Reporting Services (RSS)

Reporting Services, One of my major strong points ( Sql/Olap )

Sql 2005 "official" community

here's the link http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=sqlserver2005&slcid=us

Adlai Maschiach
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Client Printing in Reporting Services ( RS2 )

For those still looking how to client print a Report

just add to the URL the following in the end

&rs%3aCommand=Get&rc%3aGetImage=8.00.1038.00RSClientPrint.html

worked for me

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Installing reporting services side by side with WSS V2/SPS2003 Which has more then one IP , without DNS

I've been neglecting my BLOG so here's a more productive post:

Installing reporting services side by side with Sharepoint 2003 ( or WSS_V2 )

Which has more then one IP , and has trouble connecting to the DNS .

Ok here goes:

First you boil the egg …. , ehh wrong recipe , I'll get to that latter J

Ok my mistake , ….

1. do exactly what it written in

Troubleshooting a Side-by-Side Installation of Reporting Services and Windows SharePoint Services

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/RSinstall/htm/gs_installingrs_v1_9fdy.asp

but … the web version ( the above ) is an old documentation so use the CHM file which is located in the root directory of the Install CD .

2. due to the fact that in my case the localhost was pointing to the 'wrong' IP

( the SPS was on the other IP ) , and 'we need' the RS on the same IP as the SPS ..

Part 2 of the instructions was done again with a minor change

STSADM.EXE -o addpath -url http://10.1.100.17/ReportServer -type exclusion

STSADM.EXE -o addpath -url http://10.1.100.17/Reports -type exclusion

3. The web.config should be with read option on to the "IIS Worker Process Group"

4. In the directory

c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\ReportManager

there's a file named "RSWebApplication.config"

you have to check that the URL in it is working

meaning : <ReportServerUrl>http://MESHXP/ReportServer</ReportServerUrl>

is working correctly , in our case there was no connection to the DNS so it was changed to :

<ReportServerUrl>http://10.1.100.17/ReportServer</ReportServerUrl>

5. last but not least , don’t forget to build two groups in the local machine

"ReportingServices Admin" and "ReportingServices Browsers" which will be assigned the roles of "Content Managers" and "Browsers" accordingly in the RS HOME ( root ) dir security ( that for SysAdmin use )

That should do it

Adlai

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HowTo apply alternating colors every other row per group in ReportingService

So you want to Color each group in the table in alternating colors ,

but each group 'instance' has different amount of items

well ... the solution is :

=iif(RunningValue(<table1_Group1 grouping expression>,CountDistinct,Nothing) Mod
2, "LightBlue", "Orange")

e.g. : =iif( RunningValue( Fields!InsuredID.Value , CountDistinct,Nothing) Mod 2 , "#F1F9FF", "#DFEBF5")

 

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More reporting Services Graphs

As time goes by, I'm beginning to be more and more disappointed from the DUNDAS graphs. It seems that if you "Insert" a tool tip which "points" to "Field" for the same ( or other DataSet ) , COMPILE will throw an Error which specifies that a reference to a non existing Filed is in the report , strange don’t you think ? It took me a whole day to figure it out ( I didn’t compile right away after the change ) What can I say ….
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Reporting Services Graphs

As you all well know the graphs in the RS are from www.dundas.com , but parhaps due to the fact that this V1 of the RS , and the fact that this is an out side source component , a few flows were encounted.

here's the solution to a few of them :

1. you want to create a percentage graph and the percent value ( due formating “P” is in thousands )

solution : change the format to the follwing : ##0.##,"%"

2. the X Axis title is too long ( width problem ) and you want to “insert an enter“

solution : use VBA -  & vbCrLf & - in between strings, for example :

= “My “  & vbCrLf & “ Total “  & vbCrLf & “ Customers “  & vbCrLf & “ Are “  & vbCrLf & Format( Fields!Measures_Total_Cust.Value ,"###,###,###")

3. create a pop up from the graph/report for drill options

solution :

a) create an ASP.NET project with an ASPX file RdrctWebForm1.aspx

b) goto into the HTML Source of the ASPX page and add the following

<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">

<script>

window.open("Drill_Report.aspx?<%= Request.QueryString.ToString() %>",'','left=250,top=200,width=600,height=400,menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');

self.history.go(-1);

</script>

</form>

c) Choose the wanted place for link/pop up goto “Action” properties

and add the link

e.g. : =”http://localhost/MyRSAddon/RdrctWebForm1.aspx?val1=1&val2=” & Fields!Measures_Total_Cust.Value

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