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Need to dynamically group by

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Using SSRS 2008.

I have a dataset containing 2 columns of data, Vendor and State. The same vendor can be in multiple states and states can of course contain multiple vendors. I want to group the report by either vendor or state, depending on which the user selects.

I set up a visible parameter called GrouBy. The valid choices for this parameter are "Vendor" or "State". The default is "Vendor".

I have a 2 column table displaying Vendor and State. I created a parent group by right clicking and add group>parent group. In the expression for the parent group I have the following:
=IIF(Parameters!GroupBy.value=”Vendor”, Fields!Vendor.Value, Fields!State.Value)

When I preview the report I get the error: "The Group expression used in grouping 'Group1' returned a data type that is not valid'

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
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Should be same DataType of both Vendor and State filed.
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What should be? Do I somehow set the DataType of the group expression? How? Vendor and State are both Feilds being returned from my stored proc.

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Jason - Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it and get the same error.

You want me to post my results from my SP? Basically the list of vendors and locations?

just an example, not the actual data to get an idea,and also to try to build my test table.

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OK, A good example might be:

Vendor                      State
Acme                         Texas
Joe's                           Florida
Brother's                     Michigan
New Guys                 Texas
Acme                          Ohio
Gordon's                    Texas
Acme                          New York

In the example about we have one vendor in multiple states (Acme) and one state with multiple vendors (Texas). I need to be able to let the user chose to group by Vendor or State.

Thanks!
Had a typo! Although I fixed it by corrected my typo, your suggested solution forced me to re-examine everything so I'm accepting this solution. Thanks.