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Multiple Selection

Hello all, Is it possible to have a multi-select list/box? I am creating a report where I would like to allow the user to select multiple facilities for which I will provide information. If this is not possible, are there any suggestions to accomplish this? Is it possible for me to request this information in an asp.net application and pass these values to the report? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Brian

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Hi, It is not possible to go for Multiple select in Reporting Services but you can create your own interface in ASP.Net, ASP or even in HTML and pass the values to Reporting services. — Abhishek

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Another option is that you could create a Stored Procedure that accepts an String input parameter. You could have the users free-hand type a comma delimited list of values and have that passed into the Stored Procedure where it is parsed into a proper IN list. I haven’t tried it yet but it is probably what we are going to have to do.

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Eureka! Ok, I didn’t solve the "multiple selctions" thing but I DID figure out how to use IN Lists if someone types in a comma separated list of values into a free text developer. 1) Place this piece of Custom Code to put in the report: public function InValue(InString as String, _
Optional InType as String = "S", _
Optional InDelim as String = ",") ‘ Author: Mike La Pointe
‘ Date: 10/01/2004
‘ Descr: Accepts a delimited value and returns
‘ a quoted delimited value Dim newString
Dim delim = "’" if InType = "N" then
delim = ""
end if newString = delim _
+ join(split(InString,InDelim), delim + "," + delim ) _
+ delim return newString end Function 2) Build a simple query as follows in the Generic Query Builder and execute it to the fields: select * from <table> 3) Build a parameter (I call it MyParam in this example) 4) Change the query to the following: ="select * from <table> where <field> in ( " + Code.InValue(Parameters!MyParam.Value) + ")" 5) Run the Query:
Comma is the standard delimiter to pass into the query but others can be used (3rd optional parameter)

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