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An expression issue in SSRS report : : Unidentifiable substring 'First' in expression

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Posted on by safa weili

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I am trying to use this expression {="Libellé :" +First(Fields!DEMLibelleprod.Value, "headercoupe")}, but I am getting this error when deploying the report.

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error Path: [AxReport/DEMPrintProdReport/Designs/DEMReport/Expression]:DEMReport: Unidentifiable substring 'First' in expression. The parser reported error message: Syntax error.

please help,thnaks in advance.

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GirishS 27,843 Moderator on at

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Hi safa weili,

You need to use "&" to append the string value. Try the bellow expression.

="Libellé :" & First(Fields!DEMLibelleprod.Value, "headercoupe")

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Girish S.

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safa weili 5 on at

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i used it but the problem persists

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GirishS 27,843 Moderator on at

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Can you show me the screenshot of the expression?

Also, where you are adding? I mean in the header or inside the tablix?

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Girish S.

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GirishS 27,843 Moderator on at

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Also, if you have used the same expression using "+" in other text boxes. Change that and also check.

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Girish S.

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Bharani Preetham Pe... 3,634 Moderator on at

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Hi Safa Weili,

As Girish suggested you should use & not + for concatenation of strings in ssrs report.

Adding to Girish, can you remove those extra braces in that formula? It should look like below.

="Libelle:"&First(Fields!DEMLibelleprod.Value, "headercoupe")

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