Report Definition XML Elements

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The report definition for a report contains RDL elements that define the data and appearance of the report.

A report definition (.rdl) file can contain additional elements that are not used by the report server. For example, Report Designer places an element in the report definition that is only used by Report Designer.

In This Section

Element Parent Description

AccentSensitivity Element (RDL)

DataSet

Indicates whether the data is accent-sensitive.

Action Element (RDL)

Actions

Defines a hyperlink, bookmark link, or drillthrough action.

ActionInfo Element (RDL)

DataPoint, Image

Defines a list of actions associated with a ReportItem.

Actions Element (RDL)

ActionInfo

Defines an ordered list of actions associated with a ReportItem.

AllowBlank Element (RDL)

ReportParameter

Indicates whether the value for the parameter can be an empty string.

AltReportItem Element (RDL)

CustomReportItem

Contains the report item to render in cases where the custom report item is not supported by the server or the renderer.

Author Element (RDL)

Report

Specifies the name of the person who created the report.

AutoRefresh Element (RDL)

Report

Specifies the rate, in seconds, at which a report rendered in HTML refreshes.

BackgroundColor Element (RDL)

Style

Describes the background color of the item.

BackgroundGradientEndColor Element (RDL)

Style

Specifies the end color of the background gradient.

BackgroundGradientType Element (RDL)

Style

Specifies the type of background gradient.

BackgroundImage Element (RDL)

Style

Provides information about the background image.

BackgroundRepeat Element (RDL)

BackgroundImage

Indicates how the background image fills the available space.

Body Element (RDL)

Report

Contains the visual elements of the report.

Bookmark Element (RDL)

ReportItem

Provides a bookmark that users can jump to using a link defined as a bookmark action.

BookmarkLink Element (RDL)

Action, Drillthrough

Contains the ID of a bookmark to jump to within the report.

Border Element (RDL)

Style

Defines the default border properties for a report item.

BottomBorder Element (RDL)

Style

Defines the border properties for the bottom border of a report item.

BottomMargin Element (RDL)

Page

Describes the width of the bottom margin of the report.

BreakLocation Element (RDL)

PageBreak

Defines where the page should break.

Calendar Element (RDL)

Style

Specifies the calendar to use to format dates.

CanGrow Element (RDL)

Textbox

Indicates whether the size of the text box can increase vertically according to its content.

CanShrink Element (RDL)

Textbox

Indicates whether the size of the text box can decrease according to its content.

Caption Element (RDL)

Title

Contains the text of the chart or axis title.

CaseSensitivity Element (RDL)

DataSet

Indicates whether the data is case-sensitive.

CellContents Element (RDL)

TablixCornerCell, TablixHeader, TablixCell

Defines the report item contained in a body, header, or corner cell of a Tablix element.

Chart Element (RDL)

ReportItems

Defines a chart region to be included in the report.

Class Element (RDL)

Classes

Contains information about a class to instantiate during report initialization. The class instance can be used in expressions in the report.

Classes Element (RDL)

Report

Contains classes to instantiate during report initialization.

ClassName Element (RDL)

Class

Contains the name of the class to instantiate.

Code Element (RDL)

Report

Contains definitions for custom functions to be used in the report.

CodeModule Element (RDL)

CodeModules

Contains the name of the assembly to load.

CodeModules Element (RDL)

Report

Contains the names of assemblies to load for use in expressions.

Collation Element (RDL)

DataSet

Describes the locale that the report server uses to sort data.

Color Element (RDL)

Border, BottomBorder, LeftBorder, RightBorder, Style, TopBorder

Describes the foreground color of the item.

ColSpan Element (RDL)

CellContents

Specifies the number of columns that the cell spans.

Columns Element (RDL)

Page

Defines the default number of columns in the report.

ColumnSpacing Element (RDL)

Page

Defines the spacing between columns.

CommandText Element (RDL)

Query

Specifies the query that the report server executes to retrieve data for the report.

