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
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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.
It’s All About The NULL
I read a couple of NULL articles back-to-back today from SQLServerCentral. The first had to do wit the Four Rules of NULL and the second was NULL Versus NULL. Both were pretty good and picked up on how SQL Server uses and characterizes NULLs. I can think of a handful or fifty times that the … Continue reading It’s All About The NULL
SQL 2005 White Paper: Online Index Operations
How quickly a week goes by... minute by minute... get a little busy and no blogs. Well, here's a quick link to a white paper on Online Index Operations in 2005. A very nice 2005 Enterprise feature that allows building and maintaining of indexes without sacrificing DML concurrency. Or in other words, how to keep … Continue reading SQL 2005 White Paper: Online Index Operations
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