ReportServer Database Replication?
Feb 14, 2008
I'm working on an application for a client. The application is distributed to 100 mobile (SQLExpress SP2 w/ Advanced Services) users via the web, and uses merge replication to sync data back to corporate with Web Synchronization.
All of this works great. No problems at all.
The client now wishes to use the Reporting Services component of SQL to deploy reports, rather than building them into the application with Crystal Reports. The rationale is it will require less work (probably true to some degree) and it will make updates easier since each time they add a report, it will not require regenerating an entire binary image of the application for users to download.
Naturally, the client asks me if there is a way to use the same replication technology to simply build the reports in-house against an internal ReportServer database, and then replicate the contents of that database down to those 100 clients with the same merge replication -- except, making it a "one way" subscription, with no updates sent back to the server.
I'm wondering if anyone has attempted to do something along these lines.. Is it possible to use SQL Server replication technology to replicate the Reporting Services database down to mobile clients?
Or... is there some other mechanism I should be investigating that will allow me to deploy and update roughly 200 reports to 100 mobile clients on a regular basis?
Thoughts from other users would be appreciated.
I've tried using replication for the past few days, but have had no success. I have created a publication and subscription, have managed to pull the data down and build the local database, but when I do so, Reporting Services immediately breaks. I've even attempted to limit the data I pull down to simply the Catalog, Datasource, and Chunk tables (eliminating what appears to be the other tables that contain site-specific configuration data), with no success.
If anyone has tried something similar, or has managed a similar application, feedback would be appreciated.
-MD
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Dec 2, 2006
Please help everytime i call http://servername/reportserver it is presenting the login screen, if i enter the username and password then i can access the reportserver screen, same with reportmanager tool.
under iis manager for the reportserver virtual directory i have given anonymous login access.
do i have to set any other extra permissions other than anonymous login(iusr_machinenname)
thank you all for the information.
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Mar 25, 2006
An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details. (rsInternalError) Get Online Help
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
And my ReportServer log:
<Header>
<Product>Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Version 9.00.1399.00</Product>
<Locale>en-US</Locale>
<TimeZone>Pacific Standard Time</TimeZone>
<Path>C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.3Reporting ServicesLogFilesReportServer__03_24_2006_16_45_06.log</Path>
<SystemName>USPROFILING</SystemName>
<OSName>Microsoft Windows NT 5.2.3790 Service Pack 1</OSName>
<OSVersion>5.2.3790.65536</OSVersion>
</Header>
w3wp!webserver!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Reporting Web Server started
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing ConnectionType to '1' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing IsSchedulingService to 'True' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing IsNotificationService to 'True' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing IsEventService to 'True' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing PollingInterval to '10' second(s) as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing WindowsServiceUseFileShareStorage to 'False' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing MemoryLimit to '60' percent as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing RecycleTime to '720' minute(s) as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing MaximumMemoryLimit to '80' percent as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing MaxAppDomainUnloadTime to '30' minute(s) as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing MaxQueueThreads to '0' thread(s) as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing IsWebServiceEnabled to 'True' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing MaxActiveReqForOneUser to '20' requests(s) as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing MaxScheduleWait to '5' second(s) as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing DatabaseQueryTimeout to '120' second(s) as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing ProcessRecycleOptions to '0' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing RunningRequestsScavengerCycle to '60' second(s) as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing RunningRequestsDbCycle to '60' second(s) as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing RunningRequestsAge to '30' second(s) as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing CleanupCycleMinutes to '10' minute(s) as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing DailyCleanupMinuteOfDay to default value of '120' minutes since midnight because it was not specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing WatsonFlags to '1064' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing WatsonDumpOnExceptions to 'Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.InternalCatalogException,Microsoft.ReportingServices.Modeling.InternalModelingException' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing WatsonDumpExcludeIfContainsExceptions to 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException,System.Threading.ThreadAbortException' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing SecureConnectionLevel to '0' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing DisplayErrorLink to 'True' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!library!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Initializing WebServiceUseFileShareStorage to 'False' as specified in Configuration file.
