SSRS – Queries for monitoring report usage
Iuse these queries as a good starting point to assess a Reporting Services instance in terms of how long various reports take to run and who is using them. They are also useful to track usage by day....
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Changing Bar Chart Widths in SSRS Histogram Charts
Bar widths in Report Builder (it’s quite similar in Visual Studio): What you are looking for is in the properties grid under General–> Custom Attributes –> PointWidth You have to select the...
View ArticleSSRS dynamic hyperlink
Sometimes it’s quite useful to use a hyperlink in a report to drill through or drill across to more detail or to a related report. I’ve also found it useful to dynamically generate links to various...
View ArticleNo programming required! Self-Service BI is a dream
I recently was asked a question about how to change the width of bars in a histogram chart. Specifically with Report Builder. I’m not generally a fan of Report Builder… Looking at the limited features...
View ArticleSSRS Subscription email alias problem
This problem, is not related to internal vs external emails, it’s a security ‘feature’ in newer versions of Windows server. Email aliases are not resolved to email addresses in that newer version...
View ArticleOuter join escape sequences
As part of a new project I’ve inherited a bunch of mission-critical reports currently being done in an ancient version of Crystal reports and the client would like to update them to SSRS. I tend to...
View ArticleMultivalue parameters in SSRS
Normally when connecting to a SQL Server datasource you can create a paramter and allow multiple values and then use it in a query in this sort of construct: Select column from table where column in...
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Monitoring database impact from SSRS using SQL Profiler
Reporting from Prod I was doing some load testing for a new set of reports recently. Unfortunately the requirement for the reports was real-time data from the Great Plains ( Microsoft Dynamics)...
View ArticleReporting from date range parameters
So here’s one. You’ve got a table with employee ID primary key, a date employed and a leaving date which can be NULL. The start date has a NOT NULL constraint. On a report you want to be able to enter...
View ArticleUseful tools for monitoring & managing ssrs
Reading this forum article on SSC led me to some interesting tools. Firstly this pack of SSRS reports that monitor the server and statistics is extremely useful and I will add it to the toolbelt....
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