Reporting Services Improvements

Does microsoft have any plans to invest in this product? It seems like since 2005 came out, the improvements have been:
1. Table + Matrix = Tablix
2. Integrates with sharepoint
Still I have a clunky code behind function trying to output the selected values of parameters, still you can't disable the "show all" option on multivalued parameters. Heck, the parameters collection still isn't a collection, so you can't
even write a decent parameter display function yourself, not that you should have to.
More and more users are getting the idea that if you want reporting tools, you need to look beyond microsoft. At what point does microsoft invest in this 10 year old tool?

Hello,
1. Currently, SQL Server Reporting Services support three type tablix data region: table, matrix, and list data regions.
2. Since Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2, it is support integration between SQL Server Reporting Services and Microsoft SharePoint Products.
For new Reporting Services features in later version of SQL Server Reporting Services, you can refer to the BOL:
What's New (Reporting Services)
If you have any suggestion or feedback about SSRS, I would recommend to submit it to the Microsoft Connect at this link
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback. This connect site will serve as a connecting point between you and Microsoft, and ultimately the large community for you and Microsoft to interact
with. Your feedback enables Microsoft to offer the best software and deliver superior services, meanwhile you can learn more about and contribute to the exciting projects on Microsoft Connect.
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SQL Server Reporting Services FAQ

Hi All,
This thread is a summary of the Frequently Asked Questions on SQL Server Reporting Services. We consolidate them and post here for your reference. If you have any further questions, please kindly start a new thread so that more community members, MVPs, and MSFTs can join the discussion and share their ideas. Thanks for your understanding.
Part I: SQL Server Reporting Services General Topics
1. How to migrate SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services to another computer?
2. How to combine connecting string via parameter?
3. How to install a 32-bit version of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows?
4. Error of EXECUTE permission denied on object 'xp_sqlagent_notify'.
5. Security consideration for anonymous access to Report Server.
6. How to create a custom report template in Reporting Services?
7. Does Reporting Services support horizontal tables which have fixed rows and dynamic columns?
8. How to reset the page number back to 1 every time the report gets a group break?
9. How to open the drill- through report in a new browser window?
10. How to verify the version of SQL Server?
11. How to use multiple datasets?
12. How to upgrade report from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005?
13. Out of memory error when exporting reports to Excel.
14. How to improve PDF quality of the report exported in Reporting Services 2005?
15. How to enable the Select All option for a multi-value parameter?
Part II: SQL Server Reporting Services SharePoint Integrated Mode Topics
1. How to deploy reports to SQL Server Reporting Services in SharePoint Services integrated mode?
2. How to integrate SQL Server Reporting Services and SharePoint Services?
3. How to refer the reports on the Report Server in SharePoint Services?
4. How to manage user to view reports in SharePoint integrated mode?
5. What information is needed when posting questions regarding SharePoint integrated mode?
6. Is Report Builder available in SharePoint Integrated Mode?
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1.        Question 3: How to install a 32-bit version of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows?
Answer:
To install the 32-bit version of Reporting Services on a computer that is running the 64-bit version of IIS 6.0, we can follow these following steps:
1.       Uninstall the 64-bit version of Reporting Services.
Note: Side-by-side installations of 32-bit versions of Reporting Services and 64-bit versions of Reporting Services are not supported.
2.       Run the Dotnetfx64.exe file to manually install the .NET Framework.
The Dotnetfx64.exe file is in the Tools\redist\2.0 folder on the SQL Server 2005 Setup media. To download the Dotnetfx64.exe file, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70186
3.       In IIS Manager, click Web Server Extensions.
4.       In the Details pane, right-click ASP.NET V2.0.50727, and then click Allow.
5.       Right-click Web Sites, and then click Properties.
6.       Click the ISAPI Filters tab.
7.       In the Filter Name column, click ASP.NET_2.0.50727, and then click Edit.
8.       Replace C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\aspnet_filter.dll with C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_filter.dll.
Note: The Aspnet_filter.dll file in the C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ folder is a 32-bit version of the file.
9.       Click OK two times, and then close IIS Manager.
10.   At a command prompt, run the following command:
cscript %SystemDrive%\inetpub\AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs set w3svc/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 1
11.   Install the 32-bit version of Reporting Services.
12.   After setup is complete, open IIS Manager, and then click Web Server Extensions.
13.   In the Details pane, right-click ASP.NET V2.0.50727 (32-bit), and then click Allow.
To install the 32-bit version of Reporting Services on a computer that is running the 64-bit version of IIS 7.0, follow these steps:
1.       Enable ASP.NET and IIS before you install Reporting Services.
2.       Open a command prompt. To do this, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
3.       In the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
4.       Copy the following script:
cscript %SystemDrive%\inetpub\AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs set w3svc/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 1
5.       In the upper-left corner of the Command Prompt window, right-click the command prompt icon, click Edit, and then click Paste.
6.       Press ENTER to run the script.
7.       Install the 32-bit version of Reporting Services. You must apply SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) after you install Reporting Services in Windows Vista. If you install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services, you can run SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SP2.
For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services Service Pack 2
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=63922
8.       Reset IIS.
9.       Configure the report server for local administration. To access the report server and Report Manager locally, follow these steps:
a.       Start Microsoft Internet Explorer.
b.      On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
c.       Click Security.
d.      Click Trusted Sites.
e.      Click Sites.
f.        Under Add this website to the zone, type http://servername.
g.       If you are not using HTTPS for the default site, click to clear the Require server certification (https:) for all sites in this zone check box.
h.      Click Add.
i.         Repeat steps f and g to add http://localhost, and then click Close.
10.   This step lets you start Internet Explorer either to localhost or to the network computer name of the server for both Report Server and Report Manager.
a.       Create role assignments that explicitly grant you full-permissions access. To do this, follow these steps:
b.      Start Internet Explorer by using the Run as administrator option. To do this, click Start, click All Programs, right-click Internet Explorer, and then click Run as administrator.
c.       Start Report Manager.
d.      Note By default, the Report Manager URL is http://servername/reports. If you are using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SP2, the Report Manager URL is http://servername/reports$sqlexpress. If you are using a named instance of Reporting Services, the Report Manager URL is http://servername/reports$InstanceName
e.      On the Home page, click Properties.
f.        Click New Role Assignment.
g.       Type a Windows user account in the following format: domain\user
h.      Click to select the Content Manager check box.
i.         Click OK.
j.        In the upper-right corner of the Home page, click Site Settings.
k.       Click Configure site-wide security.
l.         Click New Role Assignment.
m.    Type a Windows user account in the following format: domain\user
n.      Click to select the System Administrator check box.
o.      Click OK.
p.      Close Report Manager.
11.   Open Report Manager in Internet Explorer without using the Run as administrator option.
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SQL Reporting Services with Visual Studio 2012