CommandType Element (RDL)

Query

Indicates the type of query that is contained in the CommandText element.

ConnectionProperties Element (RDL)

DataSource

Provides information about the data source.

ConnectString Element (RDL)

ConnectionProperties

Contains the connection string for the data source.

ConsumeContainerWhitespace Element (RDL)

Report

Indicates whether the space between report items in a rectangle or the report body should not be preserved as report items expand.

CustomData Element (RDL)

CustomReportItem

Represents the data to display in a custom report item.

CustomProperties Element (RDL)

Axis, ChartMember, DataMember, DataPoint, Report, ReportItem, TablixMember

Allows report design tools to pass information to custom report renderers and custom report items.

CustomProperty Element (RDL)

CustomProperties

Represents a custom property used in a report, report item, or group.

CustomReportItem Element (RDL)

ReportItems

Defines a custom report item to be drawn in the report.

DataCell Element (RDL)

DataRow

Defines the set of data values to pass to a custom report item for a specific combination of leaf-node groupings.

DataColumnHierarchy Element (RDL)

CustomData

Defines the hierarchy of column groups for the data.

DataElementName Element (RDL)

ChartMember, DataPoint, Group, Report, ReportItem, TablixCell, TablixMember

Contains the name of the data element or attribute for a report item or the name of the top-level element for a report rendered using a data rendering extension like the XML rendering extension.

DataElementOutput Element (RDL)

ChartMember, DataPoint, Group, ReportItem, TablixCell, TablixMember

Indicates whether the item appears in output rendered by the XML rendering extension.

DataElementStyle Element (RDL)

Report,Textbox

Indicates whether a text box within the report should be rendered as an element or as an attribute when the report is rendered using the XML rendering extension.

DataField Element (RDL)

Field

Provides a name of a field in a query.

DataLabel Element (RDL)

DataPoint

Defines the data labels to display for data values.

DataMember Element (RDL)

DataMembers

Defines a member of a custom data hierarchy.

DataMembers Element (RDL)

DataColumnHierarchy, DataMember, DataRowHierarchy

Defines a list of members of a custom data hierarchy.

ChartDataPoint Element (RDL)

DataPoints

Defines a single data point for a chart.

DataProvider Element (RDL)

ConnectionProperties

Specifies the data processing extension to use for the data source.

DataRegion Element (RDL)

(none)

Defines a virtual report element of a report that is used to define a property inheritance relationship with Tablix and Chart elements but does not itself appear in an RDL report.

DataRow Element (RDL)

DataRows

Defines the columns of data within each row to pass to a custom report item.

DataRowHierarchy Element (RDL)

CustomData

Defines the hierarchy of row groups for the data.

DataRows Element (RDL)

CustomData

Defines the rows of data to pass to a custom report item.

DataSchema Element (RDL)

Report

Contains the namespace to use in a report rendered using a data rendering extension like the XML rendering extension.

DataSet Element (RDL)

DataSets

Contains information about a set of data to display as a part of the report.

DataSetName Element, DataSetReference (RDL)

DataSetReference

Indicates which dataset to use for the dataset reference.

DataSetName Element, Data Regions (RDL)

CustomData, DataRegion, DataSetReference

Indicates which dataset to use for the data region.

DataSetReference Element (RDL)

DefaultValue, ValidValues

Defines a dataset that contains a query that returns a set of valid values or default values for a report parameter.

DataSets Element (RDL)

DefaultValue, ValidValues

Contains information about the sets of data to display as a part of the report.

DataSource Element (RDL)

DataSources

Describes a data source in the report.

DataSourceName Element (RDL)

Query

Contains the name of the data source for the query.

DataSourceReference Element (RDL)

DataSource

Contains the path to a shared data source.

DataSources Element (RDL)

Report

Describes the data sources for the report.

DataTransform Element (RDL)

Report

Contains the location and file name of a transformation to apply to a report that is rendered using a data rendering extension.

