What new report controls were added in SQL server 2012?
The new version of SSRS in 2011 is going under the name “Project Crescent” and looks really good. Here is a link to a preview
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlrsteamblog/archive/2010/11/09/a-glimpse-at-project-crescent.aspx
It was not released as part of the CTP so we will have to wait but I would imagine that there will have to be a new Report Viewer control to handle the new functions that will be released when it goes to RTM
SSRS in 2011/2012 is actually code named "Denali". Project Crescent is the code name for a new ad-hoc report building/self-service BI tool that leverages Reporting Services.
AFAIK, they cannot release a new version of the control with Denali because it will be out of band with the IDE release (Visual Studio), since VS and SQL have different ship cycles, and the Report Viewer controls ship with VS.
We'll probably have to wait until the next version of VS to get a updated version of the Report Viewer controls for SQL Server "Denali".
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Is there any possibility to make a report using MS ACCESS database files? I'm using Visual Studio 2013 however no reportviewer, just saw a source to download and have a toolbox for it however seems not working to make a new report since it lacks Report Wizard and Create a Report thus available only in paid.
Any alternatives to make simple but useful way of making a report?
A company developed a small web interface written in VB.net to query a database and produce reports. The interface uses CrystalDecisions.Shared library. In the code, it references this:
If rbExportType.SelectedValue = "PDF" Then
Dim sda As New DB2DataAdapter(cmd)
ReportName = "Reports/R002.rpt"
rpt.Load(Server.MapPath(ReportName), CrystalDecisions.[Shared].OpenReportMethod.OpenReportByTempCopy)
sda.Fill(ds.tbl_R002)
rpt.SetDataSource(ds)
rpt.SetParameterValue(0, ddDatabase.SelectedItem.Text)
ExporttoPDF()
Else
Now, the users have asked me to add a simple field to the report, Date. I've edited the query to pull this data, but when I run the report the Date field is not shown on the report. I'm assuming that the actual .rpt file has to be edited to include this field on the report.
When trying to edit Reports/R002.rpt in a text editor, there are just numbers/symbols.
How can I edit this .rpt file? The version of Visual Studio 2010 has past it's trial.
Visual Studio has (or had) a Crystal Reports editor built in. I couldn't find it just now in my Visual Studio 2012 install, so it's possible they dropped it in favor of their own Reporting Services platform, but I might just have missed it. If you can't find the editor in your Visual Studio 2010 copy, try downloading an older version of Visual Studio.
Update:
A quick Google search indicates that it's simply distributed separately now.
Here's the VS2012 version: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-35074
Here's the VS2010 version: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-7824
CrystalReports is a proprietary software and wouldn't be part of the default VS package.
And yes, in order to add a field to the report, you would have to edit the report itself. Its not that big of a deal, if you have a copy of the CrystalReport software.
I am trying to create link SQL Server 2005 Report Server Reports in VS 2010 and I get an error "Remote Report Processing requires Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services or later". How do i downgrade the control to the one from 2008?
Unfortunately, the only way I know how to get around this is to use an older version of Visual Studio for this type of development. Not much of a solution though.
You will have to use the 2005 version of the report viewer control. Unfortunately MS doesn't allow this to be used in 2010. There's probably a better technology-related reason than "Make you upgrade to 2008", but that's how I feel about this.
However, You have some hoops to jump through:
The old control must be put on a WinForms form with VS 2008 (or 2005).
The new application must be using the full .Net 4.0 profile.
If your main application is signed, the DLL you create in VS 2008 must have a strong name key.
The form in VS 2010, containing the control you built in VS 2008, will not open in design view in VS 2010.
If you're using WPF, there is no native control - you must resort to Windows Forms Interop to make this happen, hosting the WinForms control.
Also keep in mind that there are several versions of the Report Viewer control out there:
- v8.0 = VS 2005, VS 2008, SQL 2005
- v9.0 = VS 2008, SQL 2008
- v9.X = VS 2008, VS 2010, SQL 2008 R2
- v10 = VS 2010, SQL 2008 R2
Hope this helps you.
I'm .net developer and have no experience with Visual Foxpro. I have to migrate old system use Visual Fox upto Asp.Net. The old system already use SQL Server to store data, but there are many reports must be migrated, if i can connect to the processed report data. It's seem to be save lot of my effort.
Pls, give me a suggest for this situation.
http://www.vfpconversion.com/Vfp2NetReports.aspx#4
they have a tool that converts foxpro reports to ssrs or crystal reports
There's no magic bullet I'm afraid. You will have to re-do them using, for example, SQL Server Reporting Services.
I am in the process of evaluiting Ad-Hoc reporting tool on top SQL Server 2008 R2. I would like to know what are the limitations around the Report Builder 3.0 which comes with SQL server.
What reports we can do in VS 2008 with BIDS and which we can not do in Report Builder 3.0 We are trying to answer what can be done what can be done with Report Builder.
Please share your real time experiance
We went through this same evaluation not that long ago. Basically BIDS and Report Builder 2/3 allow you to do the same thing. Report Builder is for those users who want to create or modify their own reports without needing to install BIDS. Report Builder has a Microsoft Office look and feel. It has the ribbon controls similar to Excel and Word. The same .RDL or .RDLC is generated by both. However, Report Builder 3 only targets SSRS 2008 R2. The .RDL format has changed for SSRS 2008 R2.
Either way the report can be deployed to an SSRS server, Sharepoint or the Microsoft Report Viewer (for .RDLC files).
As you may or may not know, there is no BIDS for Visual Studio 2010 (yet). If you want to use BIDS, you'll need to use VS 2008, which targets SQL Server 2008.
I think for a Power User who already has gone through tools like Cognos and Business Objects, the reprot builder 3.0 seems to lack lot of features while reporting against the cube. Here are the main.
I cannot create a variable which I can use in multiple tables in the report. I thought I could use "calculated member" but it does not let me use any kind of aggregate function on any of the objects against the cube as it treats everything as aggregate objects.
I cannot use a simple "OR" statement in the query filter.
Power user while building the report need to always pay attention to "row group", which I think is frustrating. In other tools the measure or fact groups it only groups by the dimension u have in the table.
Row limitations while exporting to excel.