I have one specific requirement wherein I need to change the alignment and width of parameters controls on SSRS 2016 (I'm using Visual Studio 2017).
Now I know for a fact that Microsoft has added some customization feature starting SSRS 2016, in terms of parameters arrangement into a matrix, but that seems to be it.
Is there any way to achieve the below mentioned alignment/customization of parameters controls/dropdowns.
Would appreciate any pointers here.
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Is it possible to create Custom (own) controls for the SQL Server Mobile Report publisher? Meaning own graphes (Gauges), styles, maps, etc...
I was unable to find any information about this topic on Google (or other sites like SO). Few days back we had lectures/training with some developer (basics of Reporting) and he shortly said that it is possible, but we haven't got time to go through it.
My expectations (as an answer) is explanation what tool can be used and/or link to tutorial.
Possibly also some information (with source) that this cannot be created in version 2016.
Short story: It is not possible to create custom control in Mobile Reports Publisher as of now (March 2017). There is no support in the software itself. However Microsoft will allow store/use Power BI reports within Reporting services.
Long story: I've reached out the tutorial guru and discussed this further. We've found that the original statement is not true and mobile reports cannot be adjusted in a way of creating new control or modifying style sheet.
But: Since Mobile reports are sort of family with product called Power BI, Microsoft has decided (as described in MS Technical preview - January 2017) to support Power BI Reports on next version MS Reporting Services. And as there can be done some visualisation changes and even create new controls, most likely we will be also able to create our own control.
I am trying use SSRS as a reporting solution and love all the features like scheduling and export to various formats that comes with it. But I want to also have interactive charts and wonder whether SSRS can do that. I don't think it can do it natively but does any one knows an add in or a workaround?
I am trying to achieve something like below ?
http://www.zingchart.com/gallery/chart/#!line-chart-with-crosshair-tooltips
Many thanks.
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As you said SSRS doesn't support this sort of interactions natively, it is very limited about to presentation and HTML customization, also interaction via JavaScript is almost null.
Dundas offers third-party controls to create great visualization but I am unsure about using Dundas MS Integration you can create the specific visualization you need.
Telerik offers another product to integrate with SSRS and create custom visualization.
Technologies offered by Microsoft:
Also if you own a SQL Server Enterprise license you may want to use Datazen, a fantastic alternative to SSRS to create interactive visualizations compatible with multiple platforms and devices. PowerBI is another option you have to create interactive dashboards and reports.
We are upgrading some reports from SSRS ReportServer2005 to the latest version ReportServer2010. Not the easiest upgrade as methods names etc have changed. One remaining issue that we have is that the asp.net ReportViewer Control does not have the .ClientController Expando object and its associated methods. Is this no longer available on this version or is there something more that needs to be configured to enable it?
As fas as I know it was replaced with the ReportViewer class (in the namespace Microsoft.Reporting.WebFormsClient). It's a quite a breaking change though.
Is it possible to create a custom third party for Reporting Services?
The Dundas chart controls are an example of this however I am unsure if support for these have been internally built into SSRS..
Yes.
After consulting google I've found that SSRS has CRIs (Custom Report Items). These can be created in a .NET language by implementing the ICustomReportItem interface (for the rendering) and inheriting from the CustomReportItemDesigner class (for the designer). These use the Microsoft.ReportDesigner and Microsoft.ReportingServices.Interfaces namespaces.
There is also a restriction in CRIs that the end output needs to be an image. This would make any interactivity very difficult.
For more information see
Jazz Up Your Data Using Custom Report Items In SQL Server Reporting Services
Creating a Custom Report Item
The Dundas controls have some internal knowledge of SSRS (although they are build with the public API). For example they workaround certain SSRS CRI limitations using reflection - I found that by default in SSRS 2008 CRI can have only one drill trough action - something that Dundas and other vendors (Nevron) by the way workaround...
Otherwise interactivity will be limited to Tooltip, URL link, Bookmark and Jump to Report actions for all custom reports and the image output is only raster.
I'm using Crystal Reports XI Viewer Active control in an Access 2007 (but 2003 format) form. I'm using SQL Server 2008 as the backend. The viewer displays reports fine, but there are no toolbar icons. Buttons and tooltips work as expected, just no images.
Searching for this, I've seen countless references to this problem using the WebForms viewer, but not the ActiveX control.
I thought maybe it was a missing reference, so I added every Crystal version 11 DLL the References dialog offered. I suspect it may yet be another, but don't know what else to look for.
Has anyone else come across this? Any ideas?
(Please don't recommend using Access's built-in reporting instead. Business requirements dictate Crystal so my hands are tied.)
Adding all the DLLs is not going to do anything that dropping the ActiveX control on a form will not already have done. That is, using an ActiveX control automatically creates the appropriate reference in Access.
I recommend against utilizing any ActiveX controls (except the ones that are built in) in any Access app because there are so many installation problems they can cause.
Not all ActiveX controls are compatible with Access, so you need to check with your vendor to see if they think it is. If not, then you're probably out of luck. It's unlikely there are many Access programmers out there who've attempted to use a Crystal Reports ActiveX control in Access itself, as there's not much need for it in the vast majority of Access apps.
Is there some other interface that you can use other than an ActiveX control? What does it do? Display the report in a form?
Problem fixed itself after closing and re-opening Access.