Exporting Role Permissions

I need to export the role permissions in a user friendly format for the
auditors and was wondering if there is a way to do this that would
mimic the layout you see within the database role permissions tab in
enterprise manager. Thanks for taking pity on a newbie.
Check books online and look up sp_helprotect.
You could list permissions using something like:
EXEC sp_helprotect NULL, 'YourRole'
-Sue
On 25 Sep 2006 07:29:37 -0700, "skinnker"
<skinnke@.manulife.com> wrote:

>I need to export the role permissions in a user friendly format for the
>auditors and was wondering if there is a way to do this that would
>mimic the layout you see within the database role permissions tab in
>enterprise manager. Thanks for taking pity on a newbie.
sql

Exporting Role Permissions

I need to export the role permissions in a user friendly format for the
auditors and was wondering if there is a way to do this that would
mimic the layout you see within the database role permissions tab in
enterprise manager. Thanks for taking pity on a newbie.Check books online and look up sp_helprotect.
You could list permissions using something like:
EXEC sp_helprotect NULL, 'YourRole'
-Sue
On 25 Sep 2006 07:29:37 -0700, "skinnker"
<skinnke@.manulife.com> wrote:
>I need to export the role permissions in a user friendly format for the
>auditors and was wondering if there is a way to do this that would
>mimic the layout you see within the database role permissions tab in
>enterprise manager. Thanks for taking pity on a newbie.

Exporting Role Permissions

I need to export the role permissions in a user friendly format for the
auditors and was wondering if there is a way to do this that would
mimic the layout you see within the database role permissions tab in
enterprise manager. Thanks for taking pity on a newbie.Check books online and look up sp_helprotect.
You could list permissions using something like:
EXEC sp_helprotect NULL, 'YourRole'
-Sue
On 25 Sep 2006 07:29:37 -0700, "skinnker"
<skinnke@.manulife.com> wrote:

>I need to export the role permissions in a user friendly format for the
>auditors and was wondering if there is a way to do this that would
>mimic the layout you see within the database role permissions tab in
>enterprise manager. Thanks for taking pity on a newbie.

Exporting result set to a file

Hi All

I have written a sp and I would like to export he result set to a file.

Is there a bit of script I can add to do this for me?

Many Thanks

Rich

Code Snippet

exec master..xp_cmdshell 'bcp "select * from <mytable>" queryout c:\<myFile.txt> -S<Servername> -U<myUserId> -P<myPassword>'

replacing all the <...> fields with your values

|||Thankssql

Exporting reports to PDF

Does anybody know how to export reports to PDF so that it fit to page?

Thanks,

Addin

hii

do you want the visual studio report what ever you developed to in sql server 2005 to be exported into pdf format ?

then just see the preview of your report. then in that same page one botton is there just before to the fontsize called the export bottom. just see the drop down list to what you wanted to export your report ,you can choose there. you can see there that you can export your report to tiff format,web archive format,pdf format and excel format also.

hope you have asked this

then it will work fine for you

thanks and regards

mahasweta

|||

hii

you can do it on the same page of the rivew of the ssrs in visual studio.there is one botton, just before the font size ,caled export .just check there .you can export to any format you want.those are tiff format,webarchiev format,pdf and excel format

thanks and regards

mahasweta

|||Hi,
I am not clear about your question?
1)whether you want the data which is running in to the second page has to be fit in to a single page.
2)Do you have blank in second page without any data and you want to reduce no of pages to 1.
If you make this point clear.,then i can help you.|||Hi,

Let's say, i have this Transfer Notice report which has 10 columns.

When i export this report to PDF, i cant see all the 10 columns on page 1. It was split into 2 page.

Page 1 contains 1st - 7th columns, and..
Page 2 contains 8th - 10th columns.

I wanted to see the whole table in one page only. Is there any option so that i could "fit to page" the report?

Thanks for the answers!
|||

i think i have the exact same problem i think.

lets say i make a reporting thats A3 size, when i export to PDF the stupid thing renders it as A4 and mashes it over to another page.

|||Hi,
I got your problem .First check which layout you are using.whether its Landscape or Portrait.
Then your Components (such as List,matrix or Table) + margins(Left,Top,Right,Bottom) should be equal to or less than Page width and height.If the components extends the desired Page width and height then the data will be shifted to next page.
In your case ,Please check your page width.
Hope it was useful to you.

