Making groups visible using Parameters

Hi everyone,

I am new to reporting services and really need some help..
Im trying to simply my requirement using this scenario: Lets say

I want to display Sales for the current year (i.e from the start of the year january to the month we are currently at). The next requirement is to group these sales, by Area , Region , Zone...

Top leve l = Zone , then Region then Area.

I need the user to be able to control this using a parameter (i.e User can select "View Area Level" or "View Region Level" or "View Zone level")

How can this best be achieved ?

My idea was using row groupings and controling visibility using the parameter.. The problem is.. If i want to view ONLY the area level and not see anything above, can I turn visibility off of the Zone and Region and still see the inner group (area)

Area Level (default view)

Jan Feb
Area 1 100 100
Area 2 200 200

Region Level Selected

Reagion 1
Area 1 100 100
Region 2
Area 2 200 200

Zone Level Select

Zone 1
Region 1
Area 1 100 100
Region 2
Area 2 200 200
Any help would REALLY be appreciated ..

Kind Regards,
Neil
http://blogs.msdn.com/chrishays/archive/2004/07/15/DynamicGrouping.aspx|||

Hello Neil,

I can think of a couple ways to do this, one way is having 2 boolean parameters. From the way you show in your example, it looks like the Area level will always show.

First, you'll need to create the 2 parameters as boolean type and set your defaults. For example: ShowRegion - False, ShowZone - False.

Click on the row handle for your Zone level and go to the Hidden setting in the Properties window.

Change the Hidden setting to an expression and enter this into it:

=Iif(Parameters!ShowZone.Value = True, False, True)

Click on the row handle for your Region level and change the Hidden setting to this expression:

=Iif(Parameters!ShowRegion.Value = True OR Parameters!ShowZone.Value = True, False, True)

Hope this helps.

Jarret

|||Hey Jarret

Thanks so much for the reply, I have found away to do this, well In theory the idea works..
With regards to your idea.. I was thinking that If the parent group is made invisible so are the children groups (invisible).. well.. I dont know if that is the case.. If you know the answer please let me know..

Thanks for taking the time to help out.. really appreciate it

Kind Regards,
Neil
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Hello,

If you hide a higher group (parent), the lower groups (children) will continue to show until explicitly hidden. They are independent of each other.

Jarret

|||Great !!

Thanks!!