Need help on this as I'm quite new to using this Telerik Reporting tool.
I've configured my data source to point to the correct database and I've already set the query to be used to display the report. As you can see below, the data is shown in the preview data source result.
However when I preview it in the report designer, it is not showing any report data as seen below.
I need help on what to do in order to display the records in the report. I'm not sure where to check.
For company/Location you need to send ID=126 not name in preview window, same as in data source query.
I have a SSRS 2008 project with some reports, and recently we update the version, now I open the project with the SQL Server Data Tools 2015, and all is fine, I can deploy, edit, update all fine.
The problem comes when I want to create a new report, when I add a DataSet to the report, the preview tab says:
An error occurred during local report processing
The definition of the report 'Report Name' is invalid
and nothing more happens, I can't preview the report anymore.
Does anyone know if it is a issue of upgrade/open a SSRS 2008 solution with SSDT 2015?
After some research... I couldn't find anything.
So I tried to create the report in Reporting Services 2008, and when trying to preview the report after adding a DataSet it show me the same error:
An error occurred during local report processing
The definition of the report 'Report Name' is invalid
But now, it has an aditional line:
The shared dataset definition is not valid. details the required
attribute 'name' is missing
And after enter the first search result in Google, it looks like the problem was that my DataSet was a Shared DataSet, JoannaK found the same problem and also found a workaround:
Found a workaround for now: Create the data set as embedded> Convert
to Shared Data set Looks like the Name property is set when you start
with embedded. report runs and can data sets can be uploaded to the
report server
This solves my problem. Hope it helps someone in the future.
Source: JoannaK from SQL Server Data Tools Preview update for April 2016
SSDT is generating a broken dataset definition. To fix it:
Open up the shared dataset's .rsd file in a text editor.
In the xml therein find the <DataSet> opening tag.
Add the attribute Name (case-sensitive) to that tag, e.g: <DataSet Name="SomeDataSet">
Probably should set the Name to be the same as the filename but doesn't seem to make any difference as far as I can see.
Thanks to the existing answer as without that I never would have got it to work at all.
VS2015 / SSRS2012
I experienced similar error. It mostly occurs as of change in 'SHARED DATASET'.
Check for query fields in 'Shared Database Properties', if no fields are there , simply add fields you have included in your query.
Check for database connection
Check for 'Stored Procedure' and it's result if you have used stored procedure.
One can delete old dataset and re-create with same name.
As a last option, one can create 'New Dataset' (another one) and bind the new one with the report(take care to map all fields again once you choose to create new dataset.
I have updated the SP for the attached dataset that the tablix is using. The refresh worked fine and I can see my new fields in the shared data set when I look in the Fields tab. My problem is the tablix itself is not giving me access to the new fields. There is a disconnect somewhere and I cannot figure out hot to get the tablix to see the updated fields available in the dataset. I run into this problem frequently and hope I can get a good answer here to return to in the future as I am sure I will need to. I have googled and looked through the suggested questions here and I cannot find one that is directly related to this issue.
I will also know note that the report project is in TFS source control as I read that has some adverse side affects. I have marked the whole project for edit and also went to the folder structure and made sure everything was unset to read only.
I am using SSRS 2008 in VS 2010.
Just found it... I don't understand the need for hidden menus like this..
Click the report itself, then go up to View on the menu and at the very bottom there is "Report Data". From here you can select your dataset and go to its properties and refresh the reports attached dataset's fields. What a pain in the butt.
Here is a link that helps better explain it.
http://blog.dontpaniclabs.com/post/2012/01/26/Developings-Reports-for-SQL-Server-Reporting-Services
You can also delete the .data file if you still can't get it to refresh.
Go into the file folder where the .rdl file exists
Next to it, there should be a file with the same name with the
.rdl.data extensions. Delete this file.
It appears to force the refresh probably because it has to recreate the file.
Here's a less invasive way but may not always work:
In the Report Data windown, right click on you dataset and click
Dataset Properties like so:
Click Refresh Fields near the bottom right of the Dataset Properties
window:
After changing the Stored Procedure code, without changing the name and number of fields returned, I could only get the report to seemingly call the new format of the stored procedure by clicking the Refresh button in the report's Preview tab.
Go into your solution folder, where the rdl's are stored and delete .rdl.data file for your report.
Next time you'll run the report, new rdl.data file will be created and it will have all the new fields from the updated SP.
ok, this maybe an older thread, but I kept running into the same problem on occasion. The absolutely easiest way to fix this is adding the following line of code to the beginning of the stored procedure that produces your dataset for the report:
SET FMTONLY OFF;
Happy coding :)
I ran into a very similar issue:
Added a new field to an existing SQL table function
(With some difficulty) added the new field to the existing dataset in SSRS
Spent some time unsuccessfully trying to add the new fields to the table (tablix?) in design mode.
This didn't work for me so eventually I opened the particular report file [filename].rdl in a text editor and surprise surprise it was XML. It was easy enough to add the missing field manually, and visual studio then prompted me to refresh the report.
<DataSets>
<DataSet Name="DataSet1">
...
<Fields>
<!-- add new field at this level -->
<Field Name="[newfield]">
<DataField>Email</DataField>
<rd:TypeName>System.String</rd:TypeName>
</Field>
</Fields>
</DataSet>
</DataSets>
I am having exact same issue in VS 2012. The stored procedure used as a query will not allow to refresh fields. When the button is pressed nothing happens.
