SSRS: Showing the correct execution time on a two page report?

Question

I\'m just wondering how I can show the correct execution time on a report?

Until recently I had been using the following in the footer of my reports as a label expre

Answer 1

The most efficient way of doing this is to create a user-defined variable which holds the value in memory and then invoke it each time within your text box.

1. Right click on the report design pane (empty space) > Report Properties.
2. Click Variables.
3. Add a new variable > e.g. vReportExecDuration.
4. Add the expression...

=IIf(System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).TotalSeconds < 1, "0 seconds", ( IIf(System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Hours > 0, System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Hours & " hour(s), ", "") + IIf(System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Minutes > 0, System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Minutes & " minute(s), ", "") + IIf(System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Seconds > 0, System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Seconds & " second(s)", "")) )

5. Ok to save the state.
6. From your text box in the header/footer, add =Variables!vReportExecDuration.Value and that will be static on every report page.