Invoking SSIS Packages from DotNet

Hi,

How can we invoke SSIS Packages from an Windows or ASP.NET Application (using C# ).

Thanks

Jegan

First you have a look at the documentation -

ms-help://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/dtsref9/html/1a08c75e-ce8c-45ee-81bd-32248bbdb2b2.htm

or

Managing Packages Programmatically
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1a08c75e-ce8c-45ee-81bd-32248bbdb2b2.aspx)

Then you ask some specific questions if you get stuck.

|||

Darren ,

Thanks for the links. now i am able to create sample application.but when i am using Fuzzylookup and FlatFileDestination in my package and i am executing the package from a windows application (C#).i am getting the following errors

1.The product level is insufficient for component Fuzzy Lookup
2.The product level is insufficient for component Conditional Split
3.The product level is insufficient for component Flat File

what could be the reason .

Thanks

Jegan

|||

Fuzzy Lookup requires installation of SSIS from Enterprise Edition of SQL Server, for other components SSIS installation from Standard Edition is OK. You've probably only installed the Client/Workstation Componentss, not SSIS - so you can't run the packages.

For more details see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa337371.aspx

|||

Michael,

my machine already have SSIS installed and i am using VS 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers.so what could be the problem

Thanks

Jegan

|||Check if you have a service called MsDtsServer (display name SQL Server Integration Services).

If you do not have such service, you don't have SSIS installed. Installing just Workstation Components gives you access to some SSIS aspects, e.g. designing the packages in BIDS. But it is not enough to execute the packages outside of designer.

Invoking SSIS Packages from DotNet

Hi,

How can we invoke SSIS Packages from an Windows or ASP.NET Application (using C# ).

Thanks

Jegan

First you have a look at the documentation -

ms-help://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/dtsref9/html/1a08c75e-ce8c-45ee-81bd-32248bbdb2b2.htm

or

Managing Packages Programmatically
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1a08c75e-ce8c-45ee-81bd-32248bbdb2b2.aspx)

Then you ask some specific questions if you get stuck.

|||

Darren ,

Thanks for the links. now i am able to create sample application.but when i am using Fuzzylookup and FlatFileDestination in my package and i am executing the package from a windows application (C#).i am getting the following errors

1.The product level is insufficient for component Fuzzy Lookup
2.The product level is insufficient for component Conditional Split
3.The product level is insufficient for component Flat File

what could be the reason .

Thanks

Jegan

|||

Fuzzy Lookup requires installation of SSIS from Enterprise Edition of SQL Server, for other components SSIS installation from Standard Edition is OK. You've probably only installed the Client/Workstation Componentss, not SSIS - so you can't run the packages.

For more details see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa337371.aspx

|||

Michael,

my machine already have SSIS installed and i am using VS 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers.so what could be the problem

Thanks

Jegan

|||Check if you have a service called MsDtsServer (display name SQL Server Integration Services).

If you do not have such service, you don't have SSIS installed. Installing just Workstation Components gives you access to some SSIS aspects, e.g. designing the packages in BIDS. But it is not enough to execute the packages outside of designer.sql

Invoking SQL Server JOB created for a report schedule

Hi,
Instead of runing a report through the schedule that I have created, I am invoking the SQL Agent Job that has been created for the schedule of the report, using the system stored procedure sp_startjob. Is this a recommended approach? Are there drawbacks for this approach?
Subash

This is a perfectly reasonable solution. If you are just trying to fire a subscription you could also use the FireEvent method to invoke the subscription.

The only drawback is that this is not a supported scenario, which means the job could change in a SP or new release, however this seems unlikely.

Invoking ms access from a scheduled job in sql server 2000

Is it possible to run a mdb from a scheduled job in sql server? I simply want to run a mdb with a autoexec in it. Don't want to use microsoft scheduler....

Thanks!

To 'run a mdb...with a autoexec in it' requires a client application.

SQL Server is NOT a client application.

Invoking MigrationWizardConsole

I have a couple of questions concerning invoking the application MigrationWizardConsole.exe. Can this application be invoked directly or is invoked from the GUI app, MigrationWizard.exe? My other question is if the MigrationWizardConsole can be invoked directly what are the parameters?

Thanks

Ron Cotton

MigrationWizardConsole is used only by setup during upgrades. It should not be invoked by users.|||

Sasha,

Thanks for the information...Do you have any suggestions concerning automating the migration of SQL 2000 databases to SQL 2005?

