Robert Bruckner's Reporting Services & Power View Blog

Power View, Tips and Tricks for SQL Server Reporting Services, RDL Report Design, Business Intelligence

Power View for Multidimensional Models Released!

I am excited about SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 4 , released today, which...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/31/2013

Power View and Reporting Services 2012 Book

Several projects kept me very busy over the past year. I will talk more about a few of these in...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 07/22/2012

What’s New In Power View

Today SQL Server 2012 RC0 was released. You can download it here:...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 11/17/2011

SQL Server Denali CTP3, Project Crescent

There are many new exciting capabilities in CTP3 for Reporting Services. More details can also be...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 07/12/2011

Denali CTP1, Project Crescent

A number of announcements were made at today’s PASS conference keynote, including Parallel...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 11/09/2010

SQL Azure Reporting

At today morning’s PDC 2010 keynote, SQL Azure Reporting was announced! SQL Azure Reporting...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 10/28/2010

Reporting Services 2008 Service Pack 2

SQL Server 2008 SP2 provides a roll-up of previous cumulative updates and also contains enhancements...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 10/03/2010

Turn-Based Gaming Against AI in RS Reports (aka BI Power Hour 2009)

At the traditional annual “BI Power Hour” sessions several teams contributing to the Microsoft...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 08/02/2010

PivotViewer for Reporting Services

PivotViewer for Reporting Services makes it easier to interact with parameterized reports and large...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 07/18/2010

Kerberos Authentication and SharePoint 2010

A new whitepaper for Configuring Kerberos Authentication for SharePoint 2010 products has just been...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 07/18/2010

Reporting From Analysis Services Data

The SQL Server Customer Advisory Team published a new technical case study on Analysis and Reporting...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 06/24/2010

Kerberos Troubleshooting

Adam Saxton posted his great Kerberos troubleshooting guide, which covers both Reporting Services in...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 06/24/2010

Debugging Custom Extensions with Visual Studio 2010

If you are developing custom extensions for Reporting Services (such as a data processing extension,...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 06/20/2010

Reporting Services 2008 Resources

Get an overview and the latest information on Reporting Services 2008 at the MSDN aggregation page...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/30/2010

Reporting Services 2008 R2 Resources

SQL Server 2008 R2 was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2010. You can read more about it here....

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/30/2010

RDL 2010, RPL, RGDI

SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 introduces the RDL 2010 format with enhancements such as Maps,...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/23/2010

Reporting Services 2008 R2 SharePoint Integration

My esteemed colleague Prash Shirolkar put together blog postings with helpful tips for: Integrating...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/23/2010

Kerberos Authentication and Reporting Services

When deploying Reporting Services in an environment that requires more than one server, such as a...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/23/2010

Report Design: Naming Excel Worksheets

One of the frequent feature requests for Reporting Services was to add the ability to define...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/16/2010

Report Builder Portal

Are you looking for how to get started with Report Builder 3.0? videos and tutorials of how to...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/14/2010

Report Builder 3.0 RTM

The Feature Pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 was released for download earlier this week, and...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/14/2010

Globals!RenderFormat aka Renderer Dependent Report Layout

One of the design principles of the Reporting Services platform is that you author a report once,...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/02/2010

Book Reviews: Recipes for Designing Expert Reports, Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2

Teo Lachev is a well-known Reporting Services MVP, speaker at conferences, and authored several...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/02/2010

Report Design: Shrinking Hidden Static Table Columns

Reporting Services 2008 introduced the ability to dynamically hide table columns and shrink the...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/02/2010

Report Design: Reset Page Number on Group

One of the frequent feature requests for Reporting Services was to add the ability to reset page...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 04/25/2010

Reporting Services in SharePoint 2010, Access Services

Besides releasing Reporting Services in SQL Server 2008 R2, we were busy working on a number of...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 04/25/2010

Visual Studio 2010 Report Viewer Available

In case you missed it in the recent wave of SQL Server, Visual Studio, and Office release...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 04/25/2010

SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM

  SQL Server 2008 R2 was just released to manufacturing (RTM) today. You can read more...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 04/21/2010

Reporting Services 2005 Resources

MSDN information aggregator site for Reporting Services 2005. Important downloads for Reporting...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 04/20/2010

Reporting Services Recipes Book Downloads

The Reporting Services Recipes book contains detailed step-by-step instructions and explanations for...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 04/11/2010

Reporting Services Recipes Book Released

This book should be on the shelves any day now and is truly special! It draws from the experience of...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 03/21/2010

Reporting Services Books

A short list of my personal recommendations for the latest Reporting Services books. Disclaimer: I...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 03/21/2010

Refreshable Reports in Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Microsoft Office supports several ways of embedding images into Office documents: Insert –...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 03/20/2010

Looking for a Career with Invigorating Challenges?

In the past you may have provided valuable feedback through MSDN forums, Connect, blogs,...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 03/11/2010

Ping …

Yes this blog is still active, I have just been a bit too busy lately working on exciting future...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 03/11/2010

Report Builder 3.0, November CTP

A small stand-alone MSI for Report Builder 3.0, November CTP, is now available for download here....

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 11/12/2009

SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP – What’s New In Reporting Services?

The November CTP download is available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers. The public download is...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 11/09/2009

See You at PASS 2009 Summit

The PASS Community Summit 2009 is a don't-miss event for Microsoft SQL Server professionals. Whether...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 11/03/2009

Report Viewer in Visual Studio 2010

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is now available for public download!  This beta provides many new...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 10/25/2009

Reports As Data Feeds for PowerPivot

Donald Farmer explains in this one minute video how report data feeds (“the orange button”) are...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 08/25/2009

SharePoint Integrated Mode

Chris Alton’s whitepaper on Reporting Services SharePoint Integration Troubleshooting is now...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 08/21/2009

Report Builder 3.0, August CTP

A small stand-alone MSI for Report Builder 3.0, August CTP, is now available for download here:...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 08/14/2009

RS Maps with ESRI Shapefile

In a previous post, I demonstrated how to use a SQL Server spatial query as source for geospatial...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 08/13/2009

RS Maps with Spatial Data and Bing Maps

SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP includes map visualization functionality in Reporting Services, as...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 08/11/2009

SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP – What’s New In Reporting Services?

The August CTP download is available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers. The public download is now...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 08/11/2009

Tablix – Multiple Subtotals Are Easy (aka Goodbye InScope)!

Reporting Services 2005 with Matrix In a matrix in Reporting Services 2005, accomplishing multiple...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 08/11/2009

Multi-Player Gaming in RS (aka BI Power Hour 2008)

At the traditional annual “BI Power Hour” sessions, several teams that contribute to the...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/20/2009

SQL Server 2008 R2, Tech Ed 2009

I have been pretty busy lately – working on SQL Server 2008 R2, which is the official name for...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 05/14/2009

SQL Server 2008 SP1 and Report Builder Update

Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008 is now available for download. The service pack is primarily a...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 04/08/2009

Tablix – Stepped Layout

Tablix enables the separation of data groupings and layout header areas.  A stepped layout can...

Author: Robert Bruckner Date: 03/15/2009

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