I am trying to generate a report using reporting services in visual studio 2005. the data source is in MDX DB and was created successfuly. When I save the query in the query builder window it closes and displays an alert : "the query cannot be read from the query window, please check for syntax errors"
and then VS crushes!
the query has no parameters and works on management studio without any problems.
I have installed all of my win updates, but sql server sp3 (that had a problem)
I also have service pack 2 for my framework
any idea what is going on?
try pasting from VS into notepad (or SSMS) and then copy from notepad (or SSMS) back into VS to make sure that there are not any "strange" characters (like smart quotes). It's vaugely possibly that SSMS is stripping these out when you paste into it.
Otherwise it may be an issue with your failed SP3 install.
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I am using Visual Studio 2019 and using Microsoft Reporting Services Projects Extension v2.6.7. The problem i am facing is i have a report that process about 60k records, the report is complex and has Groups, repeat headers, dataset filters and also VB Code.
The stored procedure used for this report runs in less than 10 seconds and when the report is deployed to Report Server the report completes rendering in less than 2 Mins. But when I run the same report using Visual Studio in preview or Run Mode (Report Viewer) the report runs for a whooping 17-20 mins. I have used SQL Profiler and see the Stored procedure execution time is almost same as the report execution time. The stored procedure is designed to handle parameter sniffing issue and I dont see any issue with the procedure.
From the report side, i have tried Keeptogether=false, Interactive size etc that could impact performance. They look fine.
I also tried to add WorkingSetMaximum to increase memory but still no luck. The client i am working with requires to have the RDLC File integrated in their app and will not want to deploy on Report Server for their own reason.
How can i make my report run faster in Visual Studio Preview Mode/Report Viewer (Run Mode) so that I can match the performance of the report with the performance i Get in Report Server.
Also if anyone could tell if there is a difference in how the report rendering works on Report Server vs Preview Mode.
Edit 1 - Report Server and the database is configured in my laptop and it is not having any different configuration.
Edit 2 - Another observation i have gathered by running SQL Profiler is that during Preview mode the connection is kept open and the data retrieval time justifies report run time. Both are same. But when i run the report through report manager from the same machine, procedure completes in seconds and even the report renders faster. And As i have mentioned above, i have taken care of parameter sniffing. I am now trying to understand if there is a difference in the way SSRS Engine treats report rending and data retrieval for Preview and when report is deployed to reporting service.
I came across this Q&A discussion in MSDN. I tried to replicate this and it gave me a fix by changing the trust level for CAS in config file. But still I have a question with regards to how Report Viewer in Visual Studio behaves. Is there any similar setting that we use in the application config that can be used to improve development and test performance in Visual Studio.
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In ASP Net application <trust legacyCasModel="true" level="Full"/>
I'm getting the following error when publishing a report from the command line using the report scripting tool:
System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: The definition of this
report is not valid or supported by this version of Reporting
Services. The report definition may have been created with a later
version of Reporting Services, or contain content that is not
well-formed or not valid based on Reporting Services schemas
There are other questions regarding this error and the solution always seems to be to either install SQL Server 2016 or to change my reports project to output for 2014. This does, in fact, work but it shouldn't be necessary. My SQL Server version is 13.0.4446.0, which is 2016. Furthermore, I can publish just fine from within VS with it set to 2016.
Anyone know what's causing this?
A couple things to try:
What version of VS are you using? I came across an issue where I'd open a solutions in VS 2015 (I think) and it upgraded report definitions without telling me. When you pick a deployment target in VS it changes the file on the fly, not the source file in the solution. Hence the different results you see.
You can check this by downloading a report from SSRS & open the RDL in a text editor. Compare with your solution RDL & check the header. The Schema at the top is what you want to compare:
Report xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2008/01/reportdefinition" xmlns:rd="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SQLServer/reporting/reportdesigner"
Another option: Have you tried deploying with PowerShell? Check out the SSRS GitHub for commands but it will be 2, maybe 3 lines of code. Very easy to use.
This is a very strange and perplexing problem I have never run across. I am working on an SSRS report that feeds off a database. I use an SSIS extraction package to append data to a table in said database. Everything seemed to work fine until the first time I updated the table. I can see the new data in SSMS, but the report looks like it is only seeing the data I had in there prior to the update. I've restarted Visual Studio, checked the connection string, and checked my dataset queries and I have no clue why the report is doing what it's doing.
If you are editing the report in Visual Studio, yes, it can be overly aggressive about caching the results of queries.
Look in the Solution folder (in file explorer, not Visual Studio) and look for a file with the name of the report, but .data appended, such as Report1.rdl.data.
Delete that file, which you can do while VS is running. Then preview the report again.
I think that this is a relatively simple question. I just want to know if you are able to save or use SQL snippets like you can in Visual Studio, but within SQL Server Management Studio? I've had a browse but couldn't find anything.
Dragging a Template item into the current query is handy (You can create your own & "file" them in their own hierarchy), and the SMSS Tools Pack addin provides a Snippet function.
I'm having trouble figuring this out.
I stopped ALL of local SQL Services, e.g. SQL Server, SQL Agent, Reporting Services. Then using Report Builder 2.0 to create a report connecting to a remote SQL Server (No SSRS running) out in the farm. When I click on "Run" button, for some odd reasons, it still render the report.
I thought you must have SSRS running in the first place. Is SQL Reporting Services even required for Report Builder?
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When Reporting Services runs a report, it creates a data file of the data used in the report and, if nothing changes, it uses that data the next time the report runs instead of hitting the server again. You could be seeing the cached data.
Look where the report is kept. There will be a report file, say MyReport.rdl and also the data, MyReport.rdl.data. You could delete that data file otherwise simply changing the report parameters (if you have some) will generally cause the report to disregard the cached data and make a trip to the server again.
I'm answering my own question. Here's my observation after some googling and experimenting.
Report Builder is using a stand alone report control to render report. Visual Studio.NET is probably using the same thing when preview a report. SSRS is required when developers need to incorporate web-based reporting solution, e.g. ASP.NET, as well as to manage reports.
What's really bothering me is that to author reports in VS.NET, I must be using Business Intelligence Projects. In order to do that, I must install SQL Server 2005/2008 with SSRS. Why is so when SSRS is not even required in a LOCAL environment?