title: SQL Server Report Services (SSRS), Access The properties of a Tablix from its Expresssion Builder
body: <p>While Using SQL Server Report Services (SSRS), I wanted to access the properties of a Tablix from its Expresssion Builder.  My Issue, Three are Three Tablix on the Page. I want to dynamically change the visibility of each tablix based of a parameter I pass to the report. e.g. I am passing the Parameter @ShowTablix with the value "Tablix1"
  I expect Tablix1 to be visible while Tablix2 &amp; Tablix3 are invisible.</p>
  
  <p>Now i know a way how to do this.
  In The Visibility.Hidden Property for the<br>
  Tablix I am setting the expression </p>
  
  <p>=(Parameters!ShowTablix.Value&lt;>"Tablix1")</p>
  
  <p>I have to do this for each tablix so it becomes
  for  Tablix2</p>
  
  <p>=(Parameters!ShowTablix.Value&lt;>"Tablix2")</p>
  
  <p>and for Tablix3</p>
  
  <p>=(Parameters!ShowTablix.Value&lt;>"Tablix2")</p>
  
  <p><strong>But I want to use something like this</strong> </p>
  
  <p>=(Parameters!ShowTablix.Value&lt;>Me.Name)</p>
  
  <p>i.e. a generic expression i can apply to all my tablixes <strong>as is</strong> .
  any ideas?</p>
  
  <p>by the way <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd255285.aspx" rel="nofollow">ReportItems</a>...=ReportItems("Textbox1").Value is only useful for <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd255285.aspx" rel="nofollow">textboxes</a></p>