Hi,
To programmatically invoke a subscription we can use -
exec ReportServer..AddEvent 'TimedSubscription', '575F96C6-A1BD-49FD-9C2F-934FC9658780'
How can we programmatically cause a Manual Report History Snapshot to be created.
I know it can be done using the Webservice. How would we do it using the ReportServer stored procedures. Which SP/SP's can we call. With what parameters.
TIA,
Sam.
Hi,
I am facing some issues while creating report snapshots programmatically using axis (Java platform for creating and deploying web services applications).
To create a report snapshot what should be the methods called ? I tried using UpdateReportExecutionSnapshot() but didn't find any parameters to set the schedule information which would say when the execute the report snapshot. Can you please guide me for this ?
Also I had one more doubt regarding report snapshots. If a parameterized report is configured as snapshot then we would require to set default parameters for the report.
Is there a way to create snapshots of the same report with different parameters ?
eg : The employee information report displays the information based on the employee id taken as a parameter. So is it possible to create snapshots with different employee id's ?
Thanks,
Amit Shah.
Hello,
What we'd like to do is programmatically generate and maintain a report model based on how the individual install is configured. I've found some documentation that makes me believe this is possible, but I'm hoping someone can nudge me in the right direction. The ReportingServices2005 class has several model related methods (CreateModel) and I found the .xsd for the semantic model XML file
(http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/10/semanticmodeling/SemanticModeling.xsd),
but no real documentation on how to put together a Report Model document from scratch. Looking at the files generated from BIDS is somewhat overwhelming and I have no idea where I'd pull most of the information.
Finally, I want to create Report Model(.smdl) file without Report Model Designer.
I want to Implement CreateModel Method to create new model, any source code sample..??
Any help that can be provided would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Sandip.
Hi,
I'm working on custom report manager. It manages "report entities" and
"report templates" (actually, RDLs uploaded on the server) and stores
one-to-many relation between them. The task is to store
"MasterEntityID" report parameter in every RDL and keep it up in actual
state whether RDL is being assigned to another entity or new RDL is
being uploaded and assigned. I've covered the first issue with
SetReportParameters() web method, but how should I deal with the second
one? Uploaded RDL may be short of the param, so I have to add it
programmatically while uploading.
Thanks,
Anatoly
Hi,
Will someone please tell me how to create Report history(snapshots) in reporting service 2005.
Thanks and regards
Altaf Nizamuddin
Hello,
I'm looking for Programmatically genration of Report Model .smdl file.
Please guide me or suggest some links so that ui can refer same.
Is there any smdl genrator or any classes for the same...?
Thanks in advance.
Sandip
I need to create a SSRS report snapshot at the end of an SSIS package (seems like this would be a common task). I tried connecting to the ReportingService web service to do this but I get the following error when after I select the web service in the Web Service Task:
This version of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is not supported.
Is there as simple way to do what I want?
We have a need to report on historical data when none exists in the database.
Create a tabular report rdl that is run on a regular schedule. This report run is saved as an Excel sheet that overwrites the previous run, which has the same name.
Report is designed to use two data sources--the database and and the previously run Excel sheet. The data is "merged" using the Lookup function thereby creating a new report that includes the history needed.
Hello,
We have a datawarehouse that's built nightly through a number of Integration Services packages. I have several packages that compile and aggreage data used by a set of reports constructed and presented using Reporting Services. I would like to augment the packages to incorporate a step that will create a snapshot for each report. Can anyone provide a set of pointers or sample code to accomplish this?
The data is static and this method would allow the reports to be constructed before the first user runs them (caching would require them to be run once). I would also like to delete the snapshot if a report extract needed to be run again. This can occur in some occassions. I'd like to automate this as much as possible.
I imagine I'de be able to do this using a script task in SSIS that interactes with the reporting services web service in some way.
Kind regards,
Orlanzo
Dear All-
i am facing a problem with them creation of the execution Snapshot for my report
simply when i try to create a one and after choose the schedule setting and i press OK to finish
an error appear mention "The current action cannot be completed because the user data source credentials that are required to execute this report are not stored in the report server database. (rsInvalidDataSourceCredentialSetting) (Report Services SOAP Proxy Source)"
i like to mention also i choose the datasource credentials is the redio button Windos integrated security and also the reporting services and the database are exit on the same machine
i hope someone help soon as our work is affected due to this issue
Thanks and have anice day
Maylo
Hi Everyone
Im a newbie on this but I have created a couple of reports and am running sql server 2005 and have downloaded all the updates. The problem i have is that when i view the report i have no History Tab and it is not listed in properties and cannot create snapshots even in sql man. studio. I have set the snapsots to unlimited in site settings. what am i doing wrong that is so obvious.
cheers
Barry
Hi,
Wanted to clarify some doubts about Report History and Snapshot.