The only solution I found is to flip the Query Type to Text and provide the parameter values on the exec call to the SP.
Why do we have to put up with these obvious show stopper bugs?
Had the same issue and I was able to resolve it by renaming my dataset in properties, creating a new dataset with the original name, and then hitting the refresh button.
Old thread, but I ran into this using VS 2015 and SSMS 2016. I was certain it was an issue with VS. When I went back to SSMS and tried executing my stored procedure, however, I found that passing certain parameter values would cause the query to fail. Interestingly, I was able to ALTER the stored procedure without encountering any errors. (Perhaps because some combinations of parameters wouldn't result in a failure?)
Anyways, at the end of the day it was faulty coding in my sproc that was causing the fields in SSRS not to refresh. When I went back and corrected the issues with my code, everything worked as expected in VS.
I am working in Visual Studio 2015 and none of the above answers worked for me. If you are getting the data from a stored procedure, you need to open the .xsd file and right click on the data model. Select Configure, and the correct values from the procedure should appear on the right of the window.
Then refresh your dataset from the Report Data tab.
I had the same issue.
I installed SP1 so that .rdl.data file would get generated which inturn also fixed the data refresh issue.
Reference: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/e2b199df-bc1b-4211-9110-85a0c63454b8/why-does-ssrs-not-create-a-rdldata-file-when-previewing-a-report?forum=sqlreportingservices
I was trying to use an ODBC driver for the datasource that connected ok, but wouldn't show Fields in VS 2015 SSRS report. I went back and used a datasource based on SQL Server driver (it's in the choices when designing a datasource) and it worked perfectly.
I had this same issue but the cause was different from the other answers at the time of this writing.
In my case, the stored procedure used as the data source was returning multiple data sets (due to some debugging code that I had left in there).
SSRS was "seeing" the fields in the first dataset, whereas I was expecting it to see the fields in the second dataset.
Removing the extraneous datasets fixed the issue and SSRS was able to see the fields that I intended.
Clearing reportviewer's datasources works for me.
this.(reportviewername).LocalReport.DataSources.Clear();
Open the Visual Studio 2008 reports solution
Open (double click) your report (.rpt file) on left pane
Press Ctrl + Alt + D to open the Report Data panel
Expand the DataSets folder
Find the report's main data set and right click the "DataSet Properties" menu
Click the "Refresh Fields" button on the popup window.
Deleting .data no work for me. Deleting Dataset and adding again worked. And I had previously configured VS/SSRS to NOT cache.
refresh and deleting .data did not work for me. So I just manually added the fields.
I am trying to use the ASP.NET Dynamic Data Filtering project, but I'm running into a problem during the configuration.
I'm following the instructions on the author's blog, and everything works like described. Then it tells me to change the datasource using the designer view. I am told to select the "GridDataSource" in the "Configure data source" wizard. This option is not there though.
I get all of the classes in my project, including the DataContext that was generated by Linq. When I choose "Show only DataContext objects", the dropdown ("Choose your context object:") is completely empty.
When I turn of the checkbox and choose my DataContext class, I get asked which table I want and all that. But, as the whole purpose of a Dynamic Data site is NOT to use one single table, that's not much help.
So I've looked at the instructions again and copied the resulting datasource from the example:
<asp:DynamicLinqDataSource ID="GridDataSource" runat="server"
EnableDelete="True" EnableUpdate="True"></asp:DynamicLinqDataSource>
Which is exactly what I had, without the "WhereParameters" nodes in there.
Now, when I run the list page however, I get an exception about a missing datasource from the filtering component. Of course when I remove the DynamicFilterRepeater, it works again.
This is the meat of the exception:
[InvalidOperationException: Missing DataSource]
Catalyst.Web.DynamicData.DynamicFilterRepeater.GetTable() in D:\Catalyst\Projects\DynamicData\Project\Trunk\DynamicData\DynamicData\DynamicFilterRepeater.cs:74
Catalyst.Web.DynamicData.DynamicFilterRepeater.GetFilters() in D:\Catalyst\Projects\DynamicData\Project\Trunk\DynamicData\DynamicData\DynamicFilterRepeater.cs:81
Catalyst.Web.DynamicData.DynamicFilterRepeater.OnInit(EventArgs e) in D:\Catalyst\Projects\DynamicData\Project\Trunk\DynamicData\DynamicData\DynamicFilterRepeater.cs:106
How do I make the DynamicFilterRepeater recognize my datasource?
I'm using VS2010 Pro, on a Win7 machine.
have you looked at the sample project you get when you download the source code.
Have a look at my blog post here Dynamic Data Filtering – Installation
I am making some changes and need to change the DataSource for my report. How can I do that without losing all of the work I have done? Assume the field names are the same.
Update: The reports are still in Visual Studio and I need to change from a TableAdapter to a DataTable which I will fill through a class.
Update 2: Currently it is using fields in CustomerService_report_vw_ServiceRequest, I want to change that to CustomerService_ServiceRequest. I am seeing this in the expression editor. So when I select the Fields option in the Expression Editor, I want to see the fields in CustomerService_ServiceRequest.
Does that make more sense?
Update 3: So if you add a field from the other DataTable, you can switch your DataSetName to the new one. Now, how do I remove the old one?
I manually edited the *rldc file in a text editor and edited the XML therein to removed the DataSet.
If you already have the reports uploaded to the report server, the simplest thing would be to go into the properties of your report and then configure the data source information in there.
More information: Setting Data Source Properties in Reporting Services