Thanks

Ron C

Invoking an assembly before a report is rendered

Hi All,
I want to implement a sort of licensing policy for the reports
developed by me. For this I have created my own custom assembly. I
want to invoke the assembly just before the report is rendered so that
I can check if the license is valid and then allow the report to be
rendered, else a default page.
Thanxs in anticipation.You might want to check out this section in BOL (OnInit):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/RSPROG/htm/rsp_prog_rdl_7gma.asp
--
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"CoolGuyFromPune" <raviful@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eed4d072.0407050640.7cc929cd@.posting.google.com...
> Hi All,
> I want to implement a sort of licensing policy for the reports
> developed by me. For this I have created my own custom assembly. I
> want to invoke the assembly just before the report is rendered so that
> I can check if the license is valid and then allow the report to be
> rendered, else a default page.
> Thanxs in anticipation.sql

Invoking a SQL Server user-defined function via SQL passed to Informix

==========
Background
==========
My colleague and I are using MS Reporting Services to create reports based upon data extracted from an Informix database. Inseveral reports, we have the need to parse the contents of a variable length field in order to extract a variable lengthforeign key value.

Note that the key value is of variable length and embedded within a string that's also of variable length.

==========
Question
==========
Given the fact that we aren't allowed to add anything within the back-end Informix environment, we wrote a SQL Server userdefined function that can extract a variable length "key" value from a variable length string. My question is as follows:

Is it even possible to invoke a SQL Server user defined function in our SQL statement (passed to Informix) within the context of Reporting Services?

==========
Environment Notes
==========
- We are NOT allowed to add anything within the back-end Informix db environment.

- We are connecting via an Informix ODBC driver with a linked Informix server defined in our SQL Server environment.

- We've tried defining the user-defined function within the "master", "ReportServer" and "ReportServerTempDB" databases with the appropriate permissions set.

==========
Error Messages
==========
We've received the following error message after trying to invoke the SQL Server user defined function:

SELECT field1, field2, field3, dbo.udf_GetStringElement(field3,'/',1,2) AS extrctd

[Informix][Informix ODBC Driver][Informix]Identifier length exceeds the maximum allowed by this version of the server.

We receive the following error message after creating a new SQL Server user defined function using a shorter name:

SELECT field1, field2, field3, dbo.gse(field3,'/',1,2) AS extrctd

[Informix][Informix ODBC Driver][Informix]Routine (dbo.gse) can not be resolved.

Any feedback would be appreciated,

ndm

have you tried using a custom code function for it ?|||

Hey, thanks for the reply.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "custom code function". The user defined functions I mentioned, "udf_GetStringElement", "gse", are user defined functions that I wrote. It's not one of the "system" functions (e.g. "fn_isreplmergeagent") found in master.

I merely created the function WITHIN the context of the "master" db and eventually within "Report Server" and "ReportServerTempDB" in an attempt to invoke the function within a Report Services SQL statement.

|||By Custom Code function I mean the custom code vb.net functions you canwrite under Report -> Properties -> Code tab. You canreplicate the logic of your user defined function you have in sql intovb.net.
what xactly foes your user defined function do ?
|||

Ah, I understand what you're saying about simply replicating/writing the string parsing/extraction logic within the Report Services environment, but our issue isn't really a (post-data aggregation) formatting problem.

Our SQL Server user defined function parses a variable length string in order to extract a variable length "foreign key" value that we'll need to use for joining data from several Informix tables.

Unless there's another approach of which I'm unaware, I'm assuming that we need to parse this string DURING the SQL execution in order to perform the requisite join(s).

Appreciate the feedback,

ndm

|||I didnt understand the situation completely..you have the SELECT stmt from Informix db but the UDF is in SQL Server right ? does the udf do anything other than string parsing ? looks like its a little complicated and we could be hitting the limitations ( one of the many) of RS.|||

Correct; the SELECT statement (defined within shared Report Services dataset) is passed to Informix and our custom UDF is in SQL Server.

More specifically, I've tried placing our custom SQL Server UDF within several of the SQL Server databases ("master", "ReportServer" and "ReportServerTempDB"). When I attempt to invoke the UDF within the SQL statement passed to Informix, I receive the aforementioned error messages.

The key point is that we need to be able to parse DURING the SQL execution in order to perform some requisite join(s).

Within a pure SQL Server environment, I can access the UDF from master (or, for that matter, any other SQL Server db so long as the appropriate permissions are set). I'm not even sure if what we're trying to accomplish is possible since the SQL statement is being passed to Informix. I was wondering if there was some "Reporting Services" method for invoking our custom UDF defined WITHIN the SQL Server realm.

