I am having issues with Multi Value Parameter in SSRS Report.
My Parameter contains 10 values. If I Deselect All the values from Parameter I get error that the Parameter cannot be blank so I go back to the drop down and it does not get filled in with the values. I deleted two items from the Parameter and I do not get issues and my list gets populated if I deselect everything.
If i am not wrong, You are saying your parameter drop down gets cleared out once you get the error that "Parameters cannot be blank" ? How about checking "Allow blank" in parameter properties http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa337234(v=SQL.100).aspx ?
Another thing you may like to check is, if there is any non-ascii character in your parameter drop down's available value. Manipulating this parameter values at run time (check/uncheck) could eventually lead to unexpected behaviors like parameters clearing out or report never rendering.
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When a user runs the report, they can select a multi-value parameter. I know I can use Parameters!Value.Label(0), Parameters!Value.Label(1), etc to display the each of the values based on their location within the array, but the number of the values changes based on how many values the user selects.
The report separates each value onto a separate page. I'm looking to (a) have an expression that identifies which value's info is displayed on the page, and (b) an expression that labels the tab as the value when the report is exported to Excel. I expect the same expression would work for both.
I believe I should be using Array.IndexOf(Split(Parameters!Value.Label.ToString(), ","), Parameters!Client.Label), but just get #Error as the output when the report renders. I'm not sure, but it seems like the Array... expression would only identify the location within the array.
Could someone offer some insight into where the syntax is wrong? I'm not sure if the issue is syntax or it's an issue of how to specify which dataset to use in the expression.
Thanks.
This is what you should use
=Join(Parameters!CSR.Label, ", ")
Hi I am using SSRS 2008.
My set up is MainReport with dataset1 and 1 parameter - OrderID. One of the columns in dataset1 is ShippingID.
My other report called - SubReport has 1 multivalue paramter - ShippingID.
I am trying to use ShippingID from Main report as multi-value parameter for Subreport.
I tried different threads here but mostly they are diffrent than my scenario.
How do I go about setting this up, is that even possible?
I have been trying to set it up for whole day but unsuccessfully.
In my scenario one Order can be on multiple shipments.
One of the things I tried is creating new multi-value parameter in MainReport - call it shippingIDs_sub and mapping its default value to dataset1.ShippingID. But when I try to run report I get error "The 'shippingIDs_sub' parameter is missing value" - because my MainReport would sometimes return NULL in ShippingID column.
My scenario is very much similar to this
SSRS passing parameter to subreport
although I sometimes get NULLs in the column used as source for multi-value parameter.
Is there any way to filter out NULLs and run subreport only for existing IDs?
In the Action where you call the sub-report, where you map to shippingIDs_sub, use an expression to pass some valid value whenever the value in your dataset is NULL.
=IIF(IsNothing(Fields!ShippingID.value),"Some Valid Value",Fields!ShippingID.value)
As to this:
Is there any way to filter out NULLs and run subreport only for
existing IDs?
No, you can't turn off the ability to go to a subreport, but you can "hide" it by changing the appearance of whatever your user clicks on so that it doesn't look like it's clickable. For example, in our reports, when something is clickable, we make it underlined in blue. So if I don't want to user to click it, I just make it the same font color/style as all the other text. But it doesn't stop a determined user from clicking on it anyway if they want.
I have a summary SSRS report that I allow the user to drill on. When they click to see details, it take them to a different report and passes the parameters from the first page with it.
My problem is that I have 4 possible parameters, but depending on what count the user clicks on, some parameters have values and some are blank. I do not want the users to have the ability to change the passed parameters. If I mark all of the parameters as 'Hidden' I get an error for the ones without values (The 'day' parameter is missing a value), even though I allow them to be blank or null. I've also tried just passing an empty string or 'Nothing' and I get the same error
Ideally, I'd like them to be hidden, but I'd also be okay with graying them out or disabling them. Passing them in the URL is not an option..
I have a parameter of integer datatype which is hidden. When i run the report, report gives me an error
Parameter X is missing a value
However if i make the parameter visible it works. I tried providing default value of 0 but that does not suffice my requirement as i have sub-report(Drill-dowm) depended on this parameter. Please help. Thanks!
Make sure that you have not specified Available Values for the parameter. Available Values should be "None" for internal and hidden parameters.
First of all,
Check that parameter's - Available Values by going to report parameters properties.
It must not be specified any values. So we should set it as None
Second work around is,
Just add a blank space at Specify values - in Default values inside report parameters properties.
This will surely work. Hope it will save your time.
I had to do an "if exists" statement for this to go away. It worked for me because it makes it always return a value even if that value is not need by my query.
if exists (my select query)
my select query
else
select '2'
// '2' would never be used, but it made ssrs stop giving me
// the stupid error and execute the rest of the query
If you specify available values from query, then default values must be in list of available values. Default value in (Available) = true.
