We are upgrading from SSRS 2008 to SSRS 2014 and I'm doing a proof of concept report using the Map control now available to us using SQL server data tools in VS 2012. The process to build a map isn't terribly well documented and I'm really struggling with how to centre it in a specific location so hoping for some help please!
My example report has two datasets:
1) "Spatial" this returns a varchar column with a list of UK Postcodes and a geometric column containing polygon outlines for each post code area.
2) "Sales" - this returns a varchar column with a list of post codes and a set of float columns with sales totals in that postcode for a given time period.
I've built a map which does the following:
- Selected "spatial" as my source for spatial data
- Added a bing maps layer
- Set visualisation to Colour Analytical map
- Choses "Sales" as the analytical dataset
- Defined that the "PostCode" column in the "spatial" dataset matches to the "PostCode" column in the "sales" dataset
This produces a lovely map of the UK with all the post code areas colour coded according to sales value. However, I need to zoom the map in AND centre it on a specific post code, say this is postcode ABC1 1DE for example. When I open up "view port properties" I've tried selecting the "Center and Zoom" tab, then selecting "center map to show an embedded map element". I then chose layer = PolygonLayer1 (my spatial data layer) and I've set a condition "Centre on the map element matching this condition" "Name" = "ABC1 1DE".
However, this doesn't work and the map remains centered on the middle of the UK. The post code I'm trying definitely exists in both datasets so I'm a bit stumped. Anyone got any ideas please?