I want to store the first value obtained by a parameter across reports in one textbox.
The parameter value will change each time and all I want to do is to capture the first initial value and show in report.
I tried storing the parameter value as read only variable and didn't work.
Any suggestions on this is really appreciated.
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I have an issue with SSRS parameters. I have a parameter that is based on a dataset value. This parameter is called UserOffice and correctly returns value GB10. I have a second parameter called IncludePrimary that returns the value of UserOffice (=Parameters!UserOffice.Value):
I then change the value of the IncludePrimary expression to be the first 2 characters of UserOffice (=Left(Parameters!UserOffice.Value, 2)):
I expected the field to show GB. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thanks
Rob
A parameter (your second one) isn't "updated" (the default value isn't re-applied) while the currently selected value(s) is (are) still in the list of available values after other parameters have been changed.
To update the second parameter, you must not only change its Default Value but will need to set its Available Values as well:
Or, of course, you can simply use your expression Left(Parameters!UserOffice.Value, 2) whenever you need it, so you don't need that second parameter at all.
Thanks to everyone who replied. They responses were very helpful. In order to resolve my issue I created a second dataset that calculated the default value (Y or N). I used set Available Values and then used my new dataset to set the default.
It works a treat.
Rob
I have two parameters that give a date From and To.
I have two datasets that have the dates in the same format, but use two different dimensions. They both provide, Calendar Year, Calendar Month and Period.
I am trying to pass the value of the two parameters to two hidden parameters for the second dataset. I am not getting the expected data.
For example, I am passing 2017 and 2018 as From and To, but when this is passed to the hidden parameters, I am getting back the value for previous years as well.
Can someone post how they would pass a parameter value to a hidden parameter as I am clearly doing it wrong.
When setting up the hidden parameters, I am choosing to get default and available values from the visible parameters that appear in the dataset drop down list. Value field is ParameterValue. Label field is ParameterCaptionIndented but I am unsure what this is actually doing.
Following suggestion, have tried this
value will not update when parameters are changed
If both datasets are to use the same parameter values, there is no need to create two sets of parameters and awkwardly try to pass the value from one parameter to another.
If the parameters of your second dataset have different names, no problem, the Dataset Properties window contains a Parameters page that allows you to map the dataset parameters to your existing parameters, so you can re-use the visible parameters created for the first dataset and remove the other 2 parameters that were probably created automatically.
I have one report with columnName called as 'referenceName'. Two rows get displayed on this report with two different values for 'referenceName' column.
When I am click on the first/second value in the 'referenceName' column only first value gets passed to the next drill through report. Why?
Reason for this error was that I was passing the value of the parameter instead of name of the parameter. so, I was passing '#ReferenceName' instead of [ReferenceName].
I have a multi value parameter I get from a query. I pass it to my dataset and it works like a champ. The dataset parameter uses join, i.e., =JOIN(Parameters!CodeList.Value,",").
So far so good. However when I pass this to a subreport, the subreport seems to only "get" the first item in the list instead of the string.
Also, if I put a textbox on my main report that looks at the CodeList parameter, i.e., =Parameters!CodeList.Value(0), I just see the first item. Using JOIN here returns an error.
I clearly don't get something here. Any available illumination?:)
How about this ?
=Parameters!CodeList.Value(0) gives you the first selected parameter value
=Parameters!CodeList.Value(1) gives you the second selected parameter value
so on
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Join(Parameters!CodeList.Value,",")
will give you the all selected value for the parameter seperated by ,
Condition is, parameter should exists lol'z.
Assuming that you want it to behave identically to your dataset in this report (I.E. you want to send a string containing all the values in your parameter separated by a comma), you just need to pass the same thing to the SubReport's parameter:
=JOIN(Parameters!CodeList.Value,",")
If what you actually want is for the Parameter in your SubReport to have the same values as the Parameter in your main report, you need to pass:
=Parameters!CodeList.Value
Note the absence of the (0) at the end. The (0) on the end of it will cause it to pass only the first value in the parameter which isn't what you're after.
I need to build a report that shows data in four grouped levels. The tricky part is: the actual fields to be displayed on those four levels are to be passed into the report as parameters.
My main issue right now is this: how can I tell a textbox on the report to not display the value of the parameter #X, but the value of the field by the name which is specified in parameter #X?
So if I pass in #X = 'Agent', I don't want to show 'Agent' on the report, but really
=Fields!Agent
but how can I do that? It seems to me that those value expressions are all pretty much hardcoded - is there a way to define
=Fields!(#X)
or something like that - show the field which corresponds to the name passed to the report in parameter #X ?
This is probably absolutely silly - but I'm hitting a brickwall right now and can't seem to find a way around it....
It is
=Fields(Parameters!X.Value).Value
as specified here
Edited to be correct: I forgot once you use an = (expression) you have to address the parameter differently.
Is the source data for the report arranged in such a way that you could define a second datasource which looks up the field values for parameters 1-4 and returns them as a single row, to which you could then refer in the report using the first syntax?
=First(Fields!Param1.Value, "Param_Lookups")