i've got the report server setup to relay through the exchange server for delivering reports. all reports are exported to excel and emailed successfully with the exception of the largest report at about 16mb. the smtp logs on the exchange server show the report server starting a session but no "DATA" is every sent for this report and emails do not arrive. i am assuming due to the size of the report there is some timeout out issue between the smtp client and server. any ideas on how to resolve this issue? maybe a timeout setting on the exchange smtp server? i'm trying to avoid installing a local smtp server on the report server.
I have a report created using MS SQL Server 2005 reporting services and deployed to the report server. I added a subscription for the report to be scheduled to run and emailed to someone on a regular basis. But now we want the report emailed ONLY when there is data returned. If no data is returned after the report runs then don't email it. Does anyone know how to do that?
I searched the list but did not see anything related.
I cannot open a file directly exported from RS in the Excel format. If I open the file in the Windows version and then close it, no need to even save it, I can then open it with the Mac version of Excel. The file size after closing is about 2K less so the RS program is adding something onto the file that the Mac version does not like. It will crash Excel when trying to open.
I cannot export the report as CSV as it will not correctly import into Excel on the Mac.
I have created bunch of reports using SSRS. Now I want to deliver all of these reports together. I can use data driven subscription in Report Manager. But that feature allows to deliver one report at a time. Can anyone tell me how to deliver all reports together? Requirement is reports should be delivered to dirrent departments. These reports have been parameterized.
Thanks
P/S ;
I found this one on MSDN. But I'm not sure whether I can change this and use for multiple reports subscription. I dont hv a good knowledge on C# or VB.
I have a very simple report model with two tables in it but having millions of rows. I have developed a report on this report model, which will return atleast half million rows.
I have published this report to report server and trying to access the report through the report manager. It never returns the result. Fails with tme out expired error. I have 64 bit machine and 2 GB RAM. The report is expected to return atleast 500 MB data. As per the SSRS documentation it the memory should be three times to process the report. It does not work.
If I develop the same report using the report designer, I get the results returnd within a minute. If I use the above mentioned Report Model as my data source, again I get the results within less than minute.
So what is it the report builder report is doing additional? It is strange that the same report model when used as data source returns the same number of rows within less than minute and the report developed and uploaded to report manager using report builder fails with time out expired error?
What is that the Report builder doing internally? Can I change some configuration for report builder report to work for large reports? I have already changed the memory settings in the report config and machine config files. Your early response is appreciated.
I have created bunch of reports using SSRS. Now I want to deliver all of these reports together. I can use data driven subscription in Report Manager. But that feature allows to deliver one report at a time. Can anyone tell me how to deliver all reports together? Requirement is reports should be delivered to dirrent departments. These reports have parameterized. Can anyone tell me how to do this? at least if somebody provides sample codes I really appriciate.
Thanks
p/s ;
I found this one on MSDN. But I'm not sure whether I can change this and use for multiple reports subscription. I dont hv a good knowledge on C# or VB. I really aapriciate if anyone can modify this code for multiple reports deploying.
I'm running SSRS 2005 (9.00.3027.00) in Sharepoint integrated mode on a Win2003 SP1 box. This works fine for most reports, including matrix reports sourcing data from SSAS 2005.
However, I have a couple of large matrix reports (7 columns per group, 12 column groups, 150 rows, 1 row per group, data from SSAS) that run fine when I run them in VS2005, but as soon as I try and run them from within Sharepoint/Report Server I get "An unexpected error has occurred.". Sometimes this happens after 60 seconds, sometimes more (up to 3 minutes)
If I filter them down to 7 column groups they work perfectly (altbeit slowly,1-2 mins), 8 groups works sometimes, 9 never works. I've checked that the report execution timeout is set to 10 minutes.
The SSRS log shows the errors as WrapperReportRenderingException and JobCanceledException. I'm not sure whether the the rendering error causes the cancelled error or vice versa. does anyone know what I can do about this?
By the way, from looking at the CPU usage of the server, it seems as though SSRS does carry on rendering the report long after Sharepoint has given up and returned with the helpful error.