DataType Element (RDL)

ReportParameter

Specifies the data type of a parameter.

DataValue Element (RDL)

DataCell, DataValues

Defines a single value for a DataPoint in a Chart or a data value to pass to a custom report item.

DefaultValue Element (RDL)

ReportParameter

Specifies the default value to use for the parameter.

DeferVariableEvaluation Element (RDL)

Report

Indicates that Variables throughout the report are not required to be pre-evaluated at the beginning of report processing and may be evaluated for on-demand based on usage.

Description Element (RDL)

Report

Contains a description for the report.

Direction Element, SortExpression (RDL)

SortExpression

Indicates whether the items are sorted in ascending or descending order.

Direction Element, Style (RDL)

Style

Specifies the direction of text.

DocumentMapLabel Element, Group (RDL)

Group

Identifies an instance of the group within the document map.

DocumentMapLabel Element, ReportItem (RDL)

ReportItem

Identifies an instance of a report item within the document map.

Drillthrough Element (RDL)

Action

Contains a reference to a report to be opened through a drillthrough action.

EmbeddedImage Element (RDL)

EmbeddedImages

Contains an image that is embedded within the report.

EmbeddedImages Element (RDL)

Report

Contains the images that are embedded within the report.

Field Element (RDL)

Fields

Describes a field in the dataset.

Fields Element (RDL)

DataSet

Contains the fields in the dataset.

Filter Element (RDL)

Filters

Contains a list of filters that restrict rows of data in a dataset or data region, or restrict group instances in a grouping.

FilterExpression Element (RDL)

Filter

Contains an expression that is evaluated for each row of data or group and compared to a filter value.

Filters Element (RDL)

CustomData, DataRegion, DataSet, Group

Contains a collection of filter lists to apply to a dataset, data region, or grouping.

FilterValue Element (RDL)

FilterValues

Contains a value to compare against a filter expression.

FilterValues Element (RDL)

Filter

Contains a collection of values to compare to the filter expression.

FixedColumnHeaders Element (RDL)

Tablix

Indicates the column headers should be displayed on the page even when the user scrolls part of the Tablix off the page.

FixedData Element (RDL)

TablixMember

Indicates the entire member should be displayed on the page even when the user scrolls part of the Tablix off the page.

FixedRowHeaders Element (RDL)

Tablix

Indicates the row headers should be displayed on the page even when the user scrolls part of the Tablix off the page.

FontFamily Element (RDL)

Style

Contains the name of the font for the item.

FontSize Element (RDL)

Style

Indicates the point size of the font for the item.

FontStyle Element (RDL)

Style

Indicates the style of the font for the item.

FontWeight Element (RDL)

Style

Indicates whether or not the font for the item is bold.

Format Element (RDL)

Style

Contains the Microsoft .NET Framework formatting string for the item.

Group Element (RDL)

ChartMember, DataMember, TablixMember

Defines the expressions by which to group the data.

GroupExpression Element (RDL)

GroupExpressions, ReGroupExpressions

Defines an individual expression by which to group the data.

GroupExpressions Element (RDL)

Group

Contains an ordered list of expressions by which to group the data.

GroupsBeforeRowHeaders Element (RDL)

Tablix

Indicates the number of instances of the outermost column group to appear outside the row headers.

Height Element (RDL)

Body, PageSection, ReportItem, TablixRow

Indicates the height of the item.

Hidden Element (RDL)

ReportParameter, Visibility

Indicates whether the item should initially be visible on the report.

HideDuplicates Element (RDL)

Textbox

Indicates whether an item is displayed when its current value is the same as its value in the previous row.

HideIfNoRows Element (RDL)

TablixMember

Indicates whether this static member should be hidden if the Tablix contains no rows of data.

Hyperlink Element (RDL)

Action

Contains the URL of the target object.

Image Element (RDL)

ReportItems

Contains an image to be displayed in the report.

ImageData Element (RDL)

EmbeddedImage

Contains encoded image data.

