Creating a report with SSRS that iterates over a parameter - reporting-services

I am modifying an existing report which is setup to let you view statistics per sales rep. You do this by changing the parameter sales rep in the report view.
I need to modify the report so that it can display a page for each sales rep. This will then be exported to Excel with each sales rep statistics being displayed in a separate tab.
I have researched this and found people talking about iterating over a report but I don't think that what they are referring too is what I am asking:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlreportingservices/thread/27ffabcc-6286-4fed-a8bf-0e5d78560be3
http://jameskovacs.com/2005/08/04/digging-deep-into-reporting-services/

You can accomplish this several ways, so here is 1 suggestion
Create a new tablix report whose query returns a (unique) set of all sales reps
group by sales rep
there is no detail row, but in the group footer/header add a subreport
the subreport will be the report you already are using and it's parameter will be the sales_rep value from your main report query
set page breaks for the group

The main way I can think of doing it is to pass the parameters into the stored procedure, and in there have logic to UNION together all the possible results you want with a field for grouping the sections.
For example if they had a parameter for "Report Sections" and had selected "1, 2, 3", then you pass the parameter to the stored procedure; inside it uses a SplitString routine to convert the commas into a table format, and then constructing another temp table to hold the results. Everything is accumulated into there with a SectionNumber field (1, 2, 3, etc), and then the whole lot gets returned. Your group groups on that, with page break set, and that's it.

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Dynamic graphs at ssrs

I need to develop report at SSRS include pie chart, that based on dataset (the dataset can change every day)
Can I make "dynamic pie" on report that change the number of graphs according to the dataset I define?
[A particular day can have 2 employees (2 pie graphs) and another day can have 5 or more employees (and therefore need 5 different graphs)]
For example:
This is the report that I need, based on this dataset
Requested report
My_Dataset
Thank!!
Yes, this is a brief overview of the main steps...
You will need two reports.
The first will be a subreport. So build a report that takes one or more parameters, based on your sample data the parameter would be Emp_Name. Build this report that it can handle a single employee only. The dataset might be something like SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE Emp_Name = #Emp_Name
Once that is complete, create a second report. Add a dataset that contains just a list of the employees so something like SELECT DISTINCT Emp_name FROM myTable ORDER BY Emp_Name
Add a list or table to this report and set the dataset to the dataset you just created. In the list (or table) right-click inside the cell and "insert => Subreport". Set the subreport to be the first report you created. and the parameter to be the EMp_Name field from your dataset.
When you run the seconds report it will create one row in the list for each employee in the dataset, inside each row it will run your subreport and pass the respective paramater.
That's it really.
Note that this will produce a vertical list but it should get you started. There are plenty of examples of how to arrange horizontally.

SSRS New page per selected Parameter

I have a report which uses 3 datasets and on the report a am using Multiple Tables and Textboxes and expressions. When I run the report I have to select a Parameter which in this example is 'City'.
I want a new page for each City (parameter) , I have read to use page breaks and grouping but I selected a List from the toolbox and put that on top of my report, selected 2 'Cities' and expected it to return 2 pages but it returned 49 pages (majority blank)
I want a separate page per city how can I achieve this?
Thanks
If I understand you correctly (it difficult to be sure if you don't post your current design) then you would be better using subreports.
I'm assuming Cities are in a table in your database and each have a unique ID. If you only have the names then you can use CityName inplace of CityID and it will still work.
Create a new report.
Create new dataset (say dsSelectedCities and the set dataset query to something like ...
SELECT CityID, CityName FROM myCitiesTable WHERE CityID IN (#CityParameter)
This will automatically generate a report parameter called #CityParameter. Set the available values etc just the way you did in your original report, so if you need to add another dataset for this then do so. In this example I've assumed labels will be CityName and Values will be CityID. Whatever goes into the Values is what will be passed to our subreport.
Now add a table to you report, it only needs to be one column wide and one row long so just remove any other rows and columns just make sure you leave the detail row and not the header.
Set the dataset for the table to be dsSelectedCities
Make this remaining cell with wide enough to accommodate your subreport (which will be the report you originally wrote).
In the cell, insert a subreport
Set the subreport properties to point to your original report and set the parameter to the CityID field.
This table will act as a loop, for each record found in dsSelectedCities it will give us one row. As each row will have a single CityID we are passing that to the subreport, the subreport in turn just shows one City.
Set the page break option on the details group to break between instances.
You will probably have to modify your original report to accept a single CityID, it depends on how it was designed but hopefully this should get you going.
If this is unclear then post your current report design including all the details about parameters and I'll update the answer.

