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URGENT: date parameter and regional location
Posted by news at 3/4/2005 6:31:09 PM
Hi, I have a report with startdate as a string report parameter formatted MM/dd/yyyy. It works fine on the computer with regional setting to English (United Stated) where its date formatted as MM/dd/yyyy. However, the report parameter changes to dd/MM/yyyy on another computer with regional ...more >>

bug: PageBreak does not work when set Hidden (visibilty) using parameters
Posted by leon at 3/4/2005 2:02:17 PM
In my report project, I used many subreport in my master report. Each subreport was put in a rectangle area so that I could setup PageBreakAtEnd or PageBreakAtStart. In the meantime I also need to set the Hidden property which is based on the parameters or conditional expression for showing/hidd...more >>

Where to store global variables and how to access them
Posted by Dave at 3/4/2005 2:01:07 PM
I'd like to setup variables (just like you would in a web.config file in a normal .net application). I then need to access the value of the variable and use it in various parts of the report. How is this done? As a specific example: I have a column on my report and I want it to be a hyperlink,...more >>

accessing blank values in a table
Posted by Dolly at 3/4/2005 1:55:02 PM
Hi, I am trying to format a column of varchar which has decimal values..Since it is varchar I was not able to format it directlyu, so had to mulitply and divide each value by 100 and then apply formatting..Not all the rows of the table have data, some are blank..and these show up as "#Error" ...more >>

Jumping to report which contains parameters
Posted by Nigel H at 3/4/2005 1:37:09 PM
I have a report that contains a report jump that calls another report, which contains several report parameters. When deployed on the report server, even though the parameters are enabled on the "jumped to" report, these can not be seen. Any ideas as to how to fix this? Thanks, Nigel...more >>

Multiple queries in a report
Posted by Chris Stewart at 3/4/2005 12:17:05 PM
I'm trying to build a somewhat complex report and to do it requires a number of queries. Can anyone help me figure out how to run multiple queries in a single report? Do I need to break it out into sub reports to do it? If so, how can I pass a parameter to a sub report during "runtime". Th...more >>

Matrix Groups and Sums
Posted by Darryl at 3/4/2005 11:25:04 AM
I have what I thought was a pretty simple report, but have encountered two issues. I have three groups in this report. 1. When using sum on my detail row I am getting what appears to be a running total in one of the columns. When I don't use sum then I get either the first or last value...more >>

Formatting a SSN in Reporting Services
Posted by Birmbear at 3/4/2005 10:39:05 AM
I've got a report of peoples' SSN's and Names. The SSN is stored as a string (nvarchar(9)). I need to display the SSN in the common way: ###-##-####; IOW, with hyphens. In my report, the expression to display the data looks like: =Fields!SSN.Value When I try to format it like this... ...more >>



Reporting Services Install but then doesn't work (rsReportServerNotActivated)
Posted by Arthur Yousif at 3/4/2005 10:05:38 AM
Hi, I'm installing the eval copy on Windows 2003 Enterprise with latest SP and fixes. The reporting services install goes well. I can even hit the https://myserver//reportserver url. However, I get the following: a.. The report server installation is not initialized. Check the documentat...more >>

Connecting to DB2 Database - Drivers Needed
Posted by PCL at 3/4/2005 8:59:03 AM
I am trying to connect my reporting services server to a DB2 server - What drivers / info do i need to accomplish this. I cant seem to figure out how to get this to work. Any help would be appreciated....more >>

Multiple subreports in a report
Posted by jackfreud at 3/4/2005 7:50:20 AM
I'm trying to generate two reports from one reporting services URL, so I created a "master report" that simploy contains two sub-reports. When I run it in the preview browser, one subreport runs, and not the 2nd. In the RS Manager, both subreports say nothing but "Error: Subreport could not...more >>

Default value in textboxes are lost when a drop down does a post b
Posted by Fred at 3/4/2005 6:33:02 AM
We have a couple of dropdown boxes and a text field as parameters to a report. The options in the second dropdown box depends on the selection of the first one, so I'm happy with the fact that a post back occurs when the selected option in dropdown box 1 is changed. However the value enter...more >>

SP2 released?
Posted by Victor at 3/4/2005 6:17:03 AM
I found this: "Microsoft also announced reporting enhancements for that product, including the release of SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Service Pack 2 (SP2) " on http://www.sswug.org/see/22358 If it is really released, where we can get it? I have checked MSDN, it is not there. V...more >>

Snapshot creation
Posted by Qbee at 3/4/2005 6:13:02 AM
Hi all, I want to simulate the "Render this report from an execution snapshot" and "Create a snapshot of the report when the apply button is selected" functionality from as .rss file. Any ideas? Thanks. Q...more >>

drop down parameter question.
Posted by Fred at 3/4/2005 5:21:04 AM
We have a bunch of reports that take a parameter from outside the normal reporting services parameter window. I understand that for security reason we cannot pass that parameter on the querystring unless a reportparameter is defined. I therefore had to display a drop down box with all the p...more >>


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