Cheers,
Shri|||Hi,

on the preview, I could set the layout to landscape. But when I export it to PDF, the result's still the same.

I've already check the margins, it's all okay.

Is there anyway to set the layout to landscape as default?

Thanks!
|||

I HAVE THE ANSWER!!!

example, my report needs to be A2 size.

go report>report properties>layout

set your page width and margins to the size you need (mine is 42cm,59.4cm)

this is the only thing that forces pdf rendering to go beyond the standard A4 size.

|||Great!

Thanks!

Exporting reports to excel - chart quality

Hello there,
I got following problem, I have some charts in my report and I need to
export reports to excel, all charts are being converted into images,
which is fine, but the quality of this conversion is not good and for
example axis labels are barely readable, while for example exporting
to pdf produces a good quality chart. So my question: is there any way
to increase quality of output image during conversion charts to
excel ?On Aug 16, 5:10 am, bachu...@.op.pl wrote:
> Hello there,
> I got following problem, I have some charts in my report and I need to
> export reports to excel, all charts are being converted into images,
> which is fine, but the quality of this conversion is not good and for
> example axis labels are barely readable, while for example exporting
> to pdf produces a good quality chart. So my question: is there any way
> to increase quality of output image during conversion charts to
> excel ?
I agree w/you in terms of the chart quality in PDF versus Excel. The
only thing that I can think of is to increase the axis label size/
font. Another alternative is to create a separate report for each
export option and set the font according to what best works for the
export and then tie them both to export buttons in a custom ASP.NET
application and swap the 2 report based on the export option selected.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Enrique Martinez
Sr. Software Consultant|||Thanks for reply. However I cant do what you suggest, because in my
solution excel file requires further editing by user before printing,
which is ofc impossible in pdf, besides increasing font size not
necessarily improve quality. And what is very surprising same font,
same size but different type of chart generate different quality
image. Labels of axis in column chart look terrible while labels for
pie chart looks quite good.
There are options to change default dpi for exporting using
ImageRenderer, I was rather hoping there is a way to change
configuration of ExcelRenderer or eventually some easy way to create
overridden version and changing some default properties :(
Regards
Adam
On 17 Aug, 03:53, EMartinez <emartinez...@.gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 16, 5:10 am, bachu...@.op.pl wrote:
> > Hello there,
> > I got following problem, I have some charts in my report and I need to
> > export reports to excel, all charts are being converted into images,
> > which is fine, but the quality of this conversion is not good and for
> > example axis labels are barely readable, while for example exporting
> > to pdf produces a good quality chart. So my question: is there any way
> > to increase quality of output image during conversion charts to
> > excel ?
> I agree w/you in terms of the chart quality in PDF versus Excel. The
> only thing that I can think of is to increase the axis label size/
> font. Another alternative is to create a separate report for each
> export option and set the font according to what best works for the
> export and then tie them both to export buttons in a custom ASP.NET
> application and swap the 2 report based on the export option selected.
> Hope this helps.
> Regards,
> Enrique Martinez
> Sr. Software Consultant

exporting reports times out or freezes pc

i am trying to export a somewhat large report to excel
it is 25,000 rows of data
when running it from the report server website i get "Server Application Unavailable"
but all other smaller reports work fine
i tried changing timeout values everywhere, in config files, connection strings etc...
when i run it from visual studio it eats up over 300mb and never saves and freezes my computer
what gives?Good Evening!
I know when exporting to Excel it "burps" at anything > 65.535 rows - but I do not know the column limitation!
I know I am not any help here - but
"Server Application Unavailable" - what do you mean - you go tohttp://localhost/reports and then execute directly from MS RS .
or
Is there a document map in the MS RS report?
or
"Server Application Unavailable" seems a little strange to me - so
You select the MS RS report to execute - it executes - you select export <excel> the dialor box comes up to save, you say ok and define where you want to save and then it just hangs?
??
Send some info back - I am curious
best regards,





|||it is about 25,000 rows
there is no document map
your last statement is precise, it executes, is displayed in the web browser, then when i export it it waits a little bit and then says the error message i stated before
smaller reports work with no problem|||

I like these weird problems!

Have you installed the service packs for MS RS?

There are two(2) SP1, and SP2..

