Feeling Stupid - Multi-Column report layout

Hi all,
New poster to the group. I scanned the group and googled this, but haven't
found a solution yet.
I am having problems setting up a multi-colum layout.
In designer, Click Report Menu / "Report properties".
Select "Layout" tab. Set the "Columns:" properties to 2.
The designer shows me a design space with two columns, but only allows me to
edit the contents in the left most column. Understood.
Problem. I drop a table or list in the designer, and when previewed (in
designer or browser after deploy) I don't get multiple columns. Just a
skinny, very tall report.
BOL has only basic references to multi-column reports.
I feel like I am missing something obvious. Any body have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Bret StatehamUnfortunately, multi-column layout is only supported in the 'page-oriented'
renderers (PDF, TIFF, Print).
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Brian Welcker
Group Program Manager
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
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"Bret Stateham" <bret.no.spam@.netconnex.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> New poster to the group. I scanned the group and googled this, but
> haven't found a solution yet.
> I am having problems setting up a multi-colum layout.
> In designer, Click Report Menu / "Report properties".
> Select "Layout" tab. Set the "Columns:" properties to 2.
> The designer shows me a design space with two columns, but only allows me
> to edit the contents in the left most column. Understood.
> Problem. I drop a table or list in the designer, and when previewed (in
> designer or browser after deploy) I don't get multiple columns. Just a
> skinny, very tall report.
> BOL has only basic references to multi-column reports.
> I feel like I am missing something obvious. Any body have any
> suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Bret Stateham
>|||Brain,
Thanks much. I guess I shouldn't feel totally stupid because that wasn't
mentioned in BOL, or at least I didn't notice it, but I somehow still feel
like I should have thought of that.
Bret
"Brian Welcker" <bwelcker@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uv%23oJvBSFHA.2932@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Unfortunately, multi-column layout is only supported in the
> 'page-oriented' renderers (PDF, TIFF, Print).
> --
> Brian Welcker
> Group Program Manager
> Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> "Bret Stateham" <bret.no.spam@.netconnex.com> wrote in message
> news:uPgnLgBSFHA.508@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi all,
>> New poster to the group. I scanned the group and googled this, but
>> haven't found a solution yet.
>> I am having problems setting up a multi-colum layout.
>> In designer, Click Report Menu / "Report properties".
>> Select "Layout" tab. Set the "Columns:" properties to 2.
>> The designer shows me a design space with two columns, but only allows me
>> to edit the contents in the left most column. Understood.
>> Problem. I drop a table or list in the designer, and when previewed (in
>> designer or browser after deploy) I don't get multiple columns. Just a
>> skinny, very tall report.
>> BOL has only basic references to multi-column reports.
>> I feel like I am missing something obvious. Any body have any
>> suggestions?
>> Thanks,
>> Bret Stateham
>|||The issue is that with HTML, there is no fixed page height so wrapping
multiple columns is sort of weird. We introduced "soft" page breaks late in
the cycle in the HTML renderer but didn't get around to adding the
multi-columns.
--
Brian Welcker
Group Program Manager
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Bret Stateham" <bret.no.spam@.netconnex.com> wrote in message
news:eiK5P%23CSFHA.2356@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Brain,
> Thanks much. I guess I shouldn't feel totally stupid because that wasn't
> mentioned in BOL, or at least I didn't notice it, but I somehow still feel
> like I should have thought of that.
> Bret
> "Brian Welcker" <bwelcker@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:uv%23oJvBSFHA.2932@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Unfortunately, multi-column layout is only supported in the
>> 'page-oriented' renderers (PDF, TIFF, Print).
>> --
>> Brian Welcker
>> Group Program Manager
>> Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> "Bret Stateham" <bret.no.spam@.netconnex.com> wrote in message
>> news:uPgnLgBSFHA.508@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi all,
>> New poster to the group. I scanned the group and googled this, but
>> haven't found a solution yet.
>> I am having problems setting up a multi-colum layout.
>> In designer, Click Report Menu / "Report properties".
>> Select "Layout" tab. Set the "Columns:" properties to 2.
>> The designer shows me a design space with two columns, but only allows
>> me to edit the contents in the left most column. Understood.
>> Problem. I drop a table or list in the designer, and when previewed (in
>> designer or browser after deploy) I don't get multiple columns. Just a
>> skinny, very tall report.
>> BOL has only basic references to multi-column reports.
>> I feel like I am missing something obvious. Any body have any
>> suggestions?
>> Thanks,
>> Bret Stateham
>>
>|||Is there anything you have to do to get multiple columns rendered in a PDF
file. I understand not being able to do it in html, but when you convert it
to PDF it still doesn't wrap. Anything special I need to do?
"Brian Welcker" wrote:
> The issue is that with HTML, there is no fixed page height so wrapping
> multiple columns is sort of weird. We introduced "soft" page breaks late in
> the cycle in the HTML renderer but didn't get around to adding the
> multi-columns.
> --
> Brian Welcker
> Group Program Manager
> Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> "Bret Stateham" <bret.no.spam@.netconnex.com> wrote in message
> news:eiK5P%23CSFHA.2356@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Brain,
> >
> > Thanks much. I guess I shouldn't feel totally stupid because that wasn't
> > mentioned in BOL, or at least I didn't notice it, but I somehow still feel
> > like I should have thought of that.
> >
> > Bret
> > "Brian Welcker" <bwelcker@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:uv%23oJvBSFHA.2932@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> Unfortunately, multi-column layout is only supported in the
> >> 'page-oriented' renderers (PDF, TIFF, Print).
> >>
> >> --
> >> Brian Welcker
> >> Group Program Manager
> >> Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
> >>
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >>
> >> "Bret Stateham" <bret.no.spam@.netconnex.com> wrote in message
> >> news:uPgnLgBSFHA.508@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> New poster to the group. I scanned the group and googled this, but
> >> haven't found a solution yet.
> >>
> >> I am having problems setting up a multi-colum layout.
> >>
> >> In designer, Click Report Menu / "Report properties".
> >> Select "Layout" tab. Set the "Columns:" properties to 2.
> >>
> >> The designer shows me a design space with two columns, but only allows
> >> me to edit the contents in the left most column. Understood.
> >>
> >> Problem. I drop a table or list in the designer, and when previewed (in
> >> designer or browser after deploy) I don't get multiple columns. Just a
> >> skinny, very tall report.
> >>
> >> BOL has only basic references to multi-column reports.
> >>
> >> I feel like I am missing something obvious. Any body have any
> >> suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Bret Stateham
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>