is this possible? i need to make a report that accesses two different tables, one for user activity and the other for the number of reports that user has done. the report information is in a different database however so i have to use different datasets. is there a way to use both databases in the same table? all i need is the one field from the reporting one and they can be linked by the user id...
View 1 RepliesHi !
I'm creating a report with SSRS (2005). In that report I have a table, and in that table I need to put fields from two different datasets. But I don't know how to link those both datasets (because if I don't I get a cartezien product)...
Could someone help me please ??
PS : Excuse my poor english please...
Hey Everyone,
I am trying to create a table that will list data for me. The problem that I have is that my data has been separated across multiple stored procedures. The way I want to display the items are as follows:
title1 title2 title3 title4 title5 title6 title7
item1 item2 item3a item4 item5 item6a item7
item3b item6b
item3c item6c
As you can see, items3 & 6 contain significantly more rows than the others. In order to prevent duplicating items1, 2, 4, 5, and 7, I had to split the statement up into 3 stored procedures; all three procedures take parameters, item 3 and 6 taking item1 as a parameter. How will I display data like that in a report? In the design view, I am only able to use 1 dataset, let alone link them up together.
If this cannot be done, is there a query that I can perform that will omit repeated items? Basically, it will look exactly like about. I thought it was the GROUP BY, but I was way off.
Hi,
I need to display the datas in a table format. I have placed a table and now i need to use two different datasets for a single table. Those two different datasets are generated based on two different stored procedures. Those stored procedures retrieve data from two different sql tables. Can any one explain me how to use two different datasets for a single table. As far i have tried i was able to fetch only the first record of the other dataset. But i need to fetch all the records of both the dataset. Thanks in advance for any help.
Thanks,
Sangeethaa
i have 2 datasets in my report.
dataset1 brings back:
date shirts pants
4/1 3 5
4/2 4 6
4/3 2 9
dataset2 brings back:
date shoes boots
4/1 7 4
4/2 3 2
4/3 9 8
i want to to have a report that shows:
date shirts pants shoes boots
4/1 3 5 7 4
4/2 4 6 3 2
4/3 2 9 9 8
when i added a table in the layout tab, and drag in fields from the 2 datasets, for the dataset1, i would get fields like "=Fields!shirts.Value". but, when i drag in fields from dataset2, it shows up like "=Sum(Fields!shoes.Value, "dataset1")".
i don't want the sum, i just want the value. when i take out the "sum" part of the field expression, i get an error that says:
[rsFieldReference] The Value expression for the textbox €˜shoes_1€™ refers to the field €˜shoes€™. Report item expressions can only refer to fields within the current data set scope or, if inside an aggregate, the specified data set scope.
any advice?
thank you much :-)
Hi
I'm basically new using reporting services, I hope someone can help me
I'm using two datasets in the same table this is because I that was the only way to obtain the data that I need, my problem is that when I try to use the folowing statment =Fields!Total.Value/Fields!Total2.Value,"seconddataset" I got an error because the scope, the expression edtior give me the Sum(Fields!Total2.Value,"seconddataset") wich it works but that is not what I want, I need to divide by the single value not the total Sum
the table is using the firsdataset but I need to use some fields from the seconddataset
I hope someone can help me
thanks in advance
Hi
I'm all very new to SQL Reporting Services so I am hoping that someone will be able to help me.
I have two datsets. Both contain the same array of information pertaining to a particular site. For example, how much sales we had, how much revenue was made, how much commission was created at the end of each day, the usual kind of metrics. We have a stored procedure which takes a final total and puts into a table we can access by date.
I want to produce a report that can compare the data from two dates. I use two datasets to run the quries that will return the relevant data. The only thing that differs between the dataset is the date that the data is based on. So to say first dataset will have data on one date and the second dataset will have data on a another date.
I was trying to make a table where I could include fields from both datasets, mainly for making comparison easier.
so id have
columns
online hits (dateone) | online hits (datetwo)
Rows
Data date1 | Data date2
and so on.
in fact i had this as the data from the first dataset in an example field:
=Fields!OnlineSales.Value
but i couldnt get the second dataset to work even if i tried entering :
=(Fields!OfflineBookings.Value, "SecondDatePicker")
I can't get the table to include field results from the second dataset as a table can only be linked to one dataset.
