FEATURE REQUEST (already submitted to sqlwish@microsoft.com): Allow rs: and rc: parameters as an exception to the "CLR-compliant parameter name" rule within Navigation Parameter properties. Background: I have created a custom report manager that displays reports within an IFRAME. With URL a...more >>

I have a report server set up with about a dozen or so reports. Right now, the user is accessing each one (via a URL with the appropriate PDF rendering tags) from a custom web application to generate the reports. What they'd really prefer to do is click one "button" or something that execute...more >>

Hi I wish to export a reportas CSV format, however when I open it in Excel it is assuming it is fixed width seperated, when it clearly is comma seperated! Is there any way I can get it to do it right? I am using Excel 2000 to view the csv output, and it is being triggered via a URL on a ASP.N...more >>

Hi, I've got a report that I wish to display within an IFRAME on an existing site. It looks great, and fits nicely. The problem is, when I drill through one of my charts, the target for the image map is "_top", i.e. the report I've drilled through to is no longer in the IFRAME, but rather...more >>

I have created a Reporting Services report that uses MDX to retrieve data from a cube. The MDX statements must use a parameter so they are placed into text strings. The report will run with the Dynamic MDX in Visual Studio but when I deploy it to the Web Server it locks up. I believe th...more >>

Hi, I'm having a lot of trouble using Reporting Services to handle data from the Performance Monitor on Windows Server 2003. This stems from the way Performance Monitor logs timestamp information. It puts its CounterDateTime information into a character field, and appends a weird ASCII char...more >>

This is what I'm trying to achieve. I want to call into my custom assembly from the reports, and that assembly in turn calls a web service. The reason I have to do that is because I think we can't directly call a web service from the reports. To complicate the things further I also have Forms Au...more >>

It is possible to configure a system of servers such that the Report Manager can be running on a separate machine than the Report Server? We are concerned about the security issues of exposing a server with the Front Page Server Extensions installed on it, because it will reside outside o...more >>

I have been playing a round with RepServices for some time, creating some nice, dynamic reports. Now our pointy-haired boss would like for me to incorporate a few of these reports into an old internet application, which was developed using VBS/ASP. This would be a temporary solution, the applica...more >>

Hi ! I have a simple question. I am using a Table in my report. I would like to apply a different color to alternating rows in the table. What is the correct or recommended way to do this? Thank you, Y ...more >>

My datasource returns records with head and detail data in each record, and I would like to get a total of a head value, but if I use sum(fields!total_cost) function I get dupplicated values because the value repeats for each detail. I can't use sum(reportitemes!txtCost.value) because I'm not i...more >>

I have an assembly which uses file I/O to stream in some text based reports into a container in a report. I have set the FileIOPermissionAttribute and it works in the design environment but when I deploy the dll to the report server it only works on that box. If I try to run it through the p...more >>

I have a report that consists of 12 matrixes. In Dev Studio all the data for all matrixes returns correctly, but when the rdl is on the Report Server and the Report is run, the 12th ( last ) matrix only displays column group and row headings, no detail data within the matrix cells. Also from...more >>

Hi. I'm in the process of converting seconds into an HH:mm:ss format using the following statement... =DateAdd("s", Sum(Fields!TimeInSeconds.Value), #01/01/0001#) This gives me an absolute value of the beginning of time, which is great. The problem arises when I clock over the 24h scenario, ...more >>

I have a chart rendering problem. Sometimes the chart renders in the browser, sometimes it does not. Even when it doesn’t, it exports successfully to pdf, etc. And it renders fine in VS. I have tried a number of things and so far have succeeded only in reversing the instances where the ch...more >>

We are getting a recurring connection problem when connecting to an Oracle 9i database. The error we get is ORA 12154 - Cannot create a connection to data source. This issue only occurs on the Report Server and not in the development environment. This is an intermittent problem although...more >>

I request a report from a web service to be rendered in html 4.0 format. In the request i also set this parameter: <DeviceInfo><HTMLFragment>true</HTMLFragment> The rendering is ok, but the problem is that the images in the report are not displaied. Any ideas? Thanks! -- OSVALDO COLI...more >>