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SSRS Reporting Services | Parameters exercise | Parameters to Filter a List of Film Roles
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Software ==> | SSRS Reporting Services (99 exercises) |
Version ==> | SSRS 2016 and later |
Topic ==> | Parameters (15 exercises) |
Level ==> | Relatively easy |
Subject ==> | SSRS training |
- Go into SQL Server Management Studio;
- Open the SQL file you've just unzipped (you can press CTRL + O to do this); then
- Execute this script.
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Create a report called What's In A Name, add a data source which connects to the Movies database and a dataset which selects these fields:

Use the Actor, Film and Role tables to select these fields.
Create a Text parameter as shown below:

Make sure you enable the Allow blank value option.
Add a filter to the dataset so that it returns roles which contain the text entered into the parameter.

The Value expression should look like this: ="*" & Parameters!RoleName.Value & "*"
Repeat these steps to create two more parameters which will filter on the actor and film names.
Add a table to the report and check that the filters work:

Try different combinations of names.
Save and close the report.