Display different footer in main report of SSRS based on sub report

I have a main report in which there are two sub reports and then those two sub reports each contain one sub-subreport.
The following will give you an idea
Main Report
----->Sub Report 1
------------>Sub Sub Report 1
----->Sub Report 2
------------>Sub Sub Report 1
I am trying to display name of subreport in footer of main report depending on which subreport user is currently in. So let's say if user is viewing Sub Report 1 then it should display in footer of main report "Sub Report 1" (this is actually coming
from database and is not like displaying some static text but for the time being ignore this)
If user is viewing Sub Sub Report 1 then footer of main report should say "Sub Report 1: Sub Sub Report 1"
After searching a bit I found out that:
1. Sub report footer will not be shown in Main report hence this option is ruled out
2. You cannot pass parameter from sub report to main report so this option is also ruled out
But looks like you can use Shared Variables between Sub Report and Main Report. I tried to do this but looks like it doesn't work. Here's what I did:
In my Sub Report 1, I declared a shared variable as below:
Public Shared Dim sharedVariable as String = "Sub Report 1"
Now in my Main Report I wrote the following function in code just to test if it prints it on screen on not.
Public Function PrintSharedVariable() as String
Return sharedVariable
End Function
But when I run this report, it shows error that sharedVariable is not declared in Main Report. How do I use shared variables and will it work in my case?

Hi Frank,
According to your description, you want to show the subreport name in the main report. Right?
In Reporting Services, all the custom code is only work for the current report. The sharedVariable you created in subreport can't be used in main report. That's the reason why it throws the error because there's no sharedVariable in main report. For your
requirement, the most effective workaround is having a textbox with go to report Action and passing the report name as parameter back to main report.
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
Best Regards,
Simon Hou

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[2. 1212849 - How to pass a parameter value through a hyperlink from one report to another |http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes_boj/sdn_oss_boj_erq/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/scn_bosap/notes.do]
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