Multi-Select String Parameter Values Are Converted To N'Value1', N'Value2' In Clause When Report Is Run
Apr 14, 2008
I understand that Multi-Select Parameters are converted behind the scenes to an In Clause when a report is executed. The problem that I have is that my multi-select string parameter is turned into an in claused filled with nvarchar/unicode expressions like:
Where columnName in (N'Value1', N'Value2', N'Value3'...)
This nvarchar / unicode expression takes what is already a fairly slow-performing construct and just drives it into the ground. When I capture my query with Profiler (so I can see the In Clause that is being built), I can run it in Management Studio and see the execution plan. Using N'Values' instead of just 'Value1', 'Value2','Value3' causes the query performance to drop from 40 seconds to two minutes and 40 seconds. It's horrible. How can I make it stop!!!?
Is there any way to force the query-rewriting process in Reporting Services to just use plain-old, varchar text values instead of forcing each value in the list to be converted on the fly to an Nvarchar value like this? The column from which I am pulling values for the parameter and the column that I am filtering are both just plain varchar.
I have a gridview that is based on the selection(s) in a listbox. The gridview renders fine if I only select one value from the listbox. I recive this error though when I select more that one value from the listbox: Syntax error converting the nvarchar value '4,1' to a column of data type int. If, however, I hard code 4,1 in place of @ListSelection (see below selectCommand WHERE and IN Clauses) the gridview renders perfectly. <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSourceAll" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT DISTINCT dbo.Contacts.Title, dbo.Contacts.FirstName, dbo.Contacts.MI, dbo.Contacts.LastName, dbo.Contacts.Suffix, dbo.Contacts.Dear, dbo.Contacts.Honorific, dbo.Contacts.Address, dbo.Contacts.Address2, dbo.Contacts.City, dbo.Contacts.StateOrProvince, dbo.Contacts.PostalCode FROM dbo.Contacts INNER JOIN dbo.tblListSelection ON dbo.Contacts.ContactID = dbo.tblListSelection.contactID INNER JOIN dbo.ListDescriptions ON dbo.tblListSelection.selListID = dbo.ListDescriptions.ID WHERE (dbo.tblListSelection.selListID IN (@ListSelection)) AND (dbo.Contacts.StateOrProvince LIKE '%') ORDER BY dbo.Contacts.LastName"> <SelectParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="ListSelection" DefaultValue="1"/> </SelectParameters> </asp:SqlDataSource> The selListID column is type integer in the database. I'm using the ListBox1_selectedIndexChanged in the code behind like this where I've tried using setting my selectparameter using the label1.text value and the Requst.From(ListBox1.UniqueID) value with the same result:
Protected Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged Dim Item As ListItem For Each Item In ListBox1.Items If Item.Selected Then If Label1.Text <> "" Then Label1.Text = Label1.Text + Item.Value + "," Else Label1.Text = Item.Value + "," End If End If Next Label1.Text = Label1.Text.TrimEnd(",") SqlDataSourceAll.SelectParameters("ListSelection").DefaultValue = Request.Form(ListBox1.UniqueID) End Sub What am I doing wrong here? Thanks!
I have my stored procedure set to Territory_code IN (@Territory)
, now , how do i enter in more then one value. When i select the multi value check box, it gives me more spaces. But then doesnt recognize the values when i put in more then one. am i doing something wrong?
Is it possible to pass values from UI to a multi-value parameter in a report and from this report, select values from this multi-value parameter to finally display data?
I am trying to figure out a way to toggle the visibility of attribute data based on a parameter. Specifically, I have a report that has many columns that an end-user may not want to see, depending on what they are using the report for. I know you can toggle visibilities on individual columns easily enough, however I want the user to be able to select which fields (at the attribute level) they want visible on the report up in the parameters, via a multi-value prompt.
New user here. I've got a report with a couple of multi-value parameters and I'm displaying the selected values on the report using = Join(Parameters!ReportingGroup.Value, ", "). This works properly.
The users now want the report to display "All" if "Select All" is chosen, rather than showing the whole list.
Can anybody help me with this? I'm thinking of using an IIF statement in my expression, but have no idea how to define the condition?
There is a multi value parameter called "include" in the report where "Allow Multiple Values" is checked and it has 4 Available values as shown in the attached screen shots and preview of the report is also shown .There is no data set for this parameter and the values will get displayed on the report based on the visibility condition set in the report.Example : If first value is selected then 1 is passed and based on the visibility condition set in the report - the report output is displayed.None is default value and has value 4 and when the report is run with this option i.e. "None" then rest three parameter values are not applicable .
Requirement : -When the end user selects (Select All) Check box then (None) -check box must be disabled or must not appear for selection for the end user -When the end user selects check boxes either of the first three except None then also None check box must be disabled or must not appear for -selection for the end user -when the end user selects a combination of first three then also None check box must be disabled or must not appear for selection for the end user -The None is set as default with a value as 4 and is applicable only when the user does not select either of the first three values and the report will run.
