| SSRS supports a comprehensive set of formatting capabilities through the report item's properties, which control output appearance. Some of the key properties are as follows : -
BackgroundColor Controls background color of the item. When a report requires alternating colors for rows of output, this property can be used in conjunction with functions RowNumber() and RunningValue . -
Color Controls the color of the text. -
Format .NET Framework formatting string to apply to the item. The following are examples of format strings: -
###.## formats a value of 012.30 to the following output 12.3 -
(###)###-#### formats a value of 1234567890 to the output (123)456-7890 , which is typical presentation of a phone number -
C formats a value of 1234.56 to typical presentation of currency $1,234.56 -
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm formats 11:59PM on 1/2/2006 to 2003-01-02 23:59 -
Language Controls locale formatting. For example, when set to " English (United Kingdom) " currency sign in formatting changes from $ to e -
PageBreakAtEnd and PageBreakAtStart Control pagination before and after an item. -
PageHeight and PageWidth Control physical page sizing for PDF- and image-rendering extensions. The following chapter discusses functionality that SSRS provides to simplify navigation in large reports and within the hierarchy of reports . |