Accessing a MySQL Database with Business Intelligence Development Studiohttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/accessing-a-mysql-database-with-business-intelligence-development-studio.html

05 January 2011 this article because this is how I connected to a MySQL database from within the Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) IDE from Microsoft. Required: Windows XP (ODBC Data Source Administrator) MS Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: MySQL
• Language: en-GB

SSRS Templates in BIDS 2008https://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-templates-in-bids-2008.html

01 April 2011 Open a Windows Explorer and make a duplicate of the report that you want to use as a template. Rename the copy (suffix with template?) Remove objects unique to the report and leave elements for all reports. File > Save selected item as... For SSRS...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

SSRS Hide results table if emptyhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-hide-results-table-if-empty.html

29 March 2011 I would have called this article "Iteration within SQL Server Reporting Services Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) version 2008 through combining Transact-SQL and MDX expressions" but boy what a mouthful, and it's not really iterating...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

SSIS Script: convert UPPERCASE to Mixed-Case using TitleCasehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssis/ssis-script-convert-uppercase-to-mixed-case-using-titlecase.html

04 October 2013 to: Microsoft Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) Visual Studio 2008 Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Microsoft Visual C# 2008 What? So like lots of people on the net, I've been given a datasource with names and addresses all...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Integration Services
• Language: en-GB

SSRS Repeat Headers in PDF Reporthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-repeat-headers-in-pdf-report.html

26 October 2011 header columns on each page. Situation I have a report which has been set to landscape with zero margins specified. Although BIDS acknowledges that I want this to output to A4 with the correct measurements, the report doesn't seem to have any page...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

SQL Calendar in Business Intelligence Development Studiohttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/sql-calendar-in-business-intelligence-development-studio.html

14 January 2011 myself searching the web for a way of producing an outlook-style calendar within Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS). Weekdays along the top and then dates inside. Additionally we would like this linked to events in a database. I'm calling...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Transact-SQL
• Language: en-GB

SSRS External Images don't displayhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-external-images-dont-display.html

19 September 2011 to anonymous users - eg. Google Logo). Our Setup Windows XP Workstation Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Server (SSRS) running on Windows Server 2003 Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS) Problem #1: Image...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: *

How to change local folder for TFShttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/tfs/how-to-change-local-folder-for-tfs.html

08 March 2012 I installed Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) and connected it to a Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS) instance and set my working local folder to my home directory. When the rest of my colleagues installed it however, they decided to...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Team Foundation Server
• Language: *

Parameters not being used in report processinghttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/parameters-not-being-used-in-report-processing.html

07 January 2011 direction with a convincing SQL script. This article is just a note on when using Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) or Report Builder 2.0 and when previewing the report, the parameters are not accounted for (ie. the SQL query creating the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

URL passed settings in Reporting Serviceshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/url-passed-settings-in-reporting-services.html

11 February 2011 for a report, view the report properties, the first field in Report Builder or Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) is "Code". Click on the browse button next to it to edit. Visit http://odetocode.com/code/128.aspx Issues encountered Note...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

Developer's Checklist: Taking over a projecthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/developers-checklist-taking-over-a-project.html

01 March 2011 to get the impression that I no longer tender for brand new projects competing with time and cost in order to win the bids. Recently, more and more people have been asking if I can take over a project that has been abandoned by its developer. I've...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Web-Development
• Language: *

SSRS Querying on either of 2 Parametershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-querying-on-either-of-2-parameters.html

19 July 2011 with a single SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS 2008 R2) report. We're using Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS VS2008) with Team Foundation Server (TFS VS2010) and connecting to an Oracle database (ie. "seamless integration because our...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

SSRS / MDX Date Querieshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-mdx-date-queries.html

03 August 2011 a collection of various sources across the web as well as some of my own. These are what worked in my environment: WinXP, BIDS (vs2008), TFS (vs2010), SSRS 2008 R2. The following examples assume today's date is Wednesday 03 August 2011 @ 11:46: This...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

Joes DNS Correction (JDC)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-dns-correction2.html?catid=40

25 November 2011 may be for you. In my environment, I am working with a Visual Studio 2008 IDE (Business Intelligence Development Studio - BIDS) along with Microsoft's Team Foundation Server (TFS). Sometimes I'll check out an item from TFS and before I get to update it,...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Product Documentation
• Language: *

Returning Oracle Stored Procedure Resultset in SSRShttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/returning-oracle-stored-procedure-resultset-in-ssrs.html

19 January 2012 net are either half-complete or partially documented. So here goes... Using Business Intelligence Development Studio v2008 (BIDS) SQL Server Reporting Services v2008 R2 (SSRS) Oracle SQL Developer v3 (you can use any equivalent, eg. SQL*Plus) Why? I...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

Administrator Program Shortcut without Prompthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/administrator-program-shortcut-without-prompt.html

25 February 2013 group policies and two of our programs, Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate (VS2010) and Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS), require elevated or administator rights/privileges when run. This is so that these programs can write back and forth to our...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *

SSRS: Performance Improvements: SELECT TOPhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-performance-improvements-select-top.html

07 March 2014 circa 3000 matching results. If I attempted to check this in "preview" mode using Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS / VS2008), the IDE would crash and close without warnings or notifications. We found that if the query only returned 1000...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

SSRS Expand specific drilldown by defaulthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-expand-specific-drilldown-by-default.html

23 February 2011 SQL Server 2005. This is how to do it in SQL Server 2008 and creating a report in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) or MS Report Builder. Scenario I have a report that specifies some room bookings for a particular week. When I open the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

Reminder on SSRS row separatorhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/reminder-on-ssrs-row-seperator.html

26 October 2011 Setup XP SP3 Workstation Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 (SSRS) What do I want? I have a report displaying room bookings. Each row lists the day, date, room name, start/finish times, booking...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

SSRS Subscriptions cannot be createdhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-subscriptions-cannot-be-created.html

22 November 2013 to: Microsoft Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 What? This article describes solutions to the error: Subscriptions cannot be created because the credentials used to run the report are not stored, or if a...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB