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Matrix SubTotal Percentage
Posted by reddy at 3/31/2006 3:38:39 PM
I have a matrix with dynamic rows and columns. I got the totals for the Rows and Columns by right clicking the groups and selecting the SubTotal option. Can I display the totals in percentage. [Column1] [Columns2] [ Total] [C-Percent] [Row1] 1 2 ...more >>


Filter by "all" or actual value issue
Posted by David Miller at 3/31/2006 1:55:01 PM
I have a string parameter bound to a dataset that contains a "UNION Select '(All)' " statement to provide the user a way to return all values instead of just a single value. I have other integer parameters that use this exact syntax for filtering (ALL) and they work fine. The syntax looks ...more >>

Errors using DATEDIFF and DATEADD formulas
Posted by photogulliver at 3/31/2006 1:04:23 PM
I am trying to use the DATEDIFF function in a formula, but it isn't working. Here is the formula that I am entering into the "Define Formula" dialog box: DATEDIFF("day", TimeLogged, TimeClosed) When I click ok, it gives me the message, "The arguments to the following function are not valid...more >>

Open New Window from Iframe
Posted by Raz at 3/31/2006 11:48:02 AM
I am having this problem. Any thoughts? the standard way of opening a new window using the Jump To URL navigation feature - ie using the ="javascript:void(window.open('someURL'))" works great as long as the report containing these links is NOT in an IFRAME. If it is, it's treating the Javasc...more >>

LocalReport.GetDefaultPageSettings Not return correct report.rdlc properties
Posted by Rob Dob at 3/31/2006 11:42:25 AM
I don't see a way to use the page settings from the RDLC Report, specifically to get it to print in Landscape. The PageHeight is set to 8.5in and the Width is set to 10in (for .5 in margins). I tried using the LocalReport.GetDefaultPageSettings, but this returns 8.5in X 11in, or Portrait m...more >>

Anyone work with Formula for Row?
Posted by _Stephen at 3/31/2006 10:07:15 AM
I see the "lame" formula there in the editor for visibility. =Fields!routing_Number.Value That is the rows identifier. I want to compare the Fields!NumRows.Value for the two Fields!status.Value. Status could be "Cleared" or "Returned". In Pseudo code ( Sum(Fields!NumRows[0].Va...more >>

Jump to report expression
Posted by steve at 3/31/2006 8:50:17 AM
Hi, Was hoping to select a jump to report based upon the value of field. Is this not possible ? iif(Fields!ACATEGORY.Value="Receipts","Shop 2006 Inventory Analysis Detail Receipts Report","Shop 2006 Inventory Analysis Detail Consumption Report" ) keep getting ...... The specified...more >>

How to use Custom Function in Report Model?
Posted by JDS at 3/31/2006 7:25:02 AM
How to use Custom Function in Report Model? Please HELP !!!!!!!!!!! Thanks in Advance....more >>



Oracle and SQL query in one rdl
Posted by joychua97 NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 3/31/2006 7:17:03 AM
I am currently creating a query wherein all of the records returned from an SQL Server table will have to be queried against an Oracle database. The following algorithm describes how I intend to do the report: * Get the start and end dates (report parameters) * Run the following SQL Server ...more >>

Culture settings of SSRS2005
Posted by Eric at 3/31/2006 5:17:03 AM
Hi, I have have a problem with the culture settings in reporting server 2005, which is different from 2000. My windows is in german, but I installed the english version of SSRS and VS.NET. So the report viewer is displayed in English. I have a public report parameter defined as date, wit...more >>

Will reporting Services 2005 work on top of a SQL 2000 server
Posted by karenmiddleol NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 3/31/2006 1:44:03 AM
I want to run SQL 2005 SSRS on a SQL Server 2000. We have still not installed SQL 2005 in our company. Will SSRS 2005 work with a SQL 2000 Thanks Karen ...more >>

Error when trying to deploy report
Posted by Hans Gruber at 3/31/2006 1:25:00 AM
Hi, I'm running Reporting Services 2000 SP1. Everytime I try and deploy a report to our reporting server I get the following error: "A connection could not be made to the report server http://sqlreportserver/ReportServer" I can browse to the Report Manager and view reports. I am also a...more >>

