Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, 2nd Edition

5.2. Data Regions

The table item is one of four special report items designed specifically for working with datasets. These special report items are called data regions. The other data regions are the matrix, the list, and the chart.

Data regions are able to work with multiple records from a dataset. The data region reads a record from the dataset, creates a portion of the report using the data found in that record, and then moves on to the next record. It does this until all the records from the dataset have been processed.

In the report you just completed, you saw how the table data region creates a detail row for each record in the dataset. The matrix data region creates both rows and columns based on the contents of the dataset. You see ...