Referring to subreport fields from main (container) report....

All--
Is it possible, from within the context of a main report that contains
several subreports, to write code in the main report that refers to field
values within one or more of the contained subreports? (I would like to
display totals in the main report that are sums of quantities displayed in
several subreports.)
TIA,
mattyseltz in Queens, NYOn May 7, 1:24 pm, mattyseltz <mattyse...@.discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> All--
> Is it possible, from within the context of a main report that contains
> several subreports, to write code in the main report that refers to field
> values within one or more of the contained subreports? (I would like to
> display totals in the main report that are sums of quantities displayed in
> several subreports.)
> TIA,
> mattyseltz in Queens, NY
The closest you can get to that is to include the same datasets in the
main report that exist in the subreports and use an expression similar
to the following:
=Sum(Fields!Quantity.Value, "SameDataSetAsUsedInSubReport")
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Enrique Martinez
Sr. Software Consultant|||Hi, Enrique,
Thanks for your reply. I see that you answered a similar question on
April 18, sorry to make you repeat yourself.
Best,
Matt
"EMartinez" wrote:
> On May 7, 1:24 pm, mattyseltz <mattyse...@.discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > All--
> > Is it possible, from within the context of a main report that contains
> > several subreports, to write code in the main report that refers to field
> > values within one or more of the contained subreports? (I would like to
> > display totals in the main report that are sums of quantities displayed in
> > several subreports.)
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > mattyseltz in Queens, NY
>
> The closest you can get to that is to include the same datasets in the
> main report that exist in the subreports and use an expression similar
> to the following:
> =Sum(Fields!Quantity.Value, "SameDataSetAsUsedInSubReport")
> Hope this helps.
> Regards,
> Enrique Martinez
> Sr. Software Consultant
>|||On May 8, 8:16 am, mattyseltz <mattyse...@.discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Hi, Enrique,
> Thanks for your reply. I see that you answered a similar question on
> April 18, sorry to make you repeat yourself.
> Best,
> Matt
> "EMartinez" wrote:
> > On May 7, 1:24 pm, mattyseltz <mattyse...@.discussions.microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
> > > All--
> > > Is it possible, from within the context of a main report that contains
> > > several subreports, to write code in the main report that refers to field
> > > values within one or more of the contained subreports? (I would like to
> > > display totals in the main report that are sums of quantities displayed in
> > > several subreports.)
> > > TIA,
> > > mattyseltz in Queens, NY
> > The closest you can get to that is to include the same datasets in the
> > main report that exist in the subreports and use an expression similar
> > to the following:
> > =Sum(Fields!Quantity.Value, "SameDataSetAsUsedInSubReport")
> > Hope this helps.
> > Regards,
> > Enrique Martinez
> > Sr. Software Consultant
You're welcome. No problem. Glad I could be of assistance.
Regards,
Enrique Martinez
Sr. Software Consultant

referencing subreport value

What is the syntax to reference a subreports returning value?

I need to subtotal values returning from a subreport, but I don't know how to reference it.

Thanks,

Hi,

From your description, it seems that you want to reference a subreport in the parent report, right?

Based on my knowledge, you cannot reference a subreport from the parentreport. I suggest that you should have a DataSet in the parent report which achieves the summing work from the datasource or just create a subreport with the subtotals you need.

Thanks.

|||

I found out a way to this with a subreport. Nevermind.

Neither of your suggestions will work because the data in my subreport is referencing a child table.

I cannot use a subreport to do the summing because I need to attach these values when a group changes.

Any other ideas?