Many thanks in advance
Alex
Log extract as follows:
w3wp!library!7!01/25/2007-11:11:44:: Call to GetPermissionsAction(http://uk-ls-it-02/Reports/Triangles/Gross Triangle Treaty Property.rdl). w3wp!library!7!01/25/2007-11:11:44:: Call to ListParentsAction(http://uk-ls-it-02/Reports/Triangles/Gross Triangle Treaty Property.rdl). w3wp!library!7!01/25/2007-11:11:49:: Call to GetPermissionsAction(http://uk-ls-it-02/Reports/Triangles/Gross Triangle Treaty Property.rdl). w3wp!library!1!01/25/2007-11:11:50:: Call to GetPermissionsAction(http://uk-ls-it-02/Reports). w3wp!library!13!01/25/2007-11:11:50:: Call to GetSystemPropertiesAction(). w3wp!library!13!01/25/2007-11:11:51:: i INFO: Call to RenderFirst( 'http://uk-ls-it-02/Reports/Triangles/Gross Triangle Treaty Property.rdl' ) w3wp!runningjobs!7!1/25/2007-11:13:20:: i INFO: Adding: 1 running jobs to the database w3wp!runningjobs!7!1/25/2007-11:14:20:: i INFO: RunningJobContext.IsClientConnected; found orphaned request w3wp!reportrendering!13!01/25/2007-11:14:20:: e ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportProcessing.WrapperReportRenderingException: An error occurred during rendering of the report., ; Info: Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportProcessing.WrapperReportRenderingException: An error occurred during rendering of the report. ---> Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportRendering.ReportRenderingException: An error occurred during rendering of the report. ---> System.Threading.ThreadAbortException: Thread was being aborted. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.OpenWebInternal(String bstrUrl, Guid& pguidID, String& pbstrRequestAccessEmail, UInt32& pwebVersion, String& pbstrServerRelativeUrl, UInt32& pnLanguage, UInt32& pnLocale, String& pbstrDefaultTheme, String& pbstrDefaultThemeCSSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateCSSUrl, String& pbstrCustomizedCssFileList, String& pbstrCustomJSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateHeaderUrl, String& pbstrMasterUrl, String& pbstrCustomMasterUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoDescription, Object& pvarUser, Boolean& pvarIsAuditor, Int32& plSiteFlags) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.InitWebPublic() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_ServerRelativeUrl() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_Url() at Microsoft.ReportingServices.SharePoint.Server.Utility.GetSPItemMetaDataAndContent(String path, UserContext userContext, Boolean returnContent, Guid& id, ISecurableObject& secObj, SharePointImpersonatedWeb& wrapper, Byte[]& content, String& mimeType) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.SharePoint.Server.Utility.GetSPItemType(String objectName, UserContext userContext, Guid& id, ISecurableObject& secObj, SharePointImpersonatedWeb& wrapper) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.SharePoint.Server.Utility.GetSPItemType(String objectName, UserContext userContext, Guid& id) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.SharePoint.Server.Utility.GetSPItemType(String objectName, UserContext userContext) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.SharePoint.Server.SharePointServiceHelper.Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.IPathManager.IsSupportedUrl(String path, Boolean checkProtocol, Boolean& isInternal) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.CatalogItemUrlBuilder.IsReportServerPathOrUrl(String pathOrUrl, Boolean checkProtocol, Boolean& isPath) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportRendering.ReportUrl..ctor(RenderingContext reportContext, String initialUrl, Boolean checkProtocol, NameValueCollection unparsedParameters, Boolean useReplacementRoot) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportRendering.Action.get_DrillthroughReport() at Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportRendering.Action.get_DrillthroughID() at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.BaseRenderer.GetActionUri(Action action) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HTML4Renderer.HasMultipleActions(ActionCollection actions, Int32& actionIndex, RenderActionInfo& firstActionInfo) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HTML4Renderer.RenderTextBoxPercent(TextBox textBox, Boolean renderId) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HTML4Renderer.RenderReportItem(ReportItem reportItem, Int32 borderContext, Boolean renderId) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HTML4Renderer.RenderRangeCellsContent(MatrixCell lastCell, Int32 cellBorderContext) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.BaseRenderer.RenderRangeCells(Matrix matrix, Int32 indexRow, Int32 startCell, Int32 endCell, IntList hiddenColumns, Int32 borderContext, Boolean dirLefRight) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.BaseRenderer.RenderNonSplitMatrixLevel(Matrix matrix, MatrixMember currMember, Boolean& newRow, Boolean partialItem, Int32 level, IntList hiddenColumns, SizeCollection cellHeights, Boolean changableRows, Int32 borderContext, Boolean dirLefRight, MatrixContext matrixContext) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.BaseRenderer.RenderNonSplitMatrix(Matrix