sql server reporting services: Hi...
Is the Reporting Service support ADO.NET dataset that pass from application
(like Crystal Report)?

Thanks

In RS 2000 you would have to write a data processing extension. In RS 2005
you can get a winform and webform control via Visual Studio 2005. You can
use this control either in local or remote mode. Server mode uses reports on
the server and you get the whole Report Manager user interface. If you use
it in local mode you provide the recordset, you also handle all the user
interface for the parameters. I am using this some and it works well but it
is definitely more work than use Reporting Services either directly using
the portal (Report Manager) that ships with the product or using the new
controls in server mode.

The best way I believe to develop with reporting services is to consider RS
to be a service you are using. The service encapsulates and handles
everything you need. You provide the queries. If it is more difficult then
instead of queries use stored procedures. Let Reporting Services handle
things. RS does things in a different way that Crystal but once you get used
to it you should find that RS can be quite fast and powerful for you.

So, the answer is yes you can with the new controls but you should first
evaluate whether you should.


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Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services

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Hi Bruce,
Thanks for reply.

My case is like this, I need to pass in a dataset from my application to my
report. and view the report over my application.

The problem is,
1. I need to write my own Xml to built that report by coding? Or, is that
other way I can built up the report like normal, and just pass the dataset to
the to my report?

2. How to open a report from the application without go through the Report
Manager?

3. Do you have any example about this 2 question?

Thanks

Regards,
Nicky

You do not need to create the report on the fly. Much harder and
unnecessary. Two ways to do this. One, is you create a data processing
extension. This is non-trivial but definitely doable and works for 2000 and
2005. In 2005 the easiest thing you could do is to use the new controls from
Visual Studio in local mode. You hand the control a report and a dataset
(really a table from the dataset) and away it goes. There is more work
involved. For instance, dealing with subreports, any jump to reports etc.

As far as opening the report without going through report manager, you can
use URL integration, you can roll your own using web services or you can use
the new controls from VS 2005.


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Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services


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Also, is there a reason that you have to hand the recordset to the report.
Unless you are doing some major business logic to obtain the recordset I
recomment having a query using parameters and then you pass the parameters
to the report (you can do this via the controls (winform and webform) or
using URL integration. RS retrieves and renders the data. Many times people
want to pass the recordset just because that is how they are used to doing
things. It is better to solve the problem using RS the way it is designed if
at all possible. No reason to make matters more complicated. RS is designed
to be tightly integrated with your app, that is not a problem.


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Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services

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Hi Bruce


thanks for your recommendation. But, I need to pass in my own dataset
through my application because it include too many business logic.

Anywhere, i have able to find the example:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=B8468707-56EF-4864-AC51-D83FC3273FE5

thanks.

Nicky