I've been useing VS2005 to create sql reports and now have to upgrade to 2008 for a DB thats on SQL Server 2008.
With 2005 I can swap between dataset-Layout-Preview easily but with 2008 I can only seem to swap between layout-preview...
Where's my code if I want to edit it as I go along or add datasets etc..
Thanks ion advance..
You need to show the dataset designer panel (its a dockable panel like "Properties" or "Toolbox"). When you open the report in design view and then open the "View" menu, it should be the last item in the menu.
This is where you create your data sets and manage report parameters.
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I'm not sure what the menu item's called in the English version of VS 2008. I did the following now: I opened an existing VS2005 Reporting project in VS 2008 and followed the wizard to convert the project. Then I double-clicked one report in the solution explorer to open the designer. Then I already had a docked window that's called "Berichtsdaten" (Report Data?) in German. I see a menu item in the "View" menu at the bottom called "Berichtsdaten" with a "Ctrl+Alt+D" shortcut (see attached image).
You may have to try different activated elements. For example, the item may not be shown if the "Properties" window is active. Try clicking at some free space in the report designer first.
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Lately, I have installed SSDT on my Visual Studio, and find out that I cannot do anything in the designer window.
The first - when I create a new report file (.rdl), it comes with 8 cells, instead of working body area of the report.
And second - I cannot drag any tools from the toolbox. When I drag, the mouse cursor turns to be a crossed circle (not available sign).
Any ideas, what it can be? I have reinstalled Visual Studio and components several times, with different scenarios. Nothing helps.
My platform is:
Windows 10 Home 64-bit,
SQL Server 2016 Std 64-bit (Database and Reporting Services),
SSDT 17.1,
Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise (Update 3)
P.S: screenshot is attached
It looks like your entire windows is covered by the parameter layout pane. So it looks something like this.
See you see the thick bar above the groups pane (just over halfway down)
Drag that up and you'll see you report layout pane.
Those 8 cells for the input parameters, you can't place the toolbox items directly.
Right click on any of the cell -> Add Parameter -> General -> Select any Data Type from the dropdownlist to create the parameter.
Also in the Name and Prompt box provide valid details to show the input parameter details. Also you can Delete Row or Delete column by right click on the cell.
In the Report Data, you can add the Datasets for the input parameters (in case if it is dropdownlist) and for the body of the report.
There is an SSRS report embedded into SharePoint that needs to be fixed (the report does). I am familiar with SSRS and SharePoint, but not with the two together. Usually when I work with SSRS it is in Visual Studio. I can fix reports from there, and deploy them to the report server. But I'm not sure how the report got to SharePoint. Someone else put it there and now they are gone and I need to fix it. How do I go about editing / fixing an SSRS report on a SharePoint site? Where is this report anyways, on the report server with a link to it? I cannot find it there.
Please help.
Once in Sharepoint, click the dropdown arrow next to the report as shown below and choose 'Edit in Report Builder'.
Report Builder will take a few minutes to open. Once Report Builder is open, then you can edit the report and save it. Refresh the SharePoint site and your report will be updated.
Depending on your version of SSMS. I have SSMS 2008R2, which is compatible with Report Builder 3.0
Here's the link to download Report Builder 3.0
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6116
I had the same struggle once. Hope this helps.
In Microsoft Visual Studio when i run a Report using a Preview the data is showing and when the same report i run from server side its not showing the same data as per the Visual Studio Preview
please suggest
Visual Studio caches locally data in order to reduce the generation time for design puroposes, it will only update the data if you change the parameters values so if your report doesn't have any parameter you will get old data.
To refresh Visual Studio data preview the report and press the refresh button inside the generated report.
Let me know if this can help you.
I had a very similar problem. When I previewed on VS 2015, everything displayed perfect, but when I deployed to my server successfully, only one field wasn't showing up.
What ended up working was changing my report data sets from shared to embedded. Even though they were referencing the same query, somehow there was a disconnect when referencing the shared data set rather than embedding it directly in the report.
I'm trying to create a report in SSRS (Visual Studio 2012) for Dynamics 2011 using fetchXML. I have downloaded and installed the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Report Authoring Extension (with SQL Server Data Tools support) but I cannot find the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Fetch Type when I try to create a report, please, does any one have any suggestions?
Probably you are trying to create the report in some already existed project, I had the same issue with VS2010 in that case.
To make Fetch XML data source be visible you must create new project in Visual Studio. If all installations were successful, you must be able to create project with Business Intelligence/Report Server Project template, than create new report and in Report Data window (if it not appears automatically - just click on any place on report, go to View menu and find Report Data window) right click on Datasets, than pick "Use a dataset embeded in my report", click "New..." button near Data source drop down and there you should see Microsoft Dynamics CRM Fetch connection type.
Have no possibility to test this with VS2012, hope this will help.
As far as I know the latest version of SQL is SQL 2012 and BIDS for it is done using VS2010. So answer is quite simple - you would not be able to build a report using VS2012, you will have to use VS2010.
You're missing the Report Authoring Extensions. Install these and you'll have the FetchXML in the list.
If you've upgraded to a later CRM version since this post, just search on that version of extension installer instead (2013/2015/2016).
I see several examples that show how to use the Execute SQL task. One such example I see this screen shot:
There are a lot of tasks there that I don't have in my task list. The one I am looking for is "Execute SQL".
I also note that they don't have "OLE DB Command" (which is what I would usually use to call SQL).
Do I just have a different version? Is "OLE DB Command" the successor to "Execute SQL"? Or is there some way to get the stuff I am missing?
You might be inside a Data Flow - that will only show you items related to a Data Flow (Data Flow Sources, Data Flow Transformations, Data Flow Destinations).
If you are in the Control Flow, and cannot see the items you indicate as missing, you can right click to add.
This will give you a dialog box where you can choose the items that you want to add
In SQL 2012 / VS 2010, the Execute SQL Task only appears in the Favorites bar at the top. This is confusing - why is it only a favourite?
You can however right-click and "move" to Common, but not "copy" to Common:
I had this issue in VS 2010 and VS 2012. To fix it, here's what I had to do:
Exit Visual Studio
Navigate to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio
Go to the folder for your version (e.g. 11.0 for VS 2012)
Rename all *.tbd files, e.g. to *.tbd.old
Open visual studio
Open toolbox by going to View > Other Windows > SSIS Toolbox
Similar problem here:
http://geekswithblogs.net/AskPaula/archive/2013/07/11/153385.aspx