Again, I appreciate the reply.

ndm

|||

The SQL statement you have is executed on Informix DB engine and it wouldnt understand the SQL UDF..unless you make a specific connection to SQL for which it may not be possible in 1 SELECT stmt..you prbly might need to use a set of stmts..If the UDF is only doing some string parsing I would recommend moving it into RS custom code and rewriting it in vb.net. Cant think of anything else..

|||

I would create a DTS package that is scheduled to get the data from Informix and populate the Reporting Service database. Try the urls below for more info. Hope this helps.

http://www.sqldts.com

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/deploy/infmxsql.mspx#EDAA

Kind regards,

Gift Peddie

|||

Yes, I'm thinking that we may have to take a less directextract+dump+cleanse route (Informix -> MS SQL Server -> MS Reporting Services) for this scenario. We were trying to avoid taking snapshots of the data and having to maintain a secondary (albeit temporary) data store.

Your recommendation merits further consideration.

Thanks for the feedback,

ndm

Invoking a service on firing a trigger

Hi

Im trying to invoke a .Net service when a trigger is fired on a table in SQL Server 2000.

The service is working fine but I need to invoke it when the trigger is fired. How can I achieve this?

Hi!

At first, why do you think your problem is concern with SQL-NS? The second: does you question relate to SQL Server 2005? You have wrote, that the trigger on SQL Server 2000 invokes the service and the services works well.

Then, what do you mean by saying "invokes"? Does the trigger start the service or it just send a message to him?

Invoking a service on firing a trigger

Hi

Im trying to invoke a .Net service when a trigger is fired on a table in SQL Server 2000.

The service is working fine but I need to invoke it when the trigger is fired. How can I achieve this?

Hi!

At first, why do you think your problem is concern with SQL-NS? The second: does you question relate to SQL Server 2005? You have wrote, that the trigger on SQL Server 2000 invokes the service and the services works well.

Then, what do you mean by saying "invokes"? Does the trigger start the service or it just send a message to him?

Invoking a batch file from Report

Hi !

I have to invoke a batch file (.bat) when an ad-hoc report is executed. I've currently written a .Net code for invoking (using System.Diagnostics.Process) the batch file. The rdl file calls the method.

When I run the report from Report Designer the batch file is getting executed. But if I deploy it in the Reporting Server and run the report through Web Interface the batch file is not getting executed.

Looks like some security issue. Can someone provide a solution for this?

Thanks.

Where did you place the batch file ? All commands executed either in Script or custom code or executed on the server not on the client.

Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

|||Just a suggestion on how to execute the .bat file. Could′t you use a SQL Agent job instead and call sp_start_job from a dataset in the report?|||

Hi Jens,

Thanks for the reply.

I placed the batch file in the server. I also moved the code (to invoke a batch file using System.Diagnostics.Process class) to a VB.Net dll and tried invoking the function from the rdl. The function is not getting invoked. I also added SecurityPermissionAttribute to the class. Is there any other Security permission that needs to be added for the code to be accessed.

Please find below the sample:

Public Shared Function fnRunSPX(ByVal x As String, ByVal y As String, ByVal z As String, ByVal w As String)

Dim Pro As New System.Diagnostics.Process

Dim Elog As New System.Diagnostics.EventLog

If Not Elog.SourceExists("BillingDateBatch") Then

Elog.CreateEventSource("BillingDateBatch", "Application")

End If

Dim EventLog1 As New System.Diagnostics.EventLog

EventLog1.Source = "BillingDateBatch"

EventLog1.Log = "Application"

EventLog1.WriteEntry("Success", System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType.SuccessAudit)

Pro.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\batch.bat"

Pro.StartInfo.Arguments = x + " " + y + " " + z + " " + w

Pro.Start()

Pro.WaitForExit()

End Function

Even the evenlogging (present in teh above code) does not happen. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Aravind

Invoking or sending SQL queries using dOS

Hello Folks,
I want to create a simple batch DOS script to query mi SQL Server 2000 database. How I could do this?
I just want to run a select for a table but I dont want people to interct with sql query analyzer or enterprise manager to avoid any issues.
Regards,Look up OSQL or ISQL in Books Online.

Basically:
OSQL -S <name of your server/instance> -U <UID> -P <PWD> -d <Database to use> -Q"<your select statment>" -n -b

I do this all the time so post back if you have more questions.|||Originally posted by Paul Young
Look up OSQL or ISQL in Books Online.

