Can PowerPivot connect to an SSRS 2008 R2 server without SharePoint (Native mode)? Would like to load from SSRS but seems to not want to connect from PowerPivot. Is there some type of configuration I need to do this?
There's no special configuration required, you simply need access to the report.
In Excel 2013, choose Get External Data > From Other Sources, and then under Data Feeds, choose Report and then enter the URL of the report in the box. You will then be prompted to select the tablix / dataset to import into PowerPivot.
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I want to create embedded data source in SSRS 2014 using Visual studio 2013. But there is no item for embedded data source. How I can add it?
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You create an Embedded Data Source in the report itself, not in the project.
Create a new report in your project (or use an existing one). Then, in the Report Data pane Ctrl+Alt+D, create a new Data Source by right-clicking on the Data Sources folder.
Choose Embedded connection, the Type and populate the Connection String with the settings that are appropriate for connecting to your database.
Afterward, add a new dataset by right-clicking on the Datasets folder and choosing Add dataset. Choose Use a dataset embedded in my report, and pick the data source you created above.
The report will use that embedded connection going forward, at least for this dataset.
I have a ssrs report that when connected to one datasource (dev server), it runs correctly and exports to PDF correctly. When I take that same report and connect it to another datasource (test server) and run it, it runs correctly, but when I export to PDF (and this is the same with tiff, word) I am missing some of the header text boxes? But when I export to Excel, I can see the header text boxes.
Any thoughts? Does the report inherit some attributes from the data source it is connected to?
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I'm having a problem "Data Regions within table/matrix cells are ignored" when exporting Microsoft Excel data in SSRS 2005.
How do I export Microsoft Excel data in SSRS 2005 when having Data Regions with table/matrix cells are ignored
This is a limitation of the Excel renderer in SSRS 2005 - it won't render tables/matrices within tables/matrices. Your only option is to reformat your report to not have nested objects.
I want to use a rdl file with the query information stored in it. I don't want to have to convert it to a rdlc file. I have an ASP.NET app that I want to show the report. I thought I would use a ReportViewer on my page and then have it use the rdl file. However, I get an error and in researching it appears that I have to convert the file to an rdlc file. I don't want to strip out the data contained in the report. How can I show the report to the user by running the rdl report?
What was the error message and what version of visual studio are you using? I have used the report viewer control with server based (rdl) files before with no problems, you have to make sure that the render mode (or might be report mode) is set to server and not local.
i want to save/open a file in txt format other then CSV in SSRS 2005. So any one who knows how to add file extension in url that can overirde default extension in SSRS 2005..
I think you mean you want to export a report to a text file, but not CSV format? You haven't specified what other format you want, but if you want to output to a text file with a different kind of delimiter (for example Tab or | ) then you can do that by rendering the report via URL Access and overriding some of the rendering extension parameters.
For example, to export to a TAB delimited file with the extension .TXT:
http://SERVERNAME/reportserver/?%2fReportFolder%2fMyReport&rs:Format=CSV&rc:FieldDelimiter=%09&rc:Extension=TXT
As far as I can tell SSRS 2005 does not support setting these values in rsreportserver.config unfortunately. However SSRS 2008 does, which means in 2008 you can create a new rendering extension based on CSV and specify these settings. Users can then select the render format from the Export list in Report Manager, however as I mentioned 2005 does not support this so I think URL Access is your only option.
CSV Device Info settings for SSRS 2005
Report Server URL Access for SSRS 2005