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Alien Lanes (Logical and Physical Pagination Rules)
One of the things I see people getting confused about in Reporting Services is around page sizing....
Author: bwelcker Date: 08/19/2005
Brave Noise (Why was my hair green?)
It's been over three weeks since I've added a blog entry. You may wonder why I have "gone dark". The...
Author: bwelcker Date: 08/06/2005
Extra Width (Custom Report Items)
At this year's TechEd, Andrew Bryan of Dundas Software presented a session on Custom Report Items (a...
Author: bwelcker Date: 07/13/2005
What Makes It Go? (New Report Packs)
We just released two new report packs, one for SharePoint Portal Server and one for Axapta. While...
Author: bwelcker Date: 07/05/2005
All Mod Cons (Multilingual Reports with AS2005)
Based on feedback from a couple of folks, I've decided to make my post titles a bit more...
Author: bwelcker Date: 07/03/2005
The Pace is Glacial (Hangman Report)
There is now another article about the BI Power Hour session that we did at TechEd. I posted the...
Author: bwelcker Date: 07/02/2005
Mask (MSDN TV)
For some reason, I like to pretend that some of you would like to see what I look like. Now is your...
Author: bwelcker Date: 06/19/2005
Ben Hur (New Webcast)
I did a TechNet Webcast last week called SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services: Management and...
Author: bwelcker Date: 06/18/2005
Everything Falls Apart (Report Manager as Report)
I finally got around to seeing the movie Adaptation. For those of you who didn't get to see it, it's...
Author: bwelcker Date: 06/12/2005
London 0 Hull 4 (TechEd Recap)
Well, I'm finished with my TechEd sessions. I had Report Server Management and Configuration today,...
Author: bwelcker Date: 06/09/2005
That's the Long and Short of It (TechEd Begins)
I arrived in sunny (not) Orlando last night. Orlando never changes between times I am here, it just...
Author: bwelcker Date: 06/05/2005
Up A Tree (Moving to SQL 2005 RS)
Lots of people ask me about what is coming in the next release of SQL Server 2005 Reporting...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/31/2005
Ask Me Tomorrow (New RS TechNet Site)
There is a cool new TechNet site available that has a nice aggregation of Reporting Services...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/23/2005
Last Splash (Reporting Services Scripter)
Jasper Smith has created a cool tool called Reporting Services Scripter that creates scripts from an...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/22/2005
Perfect From Now On (Custom Chart Legends)
While the legend built into Reporting Services charts is relatively easy to use, it lacks some of...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/20/2005
Dig Me Out (Resetting Report Page Numbers)
Chris hasn't gotten a chance to update his Sleazy Hacks Weblog so I thought I would post this in the...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/19/2005
Pinkerton (ReportViewer Starter Kit)
Another great resource for those of you who want to try out the new report controls in Visual Studio...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/11/2005
Three Imaginary Boys (Static Matrix Column Headers)
If you are using the matrix control in Reporting Services, you may want to create a static heading...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/11/2005
Treasure (RS2005 Article)
There a new article about upcoming release of Reporting Services from Steven Swoyer on the TDWI...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/11/2005
No Pocky for Kity (Custom Aggregates)
While SQL Server Reporting Services supports a variety of built-in aggregates, one of the things...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/10/2005
Daydream Nation (Teo's Articles)
One of the Reporting Services authors, Teo Lachev, has written an article on the new Report Builder...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/10/2005
Pleased to Meet Me (BI Webcasts)
My marketing guys (who are really nice and not sleazy at all) would like me to encourage you to...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/05/2005
The Girl who Runs the Beat Hotel (ReportViewer docs)
One of the cool new things in Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 is the new Report Viewer controls. These...
Author: bwelcker Date: 05/04/2005
Brotherhood (What is a CTP?)
So, what's a CTP anyway? Recently, we announced that instead of releasing SQL Server 2005 Beta 3, we...
Author: bwelcker Date: 04/30/2005
Atomizer (Expression-based Connection Strings)
One of the new features of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services is support for expression-based...
Author: bwelcker Date: 04/28/2005
Darklands
For those of you that are interested in using the new SharePoint Web Parts in Reporting Services...
Author: bwelcker Date: 04/27/2005
Isn't Anything
For those of you who were on the beta of Reporting Services SP2, when you upgrade to the final...
Author: bwelcker Date: 04/26/2005
Distant Plastic Trees (Multi-Valued Parameters)
One of the cool new features of SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services is multi-valued parameters. SQL...
Author: bwelcker Date: 04/24/2005
Wowee Zowee
Reporting Services Service Pack 2 requires a reboot. Here's why. When we started building the setup...
Author: bwelcker Date: 04/23/2005
It'll Be Cool
I'm Brian Welcker, Group Program Manager for SQL Server Reporting Services. I was doing a webast...
Author: bwelcker Date: 04/23/2005