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SSRS 2005 SP1 - No more "Select ALL" option when using multi-value parameters after SP1?
Posted by Benjamin Chan at 5/31/2006 5:12:35 PM
Just installed SP1 last night. Today I don't have a "Select All" option anymore. Anyone else notice this and or have a way to make it so I can have a "select all" option on multi-value parameters? Bug or decision to decrease functionality? Thanks! Benjamin Chan...more >>

Add Column Values To the Bottom Of the Row By Condition
Posted by vamsi at 5/31/2006 4:02:06 PM
Hi I am getting some results from stored procedure. Name Value1 Value2 Value3 Total North 1 2 3 6 North 4 5 6 15 South 5 ...more >>

Permissions to data source in Report Manager
Posted by Wannabe_Kiwi at 5/31/2006 3:28:58 PM
I'm deploying some reports to a customer box and am having some quirks in getting the right permissions to the data source. Instead of going into detail about my specific problem (which I don't think I can even give a good description of since I can't see what groups the accounts I'm using are m...more >>

Stored Procedure performance
Posted by jhcorey NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 5/31/2006 1:45:05 PM
Just some info here. I created a very simple report against a stored procedure. The sp ran in about 1 second in SS Management Studio. When running the report it took at least 30 seconds. When I went back to the Data Tab and ran the procedure, it also ran for what seemed to be at least 30 ...more >>

Page Formatting Nightmare -- Please help!!
Posted by OriginalStealth at 5/31/2006 12:46:01 PM
I have a report that has many columns. When the report is fully expanded you can see all 75 columns. When I run the report in the report viewer the report is a total of 8 pages. When I export to .pdf the report is 45 pages long with over 30 blank pages. Is there anything I can do to get it...more >>

Suppress Matrix Row
Posted by DvH at 5/31/2006 8:33:01 AM
I have a simple matrix that uses the group visibility based on toggle. when hidden, the data is not visible but the group row is. how does one suppress the group row when its data is hidden? currently, there is a great deal of white space on this report when all groups are hidden....more >>

Table missing border on page break
Posted by Carmen at 5/31/2006 8:01:02 AM
I have a report using a single table. I set the table border to solid for left, right, top and bottom. Currently the report is printing in 2 pages. On the first page the table doesn't show the bottom border. It does show on the second page. I'm guessing is only placing the bottom border at the...more >>

Matrix formatting
Posted by David Maynard at 5/31/2006 7:49:02 AM
I want to know if this is possible. I have a Matrix that could have 5 to 100 columns in it. Each column will have 5 rows. A B C D E F G H 1 X X X X X X X X 2 X X X X X X X X 3 X X X X X X X X 4 X ...more >>



set default parameter for a report programmatically
Posted by sachin laddha at 5/31/2006 7:34:13 AM
hi, Is it possible to programmatically set default parameter to a report while deploying it or after deploying it. It is possible to set it using report manager web application. But I want to set it programmatically, preferably while deploying the reports. Please help, regards, SAchin ...more >>

Issue with Render Stream method in Reporting Services 2005
Posted by Arthas at 5/31/2006 6:21:00 AM
Hi, In reporting services 2000 we had provision to pass report parameters to Render Stream method. Now i am not able to do this in Render Stream method of report execution api in RS 2005. I need to get the stream in the form of html based on the parameters passed (e.g;in RS 2000 i used to do ...more >>

Trouble adding second dataset
Posted by Jim at 5/31/2006 6:02:02 AM
I am trying to add a second data set to a report to drive a dopdown for a selection parameter. The parameter is for user id to filter the report. I have done this many times on other reprots with no problem - that is why it is so frustrating :( After adding the dataset I can execute it just...more >>

Problems with the rs explorer web part for sharepoint
Posted by erlend.dalen NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 5/31/2006 5:48:31 AM
Hi everyone! I'm trying to get my Reporting Services reports to display in a sharepoint site. Sharepoint and reporting services are set up on two different computers. When I set up the rs explorer web part, it just displays "Retrieving data..." and nothing happens. In the rs report view we...more >>

