Friday, February 24, 2012

Display Report Name above the Parameters

I have a report that I am calling via a URL and displaying it in a new
browser window.
I would like to add the name of the report to the top of the window somehow
so that the user knows exactly which report they are entering the parameters
for before clicking the View Report button.
Is there an easy was to do this?One alternative would be to display the name of the report in the report's
header with Globals!ReportName
Alain Quesnel
alainsansspam@.logiquel.com
www.logiquel.com
"Branden" <Branden@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F1F3A567-1CB9-4FC7-96E0-D5E8419EA3A5@.microsoft.com...
>I have a report that I am calling via a URL and displaying it in a new
> browser window.
> I would like to add the name of the report to the top of the window
> somehow
> so that the user knows exactly which report they are entering the
> parameters
> for before clicking the View Report button.
> Is there an easy was to do this?
>|||Thanks Alain, but I would like to show the report name before the report is
even rendered. I'd like to show it above where the parameters are even
entered by the user.
"Alain Quesnel" wrote:
> One alternative would be to display the name of the report in the report's
> header with Globals!ReportName
>
> Alain Quesnel
> alainsansspam@.logiquel.com
> www.logiquel.com
>
> "Branden" <Branden@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F1F3A567-1CB9-4FC7-96E0-D5E8419EA3A5@.microsoft.com...
> >I have a report that I am calling via a URL and displaying it in a new
> > browser window.
> >
> > I would like to add the name of the report to the top of the window
> > somehow
> > so that the user knows exactly which report they are entering the
> > parameters
> > for before clicking the View Report button.
> >
> > Is there an easy was to do this?
> >
>|||On Apr 17, 6:53=A0pm, Branden <Bran...@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have a report that I am calling via a URL and displaying it in a new
> browser window.
> I would like to add the name of the report to the top of the window someho=w
> so that the user knows exactly which report they are entering the paramete=rs
> for before clicking the View Report button.
> Is there an easy was to do this?
Try adding a new parameter to the report called ReportName with the
prompt as Report Name: and set the non-queried default value to
=3DGlobals!ReportName. If you make it the first param in the list
it'll show above the other params.
It works when running it in Preview and Report Manager. I would think
it should work when calling the report from a URL.
HTH
toolman

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