Just a quick note to let you know that DevX published part 1 of my two-part article about RS Forms Authentication. It is available for free access here http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/26759. "One of the most useful features of Microsoft Reporting Services is its extensibility model. Just...more >>

Hello, i am wondering if it would be possible to report against a deeply nested and complicated xml data structure stored in SQL 2005 without "flattening" the data first? We have not been able to do this in SQL 2000 because the reporting services are greared towards reporting against a relat...more >>

Hi - We are considering reporting tools - does MS Reporting Services have end-user report design capabilities? thx, Jan...more >>

I have been trying for days to get a custmized data extension that I built using the example at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsql2k/html/RSDSetEx3.asp to be recognized by the report server on a Windows 2003 box. It is recognized and works well on my dev...more >>

Hi All, I have a list of folders per department i.e. HR Sales etc Each of these folders are assigned a group and have been given the default role of browswer However when the user logs into the reporting services site, they can see all the folders - go into them however if...more >>

I have a report which has two items- chart and a matrix, both uses same datasets and produces same results. I want to give an option to user to choose between chart and matrix. I was thinking to use document mapping. But i can't create bookmarkID, or document map on chart or matrix name, it...more >>

What parameter can I send from my app that will render the report and then instantly convert it into a .GIF file? thanks, Trint ...more >>

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Does anyone know if you can you call a stored procedure and pass in parameters collected within Report Services? -- Thanks in Advance, John...more >>

I have an interesting issue. I setup my RS to use Forms Auth. I created a logon page for the Reports and ReportServer webs. The page displays a company logo, textboxes to enter credentials, logon button, etc. Nothing extremely fancy. The issue is this. When I navigate to the Reports ...more >>

There is a post that tells how to do this: >>Use =Today() and set the field format to d but where do you set the field format of a parameter? -- Michael White Programmer/Analyst Marion County, OR ...more >>

I will be unavailable for 3-4 weeks, so I'm leaving a powerful suggestion. Many of the questions asked are repeats of earlier questions. So here's how to find previous posts in the Reporting Services newsgroup using Google: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.repo...more >>

We have installed and are currently starting to evaluate Reporting Services. I was just wondering if anyone could tell me if it matters which edition (Enterprise Edition, Professional Edition, or Developers edition) of Visual Studio you use for development purposes? Any assistance would be app...more >>

We have problem as described in this post http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs/browse_thread/thread/46330b053c09f424/c93c870d44534209?q=emf+print&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fmicrosoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs%2Fsearch%3Fgroup%3Dmicrosoft.public.sqlserver.reporti...more >>

I'm getting this error: "IIS is either not installed or not configured for a server component installation" when attempting to install Reporting Services on W2K Server SP4 Configuration details: Windows Server 2000 5.00.2195 SP4 IIS is installed (Control Panel Add/Remove components confi...more >>

Hello I develop my reports local on my pc (VS2003, IIS5, SQL Server 2000 and ReportingServer are on the same Pc) and when i be finish then i want transfer the reports to official ReportingServer. Now my question witch files must transfer to the ReportingServer? And when i transfer the files...more >>

I have a filter with the top 5, and if I have 10 items with the same top value, it will show all 10. Is there anyway to cut this off show it just shows 5? ...more >>

I want to use an XML file as a data souce. Can I do that in Report Services? How do I connect? ...more >>

When I export to excel... the reprot is garbeled 100% of the time... even with sample reports. My client is using Excel 2000. Is that a problem? ...more >>

Hi there Does anyone knows how to limit user ability to export report to CSF and Excel. I know I can edit config file, but this will affect entier site. I need to do it for one report only. Thank you...more >>

Hello, in order to force a table to continue on a next page, is it possible to force a table to have a fixed size in height ?? How ?? Is it possible to force it to display records by a constant step ?? How ?? Is it possible to give an absolute position to a control ?? How ??...more >>

I need to format a multi-currency price field in a report and change the currency format shown based upon the culture of the customer. I return the culture information (example "en-US") along with the price. I currently set the format to "C". Is there a way to change the CultureInfo that the ...more >>

Hi, Am curious, have a report paramater the user selects from a pull down list that is smart enough to go to the record containing the first letter the user types in. Is there any more intelligence we can add to this ? For example expanding the record selection to perhaps two or three char...more >>

When running a trace on Report Server I see a lot of hits to the server, eventhough I'm not running any reports. Is there a way to configure that? For example, I'm not running shedules or any jobs, so is there a way to disable those features. That is if it going to reduce activity on SQL side...more >>

Is there any possibility to sublclass a control like: TEXTBOX or TABLE. I need it for having the same layout (color, font, dimension) Thank -- Tabacaru...more >>

Is there any possibility to save a REPORT like a MODEL ? I mean for using the same layout,fonts,etc.. -- Tabacaru...more >>

Hi, is there a way to use a date picker control or similar in a report for prompting? thx, Mario...more >>

In am trying to create a report using a stored procedure having two parameters. The Avalilable values for the parameters come from queries. The user while running the report may not select one of the parameters i.e. leave it blank. When I leave one of the parameters blank the report does not r...more >>