Is there any way to convert the 2008 Report format back to a 2005 format? I don't think I got prompted about my upgrading my reports and now I think they are in the new format. Any way to save my changes and go back a version?
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There is no way to go from 2005 to 2000. I would assume this is true still.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143747.aspx Hopefully you followed the directions there and backed up the reportserver database. Restore that to a test environment and you can recover your reports.
I would recommend RSScripter to anyone working with reporting services, btw.
Sam
2009-01-27 05:32:17
+ 1 and answer. Thanks, I was able to recover the project and make changes from an email luckily. So what is good about RSScripter?
tyndall
2009-01-27 15:35:18
RSScripter lets you move masses of reports around, with included subscription info. You could restore your install and then script your report .rdl files to your workstation. You're welcome!
Sam
2009-01-27 18:41:20
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There is a way to go from 2008 back to 2005 by manually editing the XML. While this is not the easiest thing to do a simple program that uses RegEx to pattern match the old xml with the new could be written in about an hour.
Another option is to just re-create the reports in 2005, taking the queries from the current rdl file.
Todd Moses
2009-10-23 20:30:44
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Hi Todd,
Where can i find such converter. It would be a great help if I could create report only in 2008 and convert then to 2005.
Paul
2010-02-19 08:54:48