RDL File from Report Designer

I'm very new to Reporting Services, so I have a basic question. Once I have
designed a report in Report Designer (generated an RDL file), without
deploying it to the Report Server, is it possible to view this report somehow
given this RDL file alone?You can view the report in Preview mode or debug local mode which takes the
secuity policy setting to run the report.
This two method of viewing the report does not require to deploy the report
in the report server.
HTH
Balaji
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Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com|||Thanks for your reply. I guess I need to make myself more clear. I mean
whether I could view the report outside of Report Designer without deploying
the report?
For example, in Crystal Reports, all we need is a report viewer dll plus the
report definition. In other words, the report is really portable.
Thanks
jenny
"BALAJI via SQLMonster.com" wrote:
> You can view the report in Preview mode or debug local mode which takes the
> secuity policy setting to run the report.
> This two method of viewing the report does not require to deploy the report
> in the report server.
> HTH
> Balaji
> --
> Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com
>|||Visual Studio 2005 will have two controls (winform and webform) that will
either work with RS or can work in local mode. In local mode you give it a
report and the dataset, no server necessary.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
<yinjennytam@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:DF5FCCA2-F0F3-47A2-BC12-183DA08E7345@.microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your reply. I guess I need to make myself more clear. I mean
> whether I could view the report outside of Report Designer without
> deploying
> the report?
> For example, in Crystal Reports, all we need is a report viewer dll plus
> the
> report definition. In other words, the report is really portable.
> Thanks
> jenny
>
> "BALAJI via SQLMonster.com" wrote:
>> You can view the report in Preview mode or debug local mode which takes
>> the
>> secuity policy setting to run the report.
>> This two method of viewing the report does not require to deploy the
>> report
>> in the report server.
>> HTH
>> Balaji
>> --
>> Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com|||Thanks for your quick reply!
Good point! I've heard of that too, but does it work with custom data
processing extension? We have defined our own datasource and I can't seem to
find a way to run the report in VS 2005 in local mode. :-(
Thanks
Jenny
"Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
> Visual Studio 2005 will have two controls (winform and webform) that will
> either work with RS or can work in local mode. In local mode you give it a
> report and the dataset, no server necessary.
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> <yinjennytam@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:DF5FCCA2-F0F3-47A2-BC12-183DA08E7345@.microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for your reply. I guess I need to make myself more clear. I mean
> > whether I could view the report outside of Report Designer without
> > deploying
> > the report?
> >
> > For example, in Crystal Reports, all we need is a report viewer dll plus
> > the
> > report definition. In other words, the report is really portable.
> >
> > Thanks
> > jenny
> >
> >
> > "BALAJI via SQLMonster.com" wrote:
> >
> >> You can view the report in Preview mode or debug local mode which takes
> >> the
> >> secuity policy setting to run the report.
> >>
> >> This two method of viewing the report does not require to deploy the
> >> report
> >> in the report server.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >> Balaji
> >>
> >> --
> >> Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com
> >>
>
>|||In the local mode of the ReportViewer, you don't need a data extension -
your code supplies the dataset. Data extensions are only needed on the
Report Server.
--
Brian Welcker
Group Program Manager
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
<yinjennytam@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:5B0DA793-B022-4159-8735-3336C9E310E3@.microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your quick reply!
> Good point! I've heard of that too, but does it work with custom data
> processing extension? We have defined our own datasource and I can't seem
> to
> find a way to run the report in VS 2005 in local mode. :-(
> Thanks
> Jenny
>
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
>> Visual Studio 2005 will have two controls (winform and webform) that will
>> either work with RS or can work in local mode. In local mode you give it
>> a
>> report and the dataset, no server necessary.
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Loehle-Conger
>> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>> <yinjennytam@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:DF5FCCA2-F0F3-47A2-BC12-183DA08E7345@.microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks for your reply. I guess I need to make myself more clear. I
>> > mean
>> > whether I could view the report outside of Report Designer without
>> > deploying
>> > the report?
>> >
>> > For example, in Crystal Reports, all we need is a report viewer dll
>> > plus
>> > the
>> > report definition. In other words, the report is really portable.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > jenny
>> >
>> >
>> > "BALAJI via SQLMonster.com" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You can view the report in Preview mode or debug local mode which
>> >> takes
>> >> the
>> >> secuity policy setting to run the report.
>> >>
>> >> This two method of viewing the report does not require to deploy the
>> >> report
>> >> in the report server.
>> >>
>> >> HTH
>> >> Balaji
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com
>> >>
>>|||Please bear with me as I'm still very new to this Reporting Services. Maybe
I should explain my problem.
So far I have attempted to create my own data processing extension using the
Reporting Services of SQL Server 2005 April CTP version and even successfully
created reports (.rdl files). Although I have some troubles getting the
Report Server up and running sometimes, I managed to deploy those reports and
view them in Report Manager. So far so good. However, ideally we need to
support mobile users. The question is how do we make reports portable to
them? Is it possible for mobile users to view reports without a connection
to Report Server? Something like the Report Designer when we preview the
reports (or does this go through the Report Server behind the scene?).
We want to make use of our custom data processing extension to feed the data
to the reports. With ReportViewer controls, it looks like that there are two
options, one of which (as you mentioned) requires us to supply the dataset
and the other requires a connection to the Report Server.
