I am trying to add a calculated field / column in Report Builder when working with a Report Model built from anAnalysis Services Cube. I can create the calculated Field/Columns, but I get an error whenever I try to use it in a report.
Is there a way to create a report builder calculated column on report models built from a SSAS cube? Is this supported?
Thanks,
Hi,
I've created dsv that contain all fields from table database. in the smdl I've remove some fileds due to security. All fields in the smdl do not contain drill.
Issue: When I created calculated field in the report builder the field has a link. When I clicked the drill I saw all the record data including field that not in the smdl.
Questions:
1) Can I remove the link from the calculated fields?
2) Can I prevent from users drill to fields that not in the smdl?
Thanks,
Assaf
Hi,
I am receiving the following error when I run the report builder query. I am able to successfully select the dimensions and measures that I am intrested in but when I run the report I get the error message.
The 'PerspectiveID' custom property for the 'query' perspective is either not set or is not set to the string data type.
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Semantic query execution failed.
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Query execution failed for data set 'dataSet'.
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An error has occurred during report processing.
I am testing this against both Adventureworks standard and enterprise cubes. Additionality I saw a post in this forum
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=368962&SiteID=1
that seemed related but I am using reporting services in sharepoint integrated mode so I am having a hard time trying to troubleshoot this.
Thanks,
Larry
I've created a linked server with a pretty basic Excel spreadsheet, and used this command to create a linked server to it:
sp_addlinkedserver ''XL_SPS_1', 'Excel', 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', 'c:MyExcel.xls', null, 'Excel 8.0'
I want to use this as the data from which to build a report model. As linked servers don't show up in the Data Source View wizard, I created a view in SQL Server:
create view MyExcel
as
select * from XL_SPS_1...Sheet1$
Okay, great, now the view shows up in the DSV wizard and I can create the data source view. However, when I create a new report model based on this data source view, the Report Model Wizard tells me at "Create entities for all tables" that I've got an error when it processes dbo_MyExcel that "Table does not have a primary key."
I assume this is where the identifying attributes for the entities in the report model are taken from, so I really can't go further. Does anyone have an idea as to how to add a primary key to a linked server (Excel) in SQL 2005? Can this be done? Other than importing spreadsheet data to a SQL table, how can I get around this?
Thanks,
--Stan
I am trying to develop a data model that will filter data based on the user logged in. SUSER_SNAME()
I have a list of User Id's in a look up table, a where clause in a view that filters the data based on who is logged in. This works fine and the data even seems to be filtered when I explore the data in the Data Source View. How ever when I publish the data model to the reporting services site and use report builder the user logged in is no longer recognized. All I am really trying to do is set up report builder so that users can generate reports and only have access to thier data via a customer number. I just can't allow users to see other users data and I don't want to set up a different datasource view for each user. Does any one have any experience with this?
I am thinking of a possible design where the cube will never go offline.
Usually when I do some code changes on my cube the cube goes offline and I need to Full Process it again to get it back .
However , in cases where the cube is extremely critical for the business users , it would be great if I can deliver a solution where the cube never goes down.
Hi,
I have built two perspectives in a cube. Let's say: Sales and Projects. When I open my cube in Excel 2007 and I choose to open the perspective 'Sales' I see all sales related dimensions and attributes. When I open the perspective Projects I see all projects related dimensions and attributes.
So far so good...
But now I generated a report model from the cube. When I start reportbuilder I can choose between three perspectives, because the total cube is added as an perspective as well. Looks pretty good, and now I open the sales perspective, but...
I see al the entities in the model, even the ones from the 'projects' perspective! It doesn't have all the functionality though, but it is visible with all the entritbutes.
I hope somebody knows the solution to this problem. Thanks in advance.
Julian Kooiker
I have added a calculated member in my Analysis Service Cube, but this member does not show up in Report Builder. It is in my cube. I have tried to rebuild the model and to generate a new model. I can create a report from Visual Studio 2005 with the calculated member. Does not Report Builder support calculated members?
/Stefan
Does Report Builder handle many-to-many relationships within an SSAS cube correctly? I can't seem to get it to. Using Adventure Works, here's an example of the problem I'm seeing.
