What is the difference between RDL and RDLC for SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) reports?
I am working on SSRS reports for SQL Server 2014 on behalf of RDL. When I try to create RDL reports in SSRS it is storing in RDLC. Can you tell me the procedure to produce RDL reports please?
RDL files are report files that are designed to be used with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and stored in the Report Server and executed from there. You can use a Report Viewer control in your projects to access these reports.
RDLC files are 'local reports' that are created in Visual Studio, retained locally and not stored on an SSRS server. They can also be used with the Report Viewer control, but don't need SQL Server Reporting Services to execute.
RDL files and RDLC files may have similar XML schemas but are not necessarily the same, depending on the versions of SQL Server and Visual Studio you are working with.
To create RDL files when you are using SQL Server 2014 as in your situation, you need to user SQL Server Data Tools and create a New Project. From the Business Intelligence templates, choose a 'Reporting Services' project, and from there you can create your reports.
I think the problem you're getting is you're making a Visual Studio project (like a C# project) and creating a new item of type Report. This would be a local report (RDLC) and not the kind you are after when using SSRS.
RDL files are created by the SQL Server 2005 version of Report Designer. RDLC files are created by the Visual Studio 2008 version of Report Designer. RDL and RDLC formats have the same XML schema. ... By manually binding data, RDL files can be used in the ReportViewer control.
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I have sql server development studio.I have done a task using it.but now i am asked to use just the sql server 2012 for it.I have googled but have not got satisfactory results.Most of the posts are about ssrs using visual studio.please guide me.
The SSRS development tool in SQL Server 2012 is called SQL Server Data Tool (SSDT).
While installing SQL Server you will get an option to install Reporting Services (This is just the service not Interface for development). To develop SSRS you are required to install SSDT (Visual Studio integrated tool) as report development requires a interface. The Reporting Services can be installed with Native mode and SharePoint mode.
In native mode, You will get 2 things called Report Server and Report Manager, from where you can access your deployed report.
For your knowledge: SSRS report file (.rdl) is nothing but a XML file. If you are expert in writing XML code you can create your RDL file (This is not practically done - not easy).
Search about Report Builder also - It is also client based tool to develop and modify existing SSRS Report.
I was wondering if there is any option to generate reports in sql management studio automatically in pdf format. I know it is possible to do it manually by left-clicking in the report and then Export -> Pdf what what need is to set a time that the report is generated in pdf format and stored somewhere automatically.
Have you looked into Subscriptions?
Microsoft website: Subscriptions and Delivery (Reporting Services)
Is there any way to preview reports in Visual Studio without having to put them in a ReportViewer control, and stopping and relaunching the app anytime I want to make a change to the report? I am creating the reports in Visual Studio to be used by an app I'm building in Lightswitch.
I tried setting up SQL Server Reporting Services, but I encountered permission issues attempting to use the reporting server on my localhost and it seems that a deployment step would still be required to view my reports there anyway. My goal is to make changes to the reports and be able to preview them without a build step. It doesn't take the Lightswitch solution that long to build, I'm just looking to make development more efficient if possible.
I do not think that is possible. It is possible through BIDS though...
The Visual Studio Report Designer is similar to the user interface in
Business Intelligence Development Studio in SQL Server 2008 R2 or
later, except that it does not have the preview functionality and it
saves the reports in .rdlc files rather than .rdl files. For more
information about Report Designer in Business Intelligence Development
Studio, see Reporting Services Reports in SQL Server Books Online.
Report Designer (Visual Studio)
In one of the ASP .Net site we are currently working we have a bulk load of SSRS reports. We have forms authentication for the site and reports have already been created and deployed in the report server. We are having so many problems with authentication when we set the report viewer control to access the server report.
I just want to know what are the advantages or disadvantages of using Local report vs Server Report
Thanks,
Raja
1- client report don't need to report server for rendering. (advantage)
2- you must make a server report by creating a report server project in BIDS but client reports must create in VS.
3- server reports use stored procedure or text script as data provider but client reports use dataset or xml datasource for this.
4- server reports use report server for rendering of the report but for client reports this work done at report viewer control.
5- client reports don't need SSRS installation but server reports need that.
6- for working with server reports you must deploy reports but in client reports you don't need this work.
7- for enterprise projects, it is better that you use server report but in other projects client reports are better.
Has anyone found a good workaound for opening or editing an SSRS 2005 report project with Visual Studio 2008 yet?
Will the SQL server 2008 tools be the migration path for these report projects in the future? I really dont want to have to keep VS2005 installed forever just to update SSRS reports.
After an upgrade to VS2008 an existing solution that contains a VS2005 SSRS reports project will not open. From what I understand the SQL Server 2005 tools dont know about VS2008 so they will not integrate into the IDE. So currently I switch back to VS2005 for any updates to this project, and get an error loading project message everytime I open the solution in 2008.
EDIT on solution:
I was able to install the shared component for BDIS from the SQL2008 disc and am now able to open and update my SSRS 2005 .rdl project items within VS2008.
Note to others:
If you edit your SSRS 2005 reports in VS2008 and re-save you will not be able to edit them in VS2005 anymore, or deploy them to a 2005 server. They are up-converted to 2008 report files.
I don't fully understand what kind of "workaround" you want.....
In order to create and edit SSRS report projects in Visual Studio, you basically have two options:
install the "Business Intelligence Development Studio" components from your SQL Server 2008 DVD - this gives you the full suite of visual designers and everything to create and edit RDL files in Visual Studio
learn the RDL spec by heart and open the RDL files as XML and just manually edit those - joking, of course - this is not really an option, is it?
So - what exactly do you want to "work around" then??