Hi vail,
For this goto your report designer surface, you need to select the data row that contains your data.
When you look at the Properties for that data row, you will see a property BackgroundColor. Open the dropdown, and you'll see all the colors, but also a menu item at the bottom called Expression.
When you select that item, a dialog box will open that allows you to insert an expression to determine the background color for that row. That's where you need to put that expression that you have like the below expression.
= IIF(Fields!TransactionType.Value = "C", "LightGreen", "Plum")
Refer the below screenshot how to do this.
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