I have a fairly complex report that was given to me that was hard coded for single parameters. There is a dropdown for each market (created from a query in SSRS). The users have to run for each market each week.
Is there a way to use this report as a Sub-report inside a list of a master report and then use a mult-value parameter?
I want this multi-value parameter to build the values for the list and then run the "sub-report" for each value.
At the top of my report, if I want to display the selected value for a given parameter, I can put this expression in a text box:
="The xyz param's value is: " & Parameters!paramXYZ.Label(0).ToString
How do I go about displaying all the selected values for a multi-value parameter (one that has mulitple checkboxes in the drop-down list)? Is it possible to do a for loop and iterate through the values of the param within an expression? Something like
for i = 0 to Parameters!paramXYZ.Count - 1 mystring = mystring & ", " & Parameters!paramXYZ.Label(i).ToString
And then display mystring in the textbox? Or can I use a list control on the report?
How do I display multiple parameter values on report page from a multi-value report parameter. For example, I have a report parameter where users can select multiple attendance codes and I want them displayed at the top of the report after it's run.
Currently, only the first value is showing on the report.
I have a Multi-valued parameter that is a string type and it freaks out when a do a select all from my drop down list. I suspect it has something to do with size as it works great if a pick a reasonable amount of items. My parameter list is populated by 1463 items of 12 characters each. Is there a threshold I should have to worry about?
I want to bring a string parameter to where clause like this:
select .. from ... Where Code IN (@Code)
When @Code is 'ABC' it works but when @code is 'ABC, XYZ' it won't work. I know for IN statement we should use IN ('ABC', 'XYZ') and I tried make @code = '''ABC'', ''XYZ''' still not working. I tried
Print '''ABC'', ''XYZ'''
I got 'ABC', 'XYZ' but why it does not work in @Code?
i design SP for insert data in 2 tables i need to store list of array in one parameter to complete my query i try the table value but it`s not good for me because table value is readonly and i need to insert data with list of array .....
I am using RS 2000. I have a multi select parameter where I can select multiple states by separating with a comma. I am trying to figure out how to incorporate an "All" parameter.
Query:
Select [name], city, state, zipcode From Golf inner join charlist_to_table(@State,Default)f on State = f.str
Function:
CREATE FUNCTION charlist_to_table (@list ntext, @delimiter nchar(1) = N',') RETURNS @tbl Table (listpos int IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT NULL, str varchar(4000), nstr nvarchar(2000)) AS BEGIN DECLARE @pos int, @textpos int, @chunklen smallint, @tmpstr nvarchar(4000), @leftover nvarchar(4000), @tmpval nvarchar(4000) SET @textpos = 1 SET @leftover = '' WHILE @textpos <= datalength(@list) / 2 BEGIN SET @chunklen = 4000 - datalength(@leftover) / 2 SET @tmpstr = @leftover + substring(@list, @textpos, @chunklen) SET @textpos = @textpos + @chunklen SET @pos = charindex(@delimiter, @tmpstr) WHILE @pos > 0 BEGIN SET @tmpval = ltrim(rtrim(left(@tmpstr, @pos - 1))) INSERT @tbl (str, nstr) VALUES(@tmpval, @tmpval) SET @tmpstr = substring(@tmpstr, @pos + 1, len(@tmpstr)) SET @pos = charindex(@delimiter, @tmpstr) END SET @leftover = @tmpstr END INSERT @tbl(str, nstr) VALUES (ltrim(rtrim(@leftover)), ltrim(rtrim(@leftover))) RETURN END GO
I have been working on this for quite some time and I can not figure out what I am doing wrong. I have a report filter called ItemFilter and I have declared as a report parameter where the multi value checkbox is checked. The values from this filter are coming from the item table. SO the users drilldown on the filter when they run the report an select the Items that they would like to display info for. I had the following code before in the where
where ([CRONUS International Ltd_$Item].No_ = @itemfilter). This only worked if they selected on item from the list.
I want them to be able to select multiple Items or all. The code above did not work because there were commas separating one item from the other and I was getting an error.
I changed to
whrere
([CRONUS International Ltd_$Item].No_ IN (@itemfilter)).
Now this only returns the first item that I enter on my Itemfilter parameter.
Does anyone have any clue in regards to this ?? I am sure I am using the wrong syntax, but I do not know what to change it too.
I got issue when passing multiple values to a single parameter. Here is my stored procedure as following:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[School] @Grade AS varchar(50), @Class As varchar(50) AS BEGIN SELECT Name, Grade, Class FROM School WHERE Grade = (IsNull(@Grade, Grade)) AND Class IN (IsNull(@Class, Class )) END
In the front end, I got multiple values for Subject parameters such as Math, English, Reading, etc... in a specified class. How do I can modify my above stored procedure to receive multiple values for a single parameter.