How can I get round this little problem?
I have a table with data in two columns, item and system. I am trying to accomplish is we want to compare if an item exists in 1, 2 or all systems. If it exists, show item under that system's column, and display NULL in the other columns.
I have aSQL Fiddle that will allow you to visualize the schema.
The closest I've come to solving this is a SQL pivot, however, this is dependent on me knowing the name of the items, which I won't in a real life scenario.
select [system 1], [system 2], [system 3]
from
(
SELECT distinct system, item FROM test
where item = 'item 1'
) x
pivot
(
max(item)
[Code]...
Hi all,
I need to use a multi-table dataset as a datasource for my report items in a SRS2005 report.
But from designer, I can only see the first table.
Can any one tell me if it is possible to use multiple tables in a dataset for SRS report?
Thanks,
Samson
I want to use multiple datasets in a table and wants to do the full outer join on the two datasets in the same table. For example, my two datasets are:
I want to display a ssrs table like:

Both the datasets are coming from different sources. So I cannot integrate them at sql query level.
I typically use DataAdapters and Datasets from the toolbox when connecting to a SQL database. Since switching to VS 2005, I am not able to find (or add) these items to the tool box for web site development.
Any ideas on how I can get them back? Or is there a better alternative to retrieving the data so I can process it? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you
Can anyone advise me on how to view the contents of a dataset in VS dotnet 2003..
I had filled a dataset from a query...But i don know what happens after filling the qry results.It might be helpful if someone tells me to view the contents of the dataset
hi
i am using older ado datasets in a borland 6 program.
i need to retrieve the data per record count....
example is that i need all 1000 records but i only want to retrieve them 100 at a time....
how will i accomplish this?
I have become a big fan of the datasets in Visual Studio 2005. I usually create the SQL for each method in the table adapter; however, I am wondering if there is any 'built-in' functions in the C files for sql injection prevention? I have read that using stored procedures is a good method for prevention. Should I be using SP rather than SQL within my methods in the data table?
View 5 Replies View RelatedHi,
Is there any possibility of combining data from two datasets to a single report item. If there is any thing that we can do, can any one please tell me what to do, so that my problem will be solved.
Thanks
Rajeev
Hi,
I have a table which has over 450,000 records in it, I have now split this into 4 so each table has around 100,000 records in it but I'm still having the problem of the data being returned really slowly.
What I need to do to this data is group it by a code and show the total for each code for every month of the year (this is currently based on one column and selecting the data accordingly). I have created views and put some indexes onto my table but the results are still being returned slowly. Does anyone have any suggestions of how I can speed this up?
Thanks
Gemma
Hello experts,
I have a report with four different datasets that slice certain record by different days of the week. I can do the individual summing for each dataset by putting a , "datasetname" at in the expression. I also have 4 matrixes in the report that are grouped on certain transactions within each timeslice. My problem is that if I use the dataset name in the fields, the groups get ignored. Do I have to put the dataset name in each group expression? for example, here is my group expression...
Code Snippet
=iif(Left(Fields!TestName.Value,4)="VTAM","VTAM Logon",
iif(Left(Fields!TestName.Value,4)="CICS","VTAM Logon",
iif(Left(Fields!TestName.Value,4)="Shaw","SHAW Main Menu",
iif(Left(Fields!TestName.Value,7)="Inquiry","Inquiry Menu",
iif(Left(Fields!TestName.Value,6)="Search","Search Menu",
iif(Left(Fields!TestName.Value,6)="SEAX A","SEAX Auxiliary Search Menu",
iif(Left(Fields!TestName.Value,8)="SEAX - B","SEAX",
iif(Left(Fields!TestName.Value,4)="STLN","STLN","Other Value"))))))))
Not sure where I put the dataset name in this.
Thanks,
C
How do you join two datasets in reporting services... one from sql and another from oracle?
Thanks
Hello all,
I have a report with a table and a chart. It uses dataset1 as the data source.
All works fine.
I create a new dataset called dataset2.
The queries are exactly the same. The only differences between the 2 datasets is the database server and the fact that one of the columns is a smallint (in dataset2) and an int(in Dataset1)
I change the datasetName property of both the table and the chart to use dataset2.
