i have a report which has extension of rdl (Microsoft Reporting Services Projects) in visual studio 2017 and this report has a date time parameter
i want to set a default value for this parameter as current date in order not to force a user to choose a value for this parameter
so when i right click the parameter i choose Default Values then Specify Values
then i add the Value =Now()
with no benefit when i preview the report the date time parameter becomes disabled
how to enter a default value as current date without time value
Your only question seems to be:
How to enter a default value as current date without time value?
To do this, rather than using =now() which returns the current date and time, you can use =today() which returns just today's date.
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I have an SSRS report that has a start and end date parameter (set to the date/time type) so that the user can choose the date range. The report sets the Localization Language value based on a parameter that is passed in at run time.
This works great for en-GB but we have a customer in the Seychelles and when the localization is set to en-SC, the date format of the 2 parameters defaults to mm-dd-yyyy, but this is incorrect as the date format should be dd-mm-yyyy. Because of this, the user is unable to set the dates correctly as choosing the 31st January for example gives a 'The value provided for the report parameter 'startdate' is not valid for its type' error.
When I drop down the date picker and pick 31st January, it fills the date in as 31/01/2023 but then displays the error. I have my Windows Region set to "Seychelles" and Regional Format to "English (Seychelles)".
Is there anything I can change to get this to work or is it a bug in SSRS?
I have a report in SSRS that takes a single date as a parameter. What I want is for that report to have a subscription that uses the Saturday of two weeks ahead as the date (i.e., Monday 7/4 would give Saturday 7/16). How can I do this in the subscription? Looks like I can't do a formula in the parameter.
You have to set the default parameter value in the report, not in the subscription. An expression to use in the default for the date parameter would look something like this. There both add 2 weeks to the current date.
=DataAdd(DateInterval.WeekOfYear, 2, Today)
or
=Today.AddDays(14)
The default values can be set using the Report Parameters Properties dialog in the report designer. Just double-click on the parameter you want to change and the dialog will open.
I have two parameters start date min and Max both are optional parameters. I have the allow null values unchecked as that is the requirement. But by default need to
display 1/1/1900 in the Min date text box
and 1/1/9999 in Max date textbox.
I tried setting this value on my parameters properties using Datetime.MinValue which displays 1/1/0001 in my text box.
But when I run the report I get the error date time needs to be between 1/1/1753 and 12/31/9999
And for max date textbox I tried to use Datetime.Maxvalue and it throws error "MaxDate" is not valid for its type.
Could anyone shed some light on this please?
The answer is simple you cannot set a minimum or maximum value for Parameters in SSRS, yes but you can provide a default value of 01/01/1900 for your datetime parameters.
Go to Report parameter properties and set a default value there.
When the report executes it will show the following:
You have little control over what user selects, hence using a stored procedure to validate the passed values from the end users is another option.
I am looking into a query from one of our users regarding the behaviour of date pickers on their report.
They have asked that when they enter a date in Date Paramater A that this is then duplicated in Date Parameter B.
I can achieve this when the report is first run by given Date Parameter A no default value (so it has to be chosen by the user) and seet Date Parameter B's default value via an expression to "=Parameters!StartDate.Value".
The question though is wether or not I can recreate this when Parameter A is updated. Therefore if they run the report once and then decide they need to choose another date. Can I set Date Parameter B to refresh each time Date Parameter A is changed?
E.G
Report is opened
Date Parameter A is set to 02/12/2013.
Date Parameter B now defaults to 02/12/2013.
Search is performed
A second search is required so, without closing the report the user changes the date in Date Parameter A
Date Parameter A is now set to 05/12/2013
Date Paramater B still says 02/12/2013 - can I somehow make this auto refresh to match Date Parameter A if Date Parameter A changes?
EDIT: Thanks to Kalim for pointing this out but it must also be noted that although I would like Date Parameter B to default to the new value selected by Date Parameter A, dates greater than that selected for Date Parameter A must also be available in case they wish to widen the range of dates.
Hopefully that is clear, but if any further information is required then please let me know.
Thanks in advance for your time and help.
You should be able to set the "Available Values" to the value of the first date parameter.
Select "Available Values" then select the "Specify values" option. Add a value and edit the expression of the value. Set this to the same expression you used in your default value expression.
Hope that makes sense!
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I have a report that has StartDt, and EndDt as parameters. When a user leaves these blank, I default StartDt to yesterday, and EndDt to today. That works fine the the actual parameter send to SQL. But is there a way to update the SSRS Parameter Panel to show the user what dates were defaulted?
I know I could just make the parms required, but I'd rather default the dates like this so users can just put in there account(s) and move on.
Set the default value expressions for each date parameter using the standard date/time functions.
You can set today as:
=Today()
Yesterday as:
=DateAdd(DateInterval.Day, -1, Today())
See How to: Add, Change, or Delete Default Values for a Report Parameter for more details.
Edit after comments
Say you have the following parameters:
StartDt and EndDt are just set up as Date/Time:
Set the Default Values expression for each parameter using the expressions above, i.e. =Today() and =DateAdd(DateInterval.Day, -1, Today()):
Now, when you load the report for the first time the two parameters are already populated with the Default Values:
Users can then just leave the dates as the defaults as they're already set, or change them as necessary.