Basically:
OSQL -S <name of your server/instance> -U <UID> -P <PWD> -d <Database to use> -Q"<your select statment>" -n -b

I do this all the time so post back if you have more questions.

UID stands for? PWD I assume is the pasword, isnt.

How I can redirect the results to a txt file,

OSQL -S OSQL -S <name of your server/instance> -U <UID> -P <PWD> -d <Database to use> -Q"<your select statment>" -n -b >> query.txt

Am I right?

Thanks for your prompt reply and help|||UID = User ID

You could pipe the output to a text file but the -o parm would be more usefull.|||How I can get the instance name. I have tested in my environment and I got the next error:

[DBNETLIB] Sql Server does not exist or access denied
[DBNETLIB] ConnectionOpen <Connect(())

As per this result I checked the server name I used typing osql -L. I got the names and used them but with the same result.

When I open the Sql query analyzer I connect using windows authentication option to connect to my databases.

Please suggest..|||For Windows Security I think you need to use -E option instead of -U and -P options.

Tim Ssql

Invoke 'Refresh fields' programmatically

Hi all
I've implemented our custom data processing extension for Reporting Services
and the 'Refresh Fields' button available in the Generic Query Designer is
very useful to us to make sure the fields in the RDL files are updated.
Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a way to programmatically invoke this
'Refresh Fields' command. I want to write my own utility, but I'm not an
expert in .NET nor XML. Any pointers or guidance on how to achieve my goal
is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!Hi,
I'll see if I can find the answer. I'll update you once I have more
information.
Sincerely,
William Wang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.|||Thank you and your
"William Wang[MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi,
> I'll see if I can find the answer. I'll update you once I have more
> information.
> Sincerely,
> William Wang
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
> that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>|||Hi,
You may want to implement the refresh logic externally by calling
IDbCommand.ExecuteReader(SchemaOnly). I suggest that you review this thread
for more information:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs/brow
se_thread/thread/d4a878f340785d77/ae765089b645dc3a?lnk=st&q=%22refresh+field
s%22+SchemaOnly+group:microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs&rnum=5&hl=en#
ae765089b645dc3a
Sincerely,
William Wang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.|||Thanks for the info. It's helpful to know what exactly happens for 'Refresh
Fields' behind the scene.
Unfortunately my main goal is to update the given RDL file(s). Everytime I
clicked the 'Refresh Fields' button the corresponding RDL file gets updated,
which is what I'm looking for.
In a Reporting Project, I want to be able to programmatically refresh all
its RDL files. Maybe I should ask how to get access to an IDbCommand object
for each report?
Your help is appreciated!! Thanks!
Jenny
"William Wang[MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi,
> You may want to implement the refresh logic externally by calling
> IDbCommand.ExecuteReader(SchemaOnly). I suggest that you review this thread
> for more information:
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs/brow
> se_thread/thread/d4a878f340785d77/ae765089b645dc3a?lnk=st&q=%22refresh+field
> s%22+SchemaOnly+group:microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs&rnum=5&hl=en#
> ae765089b645dc3a
> Sincerely,
> William Wang
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
> that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>|||There's not a direct way so far.
<yinjennytam@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:28AD35DA-113D-43C3-B95A-50C910D01CD8@.microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the info. It's helpful to know what exactly happens for
> 'Refresh
> Fields' behind the scene.
> Unfortunately my main goal is to update the given RDL file(s). Everytime
> I
> clicked the 'Refresh Fields' button the corresponding RDL file gets
> updated,
> which is what I'm looking for.
> In a Reporting Project, I want to be able to programmatically refresh all
> its RDL files. Maybe I should ask how to get access to an IDbCommand
> object
> for each report?
> Your help is appreciated!! Thanks!
> Jenny
>
> "William Wang[MSFT]" wrote:
>> Hi,
>> You may want to implement the refresh logic externally by calling
>> IDbCommand.ExecuteReader(SchemaOnly). I suggest that you review this
>> thread
>> for more information:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs/brow
>> se_thread/thread/d4a878f340785d77/ae765089b645dc3a?lnk=st&q=%22refresh+field
>> s%22+SchemaOnly+group:microsoft.public.sqlserver.reportingsvcs&rnum=5&hl=en#
>> ae765089b645dc3a
>> Sincerely,
>> William Wang
>> Microsoft Online Partner Support
>> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
>> that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>

