Slow parameter from SSAS cube

Hi,
I've got a SSRS report which use a SSAS cube as source. In the report there are 5 parameters which are build in the Report builder 3.0 using the designer. The report server is a SQL server 2008 R2 with the latest updates.
The issue that I am having is when running the report if I would like to choose another value from one of my parameters then I open the parameters (drop-downbox)and select another value in the box - then it's like the drop-down box hangs for 3-4
seconds when I click out of the box before the value is appearing in the report, when I use the Report builder Tool. If I do the same in IE then the reports render for 10-15 seconds each time a new value is choosen.
Any Idea how to improve this?
The Parameter consist of only 5-6 values and it performs very fast if I execute the Query in the designer
I've attached the Query as it looks like for the parameter(hidden dataset):
WITH MEMBER [Measures].[ParameterCaption] AS [Company].[Company Name].CURRENTMEMBER.MEMBER_CAPTION MEMBER [Measures].[ParameterValue] AS [Company].[Company Name].CURRENTMEMBER.UNIQUENAME MEMBER [Measures].[ParameterLevel] AS [Company].[Company Name].CURRENTMEMBER.LEVEL.ORDINAL
SELECT {[Measures].[ParameterCaption], [Measures].[ParameterValue], [Measures].[ParameterLevel]} ON COLUMNS , [Company].[Company Name].ALLMEMBERS ON ROWS FROM ( SELECT ( STRTOSET(@ReportingCurrencyReportingCurrency, CONSTRAINED) ) ON COLUMNS FROM [SALES])
(the issue is the same for all my parameters)

Hi HCMJ,
In your scenario, you said that "the reports render for 10-15 seconds each time a new value is choosen".
Report server performance is affected by a combination of factors that include hardware, number of concurrent users accessing reports, the amount of data in a report, and output format.
To find out how long it takes to process a report and which process phase take more time, we can review the report server execution log. We can use the report execution log to find out how often a report is requested, what formats are used the most, and
how many milliseconds of processing time is spent on each processing phase.
In addtional, i'd suggest you enable SQL Sever profiler to monitor the queries fired by the report, once you find some queries took a very long time to run, consider creating the smaller cube partition or optimzing the query by adding index or
partition to improve the query performance.
Regards,
Charlie Liao
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