The problem occurs also, if you have a parameter that depends of another one without "default value" inside the Dataset Query and does not admit null value.
For example:
Parameter 1 have a default value: NameEmployee from the dataset "EmployeeSearch"
But the dataset "EmployeeSearch" have a filter or a parameter inside the query named #Month that indicate the number of the month. So if the value of #Month is null, SSRS will say "Parameter is missing a value".
Assuming you had the same issue as I had, trying to run the report on a web page using a ReportViewer component, I managed to fix that issue by adding a null parameter before rendering the report:
C# code:
var parameters = new List<ReportParameter>();
parameters.Add(new ReportParameter("ParameterName", (string)null));
ReportViewer1.ServerReport.SetParameters(parameters);
Hope that will help
Just need to add 1 default value to get around this error (even though that default value will never be used).
-Under "Report Parameter Properties" for that specific parameter, go to the Default Values page.
-Toggle "Specify values"
-Add a value (I added: "just_a_filler_to_get_around_hidden_value_error" so when I look back at it later I remember why I did such a thing)
-click OK
I want to add to dmbreth's CORRECT answer.
I was missing the concept that the value of the parameter still needed to be tied to something. Originally, I was tying the output of a dataset by using the Available values portion of the parameter properties, but according to dmbreth's answer, that could not be the case. Finally I moved my output dependence settings from the Available Values section to the Default Values section and that did the trick.
So, in summary, in the parameter properties dialogue:
General Page - Allow multiple values checked(this option is specific to my application), parameter visibility set to internal
Available Values Page - None
Default Values Page - Get values from query, [appropriate dataset, value here]
Advanced Page - No significance here
Hopefully, that is clear enough to benefit someone else with the same problem...
I had a similar issue where the default value as set by SSRS is (Null), I didn't need the parameter for my report however; I found it useful for testing to filter down the list so I kept it, I guess I could have deleted it in SSRS on the dataset config. but I changed it to =System.DBNull.Value (I guess this could be any expression) instead and that worked for me, so then I can still pass in a value if need be and also set Available values (had to make sure a NULL value was added to my dataset) if I then decide to unhide at a later date.
There is one other potential here. I have had a situation where the report designer works but the server report object does not. The solution is to delete the server object and then re-save it from the designer.
Customer wants me to repeat the parameter values in the page header of the report. But if they just choose "Select All" on a multi-valued parameter, they want the text "Any" listed.
For example, one parameter has a fixed set of 9 values. I hard-coded the expression for a text box to:
="Room Size: " &
iif(Parameters!pRoomCap.Count=9,
"Any",
Join(Parameters!pRoomCap.Value, ", "))
How can I do this if the parameter source is a query of unknown size?
Try this out. You need to compare the total number of parameters in the dataset to the count of selected parameters. The following assumes that your multivalue parameter is using a dataset called "dsRoomSizes"
="Room Size: "
& iif(Parameters!pRoomCap.Count = count(Fields!pRoomCap.Value,"dsRoomSizes"),
"Any",
Join(Parameters!pRoomCap.Value, ", "))
This expression will work in the page header/footer.
UPDATE
In the interests of finding a solution to your problem, the following should work for you. It feels hackish and I encourage you to keep research alternative methods but this will work:
Create a second multivalue parameter and name it something like "pRoomCap_hidden".
The source of the parameter is the exact same query
In the parameter properties, setting the default values to the same query
Important: Set the parameter visibility to hidden
This will create a second multivalue parameter in your report that is exactly the same as your initial multivalue parameter only this parameter list will have all values selected by default.
Enter the following expression in a textbox in your header:
=IIF(Parameters!pRoomCap.Count = Parameters!pRoomCap_hidden.Count,"All",Join(Parameters!ReportParameter1.Value,", "))
The above will compare the selected values in each parameter list. If the lists contain the same selected values then that indicates that "All" have been selected in the first list.
Like I said, it is hackish but it definitely works. Until you are upgraded to 2008, this might not be a bad workaround for you.
Can you compare the count of the parameter to the count of the dataset you pull the parameter values from?
I unioned my dataset for the parameters with one which I created manually with a "select" statement - I was then able to force the value to be something like -1 or null.
Then simply check if the parameter contains -1 or null and replace the value in the header with the replacement text.
BTW- I am now using SSRS 2008 R2 and this solution worked for me. My report uses three datasets; but only one in the tabilx that I needed to hide a row in. After long hours of searching and many, many, many unhelpful for wrong answers; the solution of creating a identical parameter only hidden (I marked it as internal) and then comparing to the exposed one is brilliant and easy.
Thank you very much!