w3wp!resourceutilities!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Reporting Services starting SKU: Enterprise
w3wp!resourceutilities!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Evaluation copy: 0 days left
w3wp!runningjobs!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Database Cleanup (Web Service) timer enabled: Next Event: 600 seconds. Cycle: 600 seconds
w3wp!runningjobs!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Running Requests Scavenger timer enabled: Next Event: 60 seconds. Cycle: 60 seconds
w3wp!runningjobs!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Running Requests DB timer enabled: Next Event: 60 seconds. Cycle: 60 seconds
w3wp!runningjobs!1!3/24/2006-16:45:06:: i INFO: Memory stats update timer enabled: Next Event: 60 seconds. Cycle: 60 seconds
w3wp!library!1!03/24/2006-16:45:06:: e ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.InternalCatalogException: An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details., ;
Info: Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.InternalCatalogException: An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.WebConfigUtil.GetWebConfigAuthenticationAttribute(String attrName)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.WebConfigUtil.GetAuthenticationType()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.WebConfigUtil.get_UsingWindowsAuth()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.Global.EnableAntiDos()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.Global.ShouldRejectAntiDos()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.Global.Application_AuthenticateRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
w3wp!library!1!03/24/2006-16:45:09:: i INFO: Exception dumped to: C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.3Reporting ServicesLogFiles flags= ReferencedMemory, AllThreads, SendToWatson
w3wp!library!1!03/24/2006-16:45:11:: i INFO: Catalog SQL Server Edition = Enterprise
w3wp!library!1!03/24/2006-16:45:11:: e ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.InternalCatalogException: An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details., ;
Info: Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.InternalCatalogException: An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.WebConfigUtil.GetWebConfigAuthenticationAttribute(String attrName)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.WebConfigUtil.GetAuthenticationType()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.WebConfigUtil.get_UsingWindowsAuth()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.Global.EnableAntiDos()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.Global.Application_EndRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
w3wp!library!1!03/24/2006-16:45:14:: i INFO: Exception dumped to: C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.3Reporting ServicesLogFiles flags= ReferencedMemory, AllThreads, SendToWatson
Any help would be appreciated:
System 2003 Server IIS6 and Sql2005 enterprise all housed on Virtual Server. all housed locally.
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Hello!
Is it possible to make reporting services use several IIS instances which share one common ReportServer database?
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Apr 5, 2007
In my shop we hired a contractor who build our SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services reports on his laptop. After a tiff between him and our manager, he left with the laptop and we no longer have the source code for these reports. We have backups, but not the latest.
These reports ARE deployed to our production server, but I need to know if it's possible to reconstruct the RDL for the reports from the database contents. I understand that the report contents are encrypted and I'm guessing the RDL is in the Catalog.Content column.
Is there a way to recover the RDL for deployed reports or do we have to resort to the legal system?
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Feb 8, 2008
Hi,
I have a report deployed and working. Now I need to change it but I lost the source (RDL).
Can I get the RDL back from the reportServer database? How?
Help is really appreciated
Tks in advance,
DD
P.S: I'm Using SQL Server 2000
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Hi everybody,
Our SRS reporting security model had to be designed so that the access is by individual report basis and by user. I cannot give access to individual reports based on windows AD group. Because everybody in that group does not need to have access to a particular report. Two people from one AD group needs access to say Report1. Only one person need to have access to Report2 etc.... Creating lot of AD groups for the security is also not advisable.
Right now I can tell right away users having access to a particular report as the number of reports and the users is small. But I want to design a report that can give me a list of users who have access to a specific report.
How do I query the reportserver database to get this information. I mean is this information saved in any of the tables?
Can you please give any info that you know of such information?
Thank you in advance for all your help,
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Is it possible to copy a reportserver database from one sql server to another without problems?
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BACKGROUND:
When SQL Server 2005 w/ SSRS2005 was installed, a database named "ReportServer" was created by the system. I use the tables in this database to generate audit/statistical reports primarily hitting the dbo.ExecutionLog & dbo.Subscriptions tables for analyzing server activity.
QUESTION:
Can I modify the tables in the system built "ReportServer" database? Or, will RS stop working? Also, if i modify the tables will it prevent an update?
DETAILS:
As for the Subscriptions table, I want to add the Field "LastRunTime" as a PK so all the history will be storeded. Curently, this table only stores the last subscription that was sent and gets over written when a that subscription is sent out again. Or, is there another way to store all history?
As for the ExecutionLog table, it only stores data for 60 days. I want to store all history. Is this possible?
All comments & suggestions are welcome & I look forward to all your respoonces!
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Code Snippet
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