When I run the report I get a conversion error stating that there was an overflow of int2 while using dataset1. I have verified the report is not using dataset1 anywhere. If I delete dataset1 and run the report the error goes away. If I add it back, I get the error again. Why is the report looking at dataset1 if it is not referenced at all in the report? Does SQL RS cache the datasets and verify each when it compiles?
regards,
Bill
If I have a dataset that has ID and CODE, and another dataset that has CODE and DESCRIPTION, is it possible to relate these two datasets to one another so I put the ID and Code in columns 1 and 2 and then put the related DESCRIPTION in column 3 on the report table layout? In other words, can you "JOIN" two datasets, or must all that be done in the query and create a unified dataset for the report contents?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have a report that I have created with multiple subreports and datasets. There should be a better solution so I am asking the question here.
The report should display like this:
Object
Object Title
Budget
Curr-Spent
Ytd-Spent
Ytd-Encum
Post-Ytd
Balance
% Remaining
4100
EMPLOYEES
$380.00
$250.93
$343.67
$0.00
$0.00
$61.33
15.94%
4102
EMPLOYEES - TEMPORARY
$149.00
$110.75
$139.70
$0.00
$0.00
$47.30
30.16%
4201
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
$138.00
$73.16
$12.60
$0.00
$0.00
$32.40
25.28%
Each column represents another dataset.
Each column right now is a subreport so I can use the object as a parameter to the subreports dataset. Each column needs to have the object as a parameter.
Is there a way I can pass a field from the first dataset as a parameter for the next dataset without using subreports?
Hi All,
I have got two datasets. Some 'normal' rows with state values and an addtional dataset with the translation from state value to plain text (value / text pair).
A table object is attached to the first dataset, but I would like to show the plain text from the second dataset in a group header. So I'd like to do some kind of 'look up in another dataset'.
I wasn't able to find a function that could help me solve this problem. Does anyone has any ideas on this?
Kind regards.
Is it possible to connect to SAS dataset using MS SQL Server 2005? If yes, then please explain how do I access SAS data source.
View 1 Replies View Relatedhello everyone!
i have a report in which i use two datasets
the problem is that when i was using only one, there wasn't any scope argument you know, to tell in which dataset i am , because there was only one and all fields and cells in my table returned me the correct values
but as soon as i add the second data set and i drag and drop the datasets fields in my table
instead of having for instance
Code Snippet
=Fields!Consultant.Value
or
Code Snippet=(Fields!Consultant.Value, "dataset1")
it automtically applies the function "first"
Code Snippet=First(Fields!Consultant.Value, "dataset1")
and i don't understand why
please can you give me precious help on this
because it returns me the name of the first consultant only and if i deleter the function first in the expression, the report doens't work anymore
Dear Experts,
I have a problem regarding my report.
Can we use 2 datasets in one report (tabular or chart, either one)?
my report get its data-fed from OLAP database (Cubes) and Oracle tables.
Let say the cube contains the actual sale (all aggregated and query using MDX) and the Oracle table contains the budget value for specific period.
And I am trying to construct a tabular like this:
date item type Revenue Budget Actual (Sale - Budget)
Jan calls regular 2000 1800 200
Jan calls super 3000 2500 500
Feb calls new 1000 900 100
Mar calls super 4500 4000 500
..... and so on
The data for date, item, type and Revenue are available in the OLAP (cubes) and the Budget value is available in Oracle table and we can't afford to transfer the Budget value to the cube.
Is this possible in SSRS? Please let me know if more information needed.
Thanks very much
I have the following report
1. A mulitvalued parameter State with WA, SA, QLD, TAS etc
2. A single value parameter of Top n - 10, 20, 40
The user will select the state and the top number to get the top n sellers off that state or a combination off states.
I have a dataset with the following cutdown version off SQL
Declare @TopNo Int
Set @TopNo = @Param_TopNo
Set Rowcount @TopNo
SELECT CreateDate,SaleDate,sales.Consultant, State, Sum(Value) As Winbacks
FROM dbo.tbl_kpi_sales
GROUP BY CreateDate, Consultant, State, SaleDate, Winbacks
ORDER BY Winbacks Desc;
Set RowCount 0
When I execute it and select 'Select all' from the mulitvalued state parameter with a Top N value off 100 the query returns all the top 100, which is correct, however when i select just a single state ie WA it only returns me the records which were in the TOP 100 off all states when it should be filtering it by only the state I choose and returning the 100 records...For some reason it when a single state is selected or a combination off states the dataset is already narrowed down and doesnt reexecute the query for just that state...Can someone suggest how to overcome this, maybe a table filter ?