Large Dataset
Posted by Ashish at 5/31/2006 1:40:01 AM
Hi, I have a requirement where in I need to render a report from a query that returns about 1,500,000 odd records. The report is a simple tabular report. SSRS 2005 fails. The same report is generated easily by Crystal report. How do I get the SSRS to generate the report ? Kind Regar...more >>

Can inherited from a custom report
Posted by ad at 5/31/2006 12:00:00 AM
I must make many report in my project. All the reports must have header of company name and footer of page number. Can I desgin a template custom report, then all reports in my project are inherited from it? ...more >>

How to use DisplayName in report
Posted by ad at 5/31/2006 12:00:00 AM
I use the new feature of VS2005 to develp LocalReport. I have set the DisplayName of a LocalReport like this: ReportViewer1.LocalReport.DisplayName = sDisplayName; It will change the top node of the Document Map. How can I bring the DisplayName into the report, for example I want t...more >>

OLEdb Issue
Posted by john doe at 5/30/2006 2:01:38 PM
I am getting the following error: Error 2 An attempt has been made to use a data extension 'OLEDB' that is not registered for this report server. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.WILLCARE\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Willcare\Willcare\Report2.rdl 0 0 I am trying to des...more >>

&rs:Parameters=false not working if redering reports in a iframe;
Posted by TomKang2000 at 5/30/2006 12:11:01 PM
Hi, I have problem with &rs:Parameters=false it's not working if reports in a iframe; same url working well on a normal page; any trick? here is my url: http://localhost/ReportServer?/BASE/Opened Incidents By Severity - Chart and Graph&rs%3aCommand=Render&rs%3aformat=HTML4.0&rc%3aParameters=...more >>

Customizing Report Parameter control; handling "available values" collection.
Posted by Benjamin Chan at 5/30/2006 10:43:25 AM
I have a report that I show a bill of material based on a selected parent. I have about 17,000 parents to select from. When I use "available values from query" the current behavior on the report is a drop down box where I can choose between all 17,000 where at least for large collections I'd...more >>

Bottom half of Page Not Found
Posted by Phillip at 5/30/2006 10:05:02 AM
I have RS2k on SQL2k for several months with no issues, all users can access reports for which they have been granted access. I have one new user lately that has not been able to access a report that he has been granted access to. He clicks the link to the report server http://servername.d...more >>

2 Tables and 2 Datasets in a report
Posted by vamsi at 5/30/2006 9:20:26 AM
Hi I am having 2 Tables and 2 Datasets in the report and depending up on the Report parameter value either of the dataset should execute and the data should be displayed in the related tables and other table should not be seen. Is it possible to do in this way??? Thanks ...more >>

SQL reporting best pratice
Posted by Jean-Philippe Breton at 5/30/2006 7:08:42 AM
We are starting to have a lot of reporting services servers : MOM, CRM, Project Server. I was wondering if I could use a single Reporting Server to host all my product instead of having 3 reporting server. Thanks for any help. Jean-Philippe ...more >>

Render method - the operation has timed-out
Posted by frog314 at 5/30/2006 7:07:02 AM
Hello, I use render() method to generate and write reports to MHTML rendering extension. When report generating time is more than ~100 seconds the exception appears ( I write this exception to the event log) try { result = rs.Render(…..); } catch (Exception e) { e...more >>

DPE and Report Models
Posted by Tobi at 5/30/2006 4:27:50 AM
To my horror I have discovered that you can not specify a provdier that is anything other than SQL Data Provider in a report model project. Here's my problem. I'd like to provide one set of models for my schema and be able to dynamically change the connection string using a DPE that we have de...more >>

How to uutofit text when rendered in Excel
Posted by Omnibuzz at 5/30/2006 2:52:01 AM
Hi We are facing following issue in SQL Server Reporting Service 2000. We are generating report in excel format using reporting service. We are unable to format the column width and height based on the content. We tried couple of option like CanDraw and CanShrink, but it did not work. We ...more >>

