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Friday, March 27, 2009 9:26 PM

Help RB 2.0 users find and use shared data sources

Report Builder 2.0 makes it easy for business users to browse for and use centrally-defined and managed data sources. It does this by supporting direct connection to a report server as part of the design experience. It also maintains a list of recently-used
Posted by bobmeyers | 2 Comments
Attachment(s): DefaultFolders.zip
Friday, March 06, 2009 9:36 AM

What is that extra column of 'AB.gAAAA=' values when I run a report model query?

Most people using Report Builder 2.0 with a report model soon ask the question, what is that extra column I get back with strange values like “AC8AAAA=” in it? Answer: It's an entity key value . If you’re going to create a group on that entity in your
Posted by bobmeyers | 2 Comments
Friday, March 06, 2009 9:22 AM

Call for feedback: What are you doing with report models?

Are you using a report model in your organization? The Reporting Services product team wants to hear from you ! What type of organization is using the model (dept/workgroup, small/mid business, enterprise)? How long have you been using your model? What
Posted by bobmeyers | 0 Comments
Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:45 AM

How to build a Clickthrough link in Report Builder 2.0

As I mentioned in a previous post , due to resource constraints in this release, Report Builder 2.0 is not a strict superset of RB 2005/1.0. One of the features missing from RB 2.0 is automatic creation of Clickthrough links . You can still get them,
Posted by bobmeyers | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): GetModelEntityIDs.zip
Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:00 AM

A better way to model inheritance

I've been playing around with a report model we use internally here in the SQL Server product group. At a conceptual level, the data being modeled makes heavy use of inheritance (EntityA "is a" EntityB), but in working with the model and with Report Builder,
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Thursday, March 05, 2009 6:46 AM

Report Builder 2.0: Whither report models?

Just a quick post to answer the inevitable question when those familiar with Report Builder 2005/1.0 start playing with Report Builder 2.0 : Whither report models? The short answer is that they are still available as a data source type, and the report
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