1. What is the difference between the snapshot id and history id. Report Snapshots are stored in the report history.
When I call CreateReportHistorySnapshot method programmatically, the method returns a history Id. Is this id different from the snapshot id (report snapshot which is stored in the history). If the id's are different how can I get the snapshot id ?
2. The History id is a date-time stamp of the snapshot. This string is used as a unique identifier for the historical snapshot. It contains the time portion till seconds(not milliseconds). Hence if I generate the next snapshot in the same second it gets overridden.
Is there any way to create more snapshots in the same second ?
Is there any way to change the algorithm used to generate history ids ? eg : Can I use some unique id generator and get history id using this algorithm ?
Thanks in advance,
Hello!
I created database snapshot in SQL Server 2005 and was restoring database from snapshot. I was wondering if there is a system table that stored history of snapshot restores similar to msdb.dbo.restorehistory.
Thanks,
Igor
Hi,
I am trying to provide history reporting from my site by pointing the report to snapshots of the database.
While considering this solution, I am reading that the snapshots cannot be restored. So, If I need to move the database to new hardware or run into a situation where I have to restore form a tape backup, are all my snapshots gone?
Please advise.
Chandra.
Hello all.
Is there a way to export all existing snapshot history for various reports into PDF or Excel files rather than doing it individually in Report Manager?
Thanks!
Hi,
I want to generate a new snapshot using stored procedures. I want to wait for the snapshot files to be created and then execute a stored procedure. What's the best way to determine that the snapshot has completed successfully? I thought of doing something like:
exec msdb.dbo.sp_help_job
@job_name = @job_name
@job_aspect = 'job',
@execution_status = 1
however I can't put the results of that proc into a temp table because I get this error:
Msg 8164, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_get_composite_job_info, Line 72
An INSERT EXEC statement cannot be nested.
Any ideas? I'd like a T-SQL solution.
Thanks,
Mark.
I have to create a history of tables. Therefore I must know the previous structure of the table. I have to document the changes of the structures of the tables.
Is there a solution for the version 2000?
Hi,
I have metadata that stored my table structure and relationship. I would like to know is it possible to create table relationship programatically? Any sample?
Thank you
Hi all,
I need to be able to create a DSN through code that connects to SQL Server using SQL Native Client. I have found the following article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q184608/. This demonstrates most of what I need, but it does not show how to set the username and password, which is something that I need to do.
Any ideas how I can do this?
Regards,
Stephen.
I have a report which have multiple parameters. By default all the parameters are selected. Now I am scheduling a Cache with Report Execution Snapshot. Now if I try to view the report, it disables the prompt selection. It means user cant change the selection. Is it the expeceted behaviour of the exectuion snapshot?
Thanks,
S Suresh
Hi
I have a table called my_history that has columns like this
column_name , old_value, new_value, key, date
bankaccount 30 50 1 01-Apr-2008
bankbalance 10 14 2 04-Apr-2008
and so on............
The history table is populated using triggers
The main table called my has a structure like
bankaccount bankbalance bankname name address key
50 50 xyz abc ford 1
30 14 abc xyz east 2
Now using this information can i reconstruct the records in my table before the update happened ?
I am finding it very difficult to do this is there a way to do this in t-sql ?
The problem is my_history table where the column_name keeps on varrying
regards
Hrishy
For my company, we have made it a standard to create history tables and triggers for the majority of our production tables. I recently grew tired of consistently spending the time needed to create these tables and triggers so I invested some time in creating a script that would auto generate these.
We recently launched a project which required nearly 100 history tables & triggers to be created. This would have normally taken a good day or two to complete. However, with this script it took a near 10 seconds. Here are some details about the script.
The code below creates a stored procedure that receives two input parameters (@TableName & @CreateTrigger) and performs the following actions:
1) Queries system tables to retrieve table schema for @TableName parameter
2) Creates a History table ("History_" + @TableName) to mimic the original table, plus includes additional history columns.
3) If @CreateTrigger = 'Y' then it creates an Update/Delete trigger on the @TableName table, which is used to populate the History table.
/************************************************************************************************************
Created By: Bryan Massey
Created On: 3/11/2007
Comments: Stored proc performs the following actions:
1) Queries system tables to retrieve table schema for @TableName parameter
2) Creates a History table ("History_" + @TableName) to mimic the original table, plus include
additional history columns.
