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Is it the rdl ??

  • September 7, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    #225927

    I want to modify the header of a dept report which print out stuff like first name, last name, email, etc. My question is that in order to change/modify the heading of the report can I only do it in the .rdl which you know is pretty much HTML text or is there some other place where I can change/modify the report heading? I don't see the report in Visual Studio. Yes, I'm somewhat new to Reporting Services.

  • September 8, 2010 at 8:03 am

    #1217956

    Do you have access to the original solution that was used to create the report(s) you wish to edit? That would be the best/easiest starting point.

    If not, there are a number of ways to get the .rdl from the Report Manager (ssrs website/administration portal). If you go to the properties of the report and click the edit link on the general tab you'll be asked to open or save the .rdl Save it to your machine make your edits and then deploy it to your SSRS instance. This works ok if you have 1 or 2 to edit.

    IF you no longer have access to the original source and would like all of your report definitions so that you can edit and re-deploy them as needed, check out the Reporting Services Scripter available at http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=62. It provides you a fair amount of options for downloding the rdl's including permissions and some other things. It even will download them and put them in an appropraite solution which you can then open with VS.

    -Luke.

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