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Keep-visible header rows/columns become transparent


I had a search for this but couldn't find anything. I set the Tablix "Row headers - keep header visible while scrolling" property. This works fine. Just a couple of days ago, though the report starts making these header cells transparent, so that you can see the data rows through them. (Image attached shows same effect but with column headers).

Header row and data row both shown

As far as I know I didn't change anything in the report.

This happens in Visual Studio, and when the report is deployed to SSRS - both when viewed in Chrome and in IE.

Anyone got any idea what's going on?

Versions:

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015 Version 14.0.25431.01 Update 3 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.6.01586 SQL Server Data Tools 14.0.61021.0 Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools

SQL 2014 Reporting Services


Solution

  • By default, the background for a cell is transparent. To prevent overlapping text from showing through the row headers, set the background color for the overlapping rows to a solid color such as White.