Report Credentials Problem
Posted by Ed Allison at 3/31/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi Everyone, This problem is tying me in knots and I'd be very grateful for some help. I am to set up my reports to query a database for their datasources rather than using shared datasources. I am now able to retrieve the connection string perfectly well with this method. The trouble I ...more >>

Suppressing Lines
Posted by JustMe at 3/30/2006 10:00:12 PM
I have a report where the information is not always filled in so I want to supppress the blank lines. For example if you have Address 1 and Address 2. If you do not have information in Address 2, I want the city, state and Zip to move up a line.. So if I have both Add1 and Add2 it would look li...more >>

POPUP
Posted by Raz at 3/30/2006 2:16:01 PM
I am trying to open a popwindow from the data field in a matrix using the url below. The pop-up window opens and displays the report but the parent window/report get "[object]" displayed on it. How can I keep this from happening? ="'javascript:void(window.open('http://dev1/ReportServer?%...more >>

Landscape: Page dimensions on screen are 11x11, prints as 11x8.5
Posted by Mark S. Milley, MCAD (BinarySwitch) at 3/30/2006 12:14:29 PM
After a long struggle, I was finally able to print out landscape (11x8.5) reports; however, when the report is displayed on screen, it's displayed as (approximately) 11x11. This really screws up page numbers--the number of pages on screen is less than the number of printed pages, so if someone i...more >>

Printing Error
Posted by Jeffrey Jones at 3/30/2006 12:13:59 PM
Hello All, One of my clients is having an issue printing a report using the print button on the report viewer. The exact behavior: once the user presses the print button, nothing happens except showing a broken script error in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. When I click on the er...more >>

Unistalling SQL 2005 Reporting Services?
Posted by BATMAN at 3/30/2006 11:25:52 AM
How do you go about uninstalling SQL 2005 Reporting Services? Do you have to uninstall the entire instance or can you just uninstall the Reporting Services components?...more >>

Printer Icon Missing in RS2000
Posted by BrettVP at 3/30/2006 10:55:02 AM
I have to RS servers (1 test, 1 prod). If I view a report from the TEST server I have a Printer Icon available and can print with no issues (therefore the activeX control [RSClientPrint] is installed and working correctly thru my browser). When accessing a report (same report) on my PROD s...more >>

Exporting to Multiple Excel worksheets
Posted by ironryan77 NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 3/30/2006 10:29:17 AM
I am having trouble exporting my SRS data to multiple Excel worksheets. I have four tables. I want each of these tables to appear on a different worksheet even if there is no data for it. For one of my queries, there was only data for 3 of these tables. First I selected "Insert a Page Break ...more >>

Excel Drill Down not showing all details
Posted by dachrist at 3/30/2006 8:21:01 AM
In my report, I have one group and details. The group has two rows, with the 2nd row's visibility toggled by one of the textboxes in the first row. The detail row is also toggled by the texbox in the top group row. (the second row of the group has the titles above the detail row). Anyways,...more >>

get rid of repeating text in (report descrition)textboxes in csv
Posted by msdnuser at 3/30/2006 7:53:03 AM
Hi All, We have to export our Reporting Services reports developed using Reporting Services 2005 RTM to CSV format. We are converting to ASCII Encoding and hence CSV export comes out good but we still have a flaw. We have some descriptive text in the textboxes above the table with data in t...more >>

parsing out duplicate data in fields
Posted by Steve at 3/30/2006 7:49:03 AM
I have an issue where one of the fields in my report concatenates to contents of the previous record into it - this is a limitation of the database where the data resides. I want to remove the duplicate data, and I want to find out if this can be done using RS or if I will need to write curs...more >>

Customizing colors in Reporting Services
Posted by jdyer521 NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 3/30/2006 7:09:17 AM
Hello. I have a textbox in which I want to customize the color of the text. When you go to Properties->Color, the pull-down lets you choose from a pre-defined list of colors by name (Black, DimGray, Gray, etc.) You can also enter an expression. What I want to do is customize a color that is diff...more >>

