Do not seem to be able to find any place in the portal or Report Builder where I can actually edit the connect string & creds.
Report Manager shows the XML, but that really is it.
Disk files (from the looks of it) are no longer present in high versions (using SQL 2016/2017).
Is there a known location anywhere in GUI, or maybe direct edits in the SQL Server repository?
I can't even delete a shared source anymore, only view or test the connection.
If anybody could post a screenshot, it'll be highly appreciated.
EDIT: Just found out - when I create a new Data Source, it's editable; the imported data sources are not.
There are two ways of doing this. You can set the 'overwrite datasource' option in the project properties.
Or, you can got to the report portal , show hidden items in the view menu and there is a folder called "data sources". Open this and you will see all data sources, from there you can edit and save changes. All reports that use that datasource will be affected.
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Dears,
I am quite new with Report Builder, and also with SSRS so sorry in advance if I raise irrelevant questions. My goal, essentially, is to deploy a sort of SQL Monitoring dashboard (I just uploaded a demo picture of it, here the link 1 ), that is composed by a main report with some charts and toggled sub reports. All these sub reports are filtered by the SQL instance name, and other parameters like number of monitoring days, months etc...
Plus I make use only of shared datasets.
Now, if I deploy the whole solution with Visual Studio against my report server, it works perfectly and all the report parts are uploaded without any issue against the report site.
If I try to deploy the report using the report website manager (by trying to upload the whole solution file by file), it does not upload anything, even if I create first the data source and then trying to add the existing datasets.
If I try to deploy the solution with Report Builder (after having giving to it the target report server URL and an existing folder that starts with slash), the only option I have is to open the solution as file, and save it against the target report server configured. But then the annoying error appears even if I the path has less than 260 char and even if the path starts with the slash:
"Error: The path of the dataset "" is not valid. The full path must be
less than 260 characters long; other restrictions apply. If the report
server is in native mode, the path must start with slash.
(rsInvalidItemPath)"
What am I doing wrong? I thought that a tool like that, used also for publishing, would make the life easier, but apparently I may not know exactly how to use it.
I got a report with 2 data sources and both are Shared Data source. I am trying to change both of them to Custom Data Source but when I re-upload the report in my Report Manager, it won't work.
Edit: I don't have an error because the report successfully uploads, but the data source doesn't change. If I have a field in the report, the report shows the new field, but the data source stays the same.
This might be because of caching that SSRS does with the datasource for the report on the server. Do the new datasources have the same name as the old ones?
You could create the custom datasources in the DataSources tab in the Manage menu for the report in the report manager.
To do this open up the Report Menu by click on the "..." then selecting Manage
Then click on the Data Sources Tab, then change the data source to Custom Datasource.
Then set up the datasource like you did in the report, you will need to select SQL Server for the Connection, add the connection string and choose the authentication type which in the image below is windows authentication but I am not sure how it is set up on your server. Then click Test Connection. Then Click Save (make sure you click Save before navigating away).
Or you could delete the old report in the report manager and then upload it again. Note that deleting the report will delete any schedules and other customization you have done ie. Name and Description.
Is there an error message? It won't work could be a bunch of things. I'd upload a picture of the error or whatever screen you can't get past. Let me know when you can do that, then it will be easier to troubleshoot. If you can't upload an image than I would:
Check your datasource connections are correct.
Check your datasets are using the correct connection.
This is a setting thats controlled from the deployment properties of the visual studio SSRS project. Right click the project name and select Properties. Then from the Property section of the general page notice "Overwrite Datasets" & "Overwrite Datasources". Change the one that's necessary and re-deploy to see it updated in the report portal.
I'm trying to deploy a report from SpagoBIStudio 5.2.0 on a SpagoBI Server v5.1.0.
The report works perfectly in SpagoBIStudio (locally in my computer), and I successfully created the data source and the data sets using the web interface of SpagoBI Server.
Nevertheless when I click on the "Deploy" option of my ".rptdesign" file, I see the following dialog and the "Finish" button is always disabled.
For some reason I can select the correct Datasource but the Dataset dropdown list is empty and disabled. I guess this could be the problem.
The data source is a JDBC-Hive connection to Cosmos and the Datasets are defined as HQL queries in both Studio and Server.
Does anybody know why the datasets aren't listed in the deploy document wizard of SpagoBIStudio?
Thanks in advance.
you cannot finish the deploy not because of dataset but because you did not select any functionality on the tree on the right.
You don't have any functionality on server where to store your document, so you should go to server with and administrator user role,
then with the menu on the right, on the profile section, select the "functionalities management" menu and create a folder that is child of the root. Give it the permissions you need
After this operation try again the deploy and you should be able to select one funcitonality and so have finish button enabled
greetings
the dataset selection is disabled because a Birt Report is not linked to dataset that way.
There are two ways of using datasets in Birt:
- Birt embedded datasets, that can be of several types provided by Birt (SpagoBI has no role with that)
- SpagoBIServer type dataset; these are linked to SpagoBIDataset by providing label, but this association is written inside template, during template definition.
Hope this fix your problem, I would suggest you also to take a look at SpagoBI wiki page for further informations
greetings
Giulio
You don't have to select the dataset. Your finish button is not enabled because you haven't select the path from the functionalities tab. After selecting it will be enabled and your report will be deployed. After deployment you need to create Analytical drivers for the parameters through which your report will run.
NOTE: You must have a Active server configured under resources under SpagoBI project folder.
My error is below:
The report server cannot process the report or shared dataset.
The shared data source 'XXX' for the report server or SharePoint site is not valid.
Browse to the server or site and select a shared data source. (rsInvalidDataSourceReference)
Right. I've checked all 3 data sources and they connect fine. I've deleted the report and data sources and deployed them again but still the error. I've used Notepad++ to check for the reference XXX in any of the files and still nothing.
These options are both checked.
Always run this report with the most recent data
Do not cache temporary copies of this report
Under Snapshot Options > Allow report history to be created manually I get a warning of Credentials used to run this report are not stored. Could this be a reason?
My data sources are setup like:
I have read other similar posts but no luck.
Thanks
A restart of report server resolved this particular issue for some annoyingly odd reason
Go to your Datasets and check the Data Source being used if it's pointing to the correct data source
I've created a new SSRS project, and added a shared data source. When I run the project, I get the expected result succesfully.
However, when I try to deploy the report I get:
Error: Cannot deploy the report because the shared data source '/Data Sources/DataSource1' that the report references does not exist on the report server.
I'm guessing I am missing something very simple and critical because I am a complete beginner.
What am I doing wrong?
First, deploy the data source:
Then, deploy any necessary shared datasets:
Now, you'll be able to deploy or run your report.
If trying to deploy dataset but still getting this error...
I have discovered that if you change the name of the shared data source after you have already created a corresponding shared dataset, then the "DataSourceReference" property in the dataset does not change accordingly, is not be editable via the wizard, and it will throw this misleading error.
On the shared dataset, right-click and go to "Open With..." --> "XML (Text) Editor".
There you will see the raw configuration file. Make sure the <DataSourceReference> node has the proper value...
Scenario: You've decided to use a Shared Dataset on your report but you haven't used it. Make sure to select the proper datasets for this issue.
Answer with steps:
On the Report Data tab on your SSDT double click the Datasets(not the one with the folder sign). It'll open the Dataset Properties.
- when the Dataset properties is open make sure to select a Dataset that your report is suppose to use.
-press OK.
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