I have the database in sql 2008. In this database daily some data is being inserted. I have to generate the report automatically without giving date i.e today is 10-10-2012. I have to view the report of 10-10-2012 on 11-10-2012 daily. It should happen automatically i.e Previous date entry should generate on current date without changing dates daily. Whether it is possible in SSRS report or we have to change in stored procedures please give the solution.
Yes, it is possible. I just did it.
Two options:
1 Specify the report parameters (dates) and give them default parameters. (Use a formula - hint, look for DateAdd in the formula editor)
2 set the query using DateAdd in SQL
When you've got the report, create a subscription.
How to do all this is covered in the documentation, available from Help on the SSRS website, or by pushing F1 in the Report builder.
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I have a static Pentaho Report(.prpt) on my pentaho server.I am trying to find the way to pass paramater to my pentaho report and refresh(update) the report using pentaho scheduler.I am able to run the sql query each time the scheduler runs.
But I want to pass parameter(user data to be used in mysql query) dynamically so that I am able to generate user specific reports for all users using same prpt file on my server.
How can that be achieved? Can anyone explain with an example regarding the dynamic query scripting in Pentaho Report Designer as there is no material which can be found for the same.
I am using Pentaho Report Designer and Server(8.1).
You must first create a parameter on the report (under the Data Tab, choose Parameters and right-click to create a new parameter). Those parameters can be passed from the URL, or set via a selector/dropdown.
Then you can use the parameter by entering it into the query with a syntax such as shown below:
select * from sales where customer = '$(customerParam)'
I am running SQL 2012 and I have a SSAS multidimensional cube that holds measures for our retail business. I have created an SSRS report that pulls the data from the SSAS cube. I want the user to be able to run the report and only pass the users specific store revenue, customer count, ect, on the SSRS report that they are viewing.
I have created a parameter from the cube. Under the report parameter that was created from the cube I put in under default values, specific values, this expression for the value ="[DimUserTable].[Username].[UserID].&[" + User!UserID + "]", the report will not run. It gives the error;
For more information about this error navigate to the report server on the local server machine, or enable remote errors
Query execution failed for dataset 'Revenue'. (rsErrorExecutingCommand)
Does anyone have any idea how I can accomplish getting only the users store information to show on the report they are viewing?
You only need to pass the user id to the parameter.. your query should take care of the filtering using the parameter. Something like
where [DimUserTable].[Username] = #userid
I would use the following as the default value for the userid parameter
=User!UserID.Substring(User!UserID.LastIndexOf("\")+1)
Of course, this depends on what your cube holds for userid value. If it does NOT include the domain or machine name.. use the above.. else just use =user!userid
I'm running into an issue with an SSRS subscription report that I built. Basically I have 2 datasets and 1 parameter that gets fed to both of them called #ReportDate.
#ReportDate has a default value =Today(). When the report runs every morning and gets emailed out by the subscription, dataset1 always gets updated information with today's date and works fine, however dataset2 always returns data for the previous date that the report successfully ran. So it's like the parameter isn't feeding the updated value through to that dataset, which is odd because both datasets use the same parameter. When I go to troubleshoot the problem and run the report dataset2 will then come back with data for todays date so I can't replicate the issue. Am I doing something wrong? I'm using SSRS 2008 r2. Thanks for your help.
Edit: Found the problem. Both datasets shared the same datasource which means the datasets run in parallel, not in the order which I see in report builder. Dataset2's data is dependent on a table which get's populated during the execution of dataset1. Dataset2 was finishing before dataset1, thus it wasn't picking up current days data. I updated a setting on the datasource to make it so that the datasets run 1 at a time in the order in which they're shown in report builder. The setting I changed was checking a check box in the datasource properties called "Use single transaction when processing the queries".
Found the problem. Both datasets shared the same datasource which means the datasets run in parallel, not in the order which I see in report builder. Dataset2's data is dependent on a table which get's populated during the execution of dataset1. Dataset2 was finishing before dataset1, thus it wasn't picking up current days data. I updated a setting on the datasource to make it so that the datasets run 1 at a time in the order in which they're shown in report builder. The setting I changed was checking a check box in the datasource properties called "Use single transaction when processing the queries".
Updating DataSource
I've created a snapshot of my report in order to improve the performance. However, it appears that it's only using the snapshot on the default values for the report. If I change the values, it appears that it's calling the procedure again (?) or rendering the report again.
The report has a dataset which calls a procedure (no input parameters), which can be filtered using the input parameters.
The snapshot has been created using the Snapshot Options and Processing Options. Any ideas what I need to do in order for the report to use the snapshot all the time?
That is basically how snapshots work - they are a point-in-time copy of the report results taken with the default parameter values. If you change the parameters on the report then SSRS will not use the snapshot because the report results could be different.
It sounds like your report is always returning all data from the procedure, which is then filtered at report rendering time based on the parameter values. This is not a good design and is probably the reason for your report performance problems. Try modifying the procedure to accept parameters and passing these from the report - this way the procedure only returns as much data as is necessary to display in the report and the report server does not have to do filtering when rendering the report.
I am currently trying to automate reports using SSRS in SQL Server 2008, requiring little to no user input at all.
I have the queries already to acquire the data, but they require datetime parameters which are retrieved from an invoices table in the database.
Is there any way to automate this, without requiring user input? I'd like to have these reports fire off every Monday morning without prompting. We also have an internal web site which is used for administrative work, written in ASP and C#, that I can use in conjunction in need be.
Regards and thanks
You should be able to do this. In each report you can set a query to retrieve parameter values and you can also specify a query for the default values.
So
Add a parameter and have that parameter be passed to your stored proc that gets your data
Set the available and default values for that parameter to a sql query that returns the value you need for the parameter.
You'll need to do this for each parameter. Then as long as all parameters in the report have default values the report will run without prompting for parameters.