Another question, when exporting - are you exporting from the server to another PC in the network or just exporting from the server to an excel file on the server?

|||i don't know how weird the problem is, i think reporting services just can't handle this
also when i try to export the report in visual studio it just eats up tons of memory and freezes the machine
i have all the latest service packs
i am exporting the file to save on my hard drive, i am running RS from my laptop and sql server from a real server|||Hi,
Iam facing the same problem when I try to export to PDF format the same thing happens it freezes the system.
the senario here is Reporting server is installed on a server machine & Iam accessing the reports from windows XP client. MSRS 2000 with service pack 2 is intalled on the server.
Another imp issue is Iam unable to print. my report has 4,250 pages with approximately 50 - 55 records in a page Iam trying to print its not printing I even tried to print only page 1-1 (single page) . it shows the "Printing Now..." dialog but after 5 mins it fails.
I've tried the same thing, same environment at different place where I was having 2500 pages printing was working fine. can anybody tell me what is the solution for this.
Regards

Adonis

Exporting reports

Is there any way to turn off (or hide) the export function when
viewing a report though report manager. There are certain reports
that we would only like people to view through report manager, we do
not want them to be able to export into PDF, Excel, etc..
Thanks,Steve,
You should be able to do this by creating a custom stylesheet for these
reports. By default, these are located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\ReportServer\styles. Create a copy of
htmlviewer.css, (i.e. noexport.css), and change the .ToolbarExport display
from "inline" to "none. Then, you can use the rc:stylesheetcommand=noexport
parameter to tell your webbrowser to display the viewer with that particular
stylesheet. for instance, you would use render the report like this:
http://myserver/reportserver/?/MyReport&rc:stylesheet=noexport&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0
"Steve" <steven.cooper@.infocision.com> wrote in message
news:aa4429ef.0409230514.7ec55869@.posting.google.com...
> Is there any way to turn off (or hide) the export function when
> viewing a report though report manager. There are certain reports
> that we would only like people to view through report manager, we do
> not want them to be able to export into PDF, Excel, etc..
> Thanks,|||"Joe Krill" <jmk@.endowmentcapital.com> wrote in message news:<OQeONWNpEHA.3424@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> Steve,
> You should be able to do this by creating a custom stylesheet for these
> reports. By default, these are located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\ReportServer\styles. Create a copy of
> htmlviewer.css, (i.e. noexport.css), and change the .ToolbarExport display
> from "inline" to "none. Then, you can use the rc:stylesheetcommand=noexport
> parameter to tell your webbrowser to display the viewer with that particular
> stylesheet. for instance, you would use render the report like this:
> http://myserver/reportserver/?/MyReport&rc:stylesheet=noexport&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0
>
> "Steve" <steven.cooper@.infocision.com> wrote in message
> news:aa4429ef.0409230514.7ec55869@.posting.google.com...
> > Is there any way to turn off (or hide) the export function when
> > viewing a report though report manager. There are certain reports
> > that we would only like people to view through report manager, we do
> > not want them to be able to export into PDF, Excel, etc..
> >
> > Thanks,
Thanks. I don't think I was veru clear. What I meant, is there any
way in Report Manager to hide the export dropdown box, or gray it out.
They will have access to report manager, but I want to remove the
options from report manager. Preferrable hide them off the UI.

Exporting Reporting Data to MS Access

Is it possible Reporting data to MS Access.
As such it is possible to export data from Report Manager to MS Excel,
PDF, HTML etc. Now I have a situation in my project to export data from
Report Manager to MS Access. Is this possible programmatically or in
any manner?The best would be to export it as CSV. Access can handle that. But, no,
there is no direct support for Access.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
<kishore.lakkimsetty@.wipro.com> wrote in message
news:1139381808.546186.62460@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Is it possible Reporting data to MS Access.
> As such it is possible to export data from Report Manager to MS Excel,
> PDF, HTML etc. Now I have a situation in my project to export data from
> Report Manager to MS Access. Is this possible programmatically or in
> any manner?
>

Exporting report with OLE object to Excel.

Hi all,
I have a crystal report which has an embeded OLE object in it. I want to export this report to Excel. However I'm not able to do the same because of the OLE object since Excel doesn't support that format. I can export normal reports using the export button provided on the toolbar but not this one. Can anyone please suggest me a solution to this problem?

