Thursday, February 12, 2015

Execute a SQL Server Reporting Services report from Integration Services Package

You have a requirement where a user does not want to use the SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report subscription service, but wants to execute the SSRS report from a SQL Server Integration Services Package. In this case, whenever the user executes the package, a particular SSRS report will be executed and exported into Excel.  The exported Excel file will be saved in a shared folder. In this tip I will demonstrate how to solve this problem.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Cascaded Parameters in SQL Server Reporting Services

You have a reporting requirement where a user has two or more parameters for a single report, but the values for one parameter depend on the values chosen in a previous parameter.  

Let's understand with a simple example; suppose you have two parameters: ProductCategory and Product. When you choose the ProductCategory then the Product parameter lists only those Products which belong to the selected ProductCategory

How can we create cascaded parameters in SQL Server Reporting Services?

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

SQL Server Reporting Services Reports With Optional Query Parameters

You have a requirement where users want to run a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report without passing any parameter values. In this case the SSRS report should show all the records, but the users also want an option to filter the data, if required. In SSRS terms the users want an Optional Query Parameter; which filters the dataset if a value is provided. If a value is not provided, then the query will return all records. So how do you create an Optional Query Parameter in SQL Server Reporting Services?

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