- Create a new report in RB, opening the Adventure Works DW model
- Select one of the perspectives that includes the Sales Reason dimension (like Direct Sales)
- Select the Sales Reason entity in the Entities list and put the Sales Reason Type attribute into the report (making Sales Reason the primary entity)
- The Entities list will be reduced to show the Adventure Works Sales Reasons relationship (which maps to that underlying measure group)
- If you select the Adventure Works Sales Reasons relationship, you€™ll see the Internet Sales Order Details entity below it
- If you select the Sales Order Details entity, however, you€™ll only see the attributes that are in that dimension; you won€™t see any of the measures that exist in the measure groups that are related to it
- Based on that fact, you can€™t get to any of the measures in the cube (since the Sales Reason dimension is related to the other measure groups only through M-to-M relationships)
Of course, it may be that I just don't understand how the auto-generated report model for the SSAS cube is exposing the relationships and the entities that correspond to the Sales Reason dimension, the Sales Reasons measure group (the intermediate measure group for the M-to-M relationships to the other measure groups), etc.
Anyone seen this before or know that this is defined behavior? Seems that for any SSAS cube that includes M-to-M relationships, Report Builder just won't work...
Thanks!
Dave Fackler
Has anyone been able to get time calculations to show up in Report Builder? I'm using the BI Wizard standard calculations for YTD & Period over period growth, but I can't figure out how to use them within Report Builder. They are available in Report Designer, however. I did find the info about assigning the calculations to a measure group. I tried that, but it didn't have any affect.
Any help is appreciated.
Hello,
is there a way, how to build drop-down parameters in report builder when creating a report based on SSAS report model ?
Where we have increase the size of the calculated column in cube..whether in attribute  or some where else...
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I seem to have a problem creating a model for my AS cube through Report Manager.
I have set up the data source as follows:
Name: Gates Aust Business Intelligence
Connection Type: MS SQL Server Analysis Services
Connection String: Data Source=MANT4003;initial catalog="GAPL Sales Analysis"
Connect Using: Windows Interegrated Security
This part works, but when i go to generate the model, i get the following error in the browser:
"
Cannot create a connection to data source ''. (rsErrorOpeningConnection) Get Online Help
For more information about this error navigate to the report server on the local server machine, or enable remote errors
In the reporting services log file i have the following errors:
w3wp!library!7!07/03/2006-10:51:40:: e ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.DataSourceOpenException: Cannot create a connection to data source ''., ;
Info: Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.DataSourceOpenException: Cannot create a connection to data source ''. ---> Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.AdomdConnectionException: The connection either timed out or was lost. ---> System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size)
at System.IO.BufferedStream.Read(Byte[] array, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.DimeRecord.ForceRead(Stream stream, Byte[] buffer, Int32 length)
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.DimeRecord.ReadHeader()
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.DimeRecord..ctor(Stream stream)
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.DimeReader.ReadRecord()
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.TcpStream.GetDataType()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.XmlaClient.EndRequest()
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.XmlaClient.CreateSession(ListDictionary properties, Boolean sendNamespaceCompatibility)
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.AdomdConnection.XmlaClientProvider.Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.AdomdConnection.IXmlaClientProviderEx.CreateSession(Boolean sendNamespaceCompatibility)
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.AdomdConnection.ConnectToXMLA(Boolean createSession, Boolean isHTTP)
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.AdomdConnection.Open()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.RSService.OpenDataSourceConnection(DataSourceInfo dataSourceInfo, CreateDataExtensionInstance createDataExtensionInstanceFunction, Boolean isUnattendedExecution, Boolean unwrapConnection, IntPtr clientToken, IDbConnection& unwrappedConnection)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
w3wp!library!1!07/03/2006-10:51:59:: i INFO: Call to GetPermissions:/
w3wp!library!1!07/03/2006-10:53:02:: i INFO: Call to GetPermissions:/
I have tried searching the forums and cannot find anything really helpful. I have had one cube setup and a model generated before and all was workin, but i had to delete it and i recreated the SSAS cube from scratch.
My user account has admin rights on the cube and also on the servers.
Server is Windows 2003
Client is Windows XP.
Any one got anythoughts on this or how i can determine what is wrong.?
Many Thanks
Scotty
In Report Designer I am able to create a Model data source and see my entities/fields.
But when I run the report I get a "Failed to execute Query" message.
I know in the past this was an issue because Designer doesn't allow you to specify a perspective.
Does anyone know if this has been resolved?
I'm using SP2
Thank you,
Joe
Is it possible to dynamically refresh the report model of the report builder?
could it even be using code with any of the interfaces?
