The SSRS Timer function is a Date and Time function that calculates the total number of seconds elapsed from midnight to the current time and returns a double value. The syntax of the Timer function to print the total elapsed seconds from midnight to now is as shown below.
=Timer()
To demonstrate the SSRS Timer function, we use the Employee table below, which has 15 records. The image shows the records in the Table report.
SSRS Timer function Example
For this, let me add a new column to the right side of the Hire Date column and name it the Timer. Next, right-click the textbox under Timer and choose the Expression. To understand the report, I suggest you refer to the articles on charts, tables, grouping, and format tables in SSRS.
It opens the following expression window to print the Timer. The timer function below calculates the total number of seconds elapsed from midnight to the current time per the system and returns a double-precision value.
=Timer()
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