ssrs dril through to another report from matrix collapsed mode - reporting-services

I created a matrix report table with the option to drill down in that matrix with the + sign in both columns and rows.
The user can also click on any text-box in the matrix and it actions to a different report with parameters to view details.
Both tables are 1 report and 1 matrix table in different settings of hide/show groups.
In the right table I sent the number marked red is an example for drill through with parameters sales+mary, and aria1+product 2.
On the left, the drill through always sends with sales-david as parameter because he was first.
How can I drill-through with a parameter that represents the entire group of sales?

You should be able to use InScope("SalesPerson") or simialr to test the scope of the cell you click on. If it's inscope of the detail column group you can pass the actual SalesPerson to the drill down report, if not then pass some arbitrary value (say -1) and have you sub-report ignore SalesPerson if the parameter is -1
InScope("SalesPerson") will return true if the group is expanded or false if it's not.
You can read about InScope here
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms156490(v=sql.100).aspx

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List report, filter by letter

I am building a summary report which looks at users that are marked in a database as having a common trait i.e return all users by name in the last 5 years whose contract contains an end date.
This generates a figure e.g. [250]
I drill through on that figure to give a list report of names, first name and surname.
I have ordered the list A-Z
I would like to add a row of 26 letters at the top of the report and have each letter return only the names with the corresponding starting letter.
Would this need to be a further drill through or is it possible to refresh the existing list based on a user-driven selection?
Just add a custom parameter to your report. Right click on Parameters and Add Parameter.
(and so on...). Default value should be All then.
Then simply add the following filter to your tablix:
'Expression:
=Switch(Parameters!YourParameterName.Value = "All", True, Parameters!YourParameterName = Left(Fields!YourNameField.Value, 1), True)
If you are just using SSRS as it comes, then you can't refresh report content without running the report again, so you would either
re-organise your current report.
need another drill through report.
Depending on your layout you could group the data by the first letter and then have an collapsible row group to show/hide that group of names. To do this simply add a parent row group, set the value, group value and sort value all to =LEFT(Fields!myNameField.Value). Next set the visibility of the details row group to hidden and set the toggle visibility property to point to the cell that contains the letter from the parent group you just created.
If you have too much data to make this efficient the you might have to go down the additional subreport route.
To make life a bit easier, and to save you having to create 26 links and parameter values, I would do the following...
Create a table that stores the list of letters
Add a matrix to your report, that has a column group grouped on the letter value from this table. This will act as your 'filter bar'
Set action on the matrix cell to "go to report", point to the final drill thru report and pass the [myLetterColumn] value as the parameter.
There's no need to set available parameters assuming this sub-report will be hidden and only called from the parent report.

SSRS report pass multiple VALUES to drill through report parameter

I created a report with 5 fields in a hierarchical order:
Order Date
Time of Day (AM/PM)
Parent Name (aka customer)
Product Line
BIC Part Number (aka Item)
Each field expands down to the next level, so order date expands to time of day, etc.
I want to create a drill through report so that the user can click on each level of the hierarchy and see the detail.
This works fine at the lowest level - Item - because only 1 values from each field has to be passed to the drill through report parameter. However, when I try, for example, to drill through based on Product Line, there will usually be 3 or 4 Items within this product line. In the Go To action, I have the drill through parameter "bic_part" set to the main report FIELD value "BIC Part Number".
I have the tablix on the drill through report set where "BIC Part Number" IN [#bic_part].
I just want to be clear, I am passing a set of report field values to the drill through report parameter, not parameter to parameter.
I have tried using expressions with =Split(Join(field value),","),",") and all variations on that. I can't seem to get the child report filters to accept multiple values from the BIC Part Number field from the parent report.
I also tried omitting the BIC Part Number value in the go to report section, but it would not let me.
All of the parameters in the child report are set to accept multiple values. My data source for both reports is the same stored proc, so I can add a query filter. I would appreciate any help.
I think each sub report link needs to be slightly different.
In the subreport, each parameter needs to accept null and your query needs to look for
(FieldName = #FieldNameParameter or #FieldNameParameter is null)
This will allow you to pass the lowest possible solid value, then null for all child values.
If we're looking at the Parent_Number level, on that subreport link you would pass Fields!Parent_Number.Value and then Nothing for each of the lower parameters (Product_Line, BIC_Part_Number).
This will allow you to filter on the lower common denominator in your sub report - Part_Number for this link, Product_Line for the next one down, etc.
I've used this logic in reports before, so it does work. Let me know if my explanation needs clarification - it's Friday afternoon..

SSRS 2012 Parameter settings

I am creating a report with columns say A,B,C,D,E. I am setting up a drill down on the column A that fetches one more report with Columns
G,H,I,J. The values for the columns G,H,I are from taken the columns A B C. For the column J,I need to pass a parameter explicitly(not from the source report). I set that parameter in
the properties section -> Available Values and mentioned the values. I ran the main report and get the following error
The Parameter J is a missing value
I am pretty much new to the SSRS projects and would be great if I could any assistance on this
It sounds like you are putting parameter J in the wrong place. It doesn't go in the Parameters collection for the main report but in the parameters that are passed to the sub-report.
Right-click the cell with the drill-down and select Text Box Properties.... Choose Action from the left-hand menu and it will show the drill-down report. Under this it says Use these parameters to run the report:
Add the parameters of the sub-report and the values you are passing. You can use an expression to provide the value for parameter J.

In SSRS is there a way to make a Row Group expand based on parameter value?

I've got a table with 5 columns, the first 3 of which allow the user to drill down through the levels of detail. Each of these columns (Region, Country & Office) has an associated Parameter so the user can select the geographic region for their report. Each parameter allows the selection of multiple values.
If the user selects 1 Region, 1 Country and 1 Office it's not exactly ideal for them to then have to expand each selection. Is there an expression I can enter somewhere to state that if only 1 value is entered in a parameter then that data set will automatically show as expanded?
This is in SSRS 2008 R2 if that makes any difference.
In the Group Properties for the detail group you can enter an expression for the initial visibility. Right now you probably have that set to "Hide." The expression needs to return a Boolean and could be something like:
=Parameters!Country.Count <> 1
This will have SSRS hide those rows if more (or less) than one value are selected in the parameter Country
But I have seen some unexpected results with this: test thoroughly. In my experience, BIDS handles these better than SSRS itself, so just when you think you've got it all working, it fails miserably once deployed. (Reason number 14 to have a test folder on production SSRS.)

SSRS Using “Jump to Report” expression for Drill through to ignore subtotal in matrix

I have a drill through link on the value cell of a matrix to show a detailed report. However when I run the report, users are able to drill through using the sub total of this value. How do I disable the click through navigation for the subtotal only.
Using the “Jump to report” expression (on the Navigation tab, in properties of the cell), return False when in the subtotal.
For example assume one row group and one column group called matrix1_Row1 and matrix1_Col1 respectively and “ReportName” is the name of the report we want to drill to.
Use the inscope function to check that you are not in a subtotal. i.e if both Row1 and Col1 are inscope then this cant be a subtotal.
=iif(inscope("matrix1_Row1") AND inscope("matrix1_Col1"),"ReportName",false)