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                                         scamper 
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                                             Posted - 2014-04-30 : 12:28:19
                                            
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                                            | In an SSRS 2008 existing report, I wouuld like a particular textbox to look like the following when there is data:Checking:    $57.35 In the same textbox when there is no amount, the textbox would look like the following:Checking:    $0.00The following iif statement gets the dollar amount want to display:  =IIF(Fields!PaymentType.Value="Checking", sum(cdec(Fields!TransactionAmount.Value)),0)However I would like to know how to write an iif statement that would include the  wording"Checking: " with the dollar amont that needs to be displayed. I have tried concatentations that I can think of, but when the report runs, I get the #error in the locationI would like to see the wording "Checking:' with the dollar amount.Thus can you show me an expression that would solve my problem? | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     James K 
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                                            Posted - 2014-04-30 : 14:10:14
                                          
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                                          You should convert the number to a string and then concatenate. e.g.="Checking: $" & Cstr(   IIF(Fields!PaymentType.Value="Checking", sum(cdec(Fields!TransactionAmount.Value)),0))   | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     scamper 
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                                            Posted - 2014-04-30 : 18:04:23
                                          
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                                          quote: Originally posted by James K You should convert the number to a string and then concatenate. e.g.="Checking: $" & Cstr(   IIF(Fields!PaymentType.Value="Checking", sum(cdec(Fields!TransactionAmount.Value)),0)) 
  This worked fine! Thanks!  | 
                                         
                                        
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