SSRS optional cascading parameter for date

Question

I have a report that I am attempting to setup a subscription for. The subscriber would like the report on the 4th every month for the previous month's end date. eg ran today would return the data through 10/31.

I would like to create this report so that there is a cascading parameter that would be labeled Use previous month end date to set the end date to the subscription date when flagged on and allow the user to enter a date when flagged off. so that i can use this parameter to create the dynamic subscription but allow anyone else hitting it through the report server to enter their own date.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

You don't need the UsePriorMonth parameter - just default the date range to be the prior month and allow users to change it if they want.

So your DateFrom parameter Default Value expression is:

=DateAdd(DateInterval.Month, -1, DateAdd(DateInterval.Day, 1-Day(Today), Today))

and your DateTo parameter Default Value expression is:

=DateAdd(DateInterval.Day, -1, DateAdd(DateInterval.Day, 1-Day(Today), Today))