Invoke or detect Print Report event

Hi
I'm not sure if this is possible, but hoping that someone out there can
give some guidance.
I'm using a reporting services ReportViewer object to view reports via
an ASP.NET application. I've just upgraded to SP2 to make use of the
print functionality.
However a requirement i have is that a particular report can be printed
only once. Is there a way that i can tap into the Print Report button
event so that i can detect if the print button has been clicked?
Or alternatively is there a way i can invoke the print method from
within ASP.NET aplication?
Or maybe there is some other way to do this....all suggestions
welcome!!!!!!!
Many many thanks in advance
Cheers!!!!There is no way to do this that I know of. And what counts as once? What if
they open up IE again and view the report again? How would you know that it
is the first or second time?
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"muirboy" <gmuir@.statestreet.com> wrote in message
news:1157040604.891636.111600@.m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
> I'm not sure if this is possible, but hoping that someone out there can
> give some guidance.
> I'm using a reporting services ReportViewer object to view reports via
> an ASP.NET application. I've just upgraded to SP2 to make use of the
> print functionality.
> However a requirement i have is that a particular report can be printed
> only once. Is there a way that i can tap into the Print Report button
> event so that i can detect if the print button has been clicked?
> Or alternatively is there a way i can invoke the print method from
> within ASP.NET aplication?
> Or maybe there is some other way to do this....all suggestions
> welcome!!!!!!!
> Many many thanks in advance
> Cheers!!!!
>|||Bruce
They should be able to view it as many times as they want, therefore
coming out of IE and back in again would be fine. Essentially once
someone had clicked on the print button it would go back to the DB to
say that the report has been printed, thus locking it for anyone else.
If this sounds bizarre, its due a requirement from an external company
that only one print out should exist. There is a 'duplicate' function
which gives the user access to print the same report again, however the
word 'duplicate' would be splashed over to signify it is not the
original
So are you saying there's no way for me to detect the print function
has been invoked?
Thanks
Bruce L-C [MVP] wrote:
> There is no way to do this that I know of. And what counts as once? What if
> they open up IE again and view the report again? How would you know that it
> is the first or second time?
>|||It is a client side active X control. If you were to detect it, it would
have to be via script and I just don't know. From RS perspective it is just
another rendering request for the report. What about exporting to PDF?
Unless you turn off exporting to PDF (which cannot be done by report, only
for the complete server) then all the user has to do is export to PDF and
print (which is what my users used to do before they adding printing).
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"muirboy" <gmuir@.statestreet.com> wrote in message
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> Bruce
> They should be able to view it as many times as they want, therefore
> coming out of IE and back in again would be fine. Essentially once
> someone had clicked on the print button it would go back to the DB to
> say that the report has been printed, thus locking it for anyone else.
> If this sounds bizarre, its due a requirement from an external company
> that only one print out should exist. There is a 'duplicate' function
> which gives the user access to print the same report again, however the
> word 'duplicate' would be splashed over to signify it is not the
> original
> So are you saying there's no way for me to detect the print function
> has been invoked?
> Thanks
> Bruce L-C [MVP] wrote:
>> There is no way to do this that I know of. And what counts as once? What
>> if
>> they open up IE again and view the report again? How would you know that
>> it
>> is the first or second time?
>>
>

Invoke a call for a report in VB2003

We just updated to SQL2005 and all it entails. I've made a report,
deployed it and published it on the web reportserver. My question is,
how do I call it in a VB2003 application? I know how to migrate the
apps in the new "DTS". I can find all the info I need on VB2005, but
we didn't upgrade to that. I need to be able to print this report
during our down time. So, if calling it in 2003 isn't an option, is
there anyway I can schedule the report to print. I see scheduling, but
that's just to compile the report, not print it(unless I'm missing
something). Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!Printing is client oriented in both RS 2000 and RS 2005. No difference
between these two. What you could do is schedule a job to render to a file,
pdf format and then have an app monitoring the directory, picking up the
file and printing it.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"MBE" <nada@.knology.net> wrote in message
news:1157724090.595634.194360@.i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> We just updated to SQL2005 and all it entails. I've made a report,
> deployed it and published it on the web reportserver. My question is,
> how do I call it in a VB2003 application? I know how to migrate the
> apps in the new "DTS". I can find all the info I need on VB2005, but
> we didn't upgrade to that. I need to be able to print this report
> during our down time. So, if calling it in 2003 isn't an option, is
> there anyway I can schedule the report to print. I see scheduling, but
> that's just to compile the report, not print it(unless I'm missing
> something). Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>|||That makes sense. I'll work on it and see what happens. Thanks! I
guess I've been struggling learning Reporting Services that I made it
harder than it was. Thanks again.
Bruce L-C [MVP] wrote:
> Printing is client oriented in both RS 2000 and RS 2005. No difference
> between these two. What you could do is schedule a job to render to a file,
> pdf format and then have an app monitoring the directory, picking up the
> file and printing it.
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>
> "MBE" <nada@.knology.net> wrote in message
> news:1157724090.595634.194360@.i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > We just updated to SQL2005 and all it entails. I've made a report,
> > deployed it and published it on the web reportserver. My question is,
> > how do I call it in a VB2003 application? I know how to migrate the
> > apps in the new "DTS". I can find all the info I need on VB2005, but
> > we didn't upgrade to that. I need to be able to print this report
> > during our down time. So, if calling it in 2003 isn't an option, is
> > there anyway I can schedule the report to print. I see scheduling, but
> > that's just to compile the report, not print it(unless I'm missing
> > something). Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
> >