3) If @CreateTrigger = 'Y' then it creates an Update/Delete trigger on the @TableName table,
which is used to populate the History table.
******************************************* MODIFICATIONS **************************************************
MM/DD/YYYY - Modified By - Description of Changes
************************************************************************************************************/
CREATE PROCEDURE DBO.History_Bat_AutoGenerateHistoryTableAndTrigger
@TableName VARCHAR(200),
@CreateTrigger CHAR(1) = 'Y' -- optional parameter; defaults to "Y"
AS
DECLARE @SQLTable VARCHAR(8000), @SQLTrigger VARCHAR(8000), @FieldList VARCHAR(6000), @FirstField VARCHAR(200)
DECLARE @TAB CHAR(1), @CRLF CHAR(1), @SQL VARCHAR(1000), @Date VARCHAR(12)
SET @TAB = CHAR(9)
SET @CRLF = CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)
SET @Date = CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), GETDATE(), 101)
SET @FieldList = ''
SET @SQLTable = ''
DECLARE @TableDescr VARCHAR(500), @FieldName VARCHAR(100), @DataType VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE @FieldLength VARCHAR(10), @Precision VARCHAR(10), @Scale VARCHAR(10), @FieldDescr VARCHAR(500), @AllowNulls VARCHAR(1)
DECLARE CurHistoryTable CURSOR FOR
-- query system tables to get table schema
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(500), SP2.value) AS TableDescription,
CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), SC.Name) AS FieldName, CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), ST.Name) AS DataType,
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),SC.length) AS FieldLength, CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), SC.XPrec) AS FieldPrecision,
CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), SC.XScale) AS FieldScale,
CASE SC.IsNullable WHEN 1 THEN 'Y' ELSE 'N' END AS AllowNulls
FROM SysObjects SO
INNER JOIN SysColumns SC ON SO.ID = SC.ID
INNER JOIN SysTypes ST ON SC.xtype = ST.xtype
LEFT OUTER JOIN SysProperties SP ON SC.ID = SP.ID AND SC.ColID = SP.SmallID
LEFT OUTER JOIN SysProperties SP2 ON SC.ID = SP2.ID AND SP2.SmallID = 0
WHERE SO.xtype = 'u' AND SO.Name = @TableName
ORDER BY SO.[name], SC.ColOrder
OPEN CurHistoryTable
FETCH NEXT FROM CurHistoryTable INTO @TableDescr, @FieldName, @DataType,
@FieldLength, @Precision, @Scale, @AllowNulls
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- create list of table columns
IF LEN(@FieldList) = 0
BEGIN
SET @FieldList = @FieldName
SET @FirstField = @FieldName
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @FieldList = @FieldList + ', ' + @FieldName
END
IF LEN(@SQLTable) = 0
BEGIN
SET @SQLTable = 'CREATE TABLE [DBO].[History_' + @TableName + '] (' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + @TAB + '[History' + @FieldName + '] [INT] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,' + @CRLF
END
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + @TAB + '[' + @FieldName + '] ' + '[' + @DataType + ']'
IF UPPER(@DataType) IN ('CHAR', 'VARCHAR', 'NCHAR', 'NVARCHAR', 'BINARY')
BEGIN
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + '(' + @FieldLength + ')'
END
ELSE IF UPPER(@DataType) IN ('DECIMAL', 'NUMERIC')
BEGIN
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + '(' + @Precision + ', ' + @Scale + ')'
END
IF @AllowNulls = 'Y'
BEGIN
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + ' NULL'
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + ' NOT NULL'
END
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + ',' + @CRLF
FETCH NEXT FROM CurHistoryTable INTO @TableDescr, @FieldName, @DataType,
@FieldLength, @Precision, @Scale, @AllowNulls
END
CLOSE CurHistoryTable
DEALLOCATE CurHistoryTable
-- finish history table script with standard history columns
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + @TAB + '[HistoryCreatedOn] [DATETIME] NULL,' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + @TAB + '[HistoryCreatedByUserID] [SMALLINT] NULL,' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + @TAB + '[HistoryCreatedByUserName] [VARCHAR](30) NULL,' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + @TAB + '[HistoryAction] [CHAR](1) NOT NULL' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTable = @SQLTable + ' )'
PRINT @SQLTable
-- execute sql script to create history table
EXEC(@SQLTable)
IF @@ERROR <> 0
BEGIN
PRINT '******************** ERROR CREATING HISTORY TABLE FOR TABLE: ' + @TableName + ' **************************************'
RETURN -1
END
IF @CreateTrigger = 'Y'
BEGIN
-- create history trigger