matrix, MatrixMember member, Boolean& newRow, Boolean partialItem, Int32 level, IntList hiddenColumns, SizeCollection cellHeights, Boolean changableRows, Int32 borderContext, Boolean dirLefRight, MatrixContext matrixContext) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.BaseRenderer.RenderMatrixContent(Matrix matrix, Boolean partialItem, Int32 borderContext, Boolean dirLefRight, Boolean expandLayout, MatrixContext matrixContext) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HTML4Renderer.RenderMatrix(Matrix matrix, Boolean partialItem, Int32& borderContext, Boolean renderId) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HTML4Renderer.RenderReportItem(ReportItem reportItem, Int32 borderContext, Boolean renderId) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.BaseRenderer.RenderCellItems(ReportItemCollection repItemCol, Hashtable partialItems, Hashtable expandItems, PageTableCell currCell, Int32 borderContext, Int32 linkToChild, Boolean layoutExpand) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HTML4Renderer.GenerateTableLayoutContent(PageTableLayout rgTableGrid, Hashtable partialItems, ReportItemCollection repItemCol, Boolean bfZeroRowReq, Boolean bfZeroColReq, String docMapId, Boolean inDocMap, Boolean renderHeight, Int32 borderContext, Int32 linkToChild, Boolean layoutExpand) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HTML4Renderer.GenerateHTMLTable(ReportItemCollection repItemCol, Double dxParent, Double dyParent, PageData pageData, String docMapId, Boolean inDocMap, Int32 borderContext, Int32 linkToChild, Boolean expandLayout) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HTML4Renderer.RenderRectangle(Rectangle rectangle, PageData pageData, Int32& borderContext, Boolean renderId) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.BaseRenderer.RenderPage(Int32 index) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.BaseRenderer.RenderPages() at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.BaseRenderer.RenderBody(HtmlTextWriter htmlTextWriter) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.ViewerReportArea.Render(HtmlTextWriter outputWriter) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.Html40RenderingExtension.InternalRender(Report report, NameValueCollection reportServerParameters, NameValueCollection deviceInfo, NameValueCollection clientCapabilities, EvaluateHeaderFooterExpressions evaluateHeaderFooterExpressions, CreateAndRegisterStream createAndRegisterStream) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.RenderingExtensionBase.Render(Report report, NameValueCollection reportServerParameters, NameValueCollection deviceInfo, NameValueCollection clientCapabilities, EvaluateHeaderFooterExpressions evaluateHeaderFooterExpressions, CreateAndRegisterStream createAndRegisterStream) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.RenderingExtensionBase.Render(Report report, NameValueCollection reportServerParameters, NameValueCollection deviceInfo, NameValueCollection clientCapabilities, EvaluateHeaderFooterExpressions evaluateHeaderFooterExpressions, CreateAndRegisterStream createAndRegisterStream) at Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportProcessing.ReportProcessing.RenderReport(IRenderingExtension renderer, DateTime executionTimeStamp, GetReportChunk getCompiledDefinitionCallback, ProcessingContext pc, RenderingContext rc, CreateReportChunk cacheDataCallback, Boolean& dataCached) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- w3wp!runningjobs!13!01/25/2007-11:14:20:: i INFO: CancelableJobExecution.Execute caught our thread abort exception w3wp!library!13!01/25/2007-11:14:20:: e ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.JobCanceledException: An administrator has canceled the job., ; Info: Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.JobCanceledException: An administrator has canceled the job. ---> Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportProcessing.WrapperReportRenderingException: An error occurred during rendering of the report. ---> Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportRendering.ReportRenderingException: An error occurred during rendering of the report. ---> System.Threading.ThreadAbortException: Thread was being aborted. --- End of inner exception stack trace --- w3wp!webserver!13!01/25/2007-11:14:20:: e ERROR: Reporting Services error Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.JobCanceledException: An administrator has canceled the job. ---> Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportProcessing.WrapperReportRenderingException: An error occurred during rendering of the report. ---> Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportRendering.ReportRenderingException: An error occurred during rendering of the report. ---> System.Threading.ThreadAbortException: Thread was being aborted.
I can't find the answer to these problems. I'm using SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition. I have a report with 15,036 rows and about 15 columns. It utilizes a table and a report header and footer. One column has data containing hyperlinks to another report.
