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How Query Same Columns w/Mulitple Criteria
Posted by Mike Harbinger at 10/6/2004 11:37:57 PM
I am trying to build my first report that is more than a simple columnar report and wonder if you guys can help. I need to query the same sets of fields but with different criteria and compare them over time as follows: -show order NetAmount, Gross Amount, %NetAmount for each sales person for ...more >>


How does one secure the ReportServer folders\report listings?
Posted by VChandy at 10/6/2004 6:01:02 PM
How can I prevent a user from directly going to a browser and accessing https://localhost/reportserver? The problem is the user can then click on of the RDLs and it comes up with the report displaying all the parameter options even though in my app I hide the same through url access. If ...more >>

Error exporting subreport to excel
Posted by AR at 10/6/2004 5:55:02 PM
Hi, I have read this in the previous post that it is not possible to export subreport to excel using table/matrix format. Though one of the post says that you can do it using list (for table format only). Can you pls also highlight how to have one record in one report attached to one correspo...more >>

installing only Report Manager on web server (Daniel Rieb help?)
Posted by FurmanGG at 10/6/2004 5:53:03 PM
I followed the instructions for installing Report Manager and NOTHING else on a separate web server. The instructions came from: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs/browse_thread/thread/9750be7e6c083a7b/6b15e50db9740949#6b15e50db9740949 I'm pretty darn...more >>

Dynamic Proxies - ServiceDescriptionImporter()
Posted by Simon at 10/6/2004 5:45:03 PM
Hi, I have a DPE (data processig extension) that calls a Dynamic Proxy DLL - this DLL has been declared in a Code Group of the rssrvpolicy.config file - for developmental purposes, it uses the "FullTrust" PermissionSet and it all works well ... to a point. In the dynamic proxy code when ...more >>

Slow PDF and Excel rendering
Posted by Rodrigo Sánchez at 10/6/2004 5:01:50 PM
I have a report which is very slow to render on pdf format, is there a way to help RS speed up the rendering in this formats? Its a long report and contains embeded images in page headers, has anyone experienced slow performance when rendering, any dos and donts? thanks in advance ...more >>

Toolbar rendered when using URL access
Posted by adrianM at 10/6/2004 4:58:36 PM
Question: Is there any other way to show the toolbar when a report is rendered outside of URL access?? Thx ...more >>

Exporting Schedules and Subscriptions
Posted by Carlos E. Mosquera at 10/6/2004 3:59:02 PM
Hi, Exists some way to export schedules and subscriptions to another reporting services database??? Please, i need this information. -- Carlos E. Mosquera DBA - Project Manager BAC Panamá...more >>



Another IIF statement question
Posted by Kelly at 10/6/2004 3:19:24 PM
I have a matrix table set up that returns some invoice amounts for each customer, by month. The months are going across the top; the customers going down the side; amounts as the 'data' portion. Anyway, in my actual database table, some customers didn't have invoice amounts for certain months ...more >>

Custom "Report Viewer" does not show the images..
Posted by Raj Chidipudi at 10/6/2004 3:02:46 PM
Hi Guys, We have a Custom Report Manager web page, uses "Report Viewer" Server = Conrtol which is part of the Samples, which will take the URL of a = Report and display it. Our Custom Report Manager works in the same way = as Standard "Report Manager" of Reporting Services, using = "Replacem...more >>

NULL DateTime parameters via URL
Posted by Ron Lytal at 10/6/2004 2:28:54 PM
My report has DateTime parameters and is being accessed via URL. These parameters are set to "Allow NULL". When I access the report with the parameter in the URL like this &DateTimeParm= I get the error "rsReportParameterTypeMismatch". When I omit the parameter from the URL completel...more >>

Render multiple reports simultaneously
Posted by Stewart S at 10/6/2004 2:05:04 PM
Is it possible, using http or ReportingServices API, to simultaneously render multiple reports in the code behind a web app command button? If so, will all reports render to separate web pages? Would there be an obvious way to move back and forth between the reports (that is, would the reports...more >>

2nd POST-How to change color for a visited field?
Posted by amma at 10/6/2004 2:01:01 PM
Hello All, I have a parameterized report (Report1), which has a field (say 'Control#')that has 'Jump to Report' navigation property setup. When the user selects their parameters, Report1 displays, say 10 records displayed on the Report, and when the user clicks on Control# of Report1, it Ju...more >>

