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Understanding an expression

kingdonshel

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May 14, 2014 at 2:33 am

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Came across this expression in a SSRS project
=CDbl(Parameters!CategoryQuota.Value((Variables!IndextoCategoryQuota.Value)-1))
I have managed to understand what its doing however I can't see the reason for using the -1 in the expression can anyone explain the syntax.

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259115 More actions · Answer 1

Is this syntax valid?

Seems a bit odd to have Parameters!myParameter.value(expression).

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ndiro SSC Eights! Points: 892 More actions · Answer 2

Probably CategoryQuota is a Multivalue Parameter. It's an array, so, the expression get a specific value in this Array.

You can define Variables for different scope. I think that IndextoCategoryQuota is in Report Scope.

It seems like this expression prepare something for Report header or footer.

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ndiro (5/15/2014)
Probably CategoryQuota is a Multivalue Parameter. It's an array, so, the expression get a specific value in this Array.
You can define Variables for different scope. I think that IndextoCategoryQuota is in Report Scope.
It seems like this expression prepare something for Report header or footer.

Ah, that makes sense.

The -1 might be present because the array of CategoryQuota is zero based, but the variable IndextoCategoryQuota starts at 1.

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kingdonshel SSCommitted Points: 1704 More actions · Answer 4

You are absolutely right IndextoCategoryQuota is in a Group Variable Scope, and is for a matrix header row you can find the example at this location.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff487482(v=sql.105).aspx

Its a Microsoft example the last comment from the last contributer sounds right as well CategoryQuota is a but multivalued parameter that gets its value from converting the values of a Quata Column to computed column using this expression in the dataset in this =CDbl(Fields!Quota.Value).

Here is the expression that creates the @IndextoCategoryQuota Variable =Lookup(Fields!Category.Value,Fields!Category.Value,Fields!ID.Value,"CategoryQuotas")

I am close but I still don't understand fullu why we need the -1 from the variable in the expression

CDbl(Parameters!CategoryQuota.Value((Variables!IndextoCategoryQuota.Value)-1))

the syntax is correct though since it is working

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kingdonshel (5/15/2014)
You are absolutely right IndextoCategoryQuota is in a Group Variable Scope, and is for a matrix header row you can find the example at this location.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff487482(v=sql.105).aspx
Its a Microsoft example the last comment from the last contributer sounds right as well CategoryQuota is a but multivalued parameter that gets its value from converting the values of a Quata Column to computed column using this expression in the dataset in this =CDbl(Fields!Quota.Value).
Here is the expression that creates the @IndextoCategoryQuota Variable =Lookup(Fields!Category.Value,Fields!Category.Value,Fields!ID.Value,"CategoryQuotas")
I am close but I still don't understand fullu why we need the -1 from the variable in the expression
CDbl(Parameters!CategoryQuota.Value((Variables!IndextoCategoryQuota.Value)-1))
the syntax is correct though since it is working

The -1 might be present because the array of CategoryQuota is zero based, but the variable IndextoCategoryQuota starts at 1?

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kingdonshel SSCommitted Points: 1704 More actions · Answer 6

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I think you are right you would have to start at 0 when using the CategoryQuota since it is Multivalued and starts at 0 while IndextoCategoryQuota starts at 1.

Thanks a lot to everyone who contributed on this post.