MSSQL Server Reporting Services: Mastering OLAP Reporting: Cascading Prompts - Page 3July 27, 2004 Hands-On ProcedurePreparation Create a Clone Report to Parameterize Let's first copy an existing report to provide a disposable work environment. When we installed Reporting Services, the sample report files were copied to the PC, with the default installation point being the Samples folder within the Reporting Services program folder. A common example of this default path is as follows: C:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\Samples\Reports 1. Locate the sample reports. 2. Right-click the FoodMart Sales.rdl file. 3. Select Copy from the context menu that appears, as shown in Illustration 1.
4. Navigate to a convenient location to place the copy. 5. Right-click within the folder chosen. 6. Select Paste from the context menu that appears, as shown in Illustration 2.
The FoodMart Sales.rdl file appears in the new location. 7. Right-click the file once again. 8. Select Rename from the context menu that appears, as shown in Illustration 3.
9. Rename the file as follows: RS007.rdl We now have a disposable report that we can use in Report Designer without fear of damaging a potentially useful sample. Next, we will create a project in Visual Studio, from which to work, and then open the report and remove the existing basic prompt to generate a consolidated product sales report for the Marketing group. Create the Report ProjectTo begin, we will launch Reporting Services' Report Designer, found in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. 1. Click Start. 2. Navigate to the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 in the Programs group, as appropriate. The equivalent on my PC appears as shown in Illustration 4.
3. Select File --> New from the main menu. 4. Click Project from the cascading menu, as shown in Illustration 5.
The New Project dialog appears. We note that Business Intelligence Projects appears in the Project Types tree, indicating an installation of Reporting Services (the folder was added by the installation of Reporting Services, as it established the Report Designer in Visual Studio .NET). 5. Click Business Intelligence Projects in the Project Types tree, if necessary. 6. Click Report Project in the Templates list. 7. Navigate to a location in which to place the Report Project files. 8. Type the following into the Name box, leaving other settings at default: RS007 The New Project dialog appears, with our addition, as shown in Illustration 6.
9. Click OK. Our new project appears in the Solution Explorer (upper right corner of the Visual Studio .NET interface), as we see in Illustration 7.
We have now created a Report Project, and are ready to proceed with opening the new clone Report File. |
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