When we add a table or add a column to the table in database , will the report model get refreshed automatically or do we need to do it externally. If so, can we use any of the objects and write a custom code in VB.
How do I get data on my linked report based on my grouped subtotal and grand total from the main report. The subtotal and grand total are calculated columns.
I have a 3 columns in my matrix in the SSRS summary report. Actn_COAST, ActnCITY and NumbOfAccts. Â
The following is code for my summary report. The results are shown below.
SELECT Distinct ActnCITY, Count(ACCT) as NumbOfAccts,
CASE WHEN ActnCITY in ('NY', 'OH', IN, 'NJ', 'SC', 'NC') THEN 'EAST COAST'
WHEN ActnCITY IN ('CA'. 'NV', 'UT', 'WA', 'OR') THEN 'WEST COAST'
ELSE 'OTHER'
END AS Actn_COAST
FROM tbl1
where ACTNDATE between @STARTDT and @EndDT
Code for my detail report contains the following SQL
SELECT * FROM tbl1 where ACTNDATE between @STARTDT and @EndDT AND @ActnCITY = ActnCITY
I have linked my report based on the NumbOfAccts column. I am able to get data if I click any of the NumbOfAccts values related to the state I want. However when I am not sure how to make the subtotal and grand total work. I want when I click on the subtotal of either coast, I should be able to see records of that coast e.g., if I select 37 I should be able to see all the records in East Coast. If I click on the Grand Total, I only want data related to those 2 coasts.
Hi there,
We are working on a business intelligence solution and are breaking our heads on something that is too critical for us to proceed any further and support our stance. Please help. The case is as follows.
SELECT [Month]
,[Total Sales]
FROM [TryYas].[dbo].[Yearly]
Month Total Sales
Jan 1000
Feb 200
SELECT [Month]
,[Sale]
FROM [TryYas].[dbo].[Monthly]
Month Sale
Jan 100
Jan 300
Jan 400
Feb 100
Jan 50
Feb 60
Feb 40
Jan 150
Feb 100
Say there are two tables like the ones above.. We need to know if a report model can be built so that we can build reports where the details from the first table will be shown and when the user clicks on the Month (Say Jan) details for Jan Should be pulled from the second table, something like a drilldown would also be fine.
Now, with our understanding here makes us feel that it can't be done with a report model but is possible with Report Desinger. We need to know if it is possible to have such an implementation with a report model when a cube is built or not even with a cube. Any inputs, suggestion, explanations, references, code samples, etc.. etc.. would be of GREAT HELP.
Thanks and regards,
yaseen
I have an SSRS report that gets its data from an SSAS cube, and it essentially displays a list of students and absences. Everything works fine.
But the users only want to see the top N students with the highest absences. For example, today they want to see the top 100, but during summer vacation, they only want to see the top 5.
Is there a way to add this parameter to the SSRS report? So if I select "5" from the dropdown parameter, it will show the top 5 absences.
The query that I use to populate the report is something simple:
SELECT NON EMPTY { [Measures].[Absences] } ON COLUMNS, NON EMPTY { ([Dim Date].[Date Key].[Date Key].ALLMEMBERS * [Dim Student].[Lte Cell Key].[Lte Cell Key].ALLMEMBERS ) } DIMENSION PROPERTIES MEMBER_CAPTION, MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME ON ROWS FROM ( SELECT ( STRTOSET(@DimDateDateKey, CONSTRAINED) ) ON COLUMNS FROM [Daily Cube]) CELL PROPERTIES VALUE, BACK_COLOR, FORE_COLOR, FORMATTED_VALUE, FORMAT_STRING, FONT_NAME, FONT_SIZE, FONT_FLAGS
I've been doing research on the web trying to find if it's possible to create a Report Model that is based on a Data Source that is NOT SQL Server and NOT SSAS.
Specifically I'd like to be able to build a Report Model on a Web Server (or multiple web services).
Does anyone have any information relating to this? Based on my research it looks like there's a few interfaces that need to be implemented (such as ISemanticModelGenerator, etc.).
I did find a post relating to using ODBC data sources for a Report Model and the recommended solution was Linked Tables in SQL Server or UDM in SSAS. Both cases don't look feasible for a Web Service-based Data Source.
Thanks,
Jeremy Wiebe
Hi,
I have a question here for report model generated on top of SSAS 2005. If security has been defined in SSAS 2005 cube where RoleA only have access to certain dimension, is this security setting integrated with the report model and propogate down to the report builder when used where RoleA users have no access to dimension allowed?
