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Applies to RDL 2008/01, RDL 2010/01, and RDL 2016/01

The Variable element specifies a named expression to be evaluated and used within a group or report. This element MUST be specified at least once within a Variables collection.

The following are the parent elements, attributes, and child elements of the Variable element.

Parent elements

Variables

Attributes

Variable.Name

The following are the child elements of the Variable element in RDL 2008/01, RDL 2010/01, and RDL 2016/01.

Child elements

Variable.Value

Variable.Value.Datatype

The following are the child elements of the Variable element in RDL 2010/01 and RDL 2016/01.

Child elements

Variable.Writable

The following is the XML Schema definition of the Variable element in RDL 2008/01.

 <xsd:complexType name="VariableType">
   <xsd:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
     <xsd:element name="Value" type="StringWithDataTypeAttribute" minOccurs="1" 
                  maxOccurs="1" />
     <xsd:any namespace="##other" processContents="skip" />
   </xsd:choice>
   <xsd:attribute name="Name" type="xsd:normalizedString" use="required" />
   <xsd:anyAttribute namespace="##other" processContents="skip" />
 </xsd:complexType>

The following is the XML Schema definition of the Variable element in RDL 2010/01 and RDL 2016/01.

 <xsd:complexType name="VariableType">
   <xsd:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
     <xsd:element name="Value" type="StringWithDataTypeAttribute" minOccurs="1" 
                  maxOccurs="1" />
     <xsd:element name="Writable" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
     <xsd:any namespace="##other" processContents="lax" />
   </xsd:choice>
   <xsd:attribute name="Name" type="xsd:normalizedString" use="required" />
   <xsd:anyAttribute namespace="##other" processContents="lax" />
 </xsd:complexType>