SSRS report column list sort order

Question

Hi for my ssrs report i am using a matrix to display data row as a two column list and I am using the following expression in order to group the row;

=ceiling(rownumber(nothing) / 2) and

the following expression to group column;

=ceiling(rownumber(nothing) mod 2)

similar to https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/12331/Simple-way-to-show-multi-column-data-in-SSRS-Horizontally-or-Vertically.html

it is working correctly however i would like results to be display alphabetical order going vertical instead of horizontal.

Like.

Record a    Record d

Record b    Record e

Record c    Record f

Instead of

Record a    Record b

Record c    Record d

Record e    Record f

i have order by in my sql query

any suggestions on how to achieve this?

Answer 1

You can modify your sql for this. The hack below could be used if you do not want to use multiple columns.

DECLARE @T TABLE
(
    TableID INT,
    Value1 NVARCHAR(20),
    ShouldBe INT
)

    INSERT INTO @T (TableID,Value1,ShouldBe)
    VALUES 
    (1,'A',1),
    (2,'B',3),
    (3,'C',5),
    (4,'D',2),
    (5,'E',4),
    (6,'F',6),

    (7,'A',1),
    (8,'B',3),
    (9,'C',5),
    (10,'D',2),
    (11,'E',4),
    (12,'F',6),

    (13,'A',1)



    DECLARE @NumberOfRowsPerPage INT = 3
    DECLARE @NumberOfColumns INT = 2

    SELECT PageNumber,Value1
    FROM
    (
        SELECT ColumnOrder=ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY PageNumber,ColumnTile  ORDER BY TableID),*
        FROM
        (
            SELECT ColumnTile=NTILE(@NumberOfColumns) OVER(PARTITION BY PageNumber ORDER BY TableID),*
            FROM
            (
                SELECT PageNumber=( (DataRowNumber -1) / (@NumberOfRowsPerPage * @NumberOfColumns )) + 1, *
                FROM
                (
                    SELECT DataRowNumber=ROW_NUMBER() OVER( ORDER BY TableID) ,*
                    FROM @T
                )AS A
            )AS B
        )AS C
    )AS D
    ORDER BY
        PageNumber,ColumnOrder,DataRowNumber

The query will produce the following output based on the RowsPerPage and NumberOfColumns.

Page   Value
1   A
1   D
1   B
1   E
1   C
1   F
2   A
2   D
2   B
2   E
2   C
2   F
3   A