Problem with parameters of BIRT report in RS 3

ReportServer (EN)
1

Hello!

I noticed a strange behavior of BIRT report under RS3. I have a BIRT report with 3 text parameters. I’ve specified all 3 parameters in Administrator - Reports - Parameters as Datasource Parameters. Under each parameter, in Edit - Specific Properties, I have defined each parameter as PARAMETER of BIRT-report datasource (datasource is the report itself). Selection mode is Single selection and Selection style is Dropdown. At this point Default Values list shows all available values correctly for each parameter.

When I run the report I’ll get the Parameter selection screen. There dowpdown list of parameters is correct only for the first parameter. The second and third parameter have the same list of values than the first parameter!

I hope you understood the problem. Can you reproduce it?

2

Hi,

what is the cache setting of your datasource?

Cheers,
Arno

3

Hi Arno!

Database cache is set to 0.

Below are few images how the problem looks like:

1st parameter - properties
Parameter 1

2nd parameter - properties. Here Default Values list shows correct values.
Parameter 1

Executing the report. Default values are correct
Parameter 1

Executing the report. Selection list of parameter 1 is correct
Parameter 1

Executing the report. Selection list of parameter 2 is taken from parameter 1!
Parameter 1

4

Hi Tok,

thank you for the detailed description. We’ll look into this as [RS-2221].

Cheers,
Arno

5

Hi Tok,

could you try using three independent Birt datasources for the report. Does that solve the problem?

Cheers,
Arno

6

Thanks Arno! It worked!

I defined an independent datasource to the same BIRT report for each parameter. This is a good workaround although I think there’s still a bug to fix.

7

Just to update this, we’ve fixed the issue and the fix will be part of the next maintenance release.