Hi
I would like to know if there will be any release to improve on the placeholder feature in SQL reporting services. Currently, I have users who uses HTML editor to input data and tables. However, the table in html format cannot be read.
I do understand that currently the placeholder feature can only have limited html tag recognised. However, is there any plan to improve it so that <table> tag can also be recognise?
Or if there is any workaround to show the table format in the reports?
Sorry but this is urgent as it is used for business application.
Many thanks

Hi DotNeTEngineeR,
According to description, you want to display the content of table tag (<tag>) in a report. Right?
In Reporting Services, it only has the supported HTML Tags below:
Hyperlinks: <A HREF>
Fonts: <FONT>
Header, style and block elements: <H{n}>, <DIV>, <SPAN>,<P>, <DIV>, <LI>, <HN>
Text format: <B>, <I>, <U>, <S>
List handling: <OL>, <UL>, <LI>
For your requirement, we suggest you use <div> to replace <table> tags in your embedded HTML. Please see the article below:
Embedded HTML using <div> to replace <table> tags in ssrs 2008
Reference:
Importing HTML into a Report (Report Builder and SSRS)
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
Best Regards,
Simon Hou

FEP 2010 with Reporting Services in Clsster

1) It¡s not supported reporting services clustering (2 nodes), but i can install reporting in both nodes sharing report database. This ReportDatabase is installed in a instance (Instance1) onto the same cluster
2) I've create teow SCCM Reportin services point (SRS1 y SRS2)
3) When I launch FEP installation (basic), i can select
http://SRS1/reportServer or http://SRS2/reportServer.
4) But...is supported input URL manual to http://Instance1/ReportServer
Thanks

This is old post and there have been several changes in FEP, now the successor of FEP is System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) and several things been improved. Try reproduce your issue in SCEP and if problem persist, please post it as a new question.

