I hope this is not a stupid question, but I have searched everywhere and have tried everything.
I have a dashboard and would like to group the tablix (The dashboard is inside the tablix) by one of the Parameters (Consultant). There are a few Data sets(queries) in the report and all of the Parameters are filtered with IN in the where clause.
The problem I have is that when I go to the row group properties and select the Parameter in the expression, then it automatically adds a (0) at the end. If I take the (0) away then I get the error message:
the group expression used in grouping 'Group1' returned a data type
that is not valid
I know the (0) is for getting the first value, but I am using Multi-valued Parameters.
I have tried one thing I found, but unfortunately it didn't work for me (SSRS Group By Parameter).
Edited:
This is to show you that there are multiple Data Sets(Queries) in this report
I have the dashboard in a tablix so that I can group for each Consultant, so when I choose 3 Consultant, I get 3 dashboards.
Expression used:
Then I get this error:
I have also tried using the CStr, but also no luck.
When I add the Parameter in any expression box it automatically put the (0) as below:
But then it doesn't use the parameter as I get an #Error where is should be the Consultant name.
I also used this option for page break but end up with graphs below each other:
This is what happens to the Charts(Sub Reports)
To give you an idea how the dashboard should look for each Consultant.
Regarding the other question I saw. I just tried exactly as they said but also no luck
I hope this isn't too much information. Just trying to help you help me.
Thank you!
UPDATE:
Parameter Properties:
Have you tried using the list tool to separate the sub reports by Consultant? A list acts like a container and will create whatever is inside for your grouping. You should also be able to apply a parameter to the list for filtering.
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I am using stored procedure in mssql as backend, vb.net as frontend (just info).
There are a lot of records in the database and I am printing in crystal reports.
Now I want to filter the records from crystal report and not by adding a new parameter to procedure or changing database structure or else.
For now,Say there are columns : Name , Amount.
I want to put filter in amount like only display records whose amount above 100 or something. So other records with less than 100 should not be displayed.
This filter will be passed by the user so it'll be random.
I can't find a proper answer on internet. Might be a duplicate question, if so please post the link of the question if it is duplicated.!
Thanx anyways...!
In general the idea is to:
Create the parameter (user choose what will be the input/value) - link
Set filters, what values should be displayed in regards to parameter - link
On right side there is a DataExplorer window, where You need to add a Parameter (define his name, what question will be shown to user and what type the param will be / what values can be set inside).
Once done, You can jump to Data tab of a report, click Interactive Filter and specify which column must fit what condition with what value = Parameter (that one user will enter in Report).
Example: I will create AmountParam, with message "What should be the minimum amount?". Type will be set to Integer. Going to Report->Data->Interactive Filter, choose Amount as a Column, AmountParam as a Parameter and set condition Greater then (>).
I have a SSRS report which have N number of Columns. I need to hide Certain columns based on a parameter "jobcode" . I have tried below expression in Column Visibility Pane,
=iif(Parameters!JobCode.Value=1,"False","True")
While Executing the report I got below Error,
"The Hidden Expression used in the tablix 'Tablix1' returned a
datatype that is not valid"
I have tried like below,
=iif(Parameters!JobCode.Value=1,0,1)
But, got the same error. Can Anyone help me to find out answers for below queries
How to achieve the above requirement in ssrs?
If I need hide column based on multiple parameter values, say 0 and 1, How to do it?
Thanks for the help.
If JobCode = 0 , Show
=IIF(CInt(Fields!JobCode.Value) = 0,true,false)
Try this.
Follow these steps:
Right click in your column>Column Visibility>Show or hide based on an expression
Expression, use that:
=Parameters!parameter_name.Value<>1
I have a report with a multi-valued parameter on it. I'm looking to output the selected values which is accomplished with Join(Parameters!State.Label,",")
Every solution I've found on the web indicates I should use something like the following to detect when the (Select All) "value" is selected.
E.g. expression for the text box on the header should be:
="State: " & IIF(countrows("prc_prompt_state").Equals(Parameters!State.Count),"(All)",join(Parameters!State.Label,","))
CountRows() tells me the total number of parameters available, e.g. 8 states in Australia. Parameters!State.Count is supposed to tell me how many are actually selected by the user. However this always reports the full value (8 in this case) regardless of how many are selected. This is in agreement with the official docs (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa337293(v=sql.100).aspx), but NOT in agreement with every single search result I come up with on how to solve this problem.
