I have a report with a set of input values for a parameter.I have used a drop down for showing the list of input which are basically an id field and a name field.Now when i select one input from the drop down i get the id field which is passed as input for other quarries.
But my problem is that i further need the name field of the selected item in the report body.
Is there any way to do this other that creating a separate dataset and passing the is to that.
Any help will be appreciated.
You can add a parameter value to any part of a report that will accept an Expression field (such as a Textbox, Tablix cell, etc) by editing the expression to be:
=Parameters!ParameterName.Value
- or by selecting the appropriate parameter from the Item pane of the Expression dialog.
You can display the name field (instead of the parameter ID value) by changing Value to Label - like so:
=Parameters!ParameterName.Label
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I am using following query in combo box for display data from table based on form text box field as parameter but combo box is not displaying data. Please note that itemid field in main item table is string.
SELECT [Item].[ID], [Item].[ItemCode], [Item].[ItemName], [Item].[Price_USD],
[Item].[Price_GBP], [Item].[Price_THB], [Item].[Price_AED], [Item].[Price_AED_VAT],
[Item].[Price_SAR], [Item].[Price_SAR_WHT], [Item].[Hogan_Cost_USD]
FROM Item WHERE [ItemCode]='Forms!Order_Detail subform!itemid';
If this is a query object, then must reference subform through parent form and subform container control. I always name container different from the object it holds, such as ctrDetails
WHERE [ItemCode]=Forms!parentformname!ctrDetails.Form!itemid;
If this SQL statement is directly in combobox RowSource and combobox is on subform along with the textbox, just reference textbox directly. I always name controls different from fields, such as tbxIC:
WHERE [ItemCode]=[tbxIC]
Are you pulling in every field from Item table? If so, could shorten the SQL with wildcard:
SELECT * FROM Item WHERE [ItemCode]=[tbxIC];
I have a report that has three params. one is dropdown. It created automatically when i supplied
name and value, Then If we select multivalue, it shows multivalue dropdownlist.
But I am not able to create a textbox. That will act as a parameter to be supplied in report.
for that I have created a parameter, set it to allow null and datatype = "text" .
parameter visibility is also visible but as a result I can see a textbox which is a disbled one.
How can this textbox be made to work?
While in the Report Parameter Properties for the text field in question, chose Allow blank value (rather than Allow null value). In the Default Values section of the properties dialog, choose Specify values, Add a blank default value.
Now you will have a working text field that the end user can type into, and you can use that value for searches in your query.
Hope this helps
To allow user to enter the parameter value manually:
Right click on the parameter and select Parameter Properties
On the Available Values tab, select None
Click OK
Now users can manually type in the parameter value.
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I have an SSRS report . I use a parameter as a dropdownlist and I have populated the dropdownlist with a dataset.
The query in the dataset is as follows
select Id, Name from Product;
I use Id for the Value and Name for the Label in the dropdownlist.
I also have a text box on the report. I would like to populate the text box with the label of the dropdownlist.
So as soon as the dropdownlist is changed and view report is pressed , the textbox value needs to be updated to the dropdownlist value. Does anyone know how it can be done ?
To display a parameter value in a textbox in a report, use an expression like:
=Parameters!MyParameter.Label
Where MyParameter is the name of your parameter.
For a multi-valued parameter, use:
=Join(Parameters!MyParameter.Label, ", ")
Here you are using the Join function to turn the array of selected value labels into a string to display.
See Parameters Collection References for some more examples.
Guys...if I want to run a button click event that takes a list box and uses the ID field that is in the listbox in a SQL statement in VB, then is it
me.MyListbox.selected
or
me.MyListbox.value
to get that value? for some reason I have tried both and neither seem to be working. .value returns an empty value, and .selected generates an error stating the argument is not valid.
thanks
justin
If the ID is the bound column and the listbox is not multiselect, you can use just the name of the listbox without any other qualifier. If the ID is not the bound column, then use the column property to get the value : MyListBox.Column(n) where n is the column number starting from zero.
For multiselect listboxes, you need to iterate through the selected items to get a list to use with SQL.
If you are using the query design window or a control on a form or report, you cannot use Me, you must either use the full reference (Forms!Formname!ControlName) or for a control on the same form, just the name of the listbox.
I have two report parameters that were set up automatically when I created their associated datasets. They are ReportID and CompanyID. The user selects a Company Name from a list box and a Report Name from another list box. The standard SELECT ID, Name FROM TableName query was used to fill the respective list boxes. The report parameters work just fine and the report is displayed properly. My problem is this. I would like to place the selected Report Name and the Company Name in the report header (these are the Name values the user selected from the dropdown lists just before hitting the View Report button. I set up two new parameters, ReportName and CompanyName; marked them as hidden and set their default values to the appropriate datasets. The problem is that the header always shows the first name from the list, not the name the user selected. My question is, how do I place the selected information into the header?
I've had no problem doing this with the original set of parameters that are populated from a query.
In my reports I have a "Farm" parameter which is populated by a "SELECT FarmNumber, FarmName FROM Farms" query. The user selects the farm he wants from a ComboBox. I show the selected farm in the header of the report using this expression:
=Parameters!Farm.Label
"Label" is the "display text" (FarmName in this case) for the farm that the user selected.
Doesn't throwing in Parameters!ReportID.Value into a textbox in the header work?
From what it sounds like, you should use whatever the original Parameter is named in the 'ReportID' spot.
With SSRS 2008 R2, I had a header with multiple parameters:
My Export for [#ReportDate] [#AccountId.Label]
If CompanyID is a multi-value parameter, this will work:
=Join(Parameters!CompanyIDs.Label,System.Environment.NewLine)
=Parameters!Farm.value
replace value with Label
=Parameters!Farm.Label