1) When I export this report to Excel, the result is 14.2MB file. Why is this file so huge, and how can I make it smaller?
2) Is there anything I can do to prevent the inclusion of the hyperlinks in the exported Excel file?
We are not able to export large data in PDF/Excel. We are getting request time out error. We are able to download large data in XML format. Your inputs will be of great help.
Some of you might remember me posting a question about importing data from a csv. Well I've managed to do that now by writing a vb.net service.
Now all I need to do is have some kind of method of exporting the data as a report via email every night.
The tables are as follows...
CDetails cNumber ClName FE
Disb_1 cNumber type dateReq payee amount vat total chequeReq
Disb_2 - Disb_20 "Same as Disb_1"
The report structure I need is...
cNumber ClName FE type dateReq payee amount vat total chequeReq
With data from each disb on a new line, i.e. cNumber could be the same for 20 rows! (don't blame me, it's what they want!)
The records should only be shown though when the dateReq is equal to today. I think I can do that with the DateDiff function.
The problem I have is knowing how to set the report up and what to do it in, Reporting services or Business Intelligence. The report only has to be an email, would it even be simpler to write an extra class into my service?
I have a master table containing details of over 800000 surveys made up of approximately 400 distinct document names and versions. Each document can have as few as 10 questions but as many as 150. Each question represents one row.
My challenge is to create a separate spreadsheet for each of the 400 distinct document names and versions containing all the rows and columns present in the master table. The largest number of rows would be around 150 and therefore each spreadsheet will not be very big.
e.g. in my sample data below, i will need to create individual Excel files named as follows . . . "Document1Version1.xlsx" containing all the column names and 6 rows for the 6 questions relating to Document 1 version 1 "Document1Version2.xlsx" containing all the column names and 8 rows for the 8 questions relating to Document 1 version 2 "Document2Version1.xlsx" containing all the column names and 4 rows for the 4 questions relating to Document 2 version 1
I assume that one of the first things is to create a lookup of the distinct document names and versions assign some variables and then use this lookup to loop through and sequentially filter the master table data ready for creating the individual Excel files.
--CREATE TEMP TABLE FOR EXAMPLE
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#excelTest') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #excelTest CREATE TABLE #excelTest ( [rowID] [nvarchar](10) NULL, [docName] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
I need to get this data into an SQL table in the following form so I can use it to further manipulate the data and update several other tables. I am thinking that UNPIVOT or CROSS APPLY might be the way to go, but am not sure how to code it.
I'm trying to import data which from Excel which has been "prettied up" to make it readable to users. The report has a fixed number of columns and the data itself is well structured, but there are blank lines etc.
The problem I'm having is unless the first row of the spreadsheet contains or headers, SSIS fails with error "External table is not in the expected format." and the exception below is thrown.
So I thought I'd be clever and create a template spreadsheet with the same number of columns and set the first row to strings - I made all columns DT_WSTR thinking I could extract the numeric and datetime data from the actual rows which contain data and convert using a script. But SSIS simply ignores the numeric values from the spreadsheet - all I get is String or Date values and nulls for all numeric cells?
Dave
Error at Monthly Balance [Connection manager "Excel Connection Manager"]: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft JET Database Engine" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "External table is not in the expected format.".
Error at Data Flow Task [Excel Source [1]]: The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "Excel Connection Manager" failed with error code 0xC0202009.
I recently upgraded to SQL 2005 and after the upgrade, my emailed reports didn't show formating. The email method was Web Archive (MHTML). Embedded images do show up, but inside tables, my bold, background colors, text alignment, table borders are being ignored.
I created a brand new report (VS 2005) and while it works great in the GUI and it works fine running the report from the webserver and exporting as Web Archieve, I still have the same issue that when it is emailed via a subscription, it comes back without formating.
Even more confusing is that the formating of a text box will work as long as it is before the table. If it is along side or below the table, than its formating won't work either.
We have an error when a report subscription is sent via email.
Our report definitions reference a key in the web.config file so that we can have a single location to reference our department's name in all reports. Our department name changes frequently as our company is bought and sold and it is difficult to manually update 700+ reports.
In report designer we have a text field with the following value expression:
<add key="Department" value="Report created by: Corporate Reporting and Analysis" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>
The reports work perfectly in every aspect accept when they are schedules to be emailed. When the email recipient receives the email (not matter what format, mhtl, pdf, etc...) the department string value is replaced with: #Error
Is this a bug with the report schedule and deilvery component? ..or is there a permission problem when accessing: System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.appSettings("Department").ToString() ?
