Forward dependencies are not valid

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Forward dependencies are not valid

hoseam

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October 5, 2016 at 7:10 am

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Hi,
I have Test.rdll, with one parameter and one dataset
Dataset:
Name:Country
Query:
select distinct
[Country]
from [DW].[dbo].[Dim_Country]
where Active = 1
and Country = @Country
Parameter:
General; Name= Country, Prompt = Country, Data type = Text(Allow blank. Allow Null)
Available Values;
Get values from a query; Dataset = Country, Value Field = Country
Default Value = Null
when I try to execute this report, I get error with "Forward dependencies are not valid", I want to know how to solve this since I only have One parameter with One Dataset.

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Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 1

You're attempting to get the list of countries you can choose for your parameter from your dataset, which requires a Country to be selected.

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hoseam SSCertifiable Points: 5533 More actions · Answer 2

I just realized that, how do execute this allowing Country Parameter to be optional ? first I will remove

and Country = @Country

from my query, which will populate my Country Parameter with list of countries, but I want this parameter to be optional.

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 3

SELECT DISTINCT

DC.Country

FROM DW.dbo.Dim_Country DC

WHERE DC.Active = 1

AND DC.Country = ISNULL(@Country,DC.Country);

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hoseam SSCertifiable Points: 5533 More actions · Answer 4

Hi Thom, that seems to give me the same error message

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 5

Have you enabled the Country parameter to allow NULL values?

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hoseam SSCertifiable Points: 5533 More actions · Answer 6

hoseam

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October 6, 2016 at 2:36 am

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Yes I have.

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 7

Ok, then make a second dataset that returns your Country list, and add NULL to the Returned list. Then use that list as your parameter values

SELECT DISTINCT

DC.Country

FROM DW.dbo.Dim_Country DC

WHERE DC.Active = 1

UNION

SELECT NULL;

Thom~

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MMartin1 One Orange Chip Points: 27768 More actions · Answer 8

hoseam (10/5/2016)
Hi,
I have Test.rdll, with one parameter and one dataset
Dataset:
Name:Country
Query:
select distinct
[Country]
from [DW].[dbo].[Dim_Country]
where Active = 1
and Country = @Country
Parameter:
General; Name= Country, Prompt = Country, Data type = Text(Allow blank. Allow Null)
Available Values;
Get values from a query; Dataset = Country, Value Field = Country
Default Value = Null
when I try to execute this report, I get error with "Forward dependencies are not valid", I want to know how to solve this since I only have One parameter with One Dataset.

If your report has one dataset with one parameter then you should not be getting this message. Is there more that we are missing? Are you trying to cascade your parameters ? The order that you list the parameters matters

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa337169.aspx

Did you create the parameter yourself or did SSRS automatically create it? Make sure the case is exact as SSRS is case sensitive. @myParam and @MyParam are two different parameters in SSRS.

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