Rules Have Changed
An interesting question has pop up on the Katmai RS 2008 discussion list today about how to implement a “green bar” group-level report that alternates background color for all rows […]
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Yet Another Post About Analysis Services HTTP Connectivity
With risk to iterate the obvious, here is a lesson learned from the trenches: Scenario: You want to let external users browse an Analysis Services cube over the Internet. Setup: […]
A Must-read Reporting Services Blog
Robert Bruckner on the Reporting Services team has started a blog. Robert oversees several key areas of Reporting Services, including Report Definition Language (RDL), data processing, report processing, data visualization, […]
It’s Done
A quick update on my book Applied Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. I am happy to announce that the work on the manuscript is over and the manuscript RTM’d […]
Automating Report Deployment
Here is an awesome tip courtesy to the Craig Guyer’s I Command Thee blog. You probably know that Visual Studio supports project configurations. In BIDS 2008, you can automate report […]
SQL Server 2008 Available on August Price List
Courtesy to Francois Ajenstat, Director of Product Management for Microsoft SQL Server, we know that SQL Server 2008 is on the August price list. What this probably means according to […]
Textbox on Steroids
One of the new features in Reporting Services 2008 that debuted in the SQL Server 2008 RC0 build is the enhanced textbox report item. In previous releases, if you wanted […]
SQL Server 2008 RC0 Product Samples Refreshed
Microsoft has refreshed the product samples and AdventureWorks databases. I still have to figure out what’s the AdventureWorksAS2008 database that is not released yet.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack RC0, June 2008
Today, Microsoft released an updated feature pack for SQL Server 2008 RC0. Among other things, it includes: A web downloadable installer for Report Builder 2.0 which is not included anymore […]
SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0)
Microsoft declared build #1442.32 to be the official SQL 2008 RC0 build and made it publicly available. Key SSRS improvements in this build: Rich text formatting. You can now format […]
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