I have a problem with multi-value parameter in ReportingServices2005, hope to find a solution here.
if I use ordinary parameter in a report(multi-value checkbox is not selected), after deployment I can click on drop down list and type possible value of that parameter using keyboard(it will be selected from what i typed).
if I use multi-value parameter somewhy it doesn't respond to anything i type from my keyboard.
Why is that? What should i do to make that multi-value parameter select possible result from what i type?
Can anyone tell me whether or not it is possible to multi select when you have a parameter that is set as non-querried in order for it to be typed instead of selected.
My users prefer typing the values and selecting more than one. But at the moment I cant give them both..
I'm using SSRS with SSAS cube all in BI all 2005
Please help. I suspect that if it's possible it may just be a syntax thing but I am yet to find it.
I have a multi-select parameter for a report, but If I select more than one value the report does not return any data. However, if only one value is selected data for that value is returned. I am using the IN option for the SP parameter.
SELECT Code,Description FROM Product
WHERE Code > 0 AND Description IN (@Description) I am using SP2 on SQL2005, also I do not have the option of Select-All which I expected to be present. Any help would be most appreiated.
In my report I have -among others- a multi-value parameter, populated by a query (so I cannot a priori know the content of the list).
I would like my report to start without any user choice, through default parameters, so what I need is the "select all" choice selected by default. How can I achieve this?
[The only default value I am able to pass to the multi-value parameter is one of the elements populating the list, statically writing it in the "Non-queried" section of "Default values": "From query" option seems not to work for multi-valued]
I have created datasets in te report and in Report parameters clicked the Multi-value Parameter option.
When I run the report, I get all the customer names, when I select one customer report returns correct data. When I select two customers in the list box, the result set is empty. Can anyone guide me on what the error could be?
Thanks
Josh
Procedure:
create procedure MyMultiReport @customername nvarchar(30), @businessplantype nvarchar(30), @businessplanyear nvarchar(10) as Select PlanDatameta.sort,sysperiod.id,Planmeta.id,Planmonthlydata.Productmainpkey,Country, BusinessDivisiondescription, PlanSegmentPkey, Plantext.referencepkey, Plantext.usage, sheet, name, Plantext.text, Brand, Size, text1, PlanDatameta.sort+' '+Plantext1.text as LineDescription,line, Month1, Month2, Month3, Month4, Month5, Month6, Month7, Month8, Month9, Month10, Month11, Month12, Total from Planmonthlydata join Plantext on Plantext.referencepkey=Planmonthlydata.Plansegmentpkey join PlanDatameta on PlanDatameta.pkey=Planmonthlydata.PlanDatametapkey join Productdescription on Productdescription.Productmainpkey=Planmonthlydata.Productmainpkey join Productmain on Productdescription.Productmainpkey=Productmain.pkey join Plansegment on Plansegment.pkey=Planmonthlydata.Plansegmentpkey join bpamain on bpamain.pkey=Plansegment.bpamainpkey join sysperiod on sysperiod.pkey=Plansegment.sysperiodpkey join Planmeta on Planmeta.pkey=Plansegment.Planmetapkey join Plantext Plantext1 on PlanDatameta.pkey=Plantext1.referencepkey where Planmonthlydata.status<>'d' and (PlanDatameta.sheet='PlanProductSummary') and Plantext.text<>'' and (PlanDatameta.line='MyPlanBaselineVolumeBasic' or PlanDatameta.line='BaselineVolumes' or PlanDatameta.line='IncrementalVolumes'or PlanDatameta.line='TotalVolumes') and name in (@customername) order by PlanDatameta.sort,Plantext.text,text1return
Basically I had 2 paramater which ComputerName and MemberName.
The membername was set as Multi-Value as sets as follow: Label: Value: Exclude Domain Admins Domain Admins Exclude Local Install Local Install
And the query is:
SELECT id, ComputerName, GroupName, MemberName, ScanDate FROM GROUPMEMBERS WITH (NOLOCK) WHERE ComputerCN LIKE '%' + @ComputerName + '%' AND MemberName NOT IN (@MemberName) ORDER BY ComputerName ASC
The prompt is like this: Computer Name [ ] Excluded by [ ]
The issue is in the second prompt I have to select "something" which is I don't want to. I want the user to have this parameter as an optional.
Is it possible to pass a report parameter that is defined as a string to the following SQL statement that is using an "IN" clause ?
WHERE (ANALYST.User_Bemsid IN (@Report_Parameter_Bemsid))
If I pass a single value (I.E. A) it works okay, but once I try to pass multiple values (I.E. A,B or 'A','B') it returns no data.
