This is an error that is oftentimes received when a user is entering in a number of parameters. The error is seen below.

It can be a little unnerving to get this message because it is not obvious what is actually causing it. In the example I will show here I originally set the parameter called "offset" to an integer but if you look closely the "Allow Blank Value" checkbox is selected but it is greyed out. We want that checkbox to be cleared out entirely.

The way we can clear the "Allow Blank Value" checkbox is to change the parameter to String as seen in the image. You also want to uncheck the Allow Blank Value checkbox at the same time.

Then if you change it back to an Integer value you will see that the checkbox remains unchecked.

Now when you enter your parameters while running the report the error "The value provided for the report parameter 'offset' is not valid for its type" does not appear and your report will run perfectly.

Last updated on April 3, 2009 by Bob