Thanks,
Ekta Singh.where (PH,DETAIL,PF,etc) and what ole object u r placing...|||The OLE object is being used in the detail section and its an Excel sheet which is embeded in the report.

Exporting report to WordML

I have been trying to use the XML export along with an XSL file to try and
generate WordML files from reporting services, and so far have had no real
success. I have tried using the XSLT Inference Tool and following the VERY
limited documentation that exists for it, but it just does not want to work
for me.
So, I have 2 questions:
1) Is there any good information/examples of using Word 2003, the XSLT
Inference Tool, and/or Visual Studio to get RS to output WordML files?
2) Why hasn't Microsoft released a WordML renderer for Reporting Services? I
can understand not having one for the old formats since MS is trying to phase
them out, but they have an XML renderer, and they are pushing the WordML
format, so it would seem to make sense to release a WordML renderer...Anyone have any thoughts/Hints/Tips for this?
"jwattsCOL" wrote:
> I have been trying to use the XML export along with an XSL file to try and
> generate WordML files from reporting services, and so far have had no real
> success. I have tried using the XSLT Inference Tool and following the VERY
> limited documentation that exists for it, but it just does not want to work
> for me.
> So, I have 2 questions:
> 1) Is there any good information/examples of using Word 2003, the XSLT
> Inference Tool, and/or Visual Studio to get RS to output WordML files?
> 2) Why hasn't Microsoft released a WordML renderer for Reporting Services? I
> can understand not having one for the old formats since MS is trying to phase
> them out, but they have an XML renderer, and they are pushing the WordML
> format, so it would seem to make sense to release a WordML renderer...
>

Exporting report into multiple worksheet

I have a requirement to export the report into multiple excel worksheet. Is
that possible? Can someone please help me with that?
Thanks
--
Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.comYes, it's possible.
You need to insert "page breaks".
See "Reporting Services Book Online" - article "How to add a page break
(Report Designer)".sql

Exporting Primary Keys Into Access

Hi There

I have an SQL database which I need to export into Access, I know how to this however the Primary Key's does not transfer over and more importantly once exported I cannot set the primary key to auto number as their is already information in the table.

I know I can just set up the table, with a primary key set to an autonumber and import the other fields but as the primary key's are foreign keys in other tables I need the rows in the access table to have the same ID number as in the SQL database.

Hope the above makes sense to someone and any help would be greatly appreciated.you should be able to import key values into an access autonumber column with no problem

i've tested it sucessfully, and it works

what error did you get?|||Thanks for the feedback, it works fine now. I was advised wrongly elsewhere that it couldn't be done.

Very simple in the end!|||you gotta be careful with stuff you find on the internet, eh

Exporting PDF Problems

i ve used SOAP API in my web application and thus generated the report in
html giving user an opton to export the report to excel or PDF when user
exports the report to excel it works perfectly but when it is exported to PDF
as usual open/save dialogue box appear what so ever is the response acrobate
reader loads but instead of opening the exported report it gives an error
which stats that
file is corrupt cant b corrected and thus cant b open
can anyone tell whats the problem in all that case
i use reponse.addheader and response.write methods to enable user to export
to pdf kindly help it outMuhammad Hammad wrote:
> i ve used SOAP API in my web application and thus generated the
Which PDF-Reader do you use?
You need Adobe-Reader >= Version 6.0!
best regards
Frank
--
www.xax.de|||well frank i m already using acrobate reader 6.0 professional
"Frank Matthiesen" wrote:
> Muhammad Hammad wrote:
> > i ve used SOAP API in my web application and thus generated the
> Which PDF-Reader do you use?
> You need Adobe-Reader >= Version 6.0!
> best regards
> Frank
> --
> www.xax.de
>
>
>|||Going to version 7 is free, and seems to be worth it. Also, do you have
RS SP1 installed? It has some rendering fixes.|||well i m installed with RS sp 1. as far as acrobate reader 7 is concerned i
ll chceck that out and let it b known
"Parker" wrote:
> Going to version 7 is free, and seems to be worth it. Also, do you have
> RS SP1 installed? It has some rendering fixes.
>

