Chasing Parameters
Scenario: You use the Visual Studio ASP.NET ReportViewer and you can’t figure out how to get the parameter values when the page posts back. I couldn’t find a straightforward answer […]
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BIDS Integration Story in R2 – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
There was a huge discussion thread about the BIDS-Visual Studio integration story in the SQL Server 2008 timeframe where customers complained that BIDS got married with Visual Studio. This required […]
Where is RDLOM in R2?
After covering the cool new stuff in R2, it’s time to talk about the uncool. One R2 change that really vexes me is RDLOM. RDLOM, short for Report Definition Language […]
How Windows UAC Got Me Again
User Access Control (UAC) is a feature of Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 that prevents you from running applications with administrator rights even if you are a […]
New Reporting Services Data Providers
Two new data providers will be included in the SQL Server 2008 R2 release of Reporting Services, Microsoft SQL Azure and Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, that will let […]
Beware Hidden Calculated Members
Here is another one of those “by design” issues (see the Not All Calculated Members Are Born Equal blog for another recent gotcha) that are not documented but can sure […]
Report Builder 3.0 Edit Sessions
When Report Builder 2.0 shipped , it introduced local and server preview modes. If the report uses local references only, such an embedded data source(s), Report Builder 2.0 executes the […]
Report Builder 3.0 Enhancements in R2 and SharePoint 2010 Mode
A couple of Report Builder enhancements in SharePoint 2010 integration mode caught my attention. First, Report Builder 3.0 now launches by default when the Open in Report Builder action is initiated […]
ReportService2010 Endpoint
Here is a little gem for developers programming Reporting Services. SQL Server 2008 R2 brings a new web service endpoint, ReportService2010, which merges the functionalities of the ReportService2005 and ReportService2006 […]
Virtual Adventures
Scenario: Mount base and differencing VHD disks using Windows Virtual PC on Windows 7 x64. Dude, did you run out of BI stuff to talk about? I didn’t but I […]
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