

=Format(Fields!Price.Value, "C")

A digit after the "C" will specify precision:

=Format(Fields!Price.Value, "C0")
=Format(Fields!Price.Value, "C1")

You can also use Excel-style masks like this:

=Format(Fields!Price.Value, "#,##0.00")

Haven't tested the last one, but there's the idea. Also works with dates:

=Format(Fields!Date.Value, "yyyy-MM-dd")

Upvotes: 38

Merin Nakarmi
Merin Nakarmi

Reputation: 3418

Give a Format String value of C2 for the value's properties as shown in figure below.

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Upvotes: 0

jgallant
jgallant

Reputation: 11273

You can check the schema at http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2005/01/reportdefinition/ReportDefinition.xsd

Search for xsd:complexType name="StyleType"

This will list out all the possible Styles you can use.

Specific to your question however, you can use the Format style.

Format

Specify the data format to use for values that appear in the textbox.

Valid values include Default, Number, Date, Time, Percentage, and Currency.

Link to MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms251684(VS.80).aspx

Upvotes: 0

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