reporting-services

How to create a custom render extension in SSRS 2008.

Hi, Please let me know that how can I create a custom render extension in SSRS 2008. I have created it in SSRS 2005, but when I try using the same code in SQL Serever 2008, it does not work. The IRenderingExtension interface doesnot seem to be compatible with 2008. It gives the following compilation error: Class 'Renderer' must imple...

How do I enable Model Item Security in Reporting Services 2005?

For the life of me I cannot figure out how to enable model item security on my models in RS2005. Pages such as: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms365305%28SQL.90%29.aspx Imply that I need to connect using Management Studio... However, when I connect with Management Studio the only things I get to manage are: Jobs Security (...

SSRS 2005 Report Viewer Date Picker Performance Issue

Hello, The date picker on the report viewer control in SSRS 2005 is causing our application to slow down a lot; when the user clicks the calendar icon, it really takes a while to load for them for some reason. Any ideas why? Thanks. ...

How to automatically change a parameter in Reporting Services when another is changed?

I have a 'Product' parameter in my report. Depending on the product the user chooses, it will call the report generator stored procedure from a different data source. Looking at this article, I've found how to do the first part of this solution. I've created two internal parameters, Server and Database, and the connection string will use...

SQL Server 2005 - query with case statement

Trying to put a single query together to be used eventually in a SQL Server 2005 report. I need to: Pull in all distinct records for values in the "eventid" column for a time frame - this seems to work. For each eventid referenced above, I need to search for all instances of the same eventid to see if there is another record with TaskN...

MDX query for SSRS2008 parameter, to be used as filter in dataset

What I want to do: The report parameter that the user can select from is a subset of the data available in a dimension. I have a query to retrieve this subset and it works fine. I am then trying to use the selection as a filter in a dataset. In the dataset properties, you can add a parameter based on the ones you have specified on the...

Reporting Services Matrix Order

I've got a reporting services report which display data in a matrix. The matrix rows are ordered by the report on a specific field's value. Trouble is I want a particular value to always appear last in the matrix even though it won't naturally be ordered there. Is there a way I can do this using an expression? Thanks. ...

Using Report (Reporting Services) parameter values in ASP.NET page

I have a report (Reporting Services) integrated into an ASP.NET that shows dropdownlists to select report parameter values. The dropdownlists are populated using direct database selects, though I see the report RDL files do contain the paramter values and datasets as defined in the report designer. Is it possible to obtain the report pa...

SSRS- Bar Chart with single bar needs to display Percentage data

Hi All, I have a requirement to show percentages in bar chart on a single bar using SSRS. For example, I want to show a employees by Age in a percentage in an SSRS report. 1.How many % employees between age 20 and 30? 2.How many % employees between age 30 and 40? 3.How many % employees between age 40 and 50? All this on a chart which h...

Comparing XML in SSRS

I'm new to SSRS. We'll have two slightly different chunks of XML in a single row of an SQL Server database table. In an SSRS report we'll want to show only the differences between the XML chunks. I don't know how to do this, but I suspect the XML Type in SQLServer 2005 might be useful, or XSLT transformations in SSRS. Could anyone point ...

set pdf properties from reporting services

Hello, I have a RDL that I call from .net code and I render it as PDF. RS sets values for the properties of the documents such as author, title, subject. Can I change those properties at runtime when the RDL is executed? Thanks a lot, Edgar ...

SQL Server Account will work for SQL Server but fails to ReportServer

Setting up SSRS. For Service Account, I set a domain account as the Report Server Service Account. click apply SQL Server Connection Dialog pops up. Need to specify an account with admin privileges. set Credentials Type = SQL Server Account I use sa account (which works, verified many ways with sql server management studio) I f...

Continous integration with Reporting Services

I'm implementing a continuous integration environment with SVN and reporting services. The reports are stored in the SVN repository. when a change occurs, they are automatically downloaded from the repository, and any file changed should be uploaded to the reporting services server. How could you automate the upload/update process for ...

Web framework with JasperReports integration?

What web development frameworks natively support JasperReports? Consider the following form as an example: <form name="report" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="REPORT_PATH" value="reports/Names" /> <input type="hidden" name="REPORT_FILE" value="List" /> <input type="hidden" name="REPORT_FORMAT" value="pdf" /> <input ty...

Upload files to SSRS server

I'm currently using the RS command to automate uploading an SSRS report. I have created a VB.NET program and it works well. Problem now is that I need to upload an XSLT file together with this report. Anyone knows any way of doing this, either using VB or even directly to the SSRS SQL Server db? Thanks ...

SSRS 2008 error

I am trying to generate a report using SSRS 2008. During report processing i am facing an error which states.."An error has occured during report processing .Query execution failed for dataset (datasetno).A severe error occured opn the current command.The results if any,should be discarded.Operation cancelled by user ". The datasetname ...

Ways of breaking down SQL transactional/call data into reports -- 'square data'?

I've got a large database of call-traffic information (although the question could be answered with any generic data set.) For instance, a row contains : call endpoint server (endpoint_name) call endpoint status (sip_disconnect_reason) call destination (destination) call completed (duration) [duration >0 is completed] call account group...

Is my TFS2010 backup/restore hosed?

Hi all, I recently set up a sandbox TFS to test TFS-specific features without interfering with the production TFS. I was happy I did this sooner than I thought--I hadn't been backing up the encryption key from SSRS and upon restoring the reporting databases, they remained inactive, requiring initialization that could only come from appl...

Choosing a Reporting Services parameter value based on the currently logged in user

Here's my situation. I have a Microsoft Reporting Services report that as a parameter takes a salesperson's name and shows them their sales across their territories blah blah blah. But, salesperson A should not be able to choose and view salesperson B's data. So, my thought was to get the currently logged in user from Reporting Servic...

Matrix Interactive Sorting on Report Builder 2.0

Hello, I have been using Report Builder 2.0 for a little time now and I can't seem to get Interactive sorting to work on a matrix header. Here is a first image of the report design: ReportDesign The final report should look something like this: [FinalReport] The TextBoxProperties window of [Importanta] looks something like this [TextBoxP...