Extracting Month Name from Date
Posted by Blake Gremillion at 10/6/2004 1:59:03 PM
Is there a function for getting the Month name from a date string? For example, '01/20/2004' would return 'January' ...more >>

Multiple Attachments
Posted by dlong at 10/6/2004 1:59:02 PM
How do I get multiple attachments into one mail note. I have five reports that I what my uses to receive in the form of Excel and PDF attachments and I do not want them to get five Emails. Is this possible with subscriptions Thanks Doug ...more >>

Re: Displaying values of a textbox
Posted by Ponnurangam at 10/6/2004 1:17:45 PM
Use textbox2.value: =ReportItems!textbox1.value "Sanjeev" <sanjeev@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<uafhla3qEHA.3700@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>... > Hi, > > I want to display the value of one textbox in another textbox. > Does anyone know the syntax for this expression. > Both ...more >>

Where is STSADM.exe?
Posted by CJ Taylor at 10/6/2004 1:04:57 PM
Hey everyone, My SA and I have been working with trying to get Reporting Services to work on our Win 2003 EE Server for the past two days. We got it to work locally on the XP Pro machines and more than impressed... However, we read that Sharepoint Services (default installed with Win2003) ...more >>

Microsoft Acknowledgement?
Posted by fzuma NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 10/6/2004 12:58:26 PM
Can I please, at least, get an acknowledgement from someone at Microsoft that they have seen this posting? Without a response whatsoever in a month's time, I'm wondering if it was posted at all. Hopefully I can get some sort of input as well as a viable workaround or plans for this bug to be f...more >>

Email address disappears in subscription
Posted by garyc at 10/6/2004 12:49:03 PM
When I am in a subscription for a report in RS (SP1 installed) and I click on Select Schedule, and then click on OK, any email addresses that I had in the subscription are gone. Any addresses that I have in the Cc: or Bcc: are still there but the To: list is empty. Is this normal?...more >>

Putting a db field in report header
Posted by Rodrigo Sánchez at 10/6/2004 12:09:48 PM
I need to put a field in the report header, i think the way to do it is to put a hidden textbox in the body and reference it from the header, but i dont know how to make the expresion for that, is that the correct way to do it?, is there better way? ...more >>

"Server Application Unavailable" error on generating PDF reports
Posted by Azul at 10/6/2004 11:06:11 AM
Hi, I'm using ASP.NET with SQL Reporting Service to generate PDF reports. Most of the time it works well. But sometimes PDF doesn't come out (esp. if the report is complicated), with the error message at below. I use 2 separate servers for Web Server / Reporting Service. And i suspect a ...more >>

Changing Service Account
Posted by dachrist at 10/6/2004 10:15:04 AM
We need to change the account that the ReportServer service runs under. Is it as simple as changing the account that the service logs on with, or is it more involved?...more >>

Deploying to a webserver
Posted by JerryK at 10/6/2004 10:09:07 AM
I'm confused... I was able to get my Web Host to install Reporting Services. I understand that after I deploy my reports to my Web Host's server, that the URL I need would look something like this: http://myWebHostServer/ReportServer My question is: If my Web Host has dozens/hundreds of us...more >>

Windows Integrated Security
Posted by Mayur Patel at 10/6/2004 10:05:12 AM
Hi, When user clicks on the report, i want to take the identity of the user and go to DB and return some rows depending upon the identity of the user. Any ideas Thanks.. ...more >>

IIF statement issue
Posted by TBraun at 10/6/2004 10:01:03 AM
Here is the iif statement I have in the report: =iif ((Sum(Fields!EXTENDED_MARGIN.Value) = 0) or (SUM(Fields!TY_QTY.Value)=0), 0, SUM(Fields!EXTENDED_MARGIN.Value)/SUM(Fields!TY_QTY.Value)) If I put in just the basic iif statment evaluation returning a 1 for true and a 2 for false, it wo...more >>

Server Application Unavailable
Posted by amiraj NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 10/6/2004 9:53:12 AM
All of sudden we started finding the below problem with reporting services in our servers. All other web apps are working find under the default web site except reports and report server. Any one had this problem? Server Application Unavailable The web application you are attempting to acce...more >>

