"Safder" <Safder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have gone through all the suggestions on this site, but non of them have
> solved my problem. I am new to reporting services, and I am facing a
> problem
> and I dont' know whether the url based reporting is going to solve this
> for
> me (i really hope it can).
> I have a datagrid with link button which basically passes the parameters
> to
> a report like id, startDate and and an endDate, so basically the report
> shows
> data for that id between the startdate and the endDate. Now the parameters
> are passed fine and it shows up on the text boxes in the report, however
> the
> problem is that though I want to use the id as a parameter from the url, I
> do
> not want to give the user a text box to change that value i.e. basically i
> want it hidden and at the same time I want it to be able to use the value
> i
> pass in the url... can this be done.. I would really appreciate if someone
> could direct me on the right path...I have tried hiding prompts throught
> the
> reporting manager, and using just a "space" in the reporting string, but
> there's still text box showing up which I don't want to show.... sooo
> plzzz
> some one help me out. Thank you.. in advance

"Yosh" wrote:

> Yes. It can be done.
>
> Here is an example Url.
>
> http://localhost/ReportServer?/<ReportDirectory>/<ReportName>&rc:Toolbar=true&rc:parameters=false&rs:Command=Render&<ParameterName>=<ParameterValue>
>
> Replace the values that in brackets that match your requirements.
>
> <ReportDirectory> - use if you've created a folder where your report
> resides.
> <ReportName> - the name of the report that you want to render.
>
> <Parameter> - the parameter name that you are going to pass a value to the
> report.
> <ParameterValue> - this is the actual parameter value being passed.
>
> If you have additional parameters you can add them to the end of the Url
> using this syntax:
>
> &<ParameterName2>=<ParameterValue2>
>
> http://localhost/ReportServer?/<ReportDirectory>/<ReportName>&rc:Toolbar=true&rc:parameters=false&rs:Command=Render&<ParameterName>=<ParameterValue>&<ParameterName2>=<ParameterValue2>
>
> I hope this helps. I use it all the time in my c# applications.
>
> Yosh
>
>
>
> "Safder" <Safder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:44BA0D0A-53E3-4031-B8A8-43E0BC0BAFA3@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I have gone through all the suggestions on this site, but non of them have
> > solved my problem. I am new to reporting services, and I am facing a
> > problem
> > and I dont' know whether the url based reporting is going to solve this
> > for
> > me (i really hope it can).
> > I have a datagrid with link button which basically passes the parameters
> > to
> > a report like id, startDate and and an endDate, so basically the report
> > shows
> > data for that id between the startdate and the endDate. Now the parameters
> > are passed fine and it shows up on the text boxes in the report, however
> > the
> > problem is that though I want to use the id as a parameter from the url, I
> > do
> > not want to give the user a text box to change that value i.e. basically i
> > want it hidden and at the same time I want it to be able to use the value
> > i
> > pass in the url... can this be done.. I would really appreciate if someone
> > could direct me on the right path...I have tried hiding prompts throught
> > the
> > reporting manager, and using just a "space" in the reporting string, but
> > there's still text box showing up which I don't want to show.... sooo
> > plzzz
> > some one help me out. Thank you.. in advance
>
>