SSRS report does not work with multiple parameters

I found a solution. I did not properly split the values in the stored procedure with a UDF.

To pass multi-values correctly in this stored procedure, I would need to add the following code to the dataset parameter that I am using:

=join(Parameters!<your param name>.Value,",")

This is basically going to join multiple values into an array and pass it through the @Flag parameter. The next step is adding SQL to the stored procedure to receive and digest the values correctly so it reads the values with the IN clause.

Google search any UDF string parser online. There are many to choose from. I used dba_parseString_udf from Michelle Ufford http://sqlfool.com.

Once I had my UDF installed, I can now alter my IN clause to receive the new multi-valued parameter being passed by SSRS as follows:

WHERE [Flag] IN (SELECT * FROM dba_parseString_udf(@Flag, ','))

Therefore, SSRS will pass the following value:

@Flag = 'A,B,C'

Then my UDF will parse that string out correctly to:

A
B
C

And populate my @Flag parameter correctly with SELECT * FROM UDF()...

In the screenshots you're setting the expression for the Default values which will only change the values on the initial display of the report. This will not do anything to keep a user from changing those values, so you can easily get a render request with all parameters populated with something other than the default.

I'd suggest making it clear to your report users what is happening with these dates, don't do magic with their parameters behind the scenes. To do this, create an option in each parameter set (you can do something like UNION and hardcode the label and key) to ensure that report execution not only does what you expect, but makes this is clear to any other developer or user.

The user might select something like:

Param1 - "Not Used"
Param2 - 20151202
Param3 - "Not Used"

You can force this behavior with cascading parameters. You can run into issues with updates to cascading parameters though.

Setup like this:

@Param1

SELECT -1 As Key, 'Not Used' As Label
UNION
SELECT Key, Label FROM DATES

@Param2

SELECT -1 As Key, 'Not Used' As Label
UNION
SELECT Key, Label FROM DATES
WHERE -1 = @Param1

@Param3

SELECT -1 As Key, 'Not Used' As Label
UNION
SELECT Key, Label FROM DATES
WHERE -1 = @Param1
AND -1 = @Param2

This ensures that you can only select the "Not Used" option for param2 if param1 selected anything except "Not Used". You can still set the default to be not used for all of these.