Dynamic date parameters in a SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 subscription

• tim.hortons

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  February 23, 2023 at 9:14 am

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  Hi SSRS Team,

  I have a SQL reporting services report that takes date parameter (I have two parameters as StartDate (FromDate) and EndDate (ToDate). I want to create a subscription to the report with dynamic date parameters that will run each mid-night and show the data for the day prior. For example, DateAdd("d",-1,Today()).

  Could anyone please advise me what the dynamic date parameters for this subscription would be? Thanks.

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• Gerckens.3

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  February 23, 2023 at 3:30 pm

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  (It's been a while since 2008 R2 and I don't recall everything that has changed.  I know my recommendations work on 2016.)

  I think you have two options...

  1. Make your subscription "data driven", add a SQL query that calculates your dates, and then pull those dates in to populate your parameters.
  2. Update your report so that the date parameters have default values using an expression (like you have in your OP), and then set the subscription parameters to use the report's default values.

  Let me know if that doesn't work or make sense.

  

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