Can we break a chart line
Posted by ad at 10/6/2004 9:45:27 AM
I have a line chart which describe the number of absent students every week. There is summer vocation during a year (week 27th to week 39th) I want to the line break up when summer vocation. Can we break line where summer vocation? ...more >>

Question for MS - code behind
Posted by moondaddy at 10/6/2004 9:23:12 AM
Are there any plans for putting code behind the report similar to code behind for aspx pages? And if so, will there be events like OnFormat for sections or objects similar to other report writers? And if not, is there a different technique for achieving the same functionality? Also, will the...more >>

alternate row color in groups
Posted by NI at 10/6/2004 9:21:02 AM
Hi: I am trying to alternate row colors within groups, and I do this <BackgroundColor>=iif(RunningValue(Fields!Country.Value,CountDistinct,Nothin g) Mod 2, "Cornsilk", "White")</BackgroundColor> but the problem is my country field has duplicates, and the color is not alternating in suc...more >>

How can I set the page orientation to landscape
Posted by Savita Gupta at 10/6/2004 9:18:10 AM
Hi How can I set the page orientation to landscape of my reports? My report has 9 subreports. Please help. ...more >>

security question
Posted by David Bailey at 10/6/2004 9:09:52 AM
I have a situation where I am using one report to deliver information to different offices. Each office should only their information. Area management should be able to see the offices that they manage. So, I've created a parameter which offers the end user a list of choices based on their u...more >>

Installing SQL Reporting Services
Posted by dmg at 10/6/2004 9:05:07 AM
How can I install the server and client components for SQL Server Reporting Services? Where are the install files located?...more >>

Custom Reports using Reporting Services
Posted by snbat at 10/6/2004 8:05:03 AM
I have a couple of quetsions regarding the Reporting Services. Any response will be greatly appreciated. I am looking to see if the user has the capability to design thier own reports using the reporting services.. Is it possible to provide the report design capability to the user so that ...more >>

SubReport Error
Posted by BobB at 10/6/2004 8:05:03 AM
Hi, I've created a report that executes 3 subreports. When I run it for an Officer everything works fine. When I try a different Officer I get the following: "An error occurred while executing the subreport 'subreport2': Error during processing of 'OfficerID' report parameter." In fact ther...more >>

### I think its a bug ### - Export to excel
Posted by NI at 10/6/2004 7:53:02 AM
Hi: I have a report with 2 tables in it, both have drillthroughs. I need to toggle the visibility between the two tables based on the report parameters, and hence have an expression in the visibility of the tables properties. 1) Loss of data when exported to excel (sublevels not exported...more >>

Using Reporting Services
Posted by Angel at 10/6/2004 6:39:05 AM
Hi everyone! After a 3 hours of fooling around with reporting services I managed to get the server components install on one of my server and even created a report in my development machine with little or not effort. It took a bit of doing figuring out how to deploy the report but finally ...more >>

bind matrix or table to image or map
Posted by Salvatore at 10/6/2004 5:55:07 AM
Hi I want to create a report where data is fixed to certain areas on a map (eg I have an image of Switzerland and regional data. The data should be displayed ontop of certain regions of the map). When I deploy the report and open it in Preview or with a browser, everything is moved: eg, if I...more >>

ODBC SPROCS and unnamed parameters
Posted by paul.scott NO[at]SPAM klm.com at 10/6/2004 5:25:27 AM
I have a stored procedure outlined below that I access on SQL Server 6.5 via ODBC. CREATE PROCEDURE usp_SQLREPORTING_TEST @userid VARCHAR(6) AS SELECT * INTO #TEMP_CM FROM tblUser WHERE userID LIKE @userid SELECT * FROM #TEMP_CM When I add the data set to SQL reporting services I ca...more >>

Releasing SQL Rep.Services Reports
Posted by jonskin at 10/6/2004 3:55:32 AM
Having developed my C#, SQL Server, .Net Web application I can create a Setup.exe for the Web App using a Setup Project. The Setup.exe can be copied to any transfer medium and the App. can be installed and run on the production machine (as long as it supports .Net and IIS). When it comes to ...more >>


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