SSRS report parameter visibility

Question

I have a SSRS report which takes 8 parameters. On the report server when I am testing, I can see 8 fields show up along with a 'View Report' button.

Now, I am trying to use ReportViewer control in ASP.NET to show this same SSRS report with parameters. In the ReportViewer control I can see the same 8 fields with 'View Report' button. But, in ASP.NET application I only want to show 2 parameter fields to the user. I want to hide the other 6 parameters from the end-user.

I was thinking about fetching rdl file as XML and look into the ReportParameters section and hide or show parameters based on a config file. Is there any better way?.

Answer 1

Create a linked report on your report server, and hide the 6 parameters you want to hide in the linked report. Then point the ReportViewer to the linked report.