InitialState Element (RDL)

ToggleImage

Specifies the initial state of a visibility toggle image.

InstanceName Element (RDL)

Class

Contains the name of the variable to which the class is assigned.

IntegratedSecurity Element (RDL)

ConnectionProperties

Indicates whether the data source uses integrated security to connect.

InteractiveHeight Element (RDL)

Page

Specifies the default height of a report that is rendered in the HTML or GDI rendering extensions.

InteractiveWidth Element (RDL)

Page

Specifies the default width of a report that is rendered in the HTML or GDI rendering extensions.

InterpretSubtotalsAsDetails Element (RDL)

DataSet

Indicates whether subtotal rows returned from a data provider that supports server subtotals should be interpreted as detail rows instead.

KanatypeSensitivity Element (RDL)

DataSet

Indicates whether the data is kanatype-sensitive.

KeepTogether Element (RDL)

DataRegion, Rectangle, Subreport, TablixMember, Textbox

Indicates whether all sections of the data region are kept together on one page.

KeepWithGroup Element (RDL)

TablixMember

Specifies that during rendering, this static member stays on the same page with the closest target peer dynamic member as indicated by the value.

Label Element, ParameterValue (RDL)

ParameterValue

Contains the label to display to the user for the parameter.

LabelField Element (RDL)

DataSetReference

Contains the name of the field that displays a list of friendly names to display to the user for valid values for a parameter.

Language Element, Report (RDL)

Report

Indicates the primary language of the text in the report.

Language Element, Style (RDL)

Style

Indicates the primary language of the text.

Layout Element, Legend (RDL)

Legend

Determines the arrangement of labels within the legend.

LayoutDirection Element, Tablix (RDL)

Tablix

Indicates the overall direction of the Tablix layout.

Left Element (RDL)

ReportItem

Indicates the distance of the item from the left edge of the containing item.

LeftBorder Element (RDL)

Style

Defines the border properties for the left border of a report item.

LeftMargin Element (RDL)

Page

Specifies the width of the left margin of the Page.

Line Element (RDL)

ReportItems

Defines a line to be drawn in the report.

LineHeight Element (RDL)

Style

Describes the height of a line of text.

LinkToChild Element (RDL)

Rectangle

Contains the name of a child report item that is the target location for the document map label.

Marker Element (RDL)

DataPoint

Defines a marker for displayed chart data values.

MergeTransactions Element (RDL)

Subreport

Indicates whether transactions in the subreport are merged with transactions in the parent report when both reports use the same data sources.

MIMEType Element (RDL)

BackgroundImage, EmbeddedImage, Image

Identifies the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type of the image.

MultiValue Element (RDL)

ReportParameter

Indicates that the report parameter can take a set of values.

Name Element (RDL)

CustomProperty, DataSet, DataSource, DataValue, EmbeddedImage, Field, Group, Parameter, QueryParameter, ReportItem, ReportParameter, Variable

Defines a unique CLS-compliant identifier for this RDL element.

Name Element, Custom Property (RDL)

CustomProperty

Contains the name for a custom property.

NoRowsMessage Element (RDL)

DataRegion, Subreport

Specifies the text to display when no rows are returned by the datasets in a subreport or data region.

Nullable Element (RDL)

ReportParameter

Indicates whether the value for the parameter can be null.

NumeralLanguage Element (RDL)

Style

Specifies the language to use to format numbers.

NumeralVariant Element (RDL)

Style

Specifies the language variant to use to format numbers.

Omit Element (RDL)

Parameter

Indicates that the parameter is ignored when a user opens a report using a drillthrough link on another report.

OmitBorderOnPageBreak Element (RDL)

Rectangle, Subreport, Tablix

Indicates that the borders should not appear at locations where the item spans multiple pages.

Operator Element (RDL)

Filter

Specifies an operator to use to compare the values in the FilterExpression and FilterValues elements.

PaddingBottom Element (RDL)

Style

Designates the amount of padding between the bottom edge of the report item and its contents.

