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Software ==>	SSRS Reporting Services (99 exercises)
Topic ==>	Linking reports (drilldown) (4 exercises)
Level ==>	Average difficulty
Subject ==>	SSRS training

Create a drillthrough report in SSRS which allows the user to click a country name to see a list of films made in that country.

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Before you can do this exercise, you'll need to download and unzip this file . Once you've done this:

Go into SQL Server Management Studio;
Open the SQL file you've just unzipped (you can press CTRL + O to do this); then
Execute this script.

This will generate the database that you'll need to use in order to do this exercise (note that the database and script are only to be used for exercises published on this website, and may not be reused or distributed in any form without the prior written permission of Wise Owl).

Create a report called Local Films For Local People, add a data source which connects to the Movies database and a dataset which includes these fields:

Select these fields from the Film table.

Add an Integer parameter to the report called CountryID.

Use the parameter to filter the dataset so that it returns only films whose CountryID field matches the value of the parameter.

Add a table which displays the other three fields and check that the report works:

Enter a number to test the report. Here we've used 118 which is the CountryID for Japan.

Edit the parameter to make it hidden then save and close this report.

Create a new report called Click a Country, add a data source which connects to the Movies database and a dataset which includes these fields:

Select these fields from the Country and Film tables.

Add a table which displays the Country field.

Apply a group expression so that the table is grouped on the Country field.

Add an expression to the table to count the number of films for each country.

The design of the table should resemble this one.

Assign an action to the Country text box so that clicking it opens the previous report you created and passes the value of the CountryID field to its parameter.