Hi

I am getting following Error in Subscription of Reporting Services.

Failure writing file \\ServerName\Reports_SQL2012\FolderName\name.pdf : The given path's format is not supported.

Where have I done wrong? Please advise.

Thanks,

I have been trying to strip off borders of circle indicators in SSRS but unable to as there is no property from my understanding of indicator ikon to change.

e.g if green or red circle indicator button 

Does anybody has success in changing the ikon properties ?

I have this question to all the Microsoft folks out there .

In SSRS 2008 r2 we get Microsoft provided indicator buttons which are of many shapes and color.

When a certain shape is not upto our requirement we go and use external photoshop tool and build the indicator .E,g say we didnt like Microsoft circle indicator ,we go ahead build our indicator image and then import it in the report.

Now when we print the report, the color and the blending with the background color (say bkgd color is WHITE)on the report is better in which implementation

A.Microsoft provided indicator?

B.Our customized image indicator?

From my experience i see the blending of the Microsoft indicator is perfect as the image I built(using photoshop or any image editor tools)gave me a white inconsistent background color although it looked whiter in background but when rendered was not soft and blended.

The gauge panel of Microsoft indicator is key to blending .

HI,

In our project we have 15 Reports to be tested with VSTS Load Test.

We have one SSRS DB and four Report Server Apps with NLB.

If we are testing the reports with 40 users (10 Users per each report Server App) everything is working fine, but if we increase the load to 60 Users, we are getting 503 – ServiceUnavailable Errors in VSTS.

In MSDN Blog they mentioned that this my be caused by Memory Pressure, but I did't saw any Memory congestion in SSRS DB or Apps. The CPU Utilizaton is 50% in Apps.

Please let me know weather there is any confogurations in SSRS to handle more no. of Users/Load?
Or This is because of Throttling? or any other reasons? and what is the possible solution?

Hello

I am currently using SSRS 2008R2.

I am using this script:

SELECT

a.ID, a.EA1, b.EA2

FROM Database1Table1 AS a

WHERE a.ID LIKE N'Active;

Which is giving me the following output:

Row    ID          EA1                    EA2

1        1        wf@email.co        NULL

2        1         NULL                  wf2@email.co

3        1         NULL                   NULL

4        2         NULL                   NULL

5        3       wf3@email.co       NULL

etc.

ID = business number.

EA = email address.

In the above output, business ID 1 has three contacts, but only 2 have email addresses.

What I want to see are business IDs where we have no email contacts at all.

So for my output I do not want to see Business IDs 1 or 3, just business ID 2.

I am using this script:

SELECT

a.ID, a.EA1, b.EA2

FROM Database1Table1 AS a

WHERE a.ID LIKE N'Active;

I have tried adding:

AND (a.EA1 IS NULL) AND (a.EA2 IS NULL); but this of course still brings through ID 1, because one of our contacts there has no email address.

Can anyone please suggest an amendment to my script which would only bring through ID 2?

Many thanks

Hi,

I am new to report server. After installing it I am able to start Report Manager, however when I click on Report Builder button in Report manager, I get the following dialog:

Cannot download the aplication. The application is missing required files. Contact application vendor for assistance.

When I press the 'Details' button, I get this (pasting here):

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PLATFORM VERSION INFO
 Windows    : 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT)
 Common Language Runtime  : 4.0.30319.18052
 System.Deployment.dll   : 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
 clr.dll    : 4.0.30319.18052 built by: FX45RTMGDR
 dfdll.dll    : 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
 dfshim.dll    : 4.0.41209.0 (Main.041209-0000)

SOURCES
 Deployment url   : file:///C:/Users/Peter%20Battelino/Downloads/ReportBuilder_3_0_0_0%20(4).application

IDENTITIES
 Deployment Identity  : ReportBuilder_3_0_0_0.application, Version=11.0.2100.60, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c3bce3770c238a49, processorArchitecture=x86

APPLICATION SUMMARY
 * Online only application.
 * Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
 Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
 * Activation of C:\Users\Peter Battelino\Downloads\ReportBuilder_3_0_0_0 (4).application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
  + Downloading file:///C:/Users/Peter Battelino/Downloads/RptBuilder_3/MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest did not succeed.
  + Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Peter Battelino\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.
  + Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Peter Battelino\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.
  + Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Peter Battelino\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
 No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
 There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
 * [7/25/2013 9:31:36 AM] : Activation of C:\Users\Peter Battelino\Downloads\ReportBuilder_3_0_0_0 (4).application has started.
 * [7/25/2013 9:31:36 AM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
 * [7/25/2013 9:31:36 AM] : Installation of the application has started.