I am relatively new to MS Reporting and I can€™t figure out how to do something that seems rather simple.
I need to somehow combine two different SQL statements into one dataset. The two different SQL statements are the same, except for the Select list and the Where.
Example,
1st Dataset:
SELECT dbo.claimtable.grpnum_plancode, dbo.plancodetable.plandescription,
SUM(dbo.claimtable.charges) AS Charges,
SUM(dbo.claimtable.benefitpaid) AS BenefitPaid
FROM dbo.claimtable INNER JOIN dbo.plancodetable ON
bo.claimtable.grpnum_plancode = dbo.plancodetable.grpnum_plancode
WHERE (dbo.plancodetable.plantype = 'Med') AND (dbo.claimtable.paiddate BETWEEN @BeginDate AND @EndDate) AND (dbo.claimtable.paidflag = 'Y') AND (dbo.claimtable.grpnum IN (@GroupNumber))
GROUP BY dbo.claimtable.grpnum_plancode, dbo.plancodetable.plandescription
2nd Dataset:
SELECT dbo.claimtable.grpnum_plancode, dbo.plancodetable.plandescription, COUNT(distinct dbo.claimtable.claimid) AS ClaimCount
FROM dbo.claimtable INNER JOIN
dbo.plancodetable ON dbo.claimtable.grpnum_plancode = dbo.plancodetable.grpnum_plancode
WHERE (dbo.plancodetable.plantype = 'Med') AND (dbo.claimtable.paiddate BETWEEN @BeginDate AND @EndDate) AND (dbo.claimtable.paidflag = 'Y') AND (dbo.claimtable.backoutflag = 'N') AND (dbo.claimtable.grpnum IN (@GroupNumber))
GROUP BY dbo.claimtable.grpnum_plancode, dbo.plancodetable.plandescription
I tried just referring to the different dataset within the report table, but it only provides it at the aggregate level and I need the claimcount at each individual claimtable.grpnum_plancode level.
I tried a union statement, but get a variety of errors.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi,
I am pretty new to harcore ASP.NET and .NET in general but I know the basics of the language and stuff like that. Basically I used to be a hardcore object pascal Delphi developer doing Windows Applications but have now moved to .NET world. The reason I posted this question here is I couldn't find any other specific place to ask so here it goes.
To get me started with good programming source and practices I downloaded the ASP.NET TimeTracker Starter Kit and after some modificaion in connection string (using SQL 2005 Developer edition not the Express one) I have managed to make it work. Things done in there are pretty interesting way by using a delegate to retrieve data and present it using databound controls.
As much simple as it sounds I am more of a fan of not using too many databound controls except in dropdown box, list box and stuff like that. So basically I need to develop DataAccessLayer (DAL) in such a way that it's useful for both Windows and Web application. So with my research I found that I should be using DataSets in the DAL because they are serializable and thatz what Web Applications & Services love over using SqlDataReader. Other advantage of using DataSet is to use ForEach syntex over While Loop in SqlDataReaders. So below is some code I extracted from the TimeTracker Starter Kit to get me started.
