Importance of parameters on a report

1. What are parameters in a report?
2. What are parameters in report builder?
3. How many types of parameters are in report Builder?

What are parameters in a report?

Parameters are one of the built-in collections that you can include in an expression in a report. Because expressions are used to define values throughout a report definition, you can use parameters to control report appearance or to pass values to related subreports or reports that also use parameters.

What are parameters in report builder?

A dataset parameter is created for each variable or input parameter, and a report parameter is created for each dataset parameter. This image from Report Builder shows: The report parameters in the Report Data pane. The dataset with the parameters.

How many types of parameters are in report Builder?

Understanding Parameter Data Types

Report parameters must be one of five data types: Boolean, DateTime, Integer, Float, or Text (also known as String).