dynamic queries

Hello All,
I are just starting to use reporting server (2003) and I have hit a
problem. The reports I have created so far have had 3 or 4 sets of possible
parameters, and I have created a different report based on each set. i.e.
agedTrialBalanceByCustomerNumber, agedTrialBalanceByAcccountNumber,
agedTrialBalanceBySeries, and agedTrialBalanceByCustomerNumberAndSeries.
The problem now is the next report has far, far too many parameter to
possibly create a report for each permutation. I can't figure out how to
dynamically create the where clause based on which parameters the report
gets passed. Just to clarify, the entire where clause needs to be dynamic,
not just the value.
I need something like this
SELECT blah
FROM table
WHERE IIF(Params!series <> null, "series=Params!series", "")
but this doesn't work.
any help is greatly appreciated,
CraigThe best option for this is to make use of Dynamic queries where you
build your queries dynamically inside the stored proc. You can pass the
superset of all parameters to the SP and check inside the SP. Refer
example below
Inputs to SP;
in_Name
in_Age
in_Sex
in_AcctNum
var str = 'Select * from ACCT_MASTER where'
if (in_name != null)
str = str + 'Name = ' + in_Name
etc.. etc...
finally execute the sp as
exec(str)
This is one of the way of satisfying your requirement|||YOu can also do
="SELECT blah FROM table "
& IIF(Parameters!Series.Value is nothing, ""," Where series='" &
Paramters!Series.Value & "'")
Wayne Snyder MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
I support the Professional Association for SQL Server ( PASS) and it''s
community of SQL Professionals.
"Craig L" wrote:
> Hello All,
> I are just starting to use reporting server (2003) and I have hit a
> problem. The reports I have created so far have had 3 or 4 sets of possible
> parameters, and I have created a different report based on each set. i.e.
> agedTrialBalanceByCustomerNumber, agedTrialBalanceByAcccountNumber,
> agedTrialBalanceBySeries, and agedTrialBalanceByCustomerNumberAndSeries.
> The problem now is the next report has far, far too many parameter to
> possibly create a report for each permutation. I can't figure out how to
> dynamically create the where clause based on which parameters the report
> gets passed. Just to clarify, the entire where clause needs to be dynamic,
> not just the value.
> I need something like this
> SELECT blah
> FROM table
> WHERE IIF(Params!series <> null, "series=Params!series", "")
> but this doesn't work.
> any help is greatly appreciated,
> Craig
>
>

Dynamic display of SQL in Excel?

I have WebTrends web site traffic analysis running nightly on a SQL DB server. Every month, I must hit over 50 report URLs (pages use frames) to manually caputure 3 numbers into an Excel spreadsheet.

Can anyone provide any pointers how I might go about building a spreadsheet that could caputure/display this data automatically?

Thanks.See if under Data menu...Import External Data...New Web Query

Not sure of the particulars but it would get you started.

Originally posted by shadowplayer
I have WebTrends web site traffic analysis running nightly on a SQL DB server. Every month, I must hit over 50 report URLs (pages use frames) to manually caputure 3 numbers into an Excel spreadsheet.

Can anyone provide any pointers how I might go about building a spreadsheet that could caputure/display this data automatically?

Thanks.|||Thanks for your reply. That's exactly what I ended up doing. Found it by accident when I noticed the "little yellow box" that appeared when I cut & pasted data from the webpage into my spreadsheet.

I just saved the qry file and opened it in notepad to config the values.

This will save me HOURS of work.

VERY cool.

Thanks again for your reply!