Using Crystal reports I can pass multiple values via a report prompt into the SQL "IN" clause and seems that SQL Reporting Services should also have this feature. What do I need to do to get it working ?
how to handle space between multi-value parameter values in SSRS. For e.g. if the values are as follows -'KLO LUG', 'HGY KIU', 'LOT JUY', I know I can use the split function for the commas but its the space between the value which is the problem.
I've tried several things to get my multi-select parameter to take more than one value but it seems to only take the 1st one I input. I've been working on this for days and been trying alternate methods but nothing seems to work. I think my first question is if I'm planning on using a parameter as a multi-select parameter what is the data type I should call that parameter. In my case here, the evt_key is unique and will always be 36 characters. I cant imagine in my lifetime that I'm going to have any more than 20 items in the multiselect. Am I looking over something or any other suggestions? I also attached my sp at the bottom.
begin insert #tempet select distinct evt_key from ev_event where evt_key in ('00394886-dfc7-4466-b674-1f2b3ede79ea', '10BE664D-DA4F-44F4-802C-ABD4FC015FB4','56504014-9787-4207-8FAD-EC6C6A384C1D') and evt_delete_flag = 0 end
else begin insert #tempet exec _selectstringfromstring @idstring = @evt_key,@intorstring='S' end
if @evt_key = '' goto finalselect set @evt_key = dbo.av_preprptguidparam(@evt_key,'returnnull')
*/
IF @evt_key='' SELECT @evt_key=NULL
insert into #tmp_dates select distinct reg_evt_key, evt_title, evt_start_date from ev_registrant join ev_event on reg_evt_key = evt_key --join #tempet on evt_key=tmpet_key where reg_delete_flag = 0 and evt_delete_flag = 0 --and reg_evt_key = '10BE664D-DA4F-44F4-802C-ABD4FC015FB4' and (@evt_key is null or (@evt_key is not null and reg_evt_key = @evt_key)) ---AND (@evt_key IS NULL OR (@evt_key IS NOT NULL AND reg_evt_key IN (SELECT item FROM dbo.av_SelectStringFromString(@evt_key,','))))
insert into #temp select tmp_evt_key, tmp_title, reg_key, -- net_prc_code, case net_prc_code when null then tmp_title when '' then tmp_title when 'NULL' then tmp_title when ' ' then tmp_title else net_prc_code end, 'Reg Code', cst_ind_full_name_dn, cst_sort_name_dn, cst_org_name_dn, dbo.av_end_of_day(reg_add_date), net_payamount, adr_city_state_code, adr_state, adr_country, adr_city, adr_post_code, src_code, datediff(dd, reg_add_date, tmp_start_date) from #tmp_dates join ev_registrant on reg_evt_key = tmp_evt_key join vw_ac_invoice_detail on reg_ivd_key = net_ivd_key join co_customer on cst_key = reg_cst_key LEFT JOIN co_customer_x_address x ON x.cxa_key = reg_cxa_key AND cxa_delete_flag = 0 LEFT JOIN co_address a ON a.adr_key = x.cxa_adr_key AND adr_delete_flag = 0 LEFT JOIN co_source_code o ON src_key = reg_src_key AND src_delete_flag = 0 --join #tempet on reg_evt_key=tmpet_key where reg_delete_flag = 0 and reg_cancel_date is null and cst_delete_flag = 0 AND (@evt_key IS NULL OR (@evt_key IS NOT NULL AND tmp_evt_key IN (SELECT item FROM dbo.av_SelectStringFromString(@evt_key,','))))
finalselect: select * from #temp --where (@evt_key IS NULL OR (@evt_key IS NOT NULL AND tmp_key IN (SELECT item FROM dbo.av_SelectStringFromString(@evt_key,',')))) order by days_out desc, type, reg_name GO
I have a rectangle region in a report that contains a graph and a table. I want to display that list region only when the user selects a "Select All" from a multi-select report parameter. This rectangle region is used only to display summary data for All Agencies.
My report also contains a list region with graphs and tables, where I display data for each agency (my detail group), and page-break on each agency.
The problem I am experiencing occurs when using the Expression Builder for the Visibility property for my rectangle and list regions. Since a multi-select parameter is an array, I am forced to select an element in my paramater such as =Parameters!Agency.Value(0). When the user chooses "(Select All)", the first element is the first agency in the list. I don't want that.
How can I get Reporting Services to display a rectangle or list region when "Select All" is chosen, and to hide that rectangle or list region when one or more agencies are chosen from a multi-select parameter?
I have tried using Agency.Label and I've tried other expressions such as Parameters!Agency.Count = Count(Agency.Value), etc, without success.
Is it possible to construct a dataset where the parameter of the report is the where clause?
I have tried setting the dataset of the report to be a variable to execute, but any time I introduce the parameter into the dataset, the report will not run.
