Adding ranges from unbound parameters to a query

SSRS reports support using parameters that are not part of a dataset. This recipe will attempt to use the unbound parameters FromDate and ToDate added to the report to set the ranges in the report query. These parameters are added to the report and are not connected to any dataset. The values in these controls will be received and set in the report query.

How to do it...

1. The first step is to create a contract and UI builder class and bind them together (assuming you have created the parameters as discussed in the first recipe Opening a report through a controller).

2. Add a UIBuilder class that extends SRSReportDatacontractUIBuilder as follows:

   public class PktRdlItemTransListUIBuilder extends SrsReportDataContractUIBuilder
   {
   
   }

3. Add a contract class that extends SRSReportRdlDataContract as shown in the following snippet:

   [
       SrsReportNameAttribute(ssrsReportStr(PktRdlItemTransList, ItemTransList)),
       SysOperationContractProcessingAttribute(classstr...