VS2003 SSRS Project build fails
Posted by moondaddy at 5/30/2006 2:01:16 AM
I just setup a new dev machine and am running sql 2k + ssrs, VS2003, sql 05+ ssrs and VS 2005. I hae a VS2003 SSRS Project and it builds fine on the old PC. SSRS 2k appears to run fine on the new maching, but when I go into this VS2003 project (it was copied from the old machine) and build i...more >>

Overlapping Report Items via HTML?
Posted by Sam at 5/30/2006 1:43:43 AM
Has anybody managed to get Overlapping Report Items to display properly in Internet Explorer or some other browser? (Ignoring Microsoft's statement that overlapping items are not supported in HTML) Extensions or additions to the Rendering Extension, or any other suggestions would be welcome. ...more >>

Combine 2 Dataset
Posted by Hei at 5/30/2006 1:00:01 AM
Is that possible to do that?? Coz I use BSM to export a scorecard to RS and It becomes 2 seperate dataset. I just wanna know if it's possible to combine those 2 dataset easily?/ thanks ...more >>

Date Field Question
Posted by Tony at 5/30/2006 12:10:02 AM
Hi, In SQL server, I can use select dateadd(d, -1, getdate() ). How to do in reporting ? i.e. correct statement for dateadd(d, -1, Parameters!FromDate.Value) Thank You! Tony...more >>

Reporting services error
Posted by Frederik Vanderhaeghe at 5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I get the following error: a.. The path of the item '/StatistiekenSites/Sites_BezPerSitePerJPerM_I&year=2006&site=/sites/FTP/Site+Pictures' is not valid. The full path must be less than 260 characters long, must start with slash; other restrictions apply. Check the documentation for ...more >>

Parameter Date Formatting
Posted by masterslave at 5/29/2006 10:36:19 PM
Hey, I've got a problem - got Start and End date parameters in my report and on my dev box they show up in Australian format as it should be but on the production server it's in American format! What do I do? I don't really want to try setting dates as strings... Installed SP2, it had no effe...more >>

How to pass a dataset the a custom assembly
Posted by Sune Keller at 5/29/2006 5:00:32 PM
How do I pass the report dataset to functions in my custom assembly? I have a function which generates a dynamic image base on some data and I would like to pass the dataset of the report to the function. /Sune ...more >>

Parameters in MDX
Posted by Wannabe_Kiwi at 5/29/2006 3:28:53 PM
Is it possible to create an mdx query using parameters? For example, in a SQL query I'm using in Reporting services, I might do this: SELECT * FROM dtav_ServiceFacts WHERE ServiceInstanceHost = 'BizTalkServerApplication' AND ServiceInstanceState = @state And then SQL...more >>

Grouping within List
Posted by Hugh O at 5/29/2006 1:08:53 PM
Hi, I am having trouble using groups within list region. My list is working as is but I want it to be displayed for each group and a group within a group. But I am having trouble defining the group. There is a "group on" field and on the left side pane it list Constants, Globals, Parameters...more >>

Email Validation in reporting Sevices...
Posted by Pépê at 5/29/2006 4:56:42 AM
Hi. IM trying to send a scheduled excel report to some emails but when he runs it tells me that the emails are not valid.. Any help? i can put any email? Thanks ...more >>

Chart Appearance SQL 2005 Reporting Services
Posted by TomT at 5/28/2006 10:30:01 PM
I notice that the charts included in the reports run via Management Studio (e.g. the Data Files Space Usage pie charts) look considerably better than the ones I put in a Report Server report. The charts I've used, e.g. an exploding pie (3d) look very jagged, including all text, whereas in t...more >>

export to rtf
Posted by GeoffF at 5/28/2006 6:31:02 PM
where is the export to rtf as promised on the microsoft reporting services 2005 site?...more >>

export to excel percentage problem
Posted by GeoffF at 5/28/2006 6:30:02 PM
If you format a number in SRS to a percentage using P0 format then export to excel it left aligns the percentage and reads it as text. Is there anyway to export to excel and it automatically reads it correctly as a percentage? ...more >>

textbox edit expression problem ???
Posted by frankie lo at 5/27/2006 10:55:14 PM
Ha...please any help..why "=" don't work.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -----------------The expression =IIF(First(Fields!customer_id.Value, "customer_list") = "BBY", "BBY", "Other") ------------------------- (First(Fields!customer_id.Value, "customer_list") is "BBY", but textbox always show "...more >>

