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all groups > sql server reporting services > february 2006 > threads for monday february 27

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Export Pdf to Chinese + Margin Print
Posted by Inamori at 2/27/2006 8:36:26 PM
I have couple of questions. Hope you all can help me I am using sql server 2005 and VS studio Net 2003 1. When i export the report to pdf format, all chinese language cannot be displayed. Any ideas? Sure if i print it directly, all chinese can be shown. 2. for margin setting, i have set t...more >>

Excel does not honor page settings
Posted by ScottB at 2/27/2006 7:49:27 PM
Rendering in Excel does not honor my page layouts (landscape, 8.5x14, etc.) - every report comes out 8.5x11 portrait. PDF works fine, as does printing from the HTML default. Any input is appreciated. Scott...more >>

Chart Resolution in PDF
Posted by ScottB at 2/27/2006 7:23:27 PM
When I export reports with charts to PDF, the server really takes a beating and the resulting PDF file can get quite large. We would like to reduce the resolution of the chart images that are being embedded in the PDF and/or reduce the resolution of the PDF itself. The help topic "Designin...more >>

XML Output doesn't include NULL TextBoxes in Table areas
Posted by Maxwell2006 at 2/27/2006 6:02:19 PM
Hi, I have a Table in my report and I chose "AttributeNormal" for DataElementStyle property of the all text boxes within the table's detail row. The problem is that SQL RS doesn't output text boxes with null values. Is there anyway to force SQL RS to output null textboxes as blank at...more >>

Studio Express - Work with RS 2000?
Posted by Rich at 2/27/2006 4:59:00 PM
Is there a "lite" version of Visual Studio 2005 or 2003 that works with Reporting Services for SQL Server 2000? Thank you in advance. Rich ...more >>

Problems with Multi-column and Footers
Posted by Walt Crosby at 2/27/2006 4:43:31 PM
I have a multi-column report that I had working fine as of Friday night. It is basically a two-column report of bar-codes to be read by a scanner, with some identifying information under each entry. I then added a Header that picked up a data field using the recommended method I found in o...more >>

Custom Authentication and Report Builder
Posted by Chris Taylor at 2/27/2006 3:10:41 PM
Report Builder doesn't play to well with Custom authentication does it? If i'm wrong let me know, otherwise, time to start getting creative again. ...more >>

Displaying HTML as text
Posted by Michael at 2/27/2006 2:27:21 PM
I am trying to display a field in a report that sometimes contains html stored as text. I want to be able to strip out the html tags so I can display the text only in the report. ...more >>



Upgrading RS2000 to RS2005, and upgrdaing VS2003 to VS2005 questio
Posted by Chris Patten at 2/27/2006 12:23:28 PM
If I want to upgrade my SQL server 2000 RS box to 2005, is there anything I should be aware of, is there a document laying out instructions? I am also upgrading from VS2003 to VS2005, is there anything in my report solution files that I should be aware of? Just looking for info on upgrarding...more >>

Nth Item in a Dataset
Posted by davidswain2005 NO[at]SPAM yahoo.co.uk at 2/27/2006 10:41:33 AM
Can someone please tell me how I can return the Nth item in a dataset I can get the first element out like so: =First(Fields!ID_Month___Year_Jul_.Value, "ds_Set") But how to get the Nth element Many thanks P.S I'm using RS2005 ...more >>

SSRS 2005 against SQL2K database
Posted by SteffiDBA at 2/27/2006 9:41:26 AM
Is this possible?? I want to install SSRS 2005 on a separate server and then point it to create reports from a SQL Server 2000 database...more >>

Published Reports in /ReportServer, not in /Reports
Posted by robbiesmith79 NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 2/27/2006 7:50:31 AM
I can publish reports to http://myserver/ReportServer just fine, but when I try to view them through http://myserver/Reports, nothing is there...no folders, no reports, not even the ability to access the security. Can you help me? ...more >>

Report Model as datasource in ordinary report
Posted by Erik Hedlund at 2/27/2006 7:13:27 AM
I think the report model concept is great and it works well for the report builder. Can a report model or a data source view be used as a datasource for ordinary reports? We have a large number of reports built upon complex relational queries (join join join join...), but pretty much the same ...more >>

Matrix Reports Subtotals
Posted by Chris Hoare at 2/27/2006 7:05:31 AM
Hi, I have a two parter based on matrix reports I am trying to develop a report which displays data for weekdays as columns and Servers as rows. The range of the dates is selectable by the user so is not fixed. We track start / end times for each server as it starts / ends backups and th...more >>

ie5 authentication issues
Posted by ag at 2/27/2006 5:51:28 AM
Hi We are having a problem with authentication on our reporting server. If the user connecting is using IE version 5.0 they get a not authorised to view page error (see below). It works fine for this same user if they use a machine with ie 5.5 or greater. Other users also have the same prob...more >>

Microsoft Reporting Service and Oracle
Posted by sonali.bhavsar NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 2/27/2006 5:04:16 AM
Hi, I am planning to use Microsoft Reporting Service with Oracle as my database. Is this a possibility? What are the pros and cons. Also Oracle is going to return me a huge volume of rows max in millions, can Microsoft Reporting Service handle this? What is the best alternative. I am aware th...more >>

Error (rsInternalError) after installation
Posted by JvG at 2/27/2006 1:31:28 AM
I have installed Reporting Services 2005 64bit Enterprise Edition on WIN 2003 64bit SP1 Enterprise Edition. Reporting Services Configuration Manager indicate that everything is ok, green checks except Encryption Keys and Execution Account. Reporting Services databases, ReportServer and Rep...more >>

Render example, 2005
Posted by NO[at]SPAM je at 2/27/2006 12:00:00 AM
Does anyone have an example of calling the render method on the _serverreport_ class including passing in parameters? TIA, Ed ...more >>


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