Looping thru sub report based on dataset in main report.

Hello all,
I have a report which has few parameters and I scheduled it to run and export in excel. This report run multiple time based on parameter value and then export the data into different excel file.
Here is what I'm looking for:
1. Create a main report with temporary data set with all the parameter values.
2. Run sub report with parameter values from main report and then export it to excel file, I assume it will help to create one single excel file with multiple tabs.
Questions are:
1. How I can create s dataset in main report (may be use XML as a data source) and write a query? Since I don't have access to database I cannot add a table for parameters values so I need to know how I can create a dataset with all the values
2. Is this a right approach or there is a another way to handle it?
Look forward for expert advice.
Thanks,
P

Hi Parry2k,
According to your description, you want to create a report with several parameters and configure subscription to send delivery the report to users, but you haven’t permission to access database.
According to my knowledge, as long as a user can connect to a SQL Server instance, the user is able to create temporary tables, there are no special permissions. To use XML as data source, we can select XML from type drop-down list, then embed xml in dataset
query text box.
To set parameter values, we can create Available values and Default Values manually or create datasets for the parameter, then get values from the datasets.
In this case, I would recommend you asking database administrator to grant permission to access database to you. Creating temporary tables is not a good approach to solve the problem.
If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask.
Thanks,
Wendy Fu
Wendy Fu
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