How do I dynamically populate a dropdown list for users to filter a report in SSRS?

I was helping someone who had an interesting data set. Their tables were coming from a vendor and they had to report off of those tables. The problem was that the tables were all named and logically split by MMYYYY. This meant that if they wanted to query data between a date range, they would need to maintain views daily or get creative in SSRS.

Now this option can be used for many things, you just need to tweak the parameters a little. I’m showing you conceptually how to use the template to execute a dynamic SQL Script that populate a data set from a user selecting drop downs in a report. Continue reading “How do I dynamically populate a dropdown list for users to filter a report in SSRS?”