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Re: RS - Report Parameters Bruce Loehle-Conger
6/30/2004 3:49:08 PM
sql server reporting services:
There is a global variable that has the current user and that can be access
in your reports. I don't understand what you mean by client but you can have
parameters based on a query (for instance it could be based on the user) and
you can also hide those parameters from the user.

Bruce L-C

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Re: RS - Report Parameters Wolverine
6/30/2004 4:04:10 PM
Maybe it is an on-demand report and the asp calls the report via URL. If you
do it this way, the param values are shown in the browser's title bar, which
users can see and experiment on pulling other "client's" reports. Behind the
scenes solution might be filtering the data by programmatically
(ASP/ASP.NET) changing the default value of the "Client" and "Users".

Any straightforward how-to for this?

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RS - Report Parameters Paul D. Johnson
6/30/2004 4:08:57 PM


I have many reports which are currently run from stored procedures which
take multiple parameters, but all reports include Client and User parameters
to limit the data returned to only that viewable by the User and only data
the for those Clients (string list of integers (i.e., '1,2,5,7')).



My question is whether there is any way to pass those parameters "behind the
scenes" so that the user does not see them on the ASP page in the report
header.




Any input would be appreciated.



Thanks,



n Paul D. Johnson

n vpdj@NO_SP_AM_yahoo.com

Re: RS - Report Parameters Tom Rizzo [MSFT]
6/30/2004 5:38:30 PM
RS SP1 added hidden parameters which will not appear as parameters in the
report header or prompt the user for the value. However, they still will be
passed along the URL. You may want to do the previous suggestions which is
host the report in your own HTML frame so that no one sees the parameters
that are passed and can mess with them. Of course, that's not foolproof but
it will stump most end users.

The other thing is hopefully the data source won't let people return
information that they shouldn't have permissions to see.

Tom

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