Invokation of a stored procedure from an Integration Services package

Is it possible to execute a stored procedure from an Integration Services package? I see that its possible to enter sql commands that can be run but when a command to execute a stored procedure is entered the system cannot find the stored procedure (eventhough 'use mydbname' preceded it.

thx,

Marilyn

You certainly can execute a stored procedure, but we'll need some more information to help.

Are you using the Execute SQL task in SSIS? Is the database SQL Server? Does the account your are developing under have permissions to see the stored procedure? What error messages are you seeing?

Donald

InvoiceNumber as a degenerated dimension in AS 2000?

Hello,

We have a couple of cubes in AS 2000 where the users would like to be able to search/view by #Invoicenumber and #POnumber. Instead of creating a separate Invoicedimension I would like to implement it as a 'degerated dimension' - just as a textfield in the facttable.

Some questions: Does AS2000 support this? Are there any special demands on the client tool to be able to support degenerated dimensions? At the moment InvoiceNumber is defined as varchar(16), is that OK?

Looking forward to your responses and advices ....

As far as I can recall this shouldnt be any problem.

Degenerate dimensions are handled just like any other dimension by ssas so there are no problems with client tools using that dimension.

BUT (there is a big but): Unless you are developing your own custom front end for this, the functionality you are looking for will be hard to implement in the front-ends i know of (proclarity, pivottables in excel) because there will typically be a humongous number of invoices. Im guessing that you want users to be able to punch in an invoice number and display invoice lines for that invoice, not show every invoice in a dropdown. My advice would be to look at reporting services to create this kind of report.

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I agree with Peter K that Reporting Services is a good platform for detailed low level analysis. On the other hand, if you are required to build this is in AS2000 you simply build a dimension from the invoice number in the fact table. The way you do it is by building fake levels in this dimension like the two first positions for the invoice number, followed by three and four and so on. You can use the TSQL Left-function to do this in the dimension editor for the key and name column.

Regards

Thomas

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Thanks Peter and Thomas,

Since we need to stick to AS2000 for the moment I have created a Invoicedimension. This dimension will be huge an flat but hopefully we could migrate to AS2005 within a year!

sql

Invoice with multi pages

Hi,

I want know if is possible create a report, with this caracteristics.

Page 1:

Header:

Nome of Company Invoice no 1

Original

Detail:

line 1

line 2

line 3

Page 2:

Header:

Nome of Company Invoice no 1

Copy

Detail:

line 1

line 2

line 3

.

.

.

Many pages of parameter in my code in Visual Studio.

Tanks,

Camsoft77

what about with two table controls that are identical except the "Original"/"Copy" difference?|||

urbancenturion,

My question is how i can create two pages or more, with same information but change for example 1 parameter.

I need build a report to create Invoice. with 3 copies of invoice.

Att,

Camsoft77

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>>I need build a report to create Invoice. with 3 copies of invoice.

The best way to do this is with a cartesian join added to your "real" query.

For example, the following will create three rows for each real table row, with an extra column called "invoice_info", properly ordered so the "original" shows up first, in case that is important to you <s>:

Code Snippet

select sales_no, invoice_info from orderheader join

(select 'ORIGINAL' as invoice_info, 1 AS invoice_order

union

select 'COPY1',2

union

select 'COPY2',3

) xx

on 1 = 1

order by sales_no, invoice_order

.. now put a group on your invoice # (or sales_no, in my example) or whatever you want in your report...