PaddingLeft Element (RDL)

Style

Designates the amount of padding between the left edge of the report item and its contents.

PaddingRight Element (RDL)

Style

Designates the amount of padding between the right edge of the report item and its contents.

PaddingTop Element (RDL)

Style

Designates the amount of padding between the top edge of ave the report item and its contents.

Page Element (RDL)

Report

Contains page layout information for the report.

PageBreak Element (RDL)

DataRegion, Group, Rectangle

Indicates that the rendering extension should insert a page break at the end of the item.

PageFooter Element (RDL)

Page

Contains a footer that is rendered at the bottom of each page of the report.

PageHeader Element (RDL)

Page

Contains a header that is rendered at the top of each page of the report.

PageHeight Element (RDL)

Page

Specifies the default height of a report that is rendered in a physical page-oriented rendering extension.

PageSection Element (RDL)

Page

Defines the layout of report items to appear at the top or bottom of every page of the report.

PageWidth Element (RDL)

Page

Specifies the default width of a report that is rendered in a physical page-oriented rendering extension.

Parameter Element (RDL)

Parameters

Contains a parameter to pass to a report or control.

ParameterValue Element (RDL)

ParameterValues

Provides an individual hard-coded parameter for the list contained withing the ParameterValues element.

ParameterValues Element (RDL)

ValidValues

Provides a list of hard-coded values to display to the user so that they can choose a value for this parameter.

Parameters Element (RDL)

Drillthrough, Subreport

Contains a list of parameters to pass to a subreport or drillthrough report.

Parent Element (RDL)

Group

Identifies the parent group in a recursive hierarchy.

Position Element, DataLabel (RDL)

DataLabel

Indicates the position of the data label.

Position Element, Legend (RDL)

Legend

Indicates the position of the legend.

Position Element, Title (RDL)

Title

Indicates the position of the title.

PrintOnFirstPage Element (RDL)

PageSection

Indicates whether the page header is rendered on the first page of the report.

PrintOnLastPage Element (RDL)

PageSection

Indicates whether the page header is rendered on the last page of the report.

Prompt Element, ConnectionProperties (RDL)

ConnectionProperties

Contains the text that the user interface displays when prompting the user for database credentials.

Prompt Element, ReportParameter (RDL)

ReportParameter

Designates the text to display when the user interface prompts the user for parameter values.

Query Element (RDL)

DataSet

Contains information about the query contained within the dataset.

QueryParameter Element (RDL)

QueryParameters

Contains information about an individual parameter that is passed to the data source as part of a query.

QueryParameters Element (RDL)

Query

Lists the parameters to pass to the data source as part of the query.

Rectangle Element (RDL)

ReportItems

Defines a rectangle to be drawn in the report. A rectangle can be a graphical element or a container for report items.

RepeatColumnHeaders Element (RDL)

Tablix

Indicates the column headers that should be repeated on each page on which a portion of the Tablix appears.

RepeatOnNewPage Element (RDL)

TablixMember

Indicates whether to repeat this static member on every page that has at least one complete instance of the dynamic member referred to by KeepWithGroup or a descendant of that member..

RepeatRowHeaders Element (RDL)

Tablix

Indicates the row headers that should be repeated on each page on which a portion of the Tablix appears.

RepeatWith Element (RDL)

ReportItem

Provides the name of the data region with which to repeat the report item if the data region spans multiple pages.

Report Element (RDL)

(none)

Contains properties, data, and layout information for the report. The Report element is the top-level element of Report Definition Language (RDL).

ReportElement Element (RDL)

Report

Defines a virtual report element of a report that is used to define a property inheritance relationship with other report elements but does not itself appear in an RDL report.

ReportItem Element (RDL)

ReportItems

Defines a virtual report item in a report. A report item can be a line, rectangle, text box, image, subreport, data region, or custom report item.

ReportItems Element (RDL)

Body, PageSection, Rectangle

Contains the report items that define the contents of a report region.