exporting pdf file issue in reporting services

I am trying to export a report as a pdf file which may be around 160MB in
size and the report is giving issues, its timing out or gives me out of
memory, can someone let me know if you faced an issue like this and how it
can be fixed.Look at the available resources that you have on the server (IIS, RAM) the
other thing make your IIS session longer, if I am not wrong you can set it in
reporting services configuration if not go to your IIS administration and set
it for the reportserver site.
"jagan" wrote:
> I am trying to export a report as a pdf file which may be around 160MB in
> size and the report is giving issues, its timing out or gives me out of
> memory, can someone let me know if you faced an issue like this and how it
> can be fixed.|||I already tried this and also increased the session time out, but not working.
"Paul.G." wrote:
> Look at the available resources that you have on the server (IIS, RAM) the
> other thing make your IIS session longer, if I am not wrong you can set it in
> reporting services configuration if not go to your IIS administration and set
> it for the reportserver site.
> "jagan" wrote:
> > I am trying to export a report as a pdf file which may be around 160MB in
> > size and the report is giving issues, its timing out or gives me out of
> > memory, can someone let me know if you faced an issue like this and how it
> > can be fixed.|||What version of RS?
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"jagan" <jagan@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9E4AA6AE-DB11-4600-B75D-EFDF49DD5277@.microsoft.com...
>I am trying to export a report as a pdf file which may be around 160MB in
> size and the report is giving issues, its timing out or gives me out of
> memory, can someone let me know if you faced an issue like this and how it
> can be fixed.

Exporting Packages

Can I simply Export my packeges on my SQL Server 2005 and use them on another SQL 2005 Server ?

Ie.

Can I build them at home, burn to a CD then import in work ? without any issues at all ?

I have a completly different user name in work for instance.

If not, is it possible to do this at all ?

Thanks

Yes, use windows authentication and/or configurations|||I would rather choose the option encrypt sensitive with password.
Then you can deploy your package where you want.
When you execute the package don't forget to provide the password...

Fridtjof|||Perfect thanks :)|||

Is you are moving packages between locations, the chances are that the resources used will be different and therefore have different credentials, so saving passwords would not really solve the problem, in fact it would be a risk as you would may disclose local credentials to another site or organisation, when there is no need. I'd also suggest that do not save sensitive is safer, and when used with configurations it is very easy for both development and operationally.

Exporting only a portion of a Report

Hi,
How I can export only a portion of report? For example can I export only
first 15 pages of a report?
TIA
SamuelUsing URL access, you can do this only in PDF by appending
rs:Format=PDF&rc:StartPage=1&rc:EndPage=15 to the report URL.
--
Ravi Mumulla (Microsoft)
SQL Server Reporting Services
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Samuel" <samuel@.photoninfotech.com> wrote in message
news:O$BNfXlbEHA.3096@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> How I can export only a portion of report? For example can I export only
> first 15 pages of a report?
> TIA
> Samuel
>sql

Exporting of Large Reports (Report Manager)

