Lesson 7: Add a drillthrough action on the parent report

After you add a ReportViewer control to the website application, your next step is to add a drillthrough action on the parent report.

Add a drillthrough action on the parent report

  1. Go to the parent report.

  2. Select the textbox that holds the value of Name.

  3. Right-click the textbox, and then select Text Box Properties.

  4. Go to the Action tab, and then select the Go to report option.

  5. Enter the name of the child report in the Specify a report section.

    Note

    Do not include the file extension for the report name.

  6. Select Add under Use these parameters to run the report section.

  7. Enter productid in the name box, and then select ProductID in the Value drop-down list.

  8. Select Ok to finish.

Next step

You successfully added a drillthrough action on the parent report. Next, you'll create a data filter for the data table that you defined for the child report. See Lesson 8: Create a data filter.