I am trying to create a report using two datasets.
The first has a user id which i need to link to the second one to pull the information required. The second dataset query needs the user.id before the query will work Is there anyway i am able to do this.
Thanks
Can you explain your scenario little clear. Are you trying to have a cascaded parameters in SSRS reports? Say, You need to select a Product from the dropdown (Bat, Ball, Nets etc) and depending on the selection another dropdown will be loaded with the relevant data say (For Ball - Basket ball, Volley ball, Foot ball etc)
You will need to create a subreport and from there pass the user id that is returned from the first dataset into the subreports parameter.
If you have not used subreports, here are some articles: (Assuming you are using Crystal Reports)
http://blog.niklasottosson.com/?p=1137
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let me further elaborate on my concern:
I am working on some test reports on BIRT to be familiarized with it and came across an unsettling problem.
I created a data source that connects to a test SQL Server database, a data source that will return building, floor, room, and the number of employees that contain more than one employee, and two String parameters that lets the user choose the building and floor so the report filters by just that one.
The problem happens when I test it with a building and floor that I know are in the result set. For some reason the report filters a blank result, as if the building and floors are not present in the data set result.
I tried filtering by just the building first and then the floor but the same thing happens. If I take out the filter then the report shows up without a problem.
Why does this happen? I am assuming it's the way I input the parameters, but I am not sure.
Can anyone help me? Thanks!
So my problem here is that I have a Part number which lives in two warehouses hence it has two bin locations. If I just use =Fields!PrimBin.Value it only ever returns the first location. I need to display the PrimBin if the location is from a specific warehouse. To get the warehouse I use =Fields!WarehouseCode.value
What I need to do is only show the PrimBin.Value of MAINWHSE and not CELLWHSE
Thanks in advance.
Ok so the database it quite vast. However, for the information required I am using two tables. Part and PimWhse.
Part shares the Product ID to PrimWhse. In PrimWhse each partID has two locations "MAINWHSE", "CELLWHSE "and 1 bin to pick in each warehouse giving to possible locations.
So WarehouseCode.Value will have the information for which warehouse the part is located. and PrimBin.Value will have the warehouse position ID stored in it.
This is all setup via report style within the Epicor system. When I create a query in business activity to look in MAINWHSE it shows the correct information.
However, in the report data builder I'm not able to set this query so I assume SSRS will be able to see of both theses possible values for PrimBin.Value!? If not I guess I need to work out how to add a query to report data builder, which at the moment does no seem possible?
Thanks again.
Report Objective: Performance analysis of players by statistics comparison
Desired Report Layout
Please refer to the layout and read on. The player names need to be added from a list which could be anything like entry text box, multicheck box, dropdown etc. If I select Jake Tyler in this list, the report should refresh and show me the statistics from him. Then when I select Adam Smith, he should show up as the next entry below Jake with his respective stats.
I know how to pass individual players as parameters in the query using Pentaho parameters and tagging them in the condition using SQL as:
'where PlayerName = ${playername}'
But I need to know how to pass multiple player names in a similar fashion to generate this report using multivalue String parameters.
Can you please please guide me on how to do this? I have heard things like x-actions which could work but I don't know how to use that. I am sure this will help a lot of people who are trying to achieve something similar which might seem complex to them.
You can simply use where PlayerName IN (${playername}).
The list should be correctly passed from the parameter to query.
and the parameter also should get data correctly.
Eg:
select 'Jake Taylor' as pn
union
select 'Adam Smith' as pn
union
select 'Chris Lawson' as pn
or
select distinct column_name from table_name
this can be sent to parameter (in Add parameter window) and your main query can be prepared as I explained above using IN
NB: You can use only Display types like: Multi value list, Multi selection box etc. Not drop downs which pass only single value.
it might be possible I'm searching for the wrong keywords, but so far I couldn't find anything useful.
My problem is quite simple: At the moment I get a list of individual Ids through a report parameter, I pass them to a procedure and show the results.
The new request is like this: Instead of showing the list for all individuals at once, there should be a list for each individual id.
Since I'm quite a beginner in srss, I thought the easiest approach would be the best: Create a subreport, copy the shown list, and create a subreport per individual id.
The amount of this IDs is dynamic, so I have to create a dynamic amount of subreports.
Funny enought, this doesnt seem to be possible. This http://forums.asp.net/t/1397645.aspx url doesnt show exactly the problem, but it shows the limit of the subreports.
I even ran trough the whole msdn pages starting http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd220581.aspx but I couldnt find anything there.
So is there a possibility, to create a loop like:
For each Individual ID in Individual IDs, create a subreport and pass ONE ID to this?
Or is there another approach I should use to make this work?
I tried to create a 'Fake'-Dataset with no sql query but just for iterating the id list, but it seems the dataset needs a data-source...
As usual, thanks so far for all answers!
Matthias Müller
Or is there another approach I should use to make this work?
You didn't provide much detail about what sort of information needs to be included in the subreport, but assuming it's a small amount of data (say, showing a personnel record), and not a huge amount (such as a persons sales for the last year), a List might be the way to go.
I tried to create a 'Fake'-Dataset with no sql query but just for iterating the id list, but it seems the dataset needs a data-source...
All datasets require a data source, though if you're merely hard-coding some fake return data, any data source will do, even a local SQL instance with nothing in it.
I'm not a programmer, but trying to learn. I'm a nurse, and need to pull data for medical referral tracking from a database. I have a piece of GUI software which builds JOIN queries for me to pull things from the database. One of the operators I can use in the drop-down is "IN." The referral documentation is stored in the table as codes made up of one to three letters. For example, the code for a completed dental referral is CDF, and the code for a dental referral is D.
I want to build a report to allow other nurses to pull all their outstanding referrals, so I'll want to pull "D" but not "CDF"
If I use IN as the operator, and set my parameters to 'S','D','BP' {etc} will that also pull the records which have the other, longer codes which contain those same letters? (like CDF, CSR, CBP)
I don't want to test it because I only have access to the production database, and I don't want to hose up actual patient records. Thanks in advance for any help!
Assuming that the column that holds the referral code holds one and only one code per record (which is what it sounds like) the query should function as you want and will not attempt to match substrings.
In any event, there's no danger that a query in the form IN ('S', 'D', 'BP') will match substrings. To perform substring matches in SQL you have to use the LIKE operator.
The situation in which this will not work is if the referral code column holds multiple codes separated by commas. This is an all-too-common mistake in designing databases but if the product you're using is commercial rather than home-grown, I think it's very unlikely to be the case. If it is, searching it is much more difficult.