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Software ==>	SSRS Reporting Services (99 exercises)
Topic ==>	Parameters (15 exercises)
Level ==>	Relatively easy
Subject ==>	SSRS training

Use parameters in an SSRS report to filter a table of actors by name.

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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 The Man With No (Last) Name, add a data source which points to the Movies database and a dataset which selects these fields:

Select these fields from the Actor table.

Add a Text parameter as shown below:

Feel free to use a different parameter name.

Add a filter to the dataset so that it returns actors whose FamilyName is equal to the parameter value:

You can use the Expression Builder to select the parameter rather than type it in.

Add a table to the report and check that the filter works:

Try Jones, Lee, Fox, Harris, Allen, Smith, Moore, Wilson, Baldwin, Evans or Fonda to return multiple rows. Try your own last name just for the sake of interest.