ReportName Element (RDL)

Drillthrough, Subreport

Contains name of the target report.

ReportParameter Element (RDL)

ReportParameters

Describes an individual parameter in the report.

ReportParameters Element (RDL)

Report

Contains an ordered list of parameters in the report.

RightBorder Element (RDL)

Style

Describes the color of the right border of the item.

RightMargin Element (RDL)

Report

Specifies the width of the right margin of the report.

RowSpan Element (RDL)

CellContents

Specifies the number of rows that the cell spans.

Size Element, (RDL)

Marker

Indicates the size of the marker.

Sizing Element (RDL)

Image

Determines the appearance of the image if the image does not fit within the height and width of the Image element.

SortExpression Element (RDL)

SortBy

Contains the expression by which to sort the data.

SortExpressions Element (RDL)

ChartMember, DataMember, TablixMember

Defines an ordered list of expressions to use during a sort.

SortExpressionScope Element (RDL)

UserSort

Contains the name of the scope (data region or group) in which to evaluate a sort expression.

SortTarget Element (RDL)

UserSort

Indicates the name of the data region, group, or data set for a sort.

Source Element (RDL)

BackgroundImage, Image

Indicates the source of the image specified in the Value element.

Style Element (RDL)

Action, ActionInfo, Body, Border, BottomBorder, CustomReportItem, DataLabel, DataPoint, Image, LeftBorder, Legend, Line, List, Page, PageSection, PlotArea, Rectangle, ReportElement, RightBorder, Subreport, Tablix, Textbox, Title, TopBorder

Contains information about the style of an item.

Style Element, Line (RDL)

Border, BottomBorder, LeftBorder, RightBorder, TopBorder

Defines an expression that specifies the style of a border.

Subreport Element (RDL)

ReportItems

Contains information about a report to be included within the report.

Tablix Element (RDL)

ReportItems

Defines a Tablix data region. A Tablix data region is a flexible layout grid that can support nested and adjacent repeating and static rows and columns for both column groups and row groups.

TablixBody Element (RDL)

Tablix

Defines the layout and structure of the section of the Tablix data region that contains the data elements.

TablixCell Element (RDL)

TablixRows

Defines the contents of each cell in the body section of a Tablix data region.

TablixCells Element (RDL)

TablixRows

Defines the ordered list of cells in a row of the body section of a Tablix data region.

TablixColumn Element (RDL)

TablixColumns

Defines a column in the body section of a Tablix data region.

TablixColumnHierarchy Element (RDL)

Tablix

Defines the hierarchy for a set of members for the columns in a Tablix data region.

TablixColumns Element (RDL)

TablixBody

Defines the set of columns in the body section of a Tablix data region.

TablixCorner Element (RDL)

Tablix

Defines the layout and structure of the corner section of a Tablix data region.

TablixCornerCell Element

TablixCornerRow

Defines the contents of each corner cell in a Tablix data region.

TablixCornerRow Element (RDL)

TablixCornerRows

Defines the list of cells in a row of the corner section of a Tablix data region.

TablixCornerRows Element (RDL)

TablixCorner

Defines the list of rows in the corner section of a Tablix data region.

TablixHeader Element (RDL)

TablixMember

Defines the layout and contents of each tablix member in a tablix column hierarchy or tablix row hierarchy in a Tablix data region.

TablixMember Element (RDL)

TablixMembers

Defines a tablix member in an ordered list of members for a tablix row hierarchy or tablix column hierarchy in a Tablix data region. A tablix member can contain a nested tablix members list.

TablixMembers Element (RDL)

TablixColumnHierarchy, TablixRowHierarchy

Defines an ordered list of members in the row hierarchy or column hierarchy in a Tablix data region.

TablixRow Element (RDL)

TablixRows

Defines the list of tablix cells and the height of the row in the tablix body section of a Tablix data region.

TablixRowHierarchy Element (RDL)

Tablix

Defines the hierarchy for a set of members for the rows in a Tablix data region.

