I have a number of reports that will need to contain up to 40 different flags, we currently translate the flags to a small icons on our web pages. These flags are growing, the more that we use them. It has proved to be invaluable when quickly identifying/classifying our CMS lists.
In short if a customer is "new" they may have a plus sign next to them, if they are also a hot prospect either a white, gold or black star will also be attached, if they are of a high net worth a dollar sign may appear, etc. It is not uncommon to have a name have 10 different image icons attached to time. Currently the web page translates an SQL function into the images, ie the function returns the names of the images in a delimited format.
I want to be able to use the same functionality in SSRS where a customer row also returns string array of images and we split and render the images in the report on that row in a single cell.
I am seeking a way to do this in SSRS that is SQL driven, and currently the only way I can figure out is via some a sub report that only renders in a cell. I want this as a standard facility but an at a loss of how to do it efficiently.