Filter Equation Examples (Report Builder 3.0)

To create a filter, you must specify one or more filter equations. A filter equation includes an expression, a data type, an operator, and a value. This topic provides examples of commonly used filters.

Filter Examples

The following table shows examples of filter equations that use different data types and different operators. The scope for the comparison is determined by report item for which a filter is defined. For example, for a filter defined on a dataset, TOP % 10 is the top 10 percent of values in the dataset; for a filter defined on a group, TOP % 10 is the top 10 percent of values in the group.

Simple Expression

Data Type

Operator

Value

Description

[SUM(Quantity)]

Integer

>

7

Includes data values that are greater than 7.

[SUM(Quantity)]

Integer

TOP N

10

Includes the top 10 data values.

[SUM(Quantity)]

Integer

TOP %

20

Includes the top 20% of data values.

[Sales]

Text

>

=CDec(100)

Includes all values of type System.Decimal (SQL "money" data types) greater than $100.

[OrderDate]

DateTime

>

2088-01-01

Includes all dates from January 1, 2008 to the present date.

[OrderDate]

DateTime

BETWEEN

2008-01-01

2008-02-01

Includes dates from January 1, 2008 up to and including February 1, 2008.

[Territory]

Text

LIKE

*east

All territory names that end in "east".

[Territory]

Text

LIKE

%o%th*

All territory names that include North and South at the beginning of the name.

=LEFT(Fields!Subcat.Value,1)

Text

IN

B, C, T

All subcategory values that begin with the letters B, C, or T.

Examples with Report Parameters

The following table provides examples of filter expression that includes a single-value or multivalue parameter reference.

Parameter type

(Filter) Expression

Operator

Value

Data Type

Single value

[EmployeeID]

=

[@EmployeeID]

Integer

Multivalue

[EmployeeID]

IN

[@EmployeeID]

Integer

See Also

Reference

Expression Examples (Report Builder 3.0)

Concepts

Parameters (Report Builder 3.0)

Using Dataset Filters, Data Region Filters, and Group Filters (Report Builder 3.0)

Using Expressions (Report Builder 3.0)

Working with Data Types in Expressions (Report Builder 3.0)