SharePoint 2010 and Reporting Services add-in - multiple versions supported?

Hello,
I would like to try out Reporting Services with SharePoint 2010. I already have the Reporting Services add-in installed on the WFE for SQL Server 2008 R2, but not configured.
At this point I thinking it's best to move forward with SQL Server 2012.
Can both the 2008 R2 version and 2012 version of the Reporting Services add-in exist on the same WFE in separate instances? Or do I need to uninstall the 2008 R2 version first?
Thank you in advance,

Just upgrade to the 2012 version, you don't have to uninstall first.
Also, see the supported combinations of SSRS version and Addin version:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492257.aspx
Use the highest version of the addin possible, as newer addins have offered performance improvements.
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Numbers can't open Excel files generated by SQL Reporting Services

Hi
I have an issue with Numbers '09 not being able top open certain Excel files. The Excel files in question are XLS files (not XLSX) and come from SQL Reporting Services. They open fine with Excel on the Mac and on Windows - but Numbers on both the Mac and iPad pops up with an "Invalid file format" when trying to open them.
I see this as a problem with Numbers and would like to send Apple an example file so they can look at improving their Excel file support but I can't find anywhere to do this.
Do Apple monitor these forums? Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Thanks in advance,
Mike.

Thanks
I compared the beginning of your file to the beginning of two XL ones which are on my machine (in fact, they are files created with openOffice).
You may see that there are many differences.
They may explain the different behaviour.
If someone is able to drive Excel with an AppleScript,
he may write a script opening your document in Excel,
saving it
opening the newly saved file in Numbers.
As I don't own Excel, I ignore its required syntax so I can't write a clean script.
If the XL's syntax is the same than the Numbers one, this quick and dirty one may do the trick :
set aFile to (path to desktop as text) & "Treatment Report No Header.xls"
tell application "System Events"
set aName to name of disk item aFile
end tell
tell application "Numbers"
open file aFile
save document 1 (* maybe save document aName *)
close document 1 (* maybe close document aName *)
end tell
tell application "Numbers"
open aFile
end tell
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Single contract details report in Reporting services taking approx 40 secon

Component name: Single contract details report
Application: online application
Problem: Single contract details report in Reporting services taking approx.40 seconds to show the report
Report is look like below screen shot :
The report is designed in order to show as much information as possible for an agreement. In order to present the information in a clearly arranged manner the data is clustered and displayed on separate report tabs. The data clustering is as follows:
u2022     Header Information
u2022     Overall Contract Details
u2022     Vehicle Details
u2022     Driver Details
u2022     Mileage Details
u2022     Maintenance/Services Details
u2022     Tyres Details
u2022     Fuel/Oil Details
u2022     Invoices Details
u2022     Contract History
Single Contract Details report is a very huge report it is split into tabs. Navigation between these tabs is possible with a menu bar at the top of the report. Each tab has its own name and located there as a link. By clicking on it the tab is shown.
This report is a special type of report name as drill down report. Due to the Crystal limitation that a report can only contain one sub report, AOL used java component to call single contract report
Figure: Drill down Report
This is the only report of this type in AOL which is using the drill down functionality in crystal and now we are investigating the performance issue for this report, we have checked all possible area (java, crystal report) where we can improve the performance for this report.
We thought if we can replace the java component with crystal and directly crystal report will connect to single contract report using hyperlink, it may increase the performance but due to the Crystal limitation that a report can only contain one sub report we are not able to do this approach.