So how can I rewrite this expression so I can find out when (Select All) is/isn't checked? I'm using report builder 3, which I believe is based on the 2008 edition - we deploy to Azure, but I haven't got that far yet.
Examples of questions whose answers seem to be wrong:
Displaying Multi-Value Parameters
SSRS: Can I know if user selected "ALL" in multivalued param?
This is old, but google found it for me, and then I figured out an answer on my own that worked. (I was using a list of users.)
I created a separate dataset that returns a count of all available options in the default parameter lookup (username). Then, I assigned that as a default value to an internal parameter. (UserCount) This worked as a text expression:
=Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.IIF(Parameters!username.Count = Parameters!UserCount.Value, "All Selected", Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.JOIN(Parameters!username.Value, ", "))
I have a data set with the following fields:
Serialnumber, Dateofpayment, Paymentamount, Sourcecode and Campaign.
My data has only two campaign types, BS12 and BS13.
I'm trying to plot a running total of the payment amount by Campaign. In the chart I have the following expression for the Y value:
=RunningValue(Fields!PAYMENTAMOUNT.Value, SUM, "Campaign")
However, I keep getting the error:
The Y expression for the chart 'Chart1' has a scope parameter that is not valid for RunningValue, RowNumber of Previous. The scope parameter must be set to a string constant that is equal to the name of a containing group within the Tablix 'Chart1'.
I've looked up multiple sources and I feel like I am doing the right thing, Campaign is clearly a field in my tablix and I have entered it as a string. Why is the error occurring? - Can someone help me?
It's complaining about the scope parameter: "Campaign". Rather than pass the column name to the function, you need to define a group (if there is not one already) on that column in your chart and pass the name of the group instead. An example here.
I'm working on a report in Reporting Services and I can't figure out why I'm having trouble with Non-queried report parameters.
I'm trying to get the current year and have tried:
=YEAR(TODAY())
=DATEPART("yyyy",TODAY())
I have also tried TODAY instead of TODAY()
All of these seem to break the Year dropdown on my report. I thought if something was wrong it would just not get the correct default... but nope, it breaks the whole field.
Any thoughts? articles?
UPDATE:
Wait, wait, wait... the weirdest thing. The Year parameter is the second parameter of this report. And its grayed out (with no value) UNTIL I select the first parameter (im my case "category"). Am I somehow telling the Year param to do this? or does SSRS 2005 process the params in order? I don't think I ever noticed this before.
UPDATE 2:
Please see all comments
=DateTime.Today.Year
should work as well.
Edit: Bruno - i have the same behavior as you are seeing. I created a sample report with a string first parameter with no default value, and a string 2nd parameter with a default of =DateTime.Today.Year. When I have the one with the default as the 2nd parameter in the order, it shows up empty and disabled.
I was able to fix this problem 2 ways: first by adding a default of =String.Empty to my first parameter, and the second way was to just change the order of the parameters.
Not sure if this behavior is by design or a bug - but like you said, I hadn't noticed it either until today when you pointed it out in your question.
Try:
=Year(Now)
I'm not sure if this is what you need, but it worked for me. I used it to form a date string so I used =Year(Now).ToString().
SSRS does process the report parameters in order - order can be important if you have dependencies between your parameters.
From MSDN: "Parameter order is
important when you have cascading
parameters, or when you want to show
users the default value for one
parameter before they choose values
for other parameters."
So, it will always wait until you have a default value for your first parameter or you enter the first parameter's value, before it processes the next one, and so on.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc281392.aspx
I found the by making sure that ALL of my parameters had at least some default value, then you will not experience they greyed out datetime picker. So, every parameter before your datetime paremeter in order needs to have a (default) value or it will not work.
Def due to order of evaluation of parameters.
Simple workaround ; in the parameters tab you can change the order of the parameters - this will move the date pickers to the top of the list and are then enabled straight away, on my server at least.
Someone raised the issue of basing a date filter on a queried default value - if you do this, you will notice a very annoying knock-on effect of getting screen refresh any time the dates get changed, before you have a chance to requery the reports.