I honestly could have sworn up and down the church aisle that I'd posted something in these a few months ago. Obviously, wires got crossed either in the real world or the nether of my mind. But long story short, here are a couple great resources to use when building reports using Reporting Services. SSW … Continue reading Reporting Services Resources
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Identify Reporting Services Version and Edition
While trying to identify the reporting services edition installed on a server today, I found quite a few ways to identify both the edition and version of reporting services. And now they are listed below from various news group threads for your reading pleasure. The version of an installed reporting services service can be found … Continue reading Identify Reporting Services Version and Edition
SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports
There's a new download from Microsoft that I am a little excited to take a look at... <begin fanfar> <queue flashy lights> The... SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports I've downloaded them but haven't had a chance to really look at them. From the download page overview though: The SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports
Monitoring Report Performance
Nothing really new with the link I am posting today. If you've looked at the samples included with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services you've likely seen the Execution Log Reports. And for those that weren't aware, these reports are a nice little addition to SSRS that can help monitor reports begin run on the server … Continue reading Monitoring Report Performance
XML Datasources
A "neato' technical article from last fall on using XML and Web Services as data sources in SQL Server Reporting Services. Not sure how I feel about the XML but I had been wondering how to access certain values in SSRS in a web.config type fashion. For generic things like the name of the client … Continue reading XML Datasources
The 2-for-1 Special in Excel
It inevitably happens when building SQL Server Reporting Services reports that someone will have desire to export the beautifully created report out of SSRS and into some other format. And sometimes that format just happens to be Excel. *Presto Change-O* And quite suddenly the beauty of the report is destroyed by the earth-shattering disease of … Continue reading The 2-for-1 Special in Excel
Parameter Feature… Not A Bug
Often times I’ve placed default values into my reports when designing them to aid in developing the report without having to constantly fill out the parameters while testing them. To my chagrin I’ve run into a number of problems when I update deploy these reports to the reporting services server. And it seems that when … Continue reading Parameter Feature… Not A Bug
Reporting Services & SharePoint
I've been working a side-project that involves tying in SharePoint with Reporting Services. One of my wise co-workers managed to point some of the benefits and constraints that Microsoft has found in using the Reporting Services add-in for SharePoint. Configuring a report server to run in SharePoint integrated mode provides the following additional functionality that … Continue reading Reporting Services & SharePoint
Trouble Shooting Reporting Services
I was troubleshooting a report the other day and found a great post from Lukasz on troubleshooting SQL Server Reporting Services. Take the time to read it if you are experiencing issues with SSRS.
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