Thanks,
J Lim
Hi,
My environment:
Computer A
- SQL 2005 SP2 (32 bits)
- Oracle 9i client
I am the local administrator
Server A
- Oracle 9i Enterprise Edition (64 bit)
I have read only access to Oracle DB.
I am able to create a report model with Oracle DB and deployed it successfully. In my report model (rmOracle), I named my data source: dsOracle and dsvOracle for my data source view which contains one named query. Then I set a logical primary key for the named query, everything is OK so far.
Now, in Report Builder (RB) I have created a simple report (table) based on the report model I created before. Then when I preview it, I got the following error message:
Microsoft Report Builder:
Report execution error
The report might not be valid or the server could not process the data.
Details:
System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater.
----------------------------
Cannot create a connection to data source 'dataSource1'.
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An error has occurred during report processing.
I tried to look more information by saving the report and run it from the report server directly. And I got the following error message:
An error has occurred during report processing.
Cannot create a connection to data source 'dataSource1'.
System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater.
I open the RDL file and found that when creating a report with RB, it creates its own data source, which is fine. The problem here is that data source points to the wrong connection, which I thought it should point to the same connection of the report model its based on. In this case it should point to Oracle connection (dsOracle).
Anyone has any idea how to solve it? Or did I miss something here?
Thanks and Regards,
Uzzi
I have scoured the internet looking for someone who has run into this issue with no such luck!
Product: Reporting Services 2005 Analysis Services 2005
Our users use Report Builder as an ad-hoc report tool. Data sources for Report Builder come from Report Servers and Analysis Servers.
I have run into issues where a user will select a source for their report that is based on an AS cube. When they select an attribute (field) from a selected entity in the Report Builder Explorer and drop it on the canvas, all entities except the one the field was selected from disappear.
For example:
A cube has a fact table called "Annual Income" with dimension of employee and demographics. In Report Builder, the entities would be listed in the left hand Report Builder Explorer window as
Annual Income
Employee
Demographics
If I select attributes from Employee or Annual Income, as usual, you will see the related hierarchies of the remaining entities. However, if I select an attribute from Demographics, then the Annual Income and Employee entities just disappear and all I can see is the Demographics entity and its attributes.
Has anyone run into this and if so, any ideas? This is becoming extremely frustrating. I have deleted and rebuild cubes, individual dimensions, and everything else I can think of.
Your responses are appreciated,
Scott
I have created a simple cube in BI Studio against an Oracle Relational Data Warehouse. In this cube I have created a perspective in which I have selected (included) only a small subset of measures and dimension. When I view this perspective on the Browse Tab of BI Studio, only the entities that were included in the perspective were available for report construction as was expected.
Next, I generated a model for this cube in Report Manager. Now here is the problem, I then opended the model in Report Builder and selected the same perspective from above, but all of the Entities in the cube were displayed including the fields I explicitely did not include in the perspective. I then looked at the .smdl file describing the Model and it looked like in the Perspective description section all of the cube's entities were included, even the ones that should not have been included. It seems as if the problem is ocurring durring the model generation. I also tried generating the model in Management Studio and it seems to be doing the same thing.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Could I be doing something wrong(probably)? I have to give a presentation soon and this is a big deal for the Project Stakeholders.
By the way, I am using the 180 Day Evaluation of Sql Server 2005 with SP2 CTP installed.
Help!!!!
I have built a data model in visual studio that I am using with report builder in reporting services. The data model is using data from a view in SQL Server 2005. I am trying to apply a filter to the data model to restrict the data available in report builder. I know that I could change the code for the view and filter that data that way, but I would rather creates two models each one producing differnt sets of filtered data. I have tried adding a filter to the data model, but it does not seem to work. Do anyone have any suggestions?
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I created a simple report model, which includes both tables and views as a data source view. So here are the problems I am facing when I try to use a report builder to build a report.
1. In the Report Builder window, on the FIELDS column, I am unable to see the primary key column of any of the tables.
2. I am unable to see the VIEWS in the ENTITIES column of the Report Builder; I can see only the tables.
Does anybody has some idea to deal with the above issues?
Thanks!
Hi all
I have created security roles that restrict access to a certain Dimension
and a member therein.
The security works fine when the users finened in it runs a report:
The data is accordingley ristricted.
