Each of these can be set to a Data Set Parameter and a Report Parameter.
So what happens when you start to have more parameters and need to manage them?
The simple answer is that you can create a Parameter Group, and associate multiple
parameters with that group. So in the last example, you can create a date range
Parameter Group, and associate the start date and end date parameters with it. This
is as simple as "dragging and dropping" existing parameters in the Data Explorer or
Outline, or creating new parameters inside of an existing Parameter Group.
Summary
In this chapter, we have seen how we can interact with report users to help them
retrieve specific information that they want to retrieve. Hopefully the distinct
difference between Report Parameters and Data Set Parameters has been made clear.
In later chapters, we will look at other ways in which Report Parameters can be used,
and this concept is going to be used in more depth when we start to look at Scripting
and changing visual components and properties. We have taken a look at how
values can be bound to properties, which is going to be more important as we look at
different report types and capabilities.
Report Projects and Libraries
Up until now, all the reports we built have been very simple reports. However,
we have seen that all of these reports use very similar components between them,
such as the Data Sources to the Classic Cars database, and the Data Sets that pull
employee information.
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