Previously, with Crystal Reports, we support our mobile users with a simple
Report Viewer dll so that they can view reports even when disconnected.
Also, I'm very impressed with the powerful ReportBuilder (seen the webcast)
and even played with it a little bit. Unfortunately, it seems to me that I
cannot set up a model designer based on my custom data processing extension
... :-( Is that right?
Thank you very much for reading this post. :-)
Jenny
"Brian Welcker [MSFT]" wrote:
> In the local mode of the ReportViewer, you don't need a data extension -
> your code supplies the dataset. Data extensions are only needed on the
> Report Server.
> --
> Brian Welcker
> Group Program Manager
> Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> <yinjennytam@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:5B0DA793-B022-4159-8735-3336C9E310E3@.microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for your quick reply!
> >
> > Good point! I've heard of that too, but does it work with custom data
> > processing extension? We have defined our own datasource and I can't seem
> > to
> > find a way to run the report in VS 2005 in local mode. :-(
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jenny
> >
> >
> > "Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Visual Studio 2005 will have two controls (winform and webform) that will
> >> either work with RS or can work in local mode. In local mode you give it
> >> a
> >> report and the dataset, no server necessary.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> >> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> >>
> >> <yinjennytam@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> >> news:DF5FCCA2-F0F3-47A2-BC12-183DA08E7345@.microsoft.com...
> >> > Thanks for your reply. I guess I need to make myself more clear. I
> >> > mean
> >> > whether I could view the report outside of Report Designer without
> >> > deploying
> >> > the report?
> >> >
> >> > For example, in Crystal Reports, all we need is a report viewer dll
> >> > plus
> >> > the
> >> > report definition. In other words, the report is really portable.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > jenny
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "BALAJI via SQLMonster.com" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> You can view the report in Preview mode or debug local mode which
> >> >> takes
> >> >> the
> >> >> secuity policy setting to run the report.
> >> >>
> >> >> This two method of viewing the report does not require to deploy the
> >> >> report
> >> >> in the report server.
> >> >>
> >> >> HTH
> >> >> Balaji
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>|||VS 2005 will have both a webform and winform control. When operating in
local mode you give it the report and dataset. These controls are available
in Beta 2 of VS 2005.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
<yinjennytam@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:8E8E3B78-31EB-4262-9F7A-096AE009EE0F@.microsoft.com...
> Please bear with me as I'm still very new to this Reporting Services.
> Maybe
> I should explain my problem.
> So far I have attempted to create my own data processing extension using
> the
> Reporting Services of SQL Server 2005 April CTP version and even
> successfully
> created reports (.rdl files). Although I have some troubles getting the
> Report Server up and running sometimes, I managed to deploy those reports
> and
> view them in Report Manager. So far so good. However, ideally we need to
> support mobile users. The question is how do we make reports portable to
> them? Is it possible for mobile users to view reports without a
> connection
> to Report Server? Something like the Report Designer when we preview the
> reports (or does this go through the Report Server behind the scene?).
> We want to make use of our custom data processing extension to feed the
> data
> to the reports. With ReportViewer controls, it looks like that there are
> two
> options, one of which (as you mentioned) requires us to supply the dataset
> and the other requires a connection to the Report Server.
> Previously, with Crystal Reports, we support our mobile users with a
> simple
> Report Viewer dll so that they can view reports even when disconnected.
> Also, I'm very impressed with the powerful ReportBuilder (seen the
> webcast)
> and even played with it a little bit. Unfortunately, it seems to me that
> I
> cannot set up a model designer based on my custom data processing
> extension
> ... :-( Is that right?
> Thank you very much for reading this post. :-)
> Jenny
>
> "Brian Welcker [MSFT]" wrote:
>> In the local mode of the ReportViewer, you don't need a data extension -
>> your code supplies the dataset. Data extensions are only needed on the
>> Report Server.
>> --
>> Brian Welcker
>> Group Program Manager
>> Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> <yinjennytam@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:5B0DA793-B022-4159-8735-3336C9E310E3@.microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks for your quick reply!
>> >
>> > Good point! I've heard of that too, but does it work with custom data
>> > processing extension? We have defined our own datasource and I can't
>> > seem
>> > to
>> > find a way to run the report in VS 2005 in local mode. :-(
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Jenny
>> >
>> >
>> > "Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Visual Studio 2005 will have two controls (winform and webform) that
>> >> will
>> >> either work with RS or can work in local mode. In local mode you give
>> >> it
>> >> a
>> >> report and the dataset, no server necessary.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Bruce Loehle-Conger
>> >> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>> >>
>> >> <yinjennytam@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>> >> news:DF5FCCA2-F0F3-47A2-BC12-183DA08E7345@.microsoft.com...
>> >> > Thanks for your reply. I guess I need to make myself more clear. I
>> >> > mean
>> >> > whether I could view the report outside of Report Designer without
>> >> > deploying
>> >> > the report?
>> >> >
>> >> > For example, in Crystal Reports, all we need is a report viewer dll
>> >> > plus
>> >> > the
>> >> > report definition. In other words, the report is really portable.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> > jenny
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "BALAJI via SQLMonster.com" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> You can view the report in Preview mode or debug local mode which
>> >> >> takes
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> secuity policy setting to run the report.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This two method of viewing the report does not require to deploy
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> report
>> >> >> in the report server.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> HTH
>> >> >> Balaji
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>