reporting-services

RDLC filtering nested tables

I am creating an RDLC report where the dataset consists of several datatables. There is one parent table and several child tables. What I would like to do is display relevant data from each child table for each row in the parent table. Here is a simplified example: table1 = "Purchase" has columns PurhcaseID, PurchaseNumber, PurchaseDa...

What is the best way to use a SSRS report viewer in a WPF application using MVVM

I have a WPF application using MVVM. I have some user controls that show some SSRS reports in a ReportViewer control hosted within a windows forms host control. The User Control has a simple combobox where the user selects a criteria and therefore the report satisfying this criteria will be loaded, its data fetched from the database and...

What should i use to generate and print letters

Hi im in the process of building a system that generates printed letters (around 1000 a day) that get sent to our customers and was wondering what are some good tools to use for this. So far i have looked into using Crystal reports and MS Fox pro reporting but find them frustrating to use. Anyone got any good suggestions? SQL repor...

Report header and column header not rendered on last page of PDF in reporting services

Hello, I am facing a weired problem in reporting services while displying reports in pdf. I have a page header and column headers for data in each page. But the page header and column headers are not rendering in just the last page of pdf. Does any one faced this problem before ? Your response would be really appreciable. Thanks, Kri...

Windows 2003 Service and Timer issues causing Tick not to be called?

Hi there, Having a few problems with Timers within a service on Win2k3... Basically, creating a service that every X minutes/seconds, checks for a certain process and whether it is running. I figured the easiest way to get this done was via a Timer, and so I coded all that in, and it seemed to be working OK. Have managed to install the...

SSRS using TimeSpan object in chart series.

I need to use a TimeSpan object as the datasource for a chart in reporting services. Unfortunatley i get the error: Series data points do not support values of type "System.TimeSpan"... Is the some magic trick to work around this limitation? ...

Oracle Proc to SQL Reporting Services: character set name is not recognized

A few months ago Oracle queries stopped working on our reporting services server after a service pack on the reporting server. I ended up having to grant permissions on Oracle directories to eliminate the first error and then renamed the NLS_LANG registry entry (effectively deleting it) to get rid of the second error. The old value was...

SSRS chart does not show y-axis data labels when values are very small (<1)

I have chart that plots values of Y-axis less than 1 (0.1, 0.24, etc). When the chart is built, Y-axis label just shows 0 at the origin and no other values along the axis. ...

XSLT on SSRS report

I want to translate an XML file with data like the following: <FlatData> <Details1_Collection> <Details1 Customer1="Customer" Total1="3" /> ... </Details1_Collection> </FlatData> The data I am interested in is the attributes and their values in each Details1. The problem is that these attributes are not necess...

Putting multi-valued string parameters into a table in SSRS

Hi I would like to put the input of a multi-valued string parameter in SSRS into a table, so I can join onto it, instead of using an in (@variable). I know how to do it in a proc, but I want to do it in SSRS itself, as sending it through to a proc limits it to 8000 characters. Thanks ...

Why Subreport shows a smaller font size than actual, SSRS 2005 ?

Hi All, I am using 4 subreports in one of my report. where one of the subreport in itself is having another subreport call. i have kept the font size of data in all the reports as 10pt. But while running the report it shows the size as 8pt for the subreport which have the inner subreport. Why is it so? Any help would be really app...

Best Practices for Deploying SQL Server Projects (SSAS, SSIS, SSRS) across domains

Scenario: Production servers are running SQL Server 2008 in the domain myDomain.com Dev/test/stage servers are running SQL Server 2008 in the domain dev-myDomain.com Actual dev work done on local running SQL Server 2008 source controlled using SourceSafe First of all, does this setup/environment make sense? And, what are some good wa...

How to get rid of the extra blank pages in PDF version of SSRS report?

Hi, I tried creating a report using a subreport. When i exported it to PDF i have noticed that there is extra blank pages in the PDF. I made it clear that body width + left margin+ right margin <=report width. But still it gives the blank page. subreport as individual working grt. Also i am calling the subreport from with in a list in...

Passing parameters between reports in SSRS 2005

I'm relatively new to SSRS 2005. I've built simple reports, and spreadsheets but I'm just beginning to delve into the world of fun that is SSRS/RDL. I'm trying to pass one (custom/non-query) parameter from one report (*.rdl) to another. While logically I would like to add a global variable, there doesn't seem to be any straightforward me...

How to replicate database A to B, then truncate data on database A, leaving B alone?

Hi, I am having a problem with my SQL Server 2005 database. The database must handle 1000 inserts a sec constantly. This is proving to be very difficult when the database must also handle reporting of the data, thus indexing. It seems to slow down after a couple of days only achieving 300 inserts per sec. By 10 days it is almost non func...

A T-SQL query executes in 15s on sql 2005, but hangs in SSRS (no changes)?

When I execute a T-SQL query it executes in 15s on sql 2005. SSRS was working fine until yesterday. I had to crash it after 30min. I made no changes to anything in SSRS. Any ideas? Where do I start looking? ...

SQL Reporting Services.

i made one report(A) and in it i called three sub reports(b,c,d). Now i call Main Report(A) and i export it to PDF.I have data only in two reports(b,d) but not in third report(c),so now i got some space between report b and report d. I put condition in b report if data present then it displays otherwise not. So now plz tell me solutio, h...

Can I integrate Reporting Services and Virtual Earth?

Our system receives status information from fleets of buses. We currently use Reporting Services 2008 to present a list of daily events, such as vehicle breakdowns, speeding, passenger counts, etc. I'd like to add an interactive map to visually indicate the geographic location of each event. Unfortunately, I can't see an easy way to e...

Can I get the Visual Studio 2008 report designer to look like the Visual Studio 2005 report designer

I liked the grid points and the visible separation of the header/body/footer of the report on the design surface or vs2005. I hate the vs2008 report designer which is just a blank canvas with no grid lines/points and separation of header/body/footer... ...

Does the iif function compute both paths in SSRS or is it short-circuited?

I am trying to evaluate a Price per Kilo ($/Kg) based on sales of a product. This works fine if the product was acutally sold during the period specified. However if the product is not sold the Kg (the denominator) ends up being 0 (zero) and an error results. - Divide by Zero error. I tried this =iif(KgSold=0,0,Revenue/KgSold) It a...