Show time as hours and minute
Posted by Markgoldin at 3/30/2006 6:24:02 AM
I have a textbox where I am showing time as a result of T1 - T2. The result comes in hours, minuts, and seconds. How can I show it as nn hours, mm minutes and no seconds? Thanks...more >>

RS 2000 Enabling Client Side Printing
Posted by DotNetNow at 3/30/2006 6:06:02 AM
Can sombody send me instructions (screen shots of what this looks like) of how to get to Management Studio (refered in the instructions below) to do the following: Report server administrators have the option of disabling the print feature by setting the report server system property Enable...more >>

help!!...sp1 or sp2
Posted by bevarg at 3/30/2006 6:05:03 AM
After I install SP1 of SP2 for reporting services, I get the following error: The version of the report server database is either in a format that is not valid, or it cannot be read. The found version is 'C.0.6.54'. The expected version is 'C.0.6.43'. To continue, update the version of the r...more >>

Report Parameter Display Problem
Posted by Alp Eren at 3/30/2006 1:28:22 AM
Hi, I am developing several reports, I want to pass one parameter from Report1 to Report2 and also make the same parameter selectable on Report2. However I figured out that if I pass the parameter from Report1 to Report2 and Report2 has the same report parameter, then the parameter bar on the t...more >>

URGENT: Error while executing the report
Posted by preeth at 3/30/2006 12:24:29 AM
Hi, Please Help........ Im having problem with report creation.I tried creating a report with the Stored Procedure and its gives me the following error. "An error occured while retriving parameters in the query DeriveParameters requires an open and available connection.The connections current...more >>

Iff OtherValue = 0 then MyFont = Bold
Posted by Pieter Coucke at 3/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, For one of my reports I should have a given field getting a Bold font, when another value in the DataSet = 0 (or whatever value). How can I set the Font/Bold-proeprty at runtime? Via an expression? Thanks a lot, Pieter ...more >>

ReportViewer in SSRS2000
Posted by Simon Dingley at 3/29/2006 10:35:21 PM
Is it possible to restrict the ReportViewer export options to only a select few ? Thanks...more >>

Legend and Pie Values(Point Labels) - Poor Visibility
Posted by Simon Dingley at 3/29/2006 8:44:35 PM
I am using SSRS2000 and have 2 problems. 1. The values displayed in the legend are mostly hidden and are cut off mid word with '...' appended which makes it useless and most of the time the values are unreadable - can I correct this ? It doesn't seem to matter where I position the legend it...more >>

Automated client report rendering
Posted by Eva Pierce Monsen at 3/29/2006 3:38:16 PM
My company would like to write an app that does on-demand rendering of certain reports. Is there a .NET client report rendering library that is not dependent on IIS (as the SOAP/URL apis are), nor WinForms (as the ReportViewer is)? Thanks, Eva ...more >>

Datasource information retrieved from a database
Posted by Ed Allison at 3/29/2006 3:22:12 PM
Hi everyone, I have an assembly deployed on my report server that contains a number of functions used by my reports. The assembly has full trust and all of the functions work fine except one. The purpose of this function is to query a database table for the correct connection string for...more >>

Custom Assembly in SMDL
Posted by JDS at 3/29/2006 2:17:02 PM
I have created Custom Assembly that I am using in the Reports that I created in Report Designer, it works and everybody is happy. Question is how can I use this same custom assembly in my SMDL, so that I can use this function in the DSV column defintion. Where can specify the Custom Assemb...more >>

How to view SQL being sent to the server?
Posted by gte401e at 3/29/2006 1:51:07 PM
Using SQL Server 2k5 Report Designer. When I run a report, how do I view the SQL generated by the report populated with parameters that is/was/will be sent to the server? Thanks ...more >>

Using CLR Stored Procedures with Reporting Services
Posted by randy1200 at 3/29/2006 1:22:02 PM
I was able to create some T-SQL Stored Procedures, and call them from the Data tab in Reporting Services. All I did was type in the name of the stored procedure under the Data tab. This works great. I created a CLR Stored Procedure in Visual Studio by creating a database project, then a sto...more >>

