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• Mapping data with Report Builder 3.0 (SSRS 2008 R2) Case Sensitive

  This week I received an email from a BI Developer in New York in regards to a posting I did earlier this year, Mapping data with SSRS 2008 R2 , wondering why the map was not working with their dataset. I took a look at their screenshots and based on what Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 09, 2009 5:07 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Reporting Services

• Report Manager 2008 R2 August CTP Facelift

  Still exploring around in the recently release SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP and this morning I am checking out the Report Manager interface. Here are some before and after screenshots comparing 2008 and 2008 R2: 2008 2008 R2 Displays current location Read More... Posted Saturday, August 15, 2009 6:19 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Reporting Services

• Report Builder 3.0 August CTP Install Experience and Overview

  So I tracked down the download for Report Builder 3.0 August CTP and went through the install to see what the big changes were. Here are some screenshots of my installation experience: 138 MB required for install (compared to 86 MB with the Report Builder Read More... Posted Friday, August 14, 2009 6:03 PM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Reporting Services

• Mapping data with SSRS 2008 R2

  So I was testing out the new Map Report Item in SSRS 2008 R2 August CTP last night and this morning. Still trying to get a feel for the new data visualization, but here are a couple of reports I put together using some data from the AdventureWorks2008 Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 12, 2009 7:02 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Reporting Services

• Microsoft Reports using RDLC

  After working with Reporting Services since the beta product when it was code named ‘Rosetta’ I finally got my first look at using the Microsoft reporting feature that is part of Visual Studio. I have used the Crystal Reports option within Visual Studio Read More... Posted Thursday, June 25, 2009 2:28 PM from Dan's space | 0 Comments Filed under: Reporting Services

• Report Builder 2.0 ClickOnce and SQL Server 2008 CTP SP1 Experience

  Finally, the ClickOnce version of Report Builder 2.0 is available with the CTP release of SQL Server 2008 SP1 ( Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Service Pack 1 of SQL Server 2008 ). The big changes that have been made now with this service pack Read More... Posted Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:50 PM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Reporting Services

• ReportSurfer.com – run and share Reporting Service (SSRS) reports

  This past week I read Chris Webb ’s recent posting Implementing Real Analysis Services DrillDown in a Reporting Services Report which I thought was very cool. I had left a comment and was reading his reply yesterday when I saw a comment left by Darren Read More... Posted Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:43 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Reporting Services

• Report Builder 2.0 RTM install and overview

  Yesterday the blog posting came out on the Reporting Services Team Blog here stating that the Report Builder 2.0 RTM was available to download. Some of the new features since the release of RC1 are the ability to open up reports on the server for editing Read More... Posted Saturday, October 18, 2008 1:33 PM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Reporting Services

• Using Reporting Services (SSRS) with SSAS data

  Over the past few weeks I have had to work on a project to generate Reporting Services 2005 reports with data from an Analysis Services (SSAS) 2005 database. I decided I would go ahead and blog about some of my discoveries and discuss the different options Read More... Posted Saturday, March 01, 2008 9:43 AM from Dan English's BI Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Reporting Services