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• Intelligencia Query

  Chris Webb, a fellow MVP and MDX guru, who's blog is a must-read for all SSAS junkies, was kind enough to let me take a look at the Intelligencia Query product he's been working on for a while with Andrew Wiles. Chris announced the product back... Posted May 14 2008, 10:37 PM by tlachev with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Business Intelligence

• Sharing Lost Reports with Web Users

  Scenario You need to configure a SharePoint site integrated with Reporting Services for Internet access. In our case, the end users would authenticate with Windows security by using local Windows account created on the web server. Issues Report URLs reference... Posted May 09 2008, 08:55 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Reporting Services

• Tricksy Parameter Prompts

  Q: How to make the darn parameter drop-down list wider in HTMLViewer? HTMLViewer is the Report Manager control that displays the report when you view the report. A: HTMLViewer supports limited customization via a CSS stylesheet. Copy HTMLViewer.css to... Posted Apr 21 2008, 12:47 PM by tlachev with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Reporting Services

• Applied Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

  This is not an April's fool joke. I am excited to make an early announcement about my next book , Applied Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services, which has been keeping me busy lately. There are many exciting features coming up the next (third... Posted Apr 01 2008, 10:48 PM by tlachev with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Reporting Services, Business Intelligence

• SQL Server 2008 February CTP Is Out

  February CTP is out. It brings the much anticipated integration with Visual Studio 2008 and the new BIDS Report Designer. Download the February CTP here: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/prodinfo/download.mspx Updated Books Online for February CTP are... Posted Feb 22 2008, 07:41 AM by tlachev with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Reporting Services, SQL Server 2008

• Where Are Report Server Content Types Gone?

  SharePoint always has a trick up its sleeve to surprise the innocent. I have to admit that I continue to be baffled by this technology. Not that I know too much about it, of course. But this thing is like the Pacific Ocean – web applications, site collections... Posted Jan 12 2008, 09:55 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Reporting Services, SharePoint

• Trying to Communicate

  Visual Studio 2008 embraces the exciting new world of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) for communicating with services. However, pitfalls await the unwary. I've recently tackled invoking the Reporting Services Web service with WCF and I want... Posted Dec 22 2007, 10:07 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Reporting Services, .NET

• Brian Welcker Leaving SSRS

  As he posted here , Brian Welcker (Group Program Manager of Reporting Services) is leaving the Reporting Services team and moving to the Microsoft Healthcare Solutions Group. Brian did so much to build and promote Reporting Services. SSRS wouldn't... Posted Dec 17 2007, 02:06 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Reporting Services

• Getting Rid of the Vista Credentials Prompt

  There could be 1001 reasons why IE asks you for credentials when you access a website configured for Windows Authentication and none of them has to do with Reporting Services itself. Windows Vista and IE 7 add yet another one. IE 7 will prompt you for... Posted Dec 06 2007, 06:47 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Reporting Services, SQL Server 2008

• Parameterized Parameter Prompts

  One new SSRS 2008 feature that international users will undoubtedly appreciate is parameterized parameter prompts. Previously, the parameter prompts were static. In SSRS 2008, you will notice the familiar function symbol (fx) next to the parameter prompt... Posted Oct 18 2007, 05:15 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Reporting Services, SQL Server 2008

• SSRS 2008 Variables

  As I mentioned in my Under the Hood post , the SSRS 2008 engine has been redesigned to perform on-demand report processing for better scalability. As a result, textbox values are calculated on-demand every time the containing page is rendered. Irrespective... Posted Sep 09 2007, 10:19 AM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Reporting Services, SQL Server 2008

• Under the Hood

  One of the major themes in SSRS 2008 is scalability. A significant effort will be made to ensure that SSRS scales well with large reports. Why is this needed? Recall that in SSRS 2005 (and 2000), report processing is instance-based. This means that the... Posted Aug 29 2007, 09:21 PM by tlachev with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Reporting Services, SQL Server 2008

• Charting the Future

  It is old news by now that Microsoft has acquired the intellectual rights to the Dundas Reporting Services controls, including the Dundas chart, map, gauge, and calendar. At this point, it is not known if all controls will make it to Katmai but the chart... Posted Aug 18 2007, 11:16 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Reporting Services, SQL Server 2008

• RDL Object Model on the Horizon

  As I mentioned in a previous blog , SQL Server 2008 will probably include an RDL Object Model. This is great news for developers who generate report definitions programmatically. No more custom RDL object models as the one I talked about during my TechEd... Posted Aug 14 2007, 06:10 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Reporting Services, SQL Server 2008

• How to Get Extended Properties with SSAS OLE DB Provider

  Many report developers find the SSAS data provider too restrictive for authoring reports from UDM. Instead, they replace it with the native Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Analysis Services 9.0 which gives them maximum flexibility at the expense of convenience... Posted Aug 14 2007, 03:01 PM by tlachev with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Reporting Services, Analysis Services