I also noticed that the return result is a list array of certain object, in this case Category. So does it mean that it can be used in frontend using ForEach syntex? How can I convert the code below to use DataSets over SqlDataReader? Private Delegate Sub TGenerateListFromReader(Of T)(ByVal returnData As SqlDataReader, ByRef tempList As List(Of T))
Public Overrides Function GetAllCategories() As List(Of Category)
Dim sqlCmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand()
SetCommandType(sqlCmd, CommandType.StoredProcedure, SP_CATEGORY_GETALLCATEGORIES)
Dim categoryList As New List(Of Category)()
TExecuteReaderCmd(Of Category)(sqlCmd, AddressOf TGenerateCategoryListFromReader(Of Category), categoryList)
Return categoryList
End Function
Public Overrides Function GetCategoryByCategoryId(ByVal Id As Integer) As Category
If Id <= DefaultValues.GetCategoryIdMinValue() Then
Throw New ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Id")
End If
Dim sqlCmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand()
AddParamToSQLCmd(sqlCmd, "@CategoryId", SqlDbType.Int, 0, ParameterDirection.Input, Id)
SetCommandType(sqlCmd, CommandType.StoredProcedure, SP_CATEGORY_GETCATEGORYBYID)
Dim categoryList As New List(Of Category)()
TExecuteReaderCmd(Of Category)(sqlCmd, AddressOf TGenerateCategoryListFromReader(Of Category), categoryList)
If categoryList.Count > 0 Then
Return categoryList(0)
Else
Return Nothing
End If
End Function
Private Sub TGenerateCategoryListFromReader(Of T)(ByVal returnData As SqlDataReader, ByRef categoryList As List(Of Category))
Do While returnData.Read()
Dim actualDuration As Decimal = 0
If Not returnData("CategoryActualDuration") Is DBNull.Value Then
actualDuration = Convert.ToDecimal(returnData("CategoryActualDuration"))
End If
Dim category As Category = New Category(CStr(returnData("CategoryAbbreviation")), actualDuration, _
CInt(returnData("CategoryId")), CDec(returnData("CategoryEstimateDuration")), CStr(returnData("CategoryName")), _
CInt(returnData("ProjectId")))
categoryList.Add(category)
Loop
End Sub
Hope this makes sense. Sorry if I have posted this in a wrong section..!
Cheers,Nirav
I was watching the "To Do List" AJAX video created by Joe Stagner and while watching the video I noticed (in designer) Joe use a Dataset to populate a Gridview and this got me thinking. I have a few gridviews in my app at work that just use SqlDataSources, and they seem to work fine, but is it better to use Datasets ?
View 3 Replies View RelatedNeed syntax for selecting fields from 2 different datasets in one report.
Each dataset connects to a different server.
i want to make business portal intellegence with sql2000 as my final project but i don't have datasets. i need iventory datasets like northwind or foodmart or middlewest. somebody help me please!!
View 1 Replies View RelatedNot a question, just a post about something I ran into today that surprised me a little.
I have a huge dataset - about 700m rows, one column of which is a tinyint. I needed to take an average of that column, so I did this:
select avg(mytinyint) from mytable
which returned:
Msg 8115, Level 16, State 2, Line 6
Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type int.
It turns out, if the sum() over the column is bigger than MAX_INT = 2147483647, then avg() will throw this error. This surprised me a little - I guess I was assuming sql server would use bigint internally when computing integer avg, but it uses int.
so you have to do this:
select avg(cast(mytinyint as bigint)) from mytable
what's annoying to me is, it's impossible that an average of type T could be larger or smaller than the max/min allowed value of a type T. This means sql server devs could have internally always used bigint for sum and count, and then returned cast(sum/count as T) from avg() without possibility of overflow (unless sum or count was bigger than the max bigint! you are on your own if that happens i guess!).
Because of this, you have to cast your column to a bigint to make it work if your dataset is large enough, even if the column is only 1 measly byte! kind of a waste of space if you ask me. :)
here's a little example of what I'm talking about, that doesn't require you to import a 700m row dataset :)
declare @t table (id int)
insert into @t select 1 union all select 2147483647
select avg(cast(id as bigint)) from @t -- works
select avg(id) from @t -- fails
I am considering using SQL Compact in a new project, but during my testing I run into the weirdest errors.
I don't want to use the specialized SqlCeConnection, but rather OleDbConnection so the application supports any database (theoretically).
I cannot get it to work with datasets though. In my small testapp, I can create tables, insert data and get data with raw sql sentences and OleDbCommands. But when I try to use a Dataset with DataAdapters, then I receive weird errors like:
When I run DataAdapter.Update:
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException was caught
Message="The given type name was unrecognized. [,,,,,]"
Source="Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition OLE DB Provider"
ErrorCode=-2147217872
When I try to Configure a DataTable in the datasert-designer:
"Multi-step OleDb operation generated errors. Check each OLE DB status value, if available. No work was done."
Everything works perfectly with Access and SQL Server with the same dataset.