passing olap parameters in url

hi. could anyone pls tell me how to pass parameter values on url to an olap
RS 2005 report? i tried to do it as such and got an error.
parameter name is AbsenceTypesAbsenceTypes
parameter value is =[Absence Types].[Absence Types].[Absence Type].&[Absent
Days]
this is the link:
http://localhost/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?%2fCA_Reports%2fcAtt_01&rs:Command=Render&AbsenceTypesAbsenceTypes=[Absence
Types].[Absence Types].[Absence Type].&[Absent Days]
this is the error:
The path of the item "/CA_Reports/cAtt_01,[Absent Days]" is not valid. The
path must be less than 260 characters long and must not start with slash.
Other restrictions apply.
it's obvious that the & in the value of the parameter is causing this
problem.
also if somebody knows of a site where i can find help on this subject. i've
searched a lot and none talks about the current version of RS with olap.
ThanksURL parameter values always must be encoded. E.g. & needs to be encoded as
%26, [ would be %5B, ] would be %5D.
Lookup the HttpUtility class on MSDN - it provides a static method
HttpUtility.HtmlEncode to perform this encoding.
-- Robert
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"TinaWina" <TinaWina@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi. could anyone pls tell me how to pass parameter values on url to an
> olap
> RS 2005 report? i tried to do it as such and got an error.
> parameter name is AbsenceTypesAbsenceTypes
> parameter value is =[Absence Types].[Absence Types].[Absence
> Type].&[Absent
> Days]
> this is the link:
> http://localhost/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?%2fCA_Reports%2fcAtt_01&rs:Command=Render&AbsenceTypesAbsenceTypes=[Absence
> Types].[Absence Types].[Absence Type].&[Absent Days]
> this is the error:
> The path of the item "/CA_Reports/cAtt_01,[Absent Days]" is not valid. The
> path must be less than 260 characters long and must not start with slash.
> Other restrictions apply.
> it's obvious that the & in the value of the parameter is causing this
> problem.
> also if somebody knows of a site where i can find help on this subject.
> i've
> searched a lot and none talks about the current version of RS with olap.
> Thanks|||Thank you very much.
It worked:)
"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> URL parameter values always must be encoded. E.g. & needs to be encoded as
> %26, [ would be %5B, ] would be %5D.
> Lookup the HttpUtility class on MSDN - it provides a static method
> HttpUtility.HtmlEncode to perform this encoding.
> -- Robert
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "TinaWina" <TinaWina@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1B900061-7EF8-4FC5-AA0D-EE61C20E5E53@.microsoft.com...
> > hi. could anyone pls tell me how to pass parameter values on url to an
> > olap
> > RS 2005 report? i tried to do it as such and got an error.
> > parameter name is AbsenceTypesAbsenceTypes
> > parameter value is =[Absence Types].[Absence Types].[Absence
> > Type].&[Absent
> > Days]
> >
> > this is the link:
> > http://localhost/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?%2fCA_Reports%2fcAtt_01&rs:Command=Render&AbsenceTypesAbsenceTypes=[Absence
> > Types].[Absence Types].[Absence Type].&[Absent Days]
> >
> > this is the error:
> > The path of the item "/CA_Reports/cAtt_01,[Absent Days]" is not valid. The
> > path must be less than 260 characters long and must not start with slash.
> > Other restrictions apply.
> >
> > it's obvious that the & in the value of the parameter is causing this
> > problem.
> >
> > also if somebody knows of a site where i can find help on this subject.
> > i've
> > searched a lot and none talks about the current version of RS with olap.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>