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Everybody (Why Leave IIS?)

If you have gotten a chance to try an early build of SQL Server Reporting 2008 Reporting Services, you know that one of the changes in the product is the removal of the Internet Information Services (IIS) dependency. I have gotten some questions about Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:34 PM by bwelcker | 7 Comments

Younger Than Yesterday (ReportViewer in VS 2008)

As most of you probably know by now, Visual Studio 2008 is now available. What you might not have noticed is a new version of the ReportViewer control and local /embedded report editing experience. Included with VS 2008 are the following new features: Read More...
Posted Monday, November 26, 2007 9:04 AM by bwelcker | 5 Comments

Marquee Moon (Field References in Page Headers and Footers)

One of the questions that I get often is about putting database fields in their SSRS report page header and/or footer. Note that putting fields in the page header and footer is not the same as putting a data region in these sections. Because of the impact Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:57 PM by bwelcker | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): Product Line Sales.rdl

When I Was Born for the 7th Time (Thoughts from TechEd)

Last week I attended TechEd in Orlando, Florida . Here are my thoughts on the event. This year was TechEd's 15th anniversary. I realized on the way down that I was attending my 10th consecutive TechEd. When I started attending, TechEd was about 2,000 Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 16, 2007 11:46 AM by bwelcker | 1 Comments

Dreamy (Reporting Services at TechEd)

Unlike previous years, I decided not to attend the first day of TechEd. This means that I missed BobMu's keynote but you can read about the details from many of the TechEd bloggers . If you read the press release from TechEd today, we announced the official Read More...
Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 9:28 AM by bwelcker | 2 Comments

Sky Blue Sky (MS BI Conference Notes)

Wow, what a show! I spent this week recovering from the first ever Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference . Conferences in downtown Seattle are always fun because I live in Seattle and don't have to cross the bridge to get to the Microsoft campus. Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 19, 2007 9:53 AM by bwelcker | 1 Comments

Roots and Crowns (Too Many Data Tools?)

Sometimes I'll get a question like "Why would I use Reporting Services when I can use Excel?" or "Why does Microsoft have so many tools for building reports?" The underlying assumption behind these questsions is that a limited number of applications should Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 17, 2007 6:14 PM by bwelcker | 1 Comments

Perfect From Now On (Custom Chart Legends)

While the legend built into Reporting Services charts is relatively easy to use, it lacks some of the flexibility that you might like to have. One issue is that it takes up space within the chart boundaries, making the plot area smaller as the number Read More...
Posted Friday, May 20, 2005 12:51 AM by bwelcker | 13 Comments
Attachment(s): CustomColorPalette.rdl
 
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