When using datasets in reports, is it possible to reuse them in other
reports? For example a generic dataset that returns all employee names to
use in parameters. Another report needs the same parameter and we need to
create another dataset. Is there some mechanism to share the datasets
across reports?
This is regarding Reporting Services on SQL 2000.
ThanksCreate a sproc with parms?
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William Stacey [MVP]
"isicoder" <isicoder@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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| When using datasets in reports, is it possible to reuse them in other
| reports? For example a generic dataset that returns all employee names to
| use in parameters. Another report needs the same parameter and we need to
| create another dataset. Is there some mechanism to share the datasets
| across reports?
|
| This is regarding Reporting Services on SQL 2000.
|
| Thanks
|
||||Yes we do have a stored proc that has params. I was wondering about the
dataset within the report itself? Having two reports that share the same
proc (via the dataset) to get a lookup is one way (and possibly the only
way) to do it, but what about sharing the same dataset within the report
designer? I don't think MS SQL reporting services is set up to do this but
I'd like to be wrong to minimize the amount of coding I need to do for each
report.
As I'm getting up and running, I imagine one day we will be generating some
or all of our reports from code and generating the RDL on the fly. As this
question pertains to SQL Reporting 2000 we are a bit behind the times but it
would be nice to know for either version (SQL 2000 or SQL 2005) as we will
one day migrate to 2005.
Thanks
"William Stacey [MVP]" <william.stacey@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Create a sproc with parms?
> --
> William Stacey [MVP]
> "isicoder" <isicoder@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:OxiAWUqIGHA.1388@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> | When using datasets in reports, is it possible to reuse them in other
> | reports? For example a generic dataset that returns all employee names
> to
> | use in parameters. Another report needs the same parameter and we need
> to
> | create another dataset. Is there some mechanism to share the datasets
> | across reports?
> |
> | This is regarding Reporting Services on SQL 2000.
> |
> | Thanks
> |
> |
>|||From what I've found, you can't reuse datasets, unfortunately. You're not
the first one to ask...
Stored procedures are the best way to go, but unfortunately you can't have a
list reusable datasets. That would have been great...
Kaisa M. Lindahl
"isicoder" <isicoder@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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> Yes we do have a stored proc that has params. I was wondering about the
> dataset within the report itself? Having two reports that share the same
> proc (via the dataset) to get a lookup is one way (and possibly the only
> way) to do it, but what about sharing the same dataset within the report
> designer? I don't think MS SQL reporting services is set up to do this
> but I'd like to be wrong to minimize the amount of coding I need to do for
> each report.
> As I'm getting up and running, I imagine one day we will be generating
> some or all of our reports from code and generating the RDL on the fly.
> As this question pertains to SQL Reporting 2000 we are a bit behind the
> times but it would be nice to know for either version (SQL 2000 or SQL
> 2005) as we will one day migrate to 2005.
> Thanks
>
> "William Stacey [MVP]" <william.stacey@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OX5J5tqIGHA.2320@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Create a sproc with parms?
>> --
>> William Stacey [MVP]
>> "isicoder" <isicoder@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:OxiAWUqIGHA.1388@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> | When using datasets in reports, is it possible to reuse them in other
>> | reports? For example a generic dataset that returns all employee names
>> to
>> | use in parameters. Another report needs the same parameter and we need
>> to
>> | create another dataset. Is there some mechanism to share the datasets
>> | across reports?
>> |
>> | This is regarding Reporting Services on SQL 2000.
>> |
>> | Thanks
>> |
>> |
>>
>