How to handle linked report embedded on the web application?
Posted by Paul at 3/29/2006 11:31:23 AM
Is it possible to STOP the linked report opening in a NEW windows? I embedded the reporting service in my web application. It opens the reports in the report holder, however it opens a NEW windows for the linked (drill through) report. Can I code the linked report so that it only opens in the ...more >>

How to build an expression for a textbox?
Posted by Paul at 3/29/2006 11:19:33 AM
Can I build an expression on a textbox with a "Sql Select" statement based on the dataset? There is a parameter user selected on the dropdown and it generates a dataset from the store procedure. This parameter is used on a subquery for this dataset in the store procedure and it will return wit...more >>

Using report parameters as field names in a SELECT
Posted by Joseph Rea, Accord Software at 3/29/2006 11:19:02 AM
Hi, I am having a problem in Reporting Services 2005. I want to use report parameters as field names in a select statement, but the query just returns the value of the parameter. Ex. SELECT @pField1 FROM customers returns the actual string value of @pField1 I'm entering this query in t...more >>

What would cause a report to refresh ~ every 9 minutes.
Posted by masmith at 3/29/2006 10:11:02 AM
Looking in the IIS logs I found that when a report is opened in IE it refreshes or there are entries in the logs every 9 minutes. I tried to change the auto refresh on a report from 0 to 3600, redeployed the report and it still refreshes every 9 minutes. The reports are run from an ASP.NET...more >>

One report Parameter is based on another
Posted by Markgoldin at 3/29/2006 9:47:01 AM
Is it possible to have a query with a report parameter to be a query for another report paramter?...more >>

Report parameters
Posted by Markgoldin at 3/29/2006 7:31:03 AM
I have a datetime parameter. Also I have a listbox with available jobs to report for. I want to filter the listbox on the selected date. How can I do that? Thanks...more >>

Userrname reverts after name change
Posted by NeilG at 3/29/2006 7:28:04 AM
We have a user that was entered into the domain incorrectly and added to reporting services with that name. The problem was corrected by changing the name in the domain and reporting services. The SID remains the same. Every day or so (I'm not sure exactly how often) the UserName in the Us...more >>

Complex Case Statement
Posted by Suresh at 3/29/2006 6:23:02 AM
Hi, I have Score Field for each each month of the year like the following: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Goal 100 80 99 Score 99 100 89 - - - - - - - - - Form the database I hold the...more >>

Installing Report Designer
Posted by Alison at 3/29/2006 6:20:45 AM
I am developing an application with VS2005. We would also like to develop reports with this app. We will have SQL Server 2005 on a separate box as a development server. Is it possible to only install the report designer on my machine and not install the rest of SQL 2005? I have tried to only i...more >>

SSRS 2005 Date Formats
Posted by Dan at 3/29/2006 6:05:02 AM
I am having problems with date formats in report manager. I am in the UK and want the dates displayed as dd/mm/yyyy. When I enetr the date in the parameter field it changes the month and day around and if I try to enter any number above 12 an erro is given. It ia also not picking up the cor...more >>

parameters with multi value and navigation
Posted by Idan at 3/29/2006 5:22:15 AM
Hello. I have a report with parameters include multiple value. I configure "Jamp To Report" under navigation and I would like to forward to a new reports the same parameters user select in the source report undel multiple value parameters. in the text box I use =join(Parameters!Ds.Lab...more >>

Report manager error; The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized.
Posted by swartskaap NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 3/29/2006 1:40:53 AM
Hi all, We have recently created a new deciated reporting server for reporting purposes to our outside customers. My problem is that whenever i try to connect from either the internet, or local to the Report Manager, the Report Manager such as https://secureserver.ourdomaincom/Reports respon...more >>

Setting Default Printer for report
Posted by D Witherspoon at 3/29/2006 12:00:00 AM
I have one report that is only ever printed on one specific printer. In MS Access we could specify a printer for a report so when the print button was clicked the report would automatically print to our special printer (or default to that printer). In Reporting Services I am not sure if th...more >>


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