Reporting Service 2005 to 2014 migration.

We are in the middle of migrating our SSRS 2005 server to SSRS 2014. So far all the reports are working except our barcode reports.
When we try and upload the barcode reports we get the following message:
"The definition of this report is not valid or supported by this version of Reporting Services. The report definition may have been created with a later version of Reporting Services, or contain content that is not well-formed or not valid based
on Reporting Services schemas. Details: Deserialization failed: The element 'Style' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2005/01/reportdefinition' has invalid child element 'Border' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2005/01/reportdefinition'.
List of possible elements expected: 'BorderColor, BorderStyle, BorderWidth, BackgroundColor, BackgroundGradientType, BackgroundGradientEndColor, BackgroundImage, FontStyle, FontFamily, FontSize, FontWeight, Format, TextDecoration, TextAlign, VerticalAlign,
Color, PaddingLeft, PaddingRight, PaddingTop, PaddingBottom, LineHeight, Direction, WritingMode, Language, UnicodeBiDi, Calendar, NumeralLanguage, NumeralVariant' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2005/01/reportdefinition' as well
as any element in namespace '##other'. Line 664, position 26. (rsInvalidReportDefinition)."
If I change
http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2005/01/reportdefinition
With
http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/01/reportdefinition
We get the following message:
"The definition of this report is not valid or supported by this version of Reporting Services. The report definition may have been created with a later version of Reporting Services, or contain content that is not formed or not valid based on Reporting
Services schemas. Details: The report definition has an invalid target namespace " which cannot be upgraded. (rsInvalidReportDefinition)"
Here is an example of one of our report files: (too many characters to upload here so I've linked it to my DropBox)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z5eb9m9cpw6ivrj/Item%20Barcodes%20%28Subassembly%29%20-%20Neodynamic.rdl?dl=0
What needs to be changed for these reports to run on 2014?

Hi Kelvin.uk,
Based on my understanding, you are migrating the content of Report Server 2005 to Report Server 2014, but the barcode reports can’t be uploaded to report server 2014 and error is thrown out.
In Reporting Services, upgrading a report definition in SQL Server Data Tools is the only way to upgrade the .rdl file. In your scenario, since you are migrating the reports to a new environment with a higher Reporting Services version installed, and some
.NET components are referenced when creating the barcode reports, you should upgrade reports definition, then deploy them to report server.
Reference:
Upgrade Reports
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
Best regards,
Qiuyun Yu
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Problem is when image bytes are being retrieved by using Render method for a report with more than around 30-40 pages,
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Hi Hameer,
This error might be caused by the memory limit. There are two settings that will affect the memory configuration.
When you render a report through the Reporting Services Web service, the Reporting Services Web service obtains the "MemoryLimit" setting from the Machine.config file.
A scheduled report is rendered by the Report Server Windows service. The Report Server Windows service obtains the "MemoryLimit" setting from the RSReportServer.config file.
These values represent a percentage of physical memory. You can adjust them to change the memory limit.
If there are any more questions, please let me know.
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EPSI Dashboard problem after moving from reporting services 2005 to 2012

I have created a Dashboard with Allscripts EPSI with a Reporting Services Report. After we changed from Micrsosoft Reporting Services 2005 to 2012, the report now gets cut in half. I turned a ticket in to Allscripts and they said that it had
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Hi Jason,
Based on my understanding, after you move the report from Reporting Services 2005 to Reporting Services 2012, the report can’t display well.
In Reporting Services, upgrading a report definition in SQL Server Data Tools is the only way to upgrade the .rdl file. In your scenario, if the .rdl file isn’t upgraded in the new environment, it’s expected that the report won’t display well. So please
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Run Reporting services 2005 with databases housed on SQL Server 2012?

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Hello,
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Is the Export Quality for PDFs in Reporting Services 2005 only 96DPI?

I have been fighting with Reporting Services all day, and despite setting the PDF output quality to 300DPI, I have noticed that the image quality appears to be only 96DPI. I've noticed this because images with a size set for 300DPI are too large for the page, and images set for 96DPI fit just right.
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OK, I have managed to get higher quality images from the PDF renderer. Here is what I have found:
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Reporting Services 2005; No Administator Access

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Hi Tony,
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Hello,
We recently upgraded to SQL Server 2014 from 2008 R2.
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https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/684666/excel-formulas-not-supported-in-reporting-services-export
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd255234.aspx
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Just to clarify it is not slow when I run a report, it is slow in general. From first load to accessing a folder, settings, etc. This is all before even executing a report.
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