I want to be able to create an Excel report in SSIS after querying the data from a SQLSERVER table.
I have a IS package where I'm loading all the data required in the report and the final step of the IS package I would like to build the reports. I think it makes sense to take this approach instead of setting up a RSS package.
AS anyone seen any Blogs which explains such a flow?
First off I understand that it is a horrible idea to run extremely large/long running reports, but sometimes it ends up being the best possible solution due to external forces.
I've got a 25,000 page report that we recently converted from crystal reports to SSRS. The SSRS server is a 64bit 2003 server with 32 gigs of ram running SSRS 2005. When running the report through the report manager web application, it renders in the browser/viewer after about 12 minutes. Exporting to pdf through the browser/viewer in the report manager takes an additional 55 minutes. It does work and it produces a whopping 1.03gb pdf.
Unfortunately, I've run into a problem when trying to do this from a console application using the SSRS client API. After about 30-35 minutes I get an exception on the client with the following error: Exception Message: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive. InnerException = Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
Here is the api call:
Code Snippet
byte[] m_data = reportingService.Render(this.ReportPath, this.ExportFormat, null, deviceInfo, selectedParameters, null, null, out encoding, out m_mimeType,
out usedParameters, out warnings, out streamIds); Here are some things I've tried so far:
set the HttpRuntime ExecutionTimeout value to 3 hours on the report server disabled http keep alives on the report server increased the script timeout on the report server set the report to never time out on the server set the report timeout to several hours on the client call Disabled antivirus on the client side, and verified there was no antivirus running on the reporting server. Tried using default credentials in the ReportingService object as opposed to supplying credentailsAny ideas would be appreciated. I understand the best solution is to split the report up into smaller reports, which is the backup option, but being able to keep it as one report is the goal.
I am able to get reports going with tables sized properly. They look fine on the ReportServer website and I adjust the column widths so that the headings and data look nice. When I set up a subscription to be delivered by "Report Server E-Mail," though, the table formattings get completely distorted.
In particular, I have two tables, with some column headers being two short words (e.g. Max Height). When rendering on the site, I adjust the columns so the full column header is visible on one line. When I receive the email and read it in Outlook, the header row is now about twice as tall and everything is scrunched together. Both the headings and the data in the fields do not format the same as on the website.
The two tables tend to actually have the exact same width in the email version, although occasionally they are a little different (in the web version one is about half as wide as the other). I have tried just making the columns bigger and that has not worked. I've tried making the font sizes smaller, which didn't work. If I do that, leaving the columns the same width, the email version just gets scrunched into a smaller area with the same text-wrapping problems.
If I open the email in a browser (in a web mail interface) the report renders perfectly as on the site.
I have almost all the default settings, and haven't been messing around with page sizes and things like this (except after, to see if that would fix the problem).
Any ideas, similar experiences, or suggestions? If there is a book I should read or any reference you could point me to in order to figure this out would be helpful. I haven't been able to understand this either using web searches or the two SQL reporting services books I have.
Hi All, I am Exporting the SSRS report into Excel in my application, But the Parameters(which acts as a filter) which are available in SSRS report is not coming in the Excel. Is there any other settings need to be done to get those filters while exporting to Excel. Please help me with this issue.Thanks in Advance. -Mahendra
I hope someone can help as I have searched for a solution but been unable to find one as yet.
My problem is that after installing SharePoint V3.0 and amending the Report Server to <ServerName>:8080, as I don't yet wish to use integrated mode, everything works fine except email delivered subscriptions. The URL in the email body referencing the report only puts in <ServerName> etc. omitting the port number :8080. I have tried to find where this URL link is built-up from but have had no luck in the report manager, report services configuration and the config files, does anyone know where I need to look and if possible what I need to amend to have the link include :8080 after the servername portion of the URL. I can copy the URL and manually insert the port address and it works but this defeats the object of automated subscriptions.
Sorry if this is a dumb question but it is giving me a headache at the moment.
I tried to export a report to excel format. I am getting the below error(Array Index out of bounds). The report is around 12 pages. Any thoughts on this?
Server Error in '/Reports' Application.
Index was outside the bounds of the array. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Exception: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace:
[Exception: Index was outside the bounds of the array.]
[Exception: An error occurred during rendering of the report.]
