How to use two different datasets (from DBs on different servers) in one SSRS...
Hi all,J helped me with a report to combine logins and rooms in use.Problem is the two Select statements within my Query reference two separate Objects on different servers.In Query Designer, I assign...
View ArticleAdd hyperlink to open an excel file
I would like to attach raw data (Excel worksheet) to the report.So I came up with an Icon and now want to add Action to the textbox but don't seem to understand how I should point to the respective...
View ArticleSSRS 2012 - Multiple Servers
Currently, our group has SQL Server 2008 R2 installed on a server. Our server team has determined we need to upgrade our servers and the DBA team has determined that we are going from one DB server to...
View ArticleHow to assign either a value or a wildcard to a report parameter
HiI have two simple reporting services reports: One is a summary table showing upcoming sales calls by sales area and day. In this table/report the first column lists areas and the following columns...
View ArticleStill struggling with a filter
I'm still struggling with a filter for one of my reports. These 4 accounts (170, 171, 200, 380) should only be displayed if the Cost Center is either A480 or A485. All other accounts should be...
View ArticleWeb Service URL
Forgive the inane question, am having a senior moment. But when using the reporting services configuration manager to set the web services URL is it better to accept the default that is suggested,...
View ArticleReports not updating
Hi all,I have a Reporting Server set up with 6 users and two extra that have admin rights.Every month we import new data and the 6 users each have a number of reports to run at different times during...
View ArticleHigh Availability Reporting Services
Hi All,I'm at a place where they rely heavily on SSRS reports - so any downtime to them of these reports is a money drain. They do not want to move away from SSRS, so my question is, what is the best...
View ArticleLink SSRS map to other report
Hello I would like to ask you a quick question . I was training myself on SSRS and discover the map feature which could be very user friendly for my users to have a quick overview of the data by...
View ArticleAssigning Multiple Role Assignments
Hi,I have been looking over the web and can not find an answer to my problem.I am trying to assign browse permissions for 100+ users to a report and it is proving to be frustrating task.Unfortunately I...
View ArticleHowto: Determine subscription creator at run time of the subscription?
To filter data, I am using User!UserID as a hidden parameter, so is passed into my stored proc's so can use it to restrict which records are returned. For example, user A can only see UK data, user B...
View ArticleSSRS Report has 3 Special Characters
I have a SSRS report that is saved as a tab delimited text file and while it looks fine if you open the file with say notepad, it actually has 3 special characters at the beginning of the file (can be...
View ArticleCalculate Median value in SSRS
Hello Everyone,I have used the the following code to calculate the Median values for employee salary in SSRS.***************************************Dim values As System.Collections.ArrayListFunction...
View ArticleJasper Smith's SSRS Scripter
Anyone happen to have this tool handy? I used in the past to successfully migrate a 2005 SSRS instance to 2208 R2 and am in a similar boat now.Sadly it looks like www.sqldbatips.com no longer exists...
View ArticleReport Model - what to replace it with?
Hi, support for the Report Model is deprecated in newer versions of SQL Server and I'm looking for something to replace thisI have a large installed base using the Report Model that allows users to...
View ArticleSSRS 2012 - deprecated Report Model Designer - What is replacement?
Hello,I hope someone can tell me what is the replacement for Report Model Designer now that it's been deprecated by Microsoft in SQL Server 2012? I'm really surprised that everything I read from...
View ArticleMultiple tablix in a list
ID NAME TOTALPRICE FILE LOCATION TYPE1 Mouse 10 NULL NULL IT1 Keyboard 35 NULL NULL IT1 Laptop 700 NULL NULL IT1 Support 200 4.PDF /erpdpa/pdf/ SRVC2 Laptop 744 NULL NULL IT2 Support 110 451.pdf...
View ArticleOpening SSRS report in Excel
HelloI've noticed than when opening an SSRS report in Excel, its columns increase. Eg where in SSRS it would have 4 columns, once it gets opened in Excel, we now have two columns where there was just...
View ArticleBarcode rendering
HiI have developed a report with a code 3 of 9 barcode in it. The font has been installed on the SSRS server. The report displays perfectly on the screen but when printing adds some space into the...
View ArticleExpression in SSRS to deal with Column containing NULLS
Hi,Wonder if someone can help:I have column (Pccount) which displays as follows:NULLNULLNULL10101010NULL10NULLI want to do an expression on Pccount to display the word "NONE" when the entire column is...
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