How can I increase the performance when attempting to export large reports to
an MS Excel or PDF file?
The report currently has an average of 29,995 records and is approximately
19,398,584 bytes in size. (650+ pages)
However, when rendering the report, the report takes only 30+ seconds.
http://reportserv/Reports/Pages/Report.aspx?ItemPath=%
2fMember_Verification%2fReports%2fIPC_Members_Verification
Thank you in advance for your support.If it takes 30 seconds to html then it will take as much as 10 times longer
to Excel or PDF. For Excel there is a work around.
Depending on how you design your reports you can do the following to export
to Excel. Or, what I do sometimes is make a copy of the report and clean it
up for data export and then hide it in list view. If you export from Report
Manager (RS 2000) it puts CSV data in unicode which Excel puts all in one
column. If you export in ASCII then Excel does just as you want. To prevent
a problem with cells (Excel will object to sorting the data) you need to
remove any textboxes you have (for instance with a title, showing the
parameters run etc) and instead add additional header rows, merge the cells
and put your text in there instead. I add a link at the top of the report
that says Export Data. With RS 2005 you can be able to configure it to use
ASCII instead of Unicode when exporting to CSV.
So, in RS 2000 I add a link at the top of the page and then use Jump to URL.
Here is an example of a Jump to URL link I use. This causes Excel to come up
with the data in a separate window:
="javascript:void(window.open('" & Globals!ReportServerUrl &
"?/SomeFolder/SomeReport&ParamName=" & Parameters!ParamName.Value &
"&rs:Format=CSV&rc:Encoding=ASCII','_blank'))"
If you don't want to have it appear in a new window then do this in jump to
URL:
=Globals!ReportServerUrl & "?/SomeFolder/SomeReport&ParamName=" &
Parameters!ParamName.Value & "&rs:Format=CSV&rc:Encoding=ASCII"
Very nice and very fast. CSV ASCII will be just as fast as HTML.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Terry" <Terry@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5429586F-A50A-43F9-B913-E7E7B98A7F15@.microsoft.com...
> How can I increase the performance when attempting to export large reports
> to
> an MS Excel or PDF file?
> The report currently has an average of 29,995 records and is approximately
> 19,398,584 bytes in size. (650+ pages)
> However, when rendering the report, the report takes only 30+ seconds.
> http://reportserv/Reports/Pages/Report.aspx?ItemPath=%
> 2fMember_Verification%2fReports%2fIPC_Members_Verification
> Thank you in advance for your support.|||The solution worked! Thank you very much.
However, is there a way of scheduling the report using the same solution?
"Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
> If it takes 30 seconds to html then it will take as much as 10 times longer
> to Excel or PDF. For Excel there is a work around.
> Depending on how you design your reports you can do the following to export
> to Excel. Or, what I do sometimes is make a copy of the report and clean it
> up for data export and then hide it in list view. If you export from Report
> Manager (RS 2000) it puts CSV data in unicode which Excel puts all in one
> column. If you export in ASCII then Excel does just as you want. To prevent
> a problem with cells (Excel will object to sorting the data) you need to
> remove any textboxes you have (for instance with a title, showing the
> parameters run etc) and instead add additional header rows, merge the cells
> and put your text in there instead. I add a link at the top of the report
> that says Export Data. With RS 2005 you can be able to configure it to use
> ASCII instead of Unicode when exporting to CSV.
> So, in RS 2000 I add a link at the top of the page and then use Jump to URL.
> Here is an example of a Jump to URL link I use. This causes Excel to come up
> with the data in a separate window:
>
> ="javascript:void(window.open('" & Globals!ReportServerUrl &
> "?/SomeFolder/SomeReport&ParamName=" & Parameters!ParamName.Value &
> "&rs:Format=CSV&rc:Encoding=ASCII','_blank'))"
> If you don't want to have it appear in a new window then do this in jump to
> URL:
> =Globals!ReportServerUrl & "?/SomeFolder/SomeReport&ParamName=" &
> Parameters!ParamName.Value & "&rs:Format=CSV&rc:Encoding=ASCII"
>
> Very nice and very fast. CSV ASCII will be just as fast as HTML.
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>
> "Terry" <Terry@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5429586F-A50A-43F9-B913-E7E7B98A7F15@.microsoft.com...
> > How can I increase the performance when attempting to export large reports
> > to
> > an MS Excel or PDF file?
> >
> > The report currently has an average of 29,995 records and is approximately
> > 19,398,584 bytes in size. (650+ pages)
> >
> > However, when rendering the report, the report takes only 30+ seconds.
> >
> > http://reportserv/Reports/Pages/Report.aspx?ItemPath=%
> > 2fMember_Verification%2fReports%2fIPC_Members_Verification
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your support.
>
>|||It looks to me like you can't from the report manager. I don't know if you
can use web services (my guess is that you can). In RS 2005 you can
configure RS to automatically use CSV ASCII (which is what I have done).
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Terry" <Terry@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The solution worked! Thank you very much.
> However, is there a way of scheduling the report using the same solution?
>
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
>> If it takes 30 seconds to html then it will take as much as 10 times
>> longer
>> to Excel or PDF. For Excel there is a work around.
>> Depending on how you design your reports you can do the following to
>> export
>> to Excel. Or, what I do sometimes is make a copy of the report and clean
>> it
>> up for data export and then hide it in list view. If you export from
>> Report
>> Manager (RS 2000) it puts CSV data in unicode which Excel puts all in one
>> column. If you export in ASCII then Excel does just as you want. To
>> prevent
>> a problem with cells (Excel will object to sorting the data) you need to
>> remove any textboxes you have (for instance with a title, showing the
>> parameters run etc) and instead add additional header rows, merge the
>> cells
>> and put your text in there instead. I add a link at the top of the report
>> that says Export Data. With RS 2005 you can be able to configure it to
>> use
>> ASCII instead of Unicode when exporting to CSV.
>> So, in RS 2000 I add a link at the top of the page and then use Jump to
>> URL.
>> Here is an example of a Jump to URL link I use. This causes Excel to come
>> up
>> with the data in a separate window:
>>
>> ="javascript:void(window.open('" & Globals!ReportServerUrl &
>> "?/SomeFolder/SomeReport&ParamName=" & Parameters!ParamName.Value &
>> "&rs:Format=CSV&rc:Encoding=ASCII','_blank'))"
>> If you don't want to have it appear in a new window then do this in jump
>> to
>> URL:
>> =Globals!ReportServerUrl & "?/SomeFolder/SomeReport&ParamName=" &
>> Parameters!ParamName.Value & "&rs:Format=CSV&rc:Encoding=ASCII"
>>
>> Very nice and very fast. CSV ASCII will be just as fast as HTML.
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Loehle-Conger
>> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>>
>> "Terry" <Terry@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5429586F-A50A-43F9-B913-E7E7B98A7F15@.microsoft.com...
>> > How can I increase the performance when attempting to export large
>> > reports
>> > to
>> > an MS Excel or PDF file?
>> >
>> > The report currently has an average of 29,995 records and is
>> > approximately
>> > 19,398,584 bytes in size. (650+ pages)
>> >
>> > However, when rendering the report, the report takes only 30+ seconds.
>> >
>> > http://reportserv/Reports/Pages/Report.aspx?ItemPath=%
>> > 2fMember_Verification%2fReports%2fIPC_Members_Verification
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for your support.
>>

