Preparing for Creating Table Report

Before creating a tabular report user must first create data sources, datasets and report parameters (optional) as described in DataSources and Queries.

Below, we use the AdventureWorks sample database that ships with SQL Server Reporting Services 2005.

1. Create a dataset named EmpSalesDetail. We’ll use this as the table’s data source. The dataset has three parameters: ReportYear, ReportMonth and EmpID. The SQL that defines EmpSalesDetail is as follows:

SQL

 SELECT C.FirstName+' '+C.LastName 'Employee',

DATEPART(Month,SOH.OrderDate) 'OrderMonthNum',

PS.Name 'SubCat',

Sum(SOD.LineTotal) 'Sales',

SOH.SalesOrderNumber,

P.Name 'Product',

Sum(SOD.OrderQty) 'OrderQty',

SOD.UnitPrice,

PC.Name 'ProdCat'

FROM AdventureWorks.Person.Contact C,

AdventureWorks.HumanResources.Employee E,

AdventureWorks.Production.Product P,

AdventureWorks.Production.ProductCategory PC,

AdventureWorks.Production.ProductSubcategory PS,

AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderDetail SOD,

AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderHeader SOH,

AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesPerson SP

WHERE SOH.SalesOrderID = SOD.SalesOrderID

AND SOH.SalesPersonID = SP.SalesPersonID

AND SP.SalesPersonID = E.EmployeeID

AND E.ContactID = C.ContactID

AND SOD.ProductID = P.ProductID

AND P.ProductSubcategoryID = PS.ProductSubcategoryID

 AND PS.ProductCategoryID = PC.ProductCategoryID

AND ((DATEPART(Year,SOH.OrderDate)=?)

AND (DATEPART(Month,SOH.OrderDate)=?) AND (SOH.SalesPersonID=?))

GROUP BY C.FirstName+' '+C.LastName, DATEPART(Month,SOH.OrderDate),

 PS.Name,

SOH.SalesOrderNumber,

P.Name,

SOD.UnitPrice,

PC.Name

1. Create a dataset named SalesEmps. We’ll use that as the valid values for the EmpID parameter. The SQL that defines SalesEmps is:

SQL

 SELECT  E.EmployeeID,  C.FirstName + N' ' + C.LastName AS Employee

FROM  HumanResources.Employee E INNER JOIN  Sales.SalesPerson SP

ON E.EmployeeID = SP.SalesPersonID INNER JOIN   Person.Contact C

ON E.ContactID = C.ContactID  ORDER BY    C.LastName, C.FirstName

1. Create three report parameters: ReportYear, ReportMonth and EmpID.
   1. The valid values for the parameter ReportYear are:

1. The valid values for the parameter ReportMonth is:

1. The valid value for the parameter EmpID are:

1. Map the dataset parameters to report parameters, as follow: