Add ssrs report description

Question

Anyway I can add a ssrs report description that displays in the report before execution? I Googled and most people said its not possible but there has to be a way to tweak it ri

Answer 1

There is one ugly solution for this: Set your parameter to default value which will hide all the tables and objects on your report when its run. Put IF statements in your data sets which will produce only one row of default hard-coded data to execute the report - this should be in about one second after report is opened. Create one object with the description of the report - for example txt box. Add a expression to this object to be hidden if parameter value <> default value. This will work but as I said - is a bit ugly solution.