Exporting Multiple tables to a single file

I need to export data from multiple tables into one single file. The big problem here is that the tables will have different column types.

I am attempting to create something that allows users to be able to send me the contents of their tables's, through either email or ftp. I would prefer to make it easier for them so they only have to deal with one file, instead of the multiple files that bcp and dts create when exporting from multiple tables.

I was thinking of using DTS or BCP and then join (append) the files (either zip them or append the files together in some fashion), but I was hoping that there was an easier method out there.

Any ideas on how I may accomplish this would be greatly appreciated.

AndyWhy not create a table that matches the final datatype/s, do an insert from all the tables that need to be exported and then dump the table to a file? At the end, drop the table or truncate it. Varchar datatype usually does wel in storing most datatypes.|||I'd have DTS:

1 Build a scratch directory,
2 Create the needed files in the scratch directory
3 Zip the entire scratch directory
4 Email the zip file
5 Delete the files and scratch directory
6 Delete the zip file if it wasn't needed any more

-PatP|||I am attempting to create something that allows users to be able to send me the contents of their tables

WAIT: Fundamental flaw in process!

I'd have a sproc perform a backup and then send the backup file (after it was zipped).|||WAIT: Fundamental flaw in process!

I'd have a sproc perform a backup and then send the backup file (after it was zipped).If what needed to be sent was over 50% of the database, then I'd agree with Brett. If you only want 50 Kb of a 30 Gb database and the users connect via dial up, I like my plan better. I guess a lot depends on the circumstances.

-PatP|||"It Depends"

My favorite answer...|||"It Depends"

My favorite answer...Darned if I don't like that one too!

-PatP|||I think I forgot to mention one detail that might complicate things. I'm planning on doing some sort of web based .net application with C#. Is it difficult to use DTS through an application like this?

I know how to do sql queries in .net but is there some way to use DTS in this type of app?|||There are actually many ways to use a DTS package from c# (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810581).

-PatP|||And how about BCP in this situation?

Exporting multiple tables as flat files

Hi.

I've tried to create a SSIS package to simply export a bunch of tables as flat files, and am having troubles because when the for each loop hits the second table the column mappings in the flat file destination are not synchronised with its schema.

I created a for each loop with an enumerator that returns the table names and sets a user variable.

I created a data flow task which dynamically connects to the table name variable.

In the Flat File Destination there is a column mapping property, but I don't know how to reset these mappings on each iteration.

Any ideas?

Are all the tables you are trying to export have exactly same column metadata? If not, you can't do this using a for loop. This is because SSIS cannot dynamically update the column mapping/schema. If the tables have different metadata, you need to create separate data flow tasks for them.|||Thanks.