I have an SSRS file with 2 total reports - the first is a sort of template - a matrix with about 6 varying parameters, and the second report uses the first as a subreport - ultimately, there are about 5 subreports on the second page, all using the main "template" report, with the only variance being certain parameters. The client wanted an excel file as the end result, and I decided the quickest way to populate the data they needed would be SSRS.
My problem is when I export this stuff to excel. The template report, by itself, comes out beautifully. The expand/collapse boxes on the groups are all aligned and the data just fits.
However, when I export the "combined" report, the whole thing turns to caca....
For one, subtotals are auto-magically added in for certain groups (these aren't in the main report, and they don't show render in IE, and subtotals are showing for groups where subtotals aren't even on. ) Annoying, but not major.
More importantly, the expand/collapse buttons for the matrix groupings seem to align to the top, and not the actual row of the grouping. So, if I wanted to expand the data on say, row 11, the '+' button is actually on the previous row (row 110). This is the real showstopper and just not acceptable on a usability level.
Again - the only difference between the two spreadsheets is that one is its own report, and the second one renders the same report from a subreport. On IE it looks identical. Any reason why simply using a sub would cause such drastic differences in excel appearance??
Currently, I have to manully create RS 2005 reports which I export into an Excel later. Is there a way to create a SSIS package that could automate this somehow?
In short, we have started deploying Office 2007 to our users and Excel is currently the only client we use to interact with our AS2005 cubes.
A few users have reported issues (which I've verified), but the explanation in the KB article doesn't make any sense to me. These reports were originally developed in Excel 2003 and when opening them up in Excel 2007, we'll see a message saying that Excel found unreadable content in the .xls file and after clicking 'Yes' to recover contents of the workbook, we then receive a message that a PivotTable report was discarded due to integrity problems. If I opened up this report in Excel 2003, I don't receive these errors or messages.
Per the KB's explanation (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929766):
This issue occurs if the following conditions are true: €¢The workbook contains a PivotTable that uses key performance indicators (KPIs).€¢The KPIs are created in the Analysis Services Business Intelligence Development Studio.€¢One or more of the KPIs have an expression in the Current Time Member property. Now, we are running 2005 Standard Edition with no SP, but will be deploying SP2 in a few days. Our cubes do not have any KPIs defined. Can I even define KPIs if we are only running Standard Edition?
Hello, We are running SQL2005, SP2. We are having problems with the time it takes to export reports to Excel. I am attempting to research the subject and find ways of solving the problem either by modifying the reports or make changes in the way we deliver them.
Either way my attempts at researching this at Microsoft.com and here at the forums have proven to be failures. There are many threads on the subject but with the time it takes to scroll through them all I have yet to find any that seem to relate to the specific issues we are having.
We have a report which is approximately 38 pages, sometimes less, sometimes more, in length. When attempting to export to Excel the process seems to take forever or time out. We can still close out the export attempt and return to the report, but the process of exporting to Excell seems to take forever.
Could anyone here provide me with links to pages either here at Microsoft.com, in the forums, or elsewhere where the factors involved in the exporting to Excell feature are addressed so that I can try to accomodate them as best as possible?
Thanks in advance. I will continue to try and track down the information on my own but any assistance is appreciated.
Hello SQL Server Experts, Data Analysts, and Report Writers et al:
re: Reporting Options with SQL Server
I wanted to propose an offshoot to the pryor thread:
Would anyone take a stab at comparing Access Reports, Crystal Reports, Cognos or other options to all the Reporting Services and its components offered as part ofSQL Server, especially as to extracting data from SQL Server into a report format?
I guess this is a far as capabilites, ease of use, limitations, and especially formatting or presentation of the end report product?
Thank you to all, and I hope this is a beneficial discussion to others.
I have an already published application running several MS SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services report. I need a way to find from either the reporting services log or the application server (IIS) logs or windows log to know the frequency of each report being used.
Based on this info, the business needs to know which reports are being used and to what extend? How can I acheive this?
I have already got the IIS logs and it did not give the required info. I have looked into the Reporting Services logs but it does not provide the info either.
I have an already published application running several MS SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services report. I need a way to find from either the reporting services log or the application server (IIS) logs or windows log to know the frequency of each report being used.
Based on this info, the business needs to know which reports are being used and to what extend? How can I acheive this?
I have already got the IIS logs and it did not give the required info. I have looked into the Reporting Services logs but it does not provide the info either.