TablixRows Element (RDL)

TablixBody

Defines the set of rows in the body section of a Tablix data region.

TextAlign Element (RDL)

Style

Describes the horizontal alignment of the text of the item.

Textbox Element (RDL)

ReportItems

Defines a text box to be drawn in the report.

TextDecoration Element (RDL)

Style

Describes special text formatting for the item.

Timeout Element (RDL)

Query

Specifies the number of seconds the query runs before timing out.

ToggleImage Element (RDL)

Textbox

Indicates that a toggle image is displayed as a part of the text box.

ToggleItem Element (RDL)

Visibility

Specifies the text box that users click to show or hide the current item.

ToolTip Element (RDL)

ReportItem

Contains a text label for the item.

Top Element (RDL)

ReportItem

Indicates the distance of the item from the top of the containing item.

TopBorder Element (RDL)

Style

Defines the border properties for the top border of a report item.

TopMargin Element (RDL)

Page

Specifies the width of the top margin of the report.

Transaction Element (RDL)

DataSource

Indicates whether the datasets that use this data source run in a single transaction.

Type Element, CustomReportItem (RDL)

CustomReportItem

Specifies the type of custom report item for use by report design tools or the report server.

UnicodeBiDi Element (RDL)

Style

Indicates the level of bi-directional embedding.

UsedInQuery Element (RDL)

ReportParameter

Indicates whether a report parameter is used in queries within the report

UserSort Element (RDL)

Textbox

Indicates that an end-user sort control should be displayed as a part of this text box in the UI.

ValidValues Element (RDL)

ReportParameter

Provides a list of possible values with which to populate a parameter list that is displayed to users.

Value Element, CustomProperty (RDL)

CustomProperty

Contains the value for a custom property.

Value Element, DataLabel (RDL)

DataLabel

Contains the expression for the value labels.

Value Element, DataValue (RDL)

DataValue

Contains the value of the data point.

Value Element, Field (RDL)

Field

Contains an expression that evaluates to the value of the field.

Value Element (Image, BackgroundImage) (RDL)

Image, BackgroundImage

Identifies the source of the image.

Value Element, Parameter (RDL)

Parameter

Contains the value for an individual parameter that is passed to a subreport or drillthrough report.

Value Element, ParameterValue (RDL)

ParameterValue

Contains a possible value for the parameter.

Value Element, QueryParameter (RDL)

QueryParameter

Contains the value to pass to the data source.

Value Element, Textbox (RDL)

Textbox

Contains the value of the text box. The value can be a field name, a constant, or another expression.

Value Element, Values (RDL)

Values

Contains an individual value or expression to be used as a default for a parameter.

ValueAxisName Element (RDL)

DataPoint

Defines the name of the value axis on which to plot the data point.

ValueField Element (RDL)

DataSetReference

Contains the name of the field that contains the valid values or the default value of the parameter.

Values Element (RDL)

DefaultValue

Contains the hard-coded default values for a multivalued parameter.

Variable Element (RDL)

Variables

Defines a named expression to be evaluated within the group or report.

Variables Element (RDL)

Group, Report

Defines a set of named expressions to be evaluated within the group or report.

VerticalAlign Element (RDL)

Style

Describes the vertical alignment of the text of the item.

Visibility Element (RDL)

ReportItem, TablixMember

Indicates whether the item is displayed in the rendered report.

Width Element (RDL)

Style

Indicates the width of the item.

WidthSensitivity Element (RDL)

DataSet

Indicates whether the data is width-sensitive.

WritingMode Element (RDL)

Style

Indicates whether the text is written horizontally or vertically.

ZIndex Element (RDL)

ReportItem

Indicates the drawing order of the item within the containing item.

See Also

Reference

Report Definition Language XML Schema

Concepts

Report Definition XML Diagram
Report Definition Language Data Types

Other Resources

Report Definition Language Reference
Development (Reporting Services)

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