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InScope Function (Reporting Services)

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Indicates whether the current instance of an item is in the specified scope.

Syntax

InScope(scope)

Parameters

Return Type

Returns a Boolean.

Remarks

The InScope function tests the scope of the current instance of a report item for membership in the scope specified by the scopeparameter.

Scope cannot be an expression.

A typical use for the InScope function is in data regions that have dynamic scoping. For example, InScope can be used in a drillthrough link in a data region cells to provide a different report name and different sets of parameters depending on which cell is clicked. An example of this is as follows:

  • The following expression, used as the report name in a drillthrough link, opens the ProductDetail report if the clicked cell is in the Month group, and the ProductSummary report if it is not.

    =Iif(InScope("Month"), "ProductDetail", "ProductSummary")

  • The following expression, used in the Omit property of a drillthrough report parameter, will pass the parameter to the target report only if the clicked cell is in the Product group.

    =Not(InScope("Product"))

Example

The following code example indicates whether the current instance of the item is in the Product dataset, data region, or group scope.

=InScope("Product")

See Also

Concepts

Using Expressions (Reporting Services)

Using Built-in Report and Aggregate Functions in Expressions (Reporting Services)