SET @SQLTrigger = '/************************************************************************************************************' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'Created By: ' + SUSER_SNAME() + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'Created On: ' + @Date + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'Comments: Auto generated trigger' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + '***********************************************************************************************/' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'CREATE TRIGGER [Trigger_' + @TableName + '_UpdateDelete] ON DBO.' + @TableName + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'FOR UPDATE, DELETE' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'AS' + @CRLF + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'DECLARE @Action CHAR(1)' + @CRLF + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'IF EXISTS (SELECT ' + @FirstField + ' FROM Inserted)' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'BEGIN' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + @TAB + 'SET @Action = ''U''' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'END' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'ELSE' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'BEGIN' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + @TAB + 'SET @Action = ''D''' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'END' + @CRLF + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'INSERT INTO History_' + @TableName + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + @TAB + '(' + @FieldList + ', HistoryCreatedOn, HistoryCreatedByUserName, HistoryAction)' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'SELECT ' + @FieldList + ', GETDATE(), SUSER_SNAME(), @Action' + @CRLF
SET @SQLTrigger = @SQLTrigger + 'FROM DELETED'
--PRINT @SQLTrigger
-- execute sql script to create update/delete trigger
EXEC(@SQLTrigger)
IF @@ERROR <> 0
BEGIN
PRINT '******************** ERROR CREATING HISTORY TRIGGER FOR TABLE: ' + @TableName + ' **************************************'
RETURN -1
END
END
hi
my domain is hosted on a remote server
related databases are stored on a seperated DataServer
I have the name of that DataServer
and i need to create new DBs programmatically
I use this statement on my local machine
sqlstat= "CREATE DATABASE dbc_" + dbid + " ON PRIMARY" + "(Name=db_" + dbid + ", filename = '" & Server.MapPath("~/app_data") & "" + dbfilename + "')"
but it will not work , because i dont know the physical path
i cant use Server.MapPath()
How could i do?
thanks
I wanted to programmatically create SqlServer JobSchedule
The job is to copy data from a particular table in one Database to another table in another DataBaseUser should be able to Schedule/modify Date and Time on which a job is to be executed is to be configured through a UI Screen (WebForm.aspx)
I am using VSStudion2003 ,ASP.net with VB.net with SQL2000 as database .
ANY idea on how to do this ?????
Please help me?
Thank u all in advance
Hi,
i'm creating a Lookup programmatically. But i can't find out how to assign the ConnectionManager that references the lookup data.
Do you have an example for me?
Many thanks in advance.
Stefan L.
Hi,
I am working on modifying a VB6 app that dynamically creates DTS packages to copy data from one database to another depending on the selections made in UI. The project currently uses DTSPackage object library and DTSDataDump Scripting object library.
We are in the process of upgrading the server to SQL 2005. I am exploring the possibility of replacing code that generates DTS packages on the fly with SSIS packages.
Is it feasible to do this in VB6 ? I have referred to similar posts which focus mainly on VB.NET or C#.
Any help with white paper or sample code would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Is there a way to do this? It does not appear as part of the standard SSIS API.
Thanks.
I am creating a web application that uses a using a web service to get data for my reports. Since the webservice only accepts 1 parameter called "sql" (the sql select statement), I am using the report's query string to get the data.
Here is the data source and dataset info I am using:
DataSource
Name: WebService
Type: XML
Connection string: http://localhost/myWeb/myWebService.asmx
Credentials: No credentials
DataSet
Query tab:
Name: WebService
Data source: WebService
Command type: Text
Query String: <Query><SoapAction>......</SoapAction></Query>
Here is a sample of the <Query> string that I use when I first build the report:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<Query>
<SoapAction>http://tempuri.org/GetDataset</SoapAction>
<Method Namespace="http://tempuri.org/" Name="GetDataset">
<Parameters>
<Parameter Name="sql" Type="String">
<DefaultValue>Select * From Customers</DefaultValue>
</Parameter>
</Parameters>
</Method>
<ElementPath IgnoreNamespaces="true">GetDatasetResponse{}/GetDatasetResult{}/diffgram{}/NewDataSet{}/Results</ElementPath>
</Query>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
When the user selects a report in the web application, they are prompted for information about the sql statement, and then I can rebuild the <Query> xml fragment, substituting the new sql statemet for the default one. for example, the statement "Select * From Reports" would be replaced with "Select * From Customers where LN = 'Smith'".