HTH,

>L<

Invoice Sample

Anyone know where I can find a sample RDL that is styled like an invoice
form?
Header - contains Sold To/Ship To
Detail - Invoice Line Items
Footer - contains invoice totals
TIA
TinaTina,
Reporting Services installs sample reports. There is one particular report
you could probably use as template.
The report is called Sales Order Detail report. It resembles an invoice. You
should be able to access this report in http://<server>/ReportServer in the
SampleReports folder. You can access the design of this report in Visual
Studio .Net.
Dave
"Tina Smith" <tb.smith@.earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Anyone know where I can find a sample RDL that is styled like an invoice
> form?
> Header - contains Sold To/Ship To
> Detail - Invoice Line Items
> Footer - contains invoice totals
> TIA
> Tina
>|||Thanks David, I'll have a look at the sample.
"David Pope" <dpope@.nospam.satx.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Tina,
> Reporting Services installs sample reports. There is one particular report
> you could probably use as template.
> The report is called Sales Order Detail report. It resembles an invoice.
You
> should be able to access this report in http://<server>/ReportServer in
the
> SampleReports folder. You can access the design of this report in Visual
> Studio .Net.
> Dave
> "Tina Smith" <tb.smith@.earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:%23OhIxkM9EHA.2192@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Anyone know where I can find a sample RDL that is styled like an invoice
> > form?
> >
> > Header - contains Sold To/Ship To
> > Detail - Invoice Line Items
> > Footer - contains invoice totals
> >
> > TIA
> > Tina
> >
> >
>|||That's a start but I need to repeat the BillTo & ShipTo on every page.
"David Pope" <dpope@.nospam.satx.rr.com> wrote in message
news:OMPQ7sM9EHA.2540@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Tina,
> Reporting Services installs sample reports. There is one particular report
> you could probably use as template.
> The report is called Sales Order Detail report. It resembles an invoice.
You
> should be able to access this report in http://<server>/ReportServer in
the
> SampleReports folder. You can access the design of this report in Visual
> Studio .Net.
> Dave
> "Tina Smith" <tb.smith@.earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:%23OhIxkM9EHA.2192@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Anyone know where I can find a sample RDL that is styled like an invoice
> > form?
> >
> > Header - contains Sold To/Ship To
> > Detail - Invoice Line Items
> > Footer - contains invoice totals
> >
> > TIA
> > Tina
> >
> >
>|||Tina,
You can put the Bill To and Ship To information in the Table Header and have
it repeat.
Dave
"Tina Smith" <tb.smith@.earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:uPYifJP9EHA.2680@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> That's a start but I need to repeat the BillTo & ShipTo on every page.
> "David Pope" <dpope@.nospam.satx.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:OMPQ7sM9EHA.2540@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Tina,
>> Reporting Services installs sample reports. There is one particular
>> report
>> you could probably use as template.
>> The report is called Sales Order Detail report. It resembles an invoice.
> You
>> should be able to access this report in http://<server>/ReportServer in
> the
>> SampleReports folder. You can access the design of this report in Visual
>> Studio .Net.
>> Dave
>> "Tina Smith" <tb.smith@.earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23OhIxkM9EHA.2192@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> > Anyone know where I can find a sample RDL that is styled like an
>> > invoice
>> > form?
>> >
>> > Header - contains Sold To/Ship To
>> > Detail - Invoice Line Items
>> > Footer - contains invoice totals
>> >
>> > TIA
>> > Tina
>> >
>> >
>>
>|||That's what I'm working on now but I loose the free-form ability when
working in a table.
"David Pope" <dpope@.nospam.satx.rr.com> wrote in message
news:uw4KOPP9EHA.1404@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Tina,
> You can put the Bill To and Ship To information in the Table Header and
have
> it repeat.
> Dave
> "Tina Smith" <tb.smith@.earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:uPYifJP9EHA.2680@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > That's a start but I need to repeat the BillTo & ShipTo on every page.
> >
> > "David Pope" <dpope@.nospam.satx.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:OMPQ7sM9EHA.2540@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> Tina,
> >>
> >> Reporting Services installs sample reports. There is one particular
> >> report
> >> you could probably use as template.
> >>
> >> The report is called Sales Order Detail report. It resembles an
invoice.
> > You
> >> should be able to access this report in http://<server>/ReportServer in
> > the
> >> SampleReports folder. You can access the design of this report in
Visual
> >> Studio .Net.
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> "Tina Smith" <tb.smith@.earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >> news:%23OhIxkM9EHA.2192@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> > Anyone know where I can find a sample RDL that is styled like an
> >> > invoice
> >> > form?
> >> >
> >> > Header - contains Sold To/Ship To
> >> > Detail - Invoice Line Items
> >> > Footer - contains invoice totals
> >> >
> >> > TIA
> >> > Tina
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>|||Welcome to Reporting Services. I am a Crystal Reports developer myself but
starting to understand Reporting Services.
Tip: You can select multiple cells and merge them. That is a huge help.
Dave
"Tina Smith" <tb.smith@.earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:exmn0TP9EHA.3588@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> That's what I'm working on now but I loose the free-form ability when
> working in a table.
> "David Pope" <dpope@.nospam.satx.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:uw4KOPP9EHA.1404@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Tina,
>> You can put the Bill To and Ship To information in the Table Header and
> have
>> it repeat.
>> Dave
>> "Tina Smith" <tb.smith@.earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:uPYifJP9EHA.2680@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> > That's a start but I need to repeat the BillTo & ShipTo on every page.
>> >
>> > "David Pope" <dpope@.nospam.satx.rr.com> wrote in message
>> > news:OMPQ7sM9EHA.2540@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >> Tina,
>> >>
>> >> Reporting Services installs sample reports. There is one particular
>> >> report
>> >> you could probably use as template.
>> >>
>> >> The report is called Sales Order Detail report. It resembles an
> invoice.
>> > You
>> >> should be able to access this report in http://<server>/ReportServer
>> >> in
>> > the
>> >> SampleReports folder. You can access the design of this report in
> Visual
>> >> Studio .Net.
>> >>
>> >> Dave
>> >>
>> >> "Tina Smith" <tb.smith@.earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23OhIxkM9EHA.2192@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Anyone know where I can find a sample RDL that is styled like an
>> >> > invoice
>> >> > form?
>> >> >
>> >> > Header - contains Sold To/Ship To
>> >> > Detail - Invoice Line Items
>> >> > Footer - contains invoice totals
>> >> >
>> >> > TIA
>> >> > Tina
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>

