I have put parameters in my report. I have commented them out in my dataset but I found that when I preview the report, the parameters are still active. How can I deactivate the parameter without deleting them from the parameters section?
Go into the properties of your parameter. There is a Visibility setting there. You can set it to Hidden or Internal. Either of these will make it invisible when you run the report. You will need to specify a Default Value, but the value won't matter since it's not being applied to anything.
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I am creating a SSRS report with default parameters. If all parameters have a valid default value, the report runs automatically when it is first viewed. However, after autorunning in this way, it is not possible to run the report with other values than the default parameter values. Parameter input is simply hidden.
I would like to create a report that always runs with one parameter (eg. "friday"), but after running gives you the option to change that parameter (eg. to "monday") Is this possible?
You have to specify available values in the below window (right click your parameter and properties). The list can be hard coded or retrieved from a dataset.
I have found the answer to this: it turns out that parameter input is not impossible after generating a report with default parameters, the UI element is simply shrunk to a thin line, that can be expanded by clicking on it. I'm afraid the solution is that simple, and I feel silly that I overlooked it (although it is kind of hard to notice).
I will accept GrandRalph's answer as it was the most usefull.
I have a drill down report in ssrs. Trying to pass the value of a parameter from parent report to child. Now in child report i already have a set of available values for that parameter. What i am trying to achieve is, when the child report loads the default value should be the one I am passing from the parent report and the report data should get loaded based on that and after the initial load the user can select form the drop down and refresh the report. For me the problem is when the child report is getting loaded its not taking the value of the parameter passed from the parent report.
Kindly help. Thanks.
I've set up a dummy report that does what you asked for and found that SSRS will just not work - not give an error at all - if you don't have it exactly right.
Here are the steps I followed to make it work.
Create the parameter on the parent report and ensure it is set and that you are setting it either at run time or via default.
Ensure that the parameter you want to SET exists in the child report and has NO default value (this may not be necessary, but will help with debugging if it goes wrong)
Make sure the child report parameter has the the available values for your drop down set and that the one you are passing is there
Set up the drill through using the action section of the properties and Go to report
Specify the drill through report
Choose the parameter from the Name drop down (the available parameters in the child report WILL be there) and set the Value to [#ParameterName]
Test
If you don't want a parameter on the parent report and just want to hard code the value you can skip step 1 and change step 6 to just use the value.
you need to set the default specific value to the parameter so it will not show you "Select Value" in dropdown list.
Once you send parameter from Parent report it will set the value.
There is a SSRS report, with one parameter, I only know its label not the values. So how can I get the report by URL? I know how to render a report with all the parameters set by defaults to Excel. But this report has the parameter not set to default, so I have to manually select a value then run in report manager. And important thing is I don't know the available values for this parameter as I have only browser permission. So can't download rdl, can see the parameters etc as you can imagine. The url method seems only allow you to pass parameter value not parameter label. So is there anyway?
No, there is no way to do that. You must use the parameter value in the URL, you cannot use the label (unless value and label happen to be the same).
If you don't have access to the report definition then you will need to find someone who does, who can then find where the parameter values are defined and tell you what they are.
Looking everywhere on Google and cannot find the answer.
Is there an SSRS expression to grey out a parameter. So by default it is visible and can be selected. I want to to be grayed out and not selectable until a prior parameter is selected. I'd like to do this with an expression instead of cascading parameters. This is a special case. There must be something I can do in an if statement to make the parameter grayed out if the other parameter does not have a value selected. Please help.
You dont have to give always a value to the parameters from the form in the preview or by using parameters in cascading but maybe a default value from behind. It would depends on your code and what do you need to return for the dataset. I suppose that the dataset has fixed columns. Do you use sql inline or a store procedure? can you give an example of your code?
I have a big bunch of cascading parameters in my rdl report with default value 'All' everywhere. But all children go blank after user changes some parent parameter, and then he has to choose 'All' value from drop-down list for each of child parameters manually. This is pretty annoying staff. How can I force report to fix default 'All' value for child parameters, despite of any changes to parent parameter?
I've found decision for my child parameter go-blank problem. In the Report Parameters dialog just print to the 'non-queried' field default value in quotes. For example, in case of olap data source: print
="[Calendar].[Quarter].&[All]"
instead of:
[Calendar].[Quarter].&[All]
After this Quarter child cascading parameter will not lose it's default value 'All' when user chooses another Year. Nuts!
There is nothing you can do by keeping the default value to "All". That is for only the first time the report is rendered. Once you change the parent parameter, the child value is refreshed and then it starts looking towards "Available values" set.
So, whatever values are coming from the dataset which is the source of Available Values, will be considered to populate the child parameter then. So only way you can still have an "All" still, is to modify the dataset. We could probably help you further if you could share the MDX queries for the parameters, or even you could give it as shot.