I just finished reviewing the November entries in the TechNet Wiki Guru competition and was quite impressed with the submission from Visakh Murukesan who submitted an article titled “Random SSRS Musings 2 : Simulating NOT IN and NOT LIKE Functionality In SSRS Filter Expressions”. I found this to be a well written post with excellent examples. These are both excellent examples of how simple expressions can be used to extend the capabilities of reporting features.
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