Questions tagged [rdl]

Report Definition Language (RDL) is a standard proposed by Microsoft for defining reports.

Report Definition Language (RDL) is a standard proposed by Microsoft for defining reports.

SQL Server RDL Specification

SQL Server 2005 Report Definition Language Documentation
SQL Server 2008 Report Definition Language Documentation
SQL Server 2008 R2 Report Definition Language Documentation
SQL Server 2012 Report Definition Language Documentation

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When to use RDLC over RDL reports?

I have been studying SSRS 2005 / 2008 in the past weeks and have created some server side reports. For some application, a colleague suggested that I look into RDLC for that particular situation. I am now trying to get my head around the main…
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Where does a published RDL file sit?

When publishing a reporting services report. Where does the actual .RDL file sit on the server? I can redownload the .RDL file via browsing through the report manager? But where is this file situated on the reporting services server? Thanks
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SSRS tablix Merging cells vertically problem

I found the colspan and rowspan property defined in TablixCell,but in report Designer still can't vertical merge cells,if i modify the RDL xml file manually set Rowspan,the reportViewer show me error info:RowSpan must be 1 for CellContents inside a…
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IN SSRS, is there a way to disable the rdl.data file creation

In SSRS, I noticed that the rdl.data cache files are being stored on my dev machine. Are these files also stored on the Reports Server when reports are run? If so, is there a way to avoid creating those files on the server?
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Change RDL version for RDLC Reports in Visual Studio 2017

I have a project in Visual Studio 2017 with .NET Framework 4. For reports I use the RDLC designer, but I have a problem. The designer creates the reports using RDL 2016 and I need you to use the 2010 definition. Can I configure this? I need it since…
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Should MS Report Cache Files (*.rdl.data) be stored in Source Control?

I am working on a legacy application for a client, that uses Reporting Services. I have imported the project SVN repository, which includes a Reporting project and folder, setup in a Visual Studio Reporting solution/project. Included in this SVN…
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Can you reorder columns in Report designer (bids 2005)

I have a reporting service report and I can't seem to figure out how to reorder the columns in the table control. Is this possible with editing the rdl file directly?
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The Report Viewer Web Control requires a System.Web.UI.ScriptManager on the web form

I have tried to call a .rdl report created in SSRS to be called in an aspx page; but I got the following error: The Report Viewer Web Control requires a System.Web.UI.ScriptManager on the web form My Code is as follows, protected void…
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RDLC making call to obsolete SecurityAction Enumeration

I'm using Microsoft.Reporting.Webforms version 10 in order to parse an RDLC file and produce a PDF. The RDLC is a simple invoice with a couple of embedded expressions. When I run the application I get an exception that a call to the obsoleted…
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SSRS external image not displayed when value set by expression

I am using Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms version 11 via an aspx page embedded in an MVC application. The report is rendered directly as a PDF from the report viewer. Problem I have a tablix that displays external images. The images don't display…
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how to make bold only speciifc text in rdl file

I have an RDL File. I have one column which displays: "This is a Queue Builder Record" I want to make the word "Queue" bold and all other words remain normal. e.g.: This is a Queue Builder Record" When I am trying to do this the entire column…
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What does the XML syntax with a colon mean?

What does: in XML format of RDL file mean and the purpose of it? Anyone please explain it to me. I just started learning this.
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How to get specific row from Dataset in RDLC report

I have three textboxes. Each text box will show a value which get from first row, second row and third row of "MyDataset" Dataset. My Dataset contain about these ____SEQ_NO____|____USER__ 1 | Beckham 2 | Cantona 3…
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How to create totals row for grouped columns

If have an rdlc-report with grouped columns within a tablix (table). I want to add a footer row that spans all dynamically created columns and shows a total for all columns together. How can I tell to a cell that it should span all created columns…
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How can I get SSRS and Chrome to work together?

Chrome is my preferred browser; I need to interact with SQL Server Reporting Services, though, and when I navigate to a report created with Report Builder (*.rdl file), in Chrome I get no contextual menu. When hovering over the report, it does…
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