Conditional expressions for background color
Posted by Hugh O at 5/27/2006 1:20:33 PM
I am trying to use conditional expressions within a report field to change the background color depending on the value of one of the fields in the report. Within the properties for one of the report items, I click the background color item and then choose the expressions and that brings up ...more >>

How to share dataset after it was created within the report
Posted by Brian at 5/27/2006 9:38:02 AM
Is there a way to share the dataset with the other reports once it was created in once of the reports in the same project? Right now, we are copying the same dataset from one to the others... Brian...more >>

Cancel running subscription
Posted by Michael R at 5/27/2006 9:36:02 AM
I have a data-driven subscriptions that runs to render over 7000 reports to TIFF format on a file share. These reports are then compiled into larger sets for printing and delivery. My question is - once I get this DDS started, how do I stop it should there be a need (such as data source no...more >>

Facing problem with SSRS using Temporary tables in stored procedures
Posted by sunny at 5/27/2006 8:14:29 AM
Hi, I am facing a problem using temporary tables in SQL Server stored procedures when using them in SQL Server Reporting Services. It gives an error while fetching fields when creating a dataset in report designer of MS Visual Studio.Net 2005. Has anybody else faced the same problem? R...more >>

Datetime Parameter
Posted by Michael van der Veeke at 5/26/2006 12:59:58 PM
Hi All, I have a report with two parameters. Date1 and date2 and both are of type datetime. when I select a date greater than 12/05/2006 the report fails stating "the value provided for the report parameter Date2 is not valid for its type". Now date1 has 01/05/2006 and date2 has 31/05/20...more >>

Recommendations for Training Courses?
Posted by alisons at 5/26/2006 11:00:11 AM
I'm looking for a good, focused Reporting Services 2005 training course to take that will teach my coworkers and me the finer points of how to fully utilize RS2k5 to deploy robust, informative, interactive reports for our customers. I have a little experience with RS2000, but my coworkers have...more >>

Report Builder - Cannot Save Report
Posted by Terry at 5/26/2006 10:35:02 AM
How can I resolve the matter of not being able to save a report using Report Builder? ERROR: The permissions granted to user REPORTSERV\ittemp are insufficient for performing this operation...more >>

Hlp Rendering Issue
Posted by MJT at 5/26/2006 9:04:02 AM
RS2005 I have a legend that I designed which has 11 textboxes surrounded (enclosed) within a rectangle that I use on reports for documentation purposes. It renders perfectly fine in preview and exports to pdf fine but it is not rendering on the server correctly and that is not acceptable to ...more >>

Report Fails on Server but Works In Designer
Posted by Mike Harbinger at 5/26/2006 8:17:24 AM
Using SQL RS 2000 My report runs fine in the designer but when deployed to the server it will only display the first page. When move to page 2 or the last page it gives the error: "An unexpected error occurred in Report Processing. (rsUnexpectedError) " The RS log shows it to be failing her...more >>

Formatting Numbers
Posted by OriginalStealth at 5/26/2006 7:12:02 AM
I am using the following format to display a percentage: ##.##%;(##.##%);"-" It works fine for numbers like 15.34% but when the percent is a whole number like 4% it does not display 4.00%. Can anyone help me with this format? Thanks in Advance OS...more >>

reporting and invoices
Posted by WebBuilder451 at 5/26/2006 6:36:02 AM
I am thinking of switching my current method of creating invoices to sqlserver's Reporting Services. I'd like to hear for those of you who are using Reporting Services for this purpose. Please tell me of your experiences. -- thanks (as always) some day i''m gona pay this forum back for a...more >>

From RS2000 to RS2005. How to?
Posted by Zoran at 5/26/2006 5:24:21 AM
Hello, I would appreciate if someone can advice me: We are planning to migrate from Reporting Services 2000 (on old server) to new server with RS2005. There are a lot of reports, few datasources and very complex security on folder and report levels. As I understood all reports should be ...more >>


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