Passing Parameters from Main Report to Sub Report - reporting-services

Here is an example of what my tablix/matrix looks like and some examples of what should happen. I have the parameters in the second report setup to accept values and in the main report I have just selected the field it should pass. Since it’s a matrix and grouped, I would think if you clicked a sub total row it would know what values relate to that row.
Following examples,which define what should happen:
1.When i click on cell B3(USA) it will pass Locations name i.e USA and Customer name i.e ABC as a parameter to sub report.
2).When i click on cell B5 i.e Sub total, it will send both locations i.e. USA,Dubai and customer name i.e.abc as a parameter to Sub Report.
3).When i click on cell B10 i.e Grand Total, it will send all Customer names with there respective locations as a parameters to the sub report.
Thank You

This is how I would do it. For the Subtotal link, pass "ALL" for the Location Parameter and =Fields!.Customer.Value for the Customer Parameter. For the Grand Total link, pass "ALL" for both Parameters. Then update your Sub-Report Query Where clause:
Where
(Customer = #Customer or #Customer = 'ALL')
and (Location = #Location or #Location = 'ALL')
This will return all Customer/Location records when the respective Parameters are set to 'ALL'.
Let me know if you need any more detail.

I don't think you can achieve exactly what you want for your examples 2 and 3 using SSRS alone.
I would derive new columns in the Dataset to hold the concatenated parameter strings you want to pass. For your example 2, this column might be called Customer_Locations and hold a value of "USA|Dubai". I would pass that value to a multi-valued parameter in the sub report, using the SSRS Split function in the Subreport Parameter definition. Its important that the chosen delimiter doesn't appear in the possible Location values.
The same value would repeat in each row of the Dataset, for all the rows for that Customer.
For example 3, I would add 2 further columns e.g. Customer_Locations_Grand_Total = "USA|Dubai" and Customers_Grand_Total = "ABC|CDE". These same values would repeat for all rows.

Related

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.

Populate a parameter dropdown based off another parameter

I am trying to populate a dropdown based off another dropdown parameter. I have 5 parameters, but the first 3 populate the 4th in the report. So the 4th and 5th parameter are what the user uses to populate a report. So the 4th parameter (meetings) has a meetings dataset and the 5th parameter is meetingType with a dataset of meetingType. So when the user selects a meeting, then the meetingType gets populated by that selection. Currently both dropdowns produce all results, which I don't want. I just want all results for meetings and then the meetingType gets populated by meeting.
The table it produces once the report is ran doesn't use those properties and there isn't a place to query anything. I can only use available values from each dataset and not use available values based on the selection of the 4th parameter.
I'm not really clear. do you need a parameter or do you just want to have the meeting type available as a value in your report output?
Fairly straightforward. You have two datasets, one for each parameter. You need to filter the second dataset based on the first parameter.
For example, I often create reports that ask for a range of values, let's say programs. Once the user has entered the beginning value, the ending value must be greater than or equal to the beginning value. So, on the ending value dataset I create a filter. In this case, the filter says that the field code (which is my program) must be between the starting parameter and the maximum value allowed:
You can make your filter as complex as needed - referring to the other parameter with a formula
You can also do this via separate datasets for each parameter.
Lets say you have two parameters #param1 and #param2
you want the values on #param2 to change based on #param1 selection.
You will have your main dataset (main_dataset) with a where clause something like this
where sometable.somecolumn = #param1
and sometable.someothercolumn = #param2
Now you create a dataset (param1_dataset) for #param1 which brings back all the values you require for this parameter
Now create another dataset (param2_dataset) form #param2 and add a where clause to it which restricts the returned list.. something like this..
where sometable.somecolumn = #param1
Now on your report parameters.. set the Available Values for each parameter (report parameter properties) to "Get Values from a query" and select the appropriate dataset and the value field and label field (returned by the dataset) for each parameter.
Now when you run your report, your parameter selection 2 should change based on what you selected for parameter selection 1

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..

Show all records/some records based on parameter value

I have stored procedure which returns around 100 rows. One column is Category.
In SSRS, I've created DataSet related to that stored procedure. On Report body I have Tablix, which I relate to DataSet.
Now, I have additional parameter, called FilterColumn, which consist all different categories from dataset, plus one row called "All products".
How to filter tablix based on that parameter to show me whether products from specific categories or all products?
You need to set up a filter similar to the following:
Where the expression is:
=IIf(Parameters!FilterColumn.Value = Fields!Category.Value
or Parameters!FilterColumn.Value = "All products"
, "Include"
, "Exclude")
This matches the row Category based on the parameter value, or, if the value = All products, will include all rows.
As mentioned in the comments and the other answer, this is possible in the SP too, but since it seems to be specifically to demonstrate the functionality this should do the trick at the report level.
I have created some solution and worked for me:
In Expression field, I put first expression:
1. Iif(Parameters!FilterColumn.Value = "All", 1, Fields!Category.Value)
In Value field, I put second expression:
2. Iif(Parameters!FilterColumn.Value = "All", 1, Parameters!FilterColumn.Value)
So, when I choose "All" value in parameter, then first expression will result 1, and second expression will result 1, and i have 1 = 1 which is true for all rows, and I got all rows in table.
When I choose specific category from parameter, then in first expression result will be Fields!Category.Value and in second expression will be Parameters!FilterColumn.Value. Simple, I got Fields!Category.Value = Parameters!FilterColumn.Value, or just give me rows where category is that choosen in parameter.
Pass the Additional Parameter to your store procedure, so you send data that is already sorted to your report. This will avoid multiple Tablix created depending on your parameter selection.

SSRS - Toggle subreports by parameter value

Requirements are as follows:
Grouping hierarchies should be swappable, for example Country > City > Department and Country > Department > City can be selected by the end user.
For the end user, there should be only one report.
The hierarchy that the user wants can be selected in a parameter value.
The data for the report should only be loaded once, since the query contains cpu intensive calculations.
I'm trying to do this by adding subreports for each hierarchy. Since hidden subreports are automatically loaded, I cannot toggle visibility of multiple subreports, or the data will be loaded twice. The ReportName property of the Subreport does not allow expressions. Can I use custom code to solve this, or what is a viable solution?
There are quite a few ways to do this.
If your dataset is embedded in your report, then I think the simplest way is:
Add your parameter, let's call it GroupingOrder, and hardcode your options: say set the Value to 1 for label of Country > City > Department and value of 2 for Country > Department > City
Add two calculated fields to your dataset within SSRS. (Right click on the dataset name and select "Add Calculated Field...". Name one "MiddleGroupName" and the other "InnerGroupName." Set the Field Source to formulas such as this for MiddleGroupName:
=IIF(Parameters!GroupingOrder.Value = 1, Fields!City.Value, Fields!Department.Value)
Use these calculated fields as normal groups in your report.
For bonus points, set the column titles based on your parameter: the column title for the middle group could be:
=IIF(Parameters!GroupingOrder.Value = 1, "City", "Department")
Another method could involve moving these calculations into the Grouping logic itself.
But I would steer clear of subreports in this case. They tend to hurt performance and create debugging difficulty.