Invoice Pagination - How do I start next costomer on new sheet when needed?

Someone has to have asked this question before but I could not find the answer. I did find some places, not on this site, with the question.

Basically like the title says, I'm just doing for a different purpose but figured invoicing would be the most popular reason. If the last page of a group prints on the front of the sheet then I need to advance past the back of the sheet and onto a new sheet to start the next group. Just like invoicing would be. If the invoice finishes on page 3 then you need to skip page 4 and go to page 5.

My particular application is that I need to insert colored separators between groups so I can't have a new group start on the back page of a previous group. Hope that gets the point/need across.

Thanks

Carl

EDIT Another application for this same concept is printing a report for multiple departments or employees so the report will need to be printed so each department or employee can be given their part.

Lots of lookers but no ideas?

Do I need to make something more clear? Hopefully I gave enough info.

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Conceptually the way i would do this is to put the data inside a list control (group it by customer), and then set both PageBreakAtEnd and PageBreakAtStart to true, that way with two page breaks no invoice should start on the back of the previous one.

sluggy

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Would that not leave the potential for the first page to be blank? If so that solution will not work for me. I need one blank page if and only if the last printed page was an odd numbered page. I've tried setting up some conditions etc but page numbers can't be accessed in the detail and detail can't be accessed in the page header.

This seems like a very basic function that every aspiring reporting program would need.

EDIT I have already grouped this and have a page break at the end of group but wont set it for start of group for the reason stated above.

|||One more trip to the top before I come up with a work around. There has to be a simple answer or it can't be done in the current version at all.

Invoice Pagination - How do I start next costomer on new sheet when needed?

Someone has to have asked this question before but I could not find the answer. I did find some places, not on this site, with the question.

Basically like the title says, but this would apply to any report that needs to be broken up for different destinations such as invoices, splitting off to different departments, or different employees. I'm just doing for a different purpose but figured invoicing would be the most popular reason. If the last page of a group prints on the front of the sheet (ie the odd page) then I need to advance past the back of the sheet (the even numbered page) and onto a new sheet to start the next group. Just like invoicing would be. If the invoice finishes on page 3 then you need to skip page 4 and go to page 5.

My particular application is that I need to insert colored separators between groups so I can't have a new group start on the back page of a previous group. Hope that gets the point/need across.

I've posted in other forums and have yet to get an answer to this seemingly simple report requirement.

Thanks a bunch

Carl

So is this just not doable in RS?