HI Piroz,
Im actually looking for the same thing...
How can I create a report were I can see if a contract has been changed or cancelled? I use VA45 to see contracts, I would like to run a report to see if there has been any changes on the contracts of if they have been cancelled, thank you soooooo much if you can help me

Exporting data view Report in reporting services to excel using an image click

We have a report created in reporting services and on the initial page we have a clickable image that opens excel and exports the date to our spreadsheet. This doesn't work when trying it from outside the network. I there a way to get this to work externally.
Thanks

Hi Dan,
If I understand correctly, you want to export to excel when you click an image in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) or Report Builder. As far as I know, it is not support in SSRS.
In SSRS, we can add go to URL action to add parameter in the URL to work around the issue. As you’re mentioned above, we need deploy the report to report server to achieve the effect.
Reference:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e4d99b03-e82d-4643-87dc-920bcb5644a3/how-to-export-ssrs-report-into-excel-format-using-query-string?forum=sqlreportingservices
Since the issue is by default, I recommend you that submit this suggestion at
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/. If the suggestion mentioned by customers for many times, the product team may consider to add the feature in the next SQL Server version. Your feedback is valuable for us to improve our products and increase the
level of service provided.
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Reporting Services Timeout but Query keep running?

The Gobal value for the reporting timeout is 10 minutes (600).
I Have a report which takes around (1hr to run).. The report correctly timesout (page cannot be display)
but the query kept on running..until it completed.
Is there any way to stop this from happening (Report and Query timeout after 10 minutes)
I have look on the internet and in my rsreportserver.config ..
<Add Key="SQLCommandTimeoutSeconds" Value="60"/>
<Add Key="MaxActiveReqForOneUser" Value="20"/>
<Add Key="DatabaseQueryTimeout" Value="120"/>
.. This information seems to be ingnored

if you run thr query (which generates this report) in SSMS , does it complete fast?
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Use report history reporting services btn option

hello,
i'm trying to figure out what the use report history option on the general view of the reporting services button option provides.
the definition in the help file is "To enable use of the report's history, select this option". i have no idea what this means, so i'm hoping that someone can tell me what this option provides.
i don't have all of the requirements to test using the reporting services button, so i can't test it's functionality.
any help would be greatly appreciated
thank you
tracy

Hi KittyCat101,
As per my understanding, you used case when statement in the query, you do not need to display permitsubtype in the report, but when you tried to delete permitsubtype from the query, it could not run correctly. In order to improve the efficiency of troubleshooting,
I need to ask several questions:
“I tried deleting the permitsubtype query and it would not run correctly.” As we can see, it has no effect to delete permitsubtype from the query you provided, could you please provide complete sql query for the report?
Could you please provide detailed information about the report? I would be appreciated it if you could provide sample data and screenshot of the report.
Please provide some more detailed information of your requirements.
This may be a lot of information to ask for at one time. However, by collecting this information now, it will help us move more quickly toward a solution.
Thanks,
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Reporting Services restarted

Hi,
recently I do find rather often (especially during peak hours, when we generate many reports) report server restart notification. After I enabled verbose logging I can see this:
appdomainmanager!ReportServer_0-5!18f0!03/15/2014-14:58:25:: v VERBOSE: Appdomain:7 ReportServer_MSSQLSERVER_0-5-130393654416605544 is about to be unloaded. ShutDownMessage: Change Notification for critical directories.
bin dir change or directory rename
HostingEnvironment initiated shutdown
Change Notification for critical directories.
This clearly indicates some disturbance from external application, most probably antivirus. I added exception for whole Reporting Services folder, which improved the situation (frequency of these errors decreased). Howerver it didn't solve it completely.
My question is - does someone has similar expierence? Do you need to exclude some other folder as well (TEMP i'm thinking)? Documentation says BIN folder of Report Server should be enought, but it isn't, not for me at least. Antivirus used is McAfee VirusScan
Enterprise+AntiSpyware Enterprise.
Thanks.
Radim