SSRS 2008 R2 Subreport Displays Only on First Page

Long time browser of this site, but first time poster. Normally I'm able to find the answer I need by searching, but in this case I haven't been able to, and it's driving me nuts!
I'm using BIDS / SSRS 2008 R2 to create a membership renewal form which my business will mail out to our customers. The form contains customer information, including membership dues / subscription info and other billing details.
In order to accomplish this,
I have built three RDLs:
Main report (this is one the users run). Contains base data set
(let's call it Proc 1), which requires an expiration date only, to
pull a list of member IDs and corresponding physical information
(address, phone, membership type, etc.) Contains the first subreport,
in a list, grouped by member ID.
One subreport for the first page in the main report. Contains a
set of parameters for each field it needs. Rather than execute Proc 1
again, I pass Proc 1's output from the main report to this subreport.
Everything in this subreport is also contained within a list, grouped
by member ID parameter (passed from main report).
Another subreport, nested within the first subreport, which pulls
subscription information. First subreport passes member ID and paid
through date to detail data set in nested subreport (let's call it
Proc 2). Proc 2 requires paid through date from page one subreport,
and ONE member ID, which it gets from its parent report. It displays
this information in a table, not grouped, since it should only be
receiving one ID at a time--- being that its parent subreport. and the
main report. are already grouped. However, I have tried grouping the
table based on member ID, and it didn't make a difference.
I found this approach necessary, because of the fact that I had two write two separate stored procs: one to pull the basic data, and one to pull detailed billing data. It's impossible to combine the two without creating duplicate rows. And of course, it's not possible to have a tablix assigned to a different data set than the list it is contained within. Hence the need for a subreport. I hope that all makes sense.
Anyway, my issue is that the nested subreport only displays data for the first customer. In fact, it doesn't display the nested subreport AT ALL for the rest of the customers. It's as if the nested subreport is only being passed the first member ID, but I don't see how that's possible given the grouping? Note that I am not using any FIRST or aggregate functions in the proc or report expressions. And I can execute each report file just fine individually.
I have tried creating a dummy data set in the nested subreport (ex. SELECT 'Nothing' AS Nothing) and adding it to a text box, thinking that this would force the nested subreport to display, but it STILL doesn't. Thoughts on what I might be doing wrong? Thanks in advance.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/9f8b9c42-90cb-4620-ad91-9754029ed4db/seemingly-random-error-subreport-could-not-be-shown-in-a-report-with-nested-subreports-ssrs?forum=sqlreportingservices
Your nested subreport could be throwing an error that your not seeing.
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The known issue in SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services described in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967749 should be fixed in SQL Server 2008 R2. Generally, the issue occurs because the parameter value is not passed to the subreport correctly or the subreport is not valid due to the specific values passed to the subreport.
I think you should add a detail group then put the subreport in that cell. Make sure the grouping is working correctly and pass the right values to the subreport.

SSRS 2008 R2 - Repeat textbox/table on all pages

I have a report in SSRS which basically contains a table of dates and blank columns for users to print and then manually write data into.
The report has a #FromDate and a #ToDate parameter as well as a #Location parameter.
The #FromDate and #ToDate parameters are used to populate a table with dates and is grouped per week (Mon to Sun) with a few extra columns that are blank for manually writing data. Above this table there is a textbox containing employee name.
What I am trying to do is to get the employee name to change for every page according to the #Location parameter. So if a location has 10 employees I need 10 pages with the different employees names at the top so 1 page per employee. The main table with the dates should repeat but the data will be exact on each page, basically the only thing that will be changing is the employee name at the top of the report.
Currently I have tried creating a table with just a header and adding the employeename field into the header but it only returns the 1st employee within the dataset and only returns 1 page when there should be 26.
What would be the best way to achieve this? It seems simple enough in theory but can't get it to do what I need.
A rough outline:
Create a subreport that shows your calendar. It will take the two date parameters.
Create a parent report.
The dataset in the parent should return a list of Employees for the selected location.
Create a table for that dataset, and put two detail rows in that table. The first will just have Employee name.
Test at this point and see that you just get a list of employees.
Place your subreport in the second detail row, and set the parameters to be handed through.
Change the properties of the detail group to have a page break between instances.
If you let us know what isn't working for you, we can give more specific advice.

SSRS Subreport or other solution

I am working on a report that will show scheduling data. This report will need to show data for any job that has a promised date between a specified date range.
The issue I am running into is how to best display this data, I have a dataset built that has header info (Job #, Description, Due Date etc.) which returns a single line row for each job.
There are then several detail records for each job (Line item descriptions / details, Work center descriptions and details). Each of these could return several rows.
My question is how to group this detail data with each header record. Hoping to have something like this with one record block per job:
-- Header Dataset Job Number , Job Desc, Date Ship By ... etc.
--Line item description dataset
--Work Center dataset
Next record.....
Thanks in advance for any help.
Brian
If each of the records in your dataset have a field that they can be grouped by then this is actually pretty easy. You need to use the grouping feature of the table in SSRS. It's easiest to create a view that contains all the rows (both headers and details) logically and pass it to SSRS as one dataset.
Here is a recent walkthrough from Microsoft. You can change the version number to match your specific version since you didn't specify in the question. Group header fields can be formatted distintly to make them standout etc.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd255263.aspx
If a field that you can group by isn't contained in the dataset in the report, i.e. it's a foreign relationship or something and you can't put them into a single view then you'll need to look into sub-reports. Based on the information provided however a simple row or column group should work just fine.