Plot second series on SSRS line chart

Hi,

You might find this post useful:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robertbruckner/archive/2008/11/09/trendlines-calculated-series-in-reporting-services-charts.aspx

Not sure if you c an extrapolate the line beyond your data series, though.

Tim

Tim
Thanks for the reply.  Two problems are extrapolating and that I don't need a calculated arithmetc function, but instead need a straight line from the student start point to the spring end goal.  Thanks again.

Hi,

Ok, I think you need to create a second dataset  that provides fields to enable you to create a linear regression curve.

I followed the formulae in this link: http://people.hofstra.edu/stefan_waner/realworld/calctopic1/regression.html

I created a second dataset based on the first that simply returns the values to plug into the formulae. Key to this working well is getting your month as an ordinal, so the first month in your range maps to '1', the second to '2' etc.)

You then need a query that returns the following:

Sum(wcpm) SumX, Sum(monthAsOrdinal) SumY, Sum(wcpm * monthAsOrdinal) SumXY,
Sum(wcpm * wcpm) SumX2, Count(*) NumValues

which groups over your entire set of values.

You can then add a second table to your report that uses the new dataset (above any existing tables and your chart so it is evaluated first) and add the following expressions in two cells:

=Code.SetM((Fields!NumRows.Value * Fields!SumXY.Value - Fields!SumX.Value * Fields!SumY.Value) / ((Fields!NumRows.Value * Fields!SumX2.Value) - Fields!SumX2.Value))

and

=Code.SetB((Fields!SumY.Value - Code.GetM() * Fields!SumX.Value) / Fields!NumRows.Value)

Then in the Report Properties / Code section add the following:

private shared m as double
private shared b as double

Public Function SetM(value as double) as double
    m = value
return m
End Function

Public Function GetM as double
  return m
End Function

Public Function SetB(value as double) as double
  b = value
  Return b
End Function

Public Function GetB As double
  Return b
End Function


This code enables you to store the values for M and B (gradient and intercept) for use in a new calculated series in your chart.

Your main dataset, which returns your month and wcpm values also needs to return the monthAsOrdinal value. You can then calculate the position on your straight line as

=Code.GetM() * Fields!monthAsOrdinal.value + Code.GetB()

This will then show an extra straight line correlation on your chart.

Tim

Well thought out repsonse.  Thank you!