declare @name varchar(10) = 'Server';

SELECT TOP (LEN(@name)) SUBSTRING(@name, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)), 1)
FROM sys.all_objects;

This will do the job, but the question is, do you...

Figuring I might as well post the @@VERSION value for the server I'm working on:

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (SP2-CU7) (KB4032541) - 12.0.5556.0 (X64)
    Aug 17 2017 12:07:38...

Interesting.   What exact T-SQL is producing this result?   I just tried select on sysdatetime(), and never repeated the last 3 or 4 digits, and then I tried converting it to...

Please note that your existing query was actually counting SEPTEMBER as well as you went back 2 months from the 1st of October, which is August 1st, and then spanned...

Try this out:SELECT '1) Total non-employees terminated' AS [DESCRIPTION],
    SUM(CASE MONTH(update_on) WHEN 8 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS AUGUST,
    SUM(CASE MONTH(update_on) WHEN 9 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS...

I'm pretty sure that's not possible, at least within SSRS anyway.   The only way you could achieve that I can think of, would be via a web page with a...

Excellent demonstration of the FACTS, Jeff !!!   It's a shame more people don't have some basic math education on this stuff.