How to pass a date parameter to 2005 SSRS report through URL

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I am trying to create a URL link for a report and pass in a date parameter.

The report has an InDate parameter that maps to a dropdown populated by a SQL query. The query returns a datetime (value) and an expression (label) that outputs the date value in a {month}-{year} format. Actual label values that appear in the dropdown are "Jun-2012","Mar-2012", etc. The InDate parameter is also used as an input to drive two other date dropdown lists.

The current iteration of the report URL is as follows:

dadsql04/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?%2fRED+Data+Warehouse/RRMemo&rs%3aCommand=Render&rc%3aParameters=false&InDate=06/30/2012

When I load the URL I get the following error message:

The InDate parameter is missing a value

I have tried using different values for the InDate parameter, escaping the slashes, etc. and nothing seems to work. Any help or code sample would be appreciated.

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reporting-servicesreportingservices-2005

2 Answers

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It turns out the problem was that the InDate parameter was defined as a string instead of a datetime value. Once the parameter was changed from string to datetime the URL worked without an issue.

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Date parameter format looks good, but the URL you're trying to use is referencing the Report Manager component.

Use this URL to query the report web service directly:

http://dadsql04/ReportServer?/RED+Data+Warehouse/RRMemo&rc:Parameters=false&InDate=06/30/2012