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jmkvalsund
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Dynamic number and names of columns in dataset

I'm trying to convert a solution previously using ASP.NET as report viewer, into using paginated reports in Power BI instead.
So far so good, Ive managed to convert many of my reports, since the data is provided using stored procedures on a SQL Server with simple inputs like dates and salesgroups.
However, some of the procedures delivers dynamically output, i.e. where sales are shown by seller as columns and products as rows. Then there will be different numbers and names of columns depending on which salesgroup being selected.
How do I map a datadset to a table or tablix when the columns are different depending on the input parameter?
Is there a way to count columns in the dataset and format the table that way? (Thats how I've done it in ASP.NET, the two first columns being fixed like salesdate and productname, the last total sales and those between sales by each seller) 

Regards,
John Martin

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d_gosbell
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@jmkvalsund wrote:

How do I map a datadset to a table or tablix when the columns are different depending on the input parameter?


You don't. Report Builder cannot handle queries with a variable amount of columns.

 

So instead of doing the pivot operation in your stored proc you should just return the unpivoted data and then put the column you want as columns on the columns axis of the tablix.

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d_gosbell
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Super User


@jmkvalsund wrote:

How do I map a datadset to a table or tablix when the columns are different depending on the input parameter?


You don't. Report Builder cannot handle queries with a variable amount of columns.

 

So instead of doing the pivot operation in your stored proc you should just return the unpivoted data and then put the column you want as columns on the columns axis of the tablix.

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