ERROR DETAILS
 Following errors were detected during this operation.
 * [7/25/2013 9:31:36 AM] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
  - Downloading file:///C:/Users/Peter Battelino/Downloads/RptBuilder_3/MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest did not succeed.
  - Source: System.Deployment
  - Stack trace:
   at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
   at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
   at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
   at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadManifestAsRawFile(Uri& sourceUri, String targetPath, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
   at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)
   at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
  --- Inner Exception ---
  System.Net.WebException
  - Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Peter Battelino\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.
  - Source: System
  - Stack trace:
   at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
   at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
   at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
  --- Inner Exception ---
  System.Net.WebException
  - Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Peter Battelino\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.
  - Source: System
  - Stack trace:
   at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
   at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponseCallback(Object state)
  --- Inner Exception ---
  System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException
  - Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Peter Battelino\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.
  - Source: mscorlib
  - Stack trace:
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
   at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
   at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
 No transaction information is available.

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Does anybody know what the rpoble is?

Thank you in advance.

Peter Battelino

BTE Corporation 

PMBT

(This issue may seem identical to several others posted here, but I could not find an exact match, or a solution that would work from the close matches.)

Working in Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise and the latest SSDT/BI tools, running against SQL Server/SSRS 2008 R2, we often  find (but not always) that the first attempt to preview or deploy a report fails with this error:

"The definition of this report is not valid or supported by this version of Reporting Services. The report definition may have been created with a later version of Reporting Services, or contain content that is not well-formed or not valid based on Reporting Services schemas. Details: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 300, position 148."

Our workaround for this is to preview or deploy again, and the second attempt always works.

Project Properties -> General -> TargetServerVersion = "SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012 or 2014"

Tools -> Options -> Business Intelligence Designers -> General -> Default Deployment Server Version = 10.5  (this was set to 13, but the experience was the same).

This issue arose almost from the moment we began using Visual Studio 2015; the problem never occured with 2013, but downgrading isn't an option for us.

Thanks to anyone who can help!

Hi,

I have a report query where I need to display in SSRS report the string "NULL" if there is no value in the column.

Does anyone know how to show the string "NULL" instead of just a blank cell in an SSRS Report?  My code snippet:

MAX(CASE WHEN parm = 'sed' AND percentile = '50' THEN CONVERT(varchar(18), convert(numeric(10,3), 100.0 * Pct_Reduction)) ELSE NULL END)

However, the above simply shows a blank cell for a null value.  I need to show the actual word, "NULL", when there is a null value.

Is this possible?

Marilyn Gambone

I Try to connect to Report Services

I Recieved This Message

The Report Services Instance could not be found (Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.RSClient)

Hi,
I am getting the following error - "Report Services instance could not be found".  However, from services, I am able to start and stop SQL Server Reporting Services.  I get the error when I try to connect to Reporting Services from Management Studio.  I am using Sept CTP. 

How do I verify that I have this installed correctly?  From the folder structure, I'm seeing MSSQL.1, MSSQL.2, and MSSQL.3, so I am pretty sure I installed all components that's on the CD.

Any help is appreciated!
-Lawrence

I am trying to open Sql Server 2008 Management Studio Reporting Services on a Windows Server 2008 server, but getting an error stating that aReport Services Instance could not be found . I tried configuring it in Reporting Services Configuration Manager , and finding the following:

1) In Web Service URL , there is an "!" icon with a message stating that: "Report Server Web Service is not configured. Default values have been provided to you. To accept these defaults simply press the Apply button, else change them and then press Apply." Selecting Apply simply refreshes the same message... it does not go away. TheResults message states:

• Reserving url http://+:80 (checked)
• The Url has already been reserved.

2) In Report Manager URL , there is an "!" icon stating that I need to "Configure Web Service Url before the Report Manager Virtual Directory," which I am assuming will be possible once I figure out why Web Service URL can't be configured.

All of the SQL Services are running, and can be start/stopped, including the Report Service. Not sure where the Url has been reserved... (this is an uninstall/reinstall of SQL Server). Is this a registry entry that perhaps is an artifact in the registry?

How do we get to see the Show or Hide details button in SSRS 2016. It was very useful for me to sort the reports, get to see the the details of the report changed on a particular date etc. I am not seeing it in SSRS 2016.

--Nagasayana

We have started working on SSRS 2016 Mobile Reports. The problem we faced is that it does not support writing expressions.

I will explain...

In SSRS 2016 paginated reports, we are able to write the following expression in any of a tabular/matrix cell or chart level:

SUM(X)/SUM(Y) as this is a weighted ratio that should be calculated correctly at each aggregate level.

Now with SSRS 2016 mobile reports, the only way to fetch this information is through datasets. writing SUM(X)/SUM(Y) in a calculated column in a dataset query means that when this data is aggregated in any chart in mobile reports it will be evaluated as SUM(SUM(X)/SUM(Y)) and this leads to incorrect result.

Note we are reading directly from a DW

Any ideas how to get around this issue without having to use OLAP cube (i.e. directly from DW) ??

Luai7

Hello I am trying to get a certain parameter value to show.

E.g. I have 3 different parameter values, 1 ,2, and 3.   I am trying to create another parameter value which switches and shows me either 1 or 2 or 3.  Depending if there are parameter values inserted into it. 