Hi,
Did you manage to solve this problem?
We experience the same issue.
HostingEnvironment initiated shutdown
Change Notification for critical directories.
bin dir change or directory rename
CONFIG change
Change Notification for critical directories.
bin dir change or directory rename
Change in code-access security policy file
CONFIG change
CONFIG change
Change in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10_50.MSSQLSERVER\Reporting Services\RSTempFiles\reportserver\b030430a\dcad33e5\hash\hash.web
OR
HostingEnvironment initiated shutdown
Change Notification for critical directories.
bin dir change or directory rename
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise(Service Pack1)
SQL SERVER 2008R2 (SP1)
Used antivirus is McAfee VirusScan Enterprise+AntiSpyware Enterprise 8.8
Takes much more than minute to start processing report
Thanks,
Alex

Report Services Cluster

Once upon a time in V9i R1 and before, one could configure a report service cluster to get load balancing and performance improvements; this has been deprecated on iAS10gR2.
What is the equivalent configuration in this new version? Is there any documentation? How do we setup multiple report services addressed by one URL that can share the same cache and same source (deploy reports once).
Thanks for any help

panos,
i am not quite clear what your question is. what kind of information are you looking for ? what is the exact problem in your environemnt ? also please specify exact platform and version of reports you are using.
thanks,
ph.

$100 to the person that can work with me on getting Lightswitch, Telerik Reporting, Azure reporting service working.

I give up. I am not a professional developer however I am pretty good at coding. But I have limitations and do not understand how all the pieces fit together when it comes to WCF, LightSwitch and Telerik Reporting service.
I have spent the better part of the past 5 evenings attempting to deploy a WCF service to my azure account to create reports for my application. I know this should be simple but I cannot find an example that ties all the pieces together.
I have a
working lightswitch application deployed to Azure
20+ working telerik reports created in a separate project (Reports have parameters that is one of the problems)
No way to get the two to talk together.
If you have experience and feel you can help me please respond to this post and I will set up some time for us to work together online.
Regards a very frustrated part time developer
Cliff
P.S. Sorry if this is an inappropriate use of the forum but I am at my wits end!

(I am not in the running for the 'bounty' just trying to help on the WCF RIA part...)
When you deploy the application to Azure you should be able to hit the WCF RIA Service using:
site/{class name}.svc/
For example if you look at the reports I have in this example:
LightSwitch Survey: Handling
Complex Business Logic Using WCF RIA Services
You can use the live application at the following link: https://survey.lightswitchhelpwebsite.com/HTMLClient (use your
username and password from
LightSwitchHelpWebsite.com)
The call in Fiddler looks like this:
/WCF_RIA_ServiceData.svc/SurveyResults?$filter=(SurveyId%20eq%202)&$top=45&$inlinecount=allpages
This is what your reports should be calling. Can you get this far?
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Reporting Services Webpart - web part does not auto render consistantly

We are on SharePoint 2010 (integrated with Reporting Services)- on several sites we have added the Reporting Services Web Part and with a saved parameter. The behavior of this web part is not consistent. There are times when I open up a site
and the web part will auto render the report. 5 minutes later I can go into the same site, and the web part does not auto render the report. I have to do edit page, or close and re-open the web site. Has anyone experienced this type of behavior.
I've looked for assistance with this issue on-line cannot find anything that specifically addresses this issue.

Hi Karen,
If the parameters have default values in the report, then the report can be rendered automatically.
For this issue, I recommend to verify the things below:
Does this issue occur when you open the page with the web part in a new tab in the browser or go back to the previous opened tab?
Does this issue occur in the server side or client side?
Please add the site to trusted sites in Internet Explorer to see how it works.
Please change another browser to see how it works.
For narrowing down the issue scope, please test with another report and compare the results.
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Reporting Services 2008 R2 - SharePoint Integration Mode

Hi everyone,
I installed Reporting Services 2008 R2 in my SharePoint(2013) server and configurated the SSRS to run in SharePoint Integrate mode. But, when I run the command Install-SPRSService in SharePoint 2013 Management Shell, I get this error:
Does anyone know how resolve it ? I search but I didn't get a solution :(
Thanks in advance!
Best Regards!

SSRS 2008 R2 isn't supported with SharePoint 2013. You'll need a minimum of SSRS 2012 SP1. In addition, SSRS 2008 R2 doesn't include the cmdlet you're looking for because it isn't a Service Application, rather it sat external to SharePoint.
The support matrix is at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492257.aspx.
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