The problem is when those same users run Report Builder and create a report,
those members are no longer restricted and they have acces to absoluteley
all data from the cubes.
Is there some way that I can force the Data Model to follow the cube's security roles?
Any help is much appreciated...
Gerhard Davids
EDIT:
I have found that it uses the wrong user when opening report builder.
For some reason it uses my windows account instead of the one I used to log onto
report manager. This is way the security isnt working
Any thoughts what may be causing this?
I get the following error when I try to deploy a report builder model. The SQL Server 2005 "Reporting Services" are installed and running on the local machine.
TITLE: Microsoft Semantic Model Designer
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A connection could not be made to the report server http://localhost/ReportServer.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Client found response content type of 'text/html; charset=utf-8', but expected 'text/xml'.
The request failed with the error message:
--
<html>
<head>
<title>
SQL Server Reporting Services
</title><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 9.00.2047.00" />
<meta name="HTTP Status" content="500" />
<meta name="ProductLocaleID" content="9" />
<meta name="CountryLocaleID" content="1033" />
<meta name="StackTrace" content=" at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.RSConfiguration.Load()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.RSConfiguration.Construct(String configFileName)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.RSConfiguration..ctor(String configFileName, String location)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.RSConfigurationManager..ctor(String configFileName, String configLocation)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.Global.get_ConfigurationManager()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.Global.StartApp()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.Global.Application_BeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)" />
<style>
BODY {FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-WEIGHT:normal; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR:black}
H1 {FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-WEIGHT:700; FONT-SIZE:15pt}
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</style>
</head><body bgcolor="white">
<h1>
Reporting Services Error<hr width="100%" size="1" color="silver" />
</h1><ul>
<li>The report server has encountered a configuration error. See the report server log files for more information. (rsServerConfigurationError) </li><ul>
<li>Access to the path 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.4Reporting ServicesReportServerRSReportServer.config' is denied.</li>
</ul>
</ul><hr width="100%" size="1" color="silver" /><span class="ProductInfo">SQL Server Reporting Services</span>
</body>
</html>
--. (Microsoft.ReportingServices.SemanticQueryDesign)
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BUTTONS:
OK
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how to trigger report's refresh following its underlying SSAS cubes process?
I want to keep reports data updated at all times, especially when this happens while user is already browsing the report..
I don't want to set an auto refresh for the report every 5 minutes as my cube is processed only one time during the day...
Hi ,
Please tell me how to create Data Source and Data Source View in Report Model Project for OLAP Cube.Whats the provider to use while creating Data Source in Report Model Project to make connection to OLAP Cube.
Thanks
Raghava
I am trying to learn building SSAS tabular model. While following a tutorial I need to add a column to an existing table but for some reason the ADD Column option (insert column in other menu is also not appearing) is greyed out.
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I'm trying to get empty cells from an OLAP cube to display in a report designed using the Report Builder. Of the three report types, only the Table report shows the empty cells. Is there any option/setting that I need to enable to get this to work for the Matrix or Chart reports? Something like the "Show Empty Cells" option that is available in the pivot table used by BI Dev Studio?
Any help appreciated.
Hi,
I have found that in the autogenerated model attributes are missing for those fields that have relations to other tables. At first, it may look reasonable since a user can still get down to the field's value through the relation/related table. However, if the relation's key fields is the only thing the user wants to display, then going down to the related table is an overkill.
I can add an attribute manually and bind it to the key field(s). Is there an option in the autogeneration process to do it automatically? The only post I've found so far suggests to do everything manually (http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1152575&SiteID=1). Is this the only way?
Thank you,
Leonid
Hello - I am having difficulty enabling the automatic click-through functionality for my model. I have two entities - Customer & Incident. Incident is a role/FK/OptionalMany relationship to customer.
I've read through earlier postings on this subject (below) and have verified that the #Incidents attribute in my incident entity has the EnableDrillThrough=true.
My test report is simple - Customer Name (from customer) and #Incidents (from incident). When I run it, the click-through option is not available (the cursor stays as an arrow and doesn't change to a finger).
Are there other properties or settings that I need to be working with? I have SP2 (9.0.3042) installed on our Standard edition of SQL 2005. I know Infinite Click-Through is not in Std edition, but a few levels should be, correct?
Thanks in Advance,
Toni
Other related postings -
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1260819&SiteID=1
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=657279&SiteID=1