I have a report that I developed in VS2017. If I run the report in VS2017 and export it to Word (.docx) the report looks the same in VS2017 preview as it does in Word. If I deploy that report to SQL Server 2017 and view that same report through the Report Manager portal (at http://reportserver/Reports/browse/) or in a Windows application using the ReportViewer control, the report looks the same in preview but when it is exported to Word from either of those locations the report formatting is different than when exported from VS2017. More specifically, carriage returns that a leave a blank line between text data within a textbox are not being rendered to show a blank line. There are also some textbox cells within a tablix that are intentionally empty in the report that the user needs to fill in once exported to Word. Those are very hard to get the cursor into using the mouse and when using the keyboard to navigate into them it is pushing the text down into a space where it should not be. Any ideas? What is the difference between the export in VS2017 vs. the ReportViewer?
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I am facing a peculiar issue in a report using SSRS. When I run the report in BIDS the report runs fine. When I deploy to my report server - we are using sharepoint integrated mode - a particular section is hidden. When I export to PDF from the report server the section magically appears.
The section does have some visibility criteria set but its not on render formats - instead on fields.
BTW - this is the expression I am using:
=IIF(Fields!Item16Status.Value = "NA", True, False).
Also this is happening only for one particular value of input parameters.
I have included the screenshots from BIDS and server for reference here.
Any suggestions to resolve this would be great.
Thanks.
I'm using SSRS 2012 (Report Builder 3.0).
Does SSRS have an equivalent of the Crystal Reports export option of Report Definition (TXT)?
I have a report with many, many expressions. I'd like to export them out, so I can check to see that I've done them correctly. I'd rather not have to click into every single field.
Note: I don't have access to anything but the Report Builder, and all of our reporting is via cubes.
Thanks
SOLVED - Thanks to Rich.
For others that don't use the SSRS logo menu often:
Click on the SSRS logo (top left - next to Save icon)
Click on 'Save As' option
I could then save this file (out of SharePoint where it normally sits) onto my desktop and then open it with Notepad.
I'm using an expression for a report connection string but when I upload the report to the report manager (2017 June) and save the credentials in the data source setting the text box that contains the expression gets cleared out.
The same report works fine in SSRS 2014.
I've tried using IE, Chrome and Edge and get the same behaviour.
before save
after save
I had a similar issue in ReportServer 2017; however, if you click the button 'Revert to Default' (a button displayed in the same screen) the Expression based connection string will magically reappear!
Nice feature - if you find it ;-)
I have a report for which there is sometimes no data to output. This report is run along with several other reports and all are then output to PDF. However, this report still produces the header and footer with a blank page even tho there is no data.
I can move the header and footer into the report and have tried to hide those elements with =if(rownumber("PersonalProfile")=0, True, False) in the Hidden property of those elements. It hides everything so now the page is blank, but it will will output a blank PDF. Is there a way to completely suppress the report?
I'm using 2008 and I don't see a Report Visibility property. All the data for the report is inside a single Tablix which is inside a rectangle.
There are 3 datasets: PersonalProfile which contains the meat of the data; BoardNames which just produces the name of the board for the report; BoardMeetings which allows the user to pick a date parameter.
If you are distributing your report using subscriptions and you have Enterprise Edition, then you can look at using Data Driven Subscriptions which will give you control over how and when reports are distributed based on whatever logic you need. Otherwise, there is no way to do what you are asking - as trubs says, Reporting Services must first render the report before it has any knowledge of whether there is any data to display.
You haven't explained how you are "running the reports" (e.g. manually in Report Manager, report subscription, third party app using URL access) - if you do perhaps someone can suggest a workaround.
There is no way to do what you want. ssrs has to produce the report in order to determine there is nothing to display.
i am using ssrs report ,and i have some problem in that when i try to open report using report viewer report showing a blank page but report export to pdf working fine blank render report also Export successfully and print also it is working fine
but the problem is in report viewer report not render and it is showing blank page if i try to find something or some key word if i enter to find that all report are render properly .
in report server if i try to open the report it is showing blank.
Sounds like a browser problem, the reports that i create on ssrs 2008 r2 only seem to render correctly on Internet Explorer.
Check your parameters, If any are unhidden or set to prompt user then SSRS won't render direct to PDF
If any of your parameters having more than 1000 available values this problem may occur.
Please have a look on this question and answer:
Report is not loading when using parameters