ABS value

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ABS value

sharonsql2013

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January 23, 2015 at 1:38 pm

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I am passing a -ve value as a paremeter to show data for past 30/60/90 days.
The issue is I want the header to show as
= "Data for past" & ABS(Parameter!Number.value) & "days".
As soon as I add ABS(Parameter!Number.value) it gives me an error.
I don't want to display Data for past -30 days.
Any ideas ????

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 1

sharonsql2013 (1/23/2015)
I am passing a -ve value as a paremeter to show data for past 30/60/90 days.
The issue is I want the header to show as
= "Data for past" & ABS(Parameter!Number.value) & "days".
As soon as I add ABS(Parameter!Number.value) it gives me an error.
I don't want to display Data for past -30 days.
Any ideas ????

I might know but, to be sure, what is the exact error please?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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sharonsql2013 SSCertifiable Points: 5908 More actions · Answer 2

Well the Error was #Error.

But I figured it out , Just multipled by * -1 in the expression and didn't have to use and Abs

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004356 More actions · Answer 3

sharonsql2013 (1/23/2015)
Well the Error was #Error.

Yowch. Not fun. I hate such "informative" error messages.

I'm sure there's an SSRS-language function to do the same thing but the multiplication will work in this case.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Spiff SSCertifiable Points: 7826 More actions · Answer 4

Did you set your parameter data type to Integer? Your value is being converted in the query it's passed to but within SSRS it is still defined as a string causing functions expecting a numeric datatype to error.