Then I want to attach that new <Query> statement to the report and run it. How can I set this information in the report? I can't find anything that talks about it, but there must be some way!
Thanks in advance for your help!
Greetings,
Here's what I need to do. I need to programmatically create offline cubes for multiple customers. Using VS2005 (C#) and SQL Server 2000, I am able to do this using the CREATE GLOBAL CUBE command. However, I need to create cubes from SQL Server 2005 as we have upgraded and the CREATE GLOBAL CUBE command does not work as it did before. I've search and found examples using AMO, but they create a server cube. I already have a server cube.
I need to be able to create filtered offline cubes from the existing server cube. I've also read much on XMLA, but that doesn't do it for me either. The code below creates an empty offline cube. However, is there a way to use this to create a cube with data?
I am creating this in a windows application.
Server server = new Server();
server.Connect(@"Data Source=C:MyLocalCube.cub");
server.Disconnect();
Can anyone help? This is driving me nuts!
Hi,
I am trying to programmatically in C# create FlatFileSource and OleDB Destination?
I would like your help.... How about column mapping.
I would appreciate your reply.....
I am following the samples in the online books. I've got an OLEDB connection manager and source component defined. I now want to create an Excel connection manager and destination component (see below). How can I do this?
Dim conMgr As ConnectionManager = package.Connections.Add("OLEDB")
conMgr.ConnectionString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;" "Data Source=FLL-EIS;Initial Catalog=DataLoad;" & _
"Integrated Security=SSPI;"
conMgr.Name = "SSIS Connection Manager for OLE DB"
conMgr.Description = "OLE DB connection to FLL-EIS."
' Create and configure an OLE DB source component.
Dim source As IDTSComponentMetaData90 = dataFlowTask.ComponentMetaDataCollection.New
source.ComponentClassID = "DTSAdapter.OleDbSource"
' Create the design-time instance of the source.
Dim srcDesignTime As CManagedComponentWrapper = source.Instantiate
srcDesignTime.ProvideComponentProperties()
' Assign the connection manager.
source.RuntimeConnectionCollection(0).ConnectionManager = _
DtsConvert.ToConnectionManager90(conMgr)
' Set the custom properties of the source.
srcDesignTime.SetComponentProperty("AccessMode", 2)
srcDesignTime.SetComponentProperty("SqlCommand", Dts.Variables("User::gsQuery").Value.ToString)
' Connect to the data source,
' and then update the metadata for the source.
srcDesignTime.AcquireConnections(Nothing)
srcDesignTime.ReinitializeMetaData()
srcDesignTime.ReleaseConnections()
' Create and configure an OLE DB destination. (This is where I need help, as this code does not work)
Dim destination As IDTSComponentMetaData90 = dataFlowTask.ComponentMetaDataCollection.New
destination.ComponentClassID = "DTSAdapter.ExcelDestination"
' Create the design-time instance of the destination.
Dim destDesignTime As CManagedComponentWrapper = destination.Instantiate
' Where can I find documentation about the various ComponentClassIds and Properties???
destDesignTime.ProvideComponentProperties()
destDesignTime.SetComponentProperty("ExcelFilePath", Dts.Variables("User::gsExcelFile").Value.ToString)
destDesignTime.SetComponentProperty("TableName", Dts.Variables("User::gsSheetName").Value.ToString)
Hello,
does anyone know of a good example of how to programmatically add a Data Conversion Transformation to a package? I have come so far that I have the component in my dataflow task, but I don't know how to set the properties of it. That is, how to determine the columns that should be converted and to what data type etc.
I (as far as I understand) need a data conversion transformation since I have not managed to create (via the designer) a package that reads data from an AS400 via DB2OLEDB and stores it in a SQL Server 2005 Database. I keep getting the error "string cannot be converted from unicode to non-unicode" (or something like that) and by searching this forum I learned that the data conversion component might do the trick.
I added this conversion to a manually designed package and it solved the error, but I don't know how to re-create this package programmatically. I would really appreciate some help on this.
Also, if someone has managed to import data from AS400 to SQL server 2005 via OLEDB and NOT got the string conversion error, please let me know!
Regards,
Annika
I need to programmatically create a SQL 2005 maintenance plan at hundreds of customer sites. Each plan will be a little different because of path names, database names, etc., so I can't use one canned plan without modifications. I know that SQL 2005 maintenance plans are XML packages and SQL jobs, so scripting isn't an option. I've seen mention of using the .Net API to create the plans, but I can't find any examples. SMO doesn't seem to have any objects for managing maintenance plans. Can someone point me to an example of using the API to perform this task?
Thanks,
Tom