So I have written this code.  

	   =Switch(Not(IsNothing(Parameters!1.Value)),Parameters!1.Value
               ,IsNothing(Parameters!1.Value),Parameters!2.Value,
			   (IsNothing(Parameters!1.Value) And IsNothing(Parameters!2.Value)), Parameters!3.Value)

This works for showing parameter 1 correctly, 

If parameter 1 is blank/null then parameter 2 shows correctly. 

It fails on Parameter 1 and parameter 2 is blank/null then show parameter 3.  So what am I doing wrong on the 3rd line for it not to show me parameter 3?

Any help would be great. 

Hi,

I know that this topic might have been discussed before as in the below link which indicates that this feature doesnot currently exist inSSRS 2016 Mobile Reports:

How to pass a parameter to ssrs 2016 mobile reports

Also, I want to make sure that the below feature is only valid for Paginated Reports and not forMobile Reports:

URL Access (SSRS)

The reason for that, is that we have a project that depends on passing parameters to a report through URL, so the whole project depends on the availability  of this feature. So, if this feature does not officially exist inSSRS 2016 Mobile Reports, then I have to return back with this official statement from Microsoft to management in my organization in order to take the appropriate decision regarding this project...

Please advise... 

Luai7

Hello all! This is my first post in the forum and I am really hoping someone can help me out with this issue I am running into. We have just setup a test environment SSRS 2016 Native Mode, and I am wanting to create a Mobile Report. I have created my Data Set which only returns two columns. I ran the query in the Data Set Designer to verify data is returned.

I then go to the SSRS 2016 portal and select New > Mobile Report. This launches the SQL Server Mobile Report Publisher. On the Layout tab I drag a Number Gauge to my report and size it accordingly. I then select the Data tab. There is a SimulatedTable data set that appears. The column names that are listed in the table preview are Date, Category, FilterKey, Mertric1, Metric2, Metric3, Metric4, Metric5, Comparison1, Comparison2, Comparison3, Comparison4, and Comparison5. Date has a clock/funnel icon next to it and Category and FilterKey have a funnel icon next to them. In the Data Properties section at the bottom of the window the first Value drop down has SimulatedTable selected. The second drop down has all of the field names except for Date, Category, and FilterKey.

Next, I click the Add data button in the top right corner. Select Report server > sp1-usc-test/Reports > Data Sets > P21HWTotalARWeekly. I select the P21HWTotalARWeekly data set from the first value drop down, but then when I select the second drop down there are no values listed. There are only two columns returned in my Data Set and they are named "name" and "TotalAR". I am expecting to see the "name" and "TotalAR" values available in that second drop down, but there is nothing available to choose from. Both of these columns in the table preview have a funnel icon next to them. The only thing that I can figure is that when there is a funnel icon displayed in the tabular preview at the top then it will not list those field names in the second Value drop down. What do I need to do to make these fields available in this drop down list?

I would greatly appreciate any assistance that can be provided, and many thanks in advance!

Need a little help please. I have 2 identical SharePoint lists. (Active & Archive). What I want to do is take a column from each and count them.

If I was just using one list, I understand my steps would be;

1. Open Report Builder, Insert Table and link to my one list (Active) 
2. Select Column (Team)
3. add expression:   =Count(Fields!ID.Value)

My result would be something like 

Team A   5

Team B   2

Team C   1

So I want to do the same using both lists. (Active and Archive) My results should be something like, 

Team A   12

Team B    5

Team C    8

How can I do this?

Hi,

I would like to configure my Reporting Services so that a group of end-users can subscribe to a series of reports, but my email account resides on O365 and I don't know what values to use for the email settings.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Saeed Fattahi

Saeed Fattahi .NET Specialist

 I have SSRS integrated with SharePoint 2010.  I have a monthly subscription running on one of my reports, when I logged in last month to check on it, it seemed to have disappeared.  I was confused, but I recreated the subscription (as  best as I could remember).  This month, I get the report twice (with slightly different parameter settings). It looks like the old subscription is still running even though I cannot see it in SharePoint.

 I logged into my SharePoint/RS SQL DB instance and ran this statement:

  DECLARE @myReportFileName varchar(50) = 'MyReport.rdl';
   SELECT
      c.Name
     ,u.UserName
     ,s.* 
   FROM
     dbo.subscriptions s 
     INNER JOIN [dbo].[Catalog] c ON s.Report_OID = c.ItemID
     LEFT JOIN dbo.Users u ON s.OwnerID = u.UserID
    WHERE
      c.Name LIKE @myReportFileName
   ;

I can see two rows in the subscriptions table, with the LastRunTime corresponding to the dates I received my reports.

Both subscriptions are in my name (OwnerID), but as I said before, only one appears in SharePoint under "Manage Subscriptions" for that report.

How can I access this hidden subscription.  If I cannot otherwise access this subscription, can I just delete the extra row from the Subscriptions table?

TIA