Any way to pop up an alert if users drillthrough to a report with too

Good morning all,
I want to somehow warn our users if they try to drillthrough when one
of the dimensions is near the top of the hierarchy. In the best case
scenario, I would love a confirm("You are attempting to go to a detail
report at a very high level of the hierarchy. Are you sure you want
to continue?")
Is there any way to do that? I am using the Jump to Report option on
the Navigation tab of the Properties box.
Thanks,
KathrynOn Nov 29, 7:50 am, kbutterly <kbutte...@.yahoo.com> wrote:
> Good morning all,
> I want to somehow warn our users if they try to drillthrough when one
> of the dimensions is near the top of the hierarchy. In the best case
> scenario, I would love a confirm("You are attempting to go to a detail
> report at a very high level of the hierarchy. Are you sure you want
> to continue?")
> Is there any way to do that? I am using the Jump to Report option on
> the Navigation tab of the Properties box.
> Thanks,
> Kathryn
You can combine using a javascript alert/confirm call with an
expression referencing something in the SSAS datasource. Hope this
helps.
Regards,
Enrique Martinez
Sr. Software Consultant

Any Reporting Service Log experts out there?

We are working on developing some statistical reports to help us to better
undertand how our users are (or are not) leveraging our Reporting Services
implementation. We have been writing execution log data to a database based
on the Msft provided SSIS package that pulls data from the Report Server
database and I've discovered a hole in the information that I'm hoping
someone can help me fix.
We use data drive subscriptions pretty heavily which of course require
cached data credentials. In the "ExecutionLogs" table, these entries appear
as being requested by "System" and the user shows our proxy account. If you
review the "ReportServerService_..." log on the report server, you can see
the actual detail surrounding the processing of the subscription, but I can't
find a way to correlate these entries back to the ExecutionLog table. The
"ExecutionLogId" in the ExecutionLog table doesn't reference any of the
uniqueidentifiers that you see in the text ReportServerService log.
My end goal is to be able to update the User column in the ExecutionLog
table with the user who was the actual recipient of the report as identified
in the ReportServerService log file.
Anyone tackle this yet or have any ideas as to how it might be accomplished?I'll give you a big hint.. :)
Remember, you are not limited to just select statements in your datasets for
your reports.
I have a dataset that does INSERTS for my data driven reports... (since it
is data driven, you KNOW who the users are that are going to get the
reports)
cheers!
=-Chris
"KS" <ks@.community.nospam> wrote in message
news:C44736CF-304A-4478-98E9-01BDA5A7C0B2@.microsoft.com...
> We are working on developing some statistical reports to help us to better
> undertand how our users are (or are not) leveraging our Reporting Services
> implementation. We have been writing execution log data to a database
> based
> on the Msft provided SSIS package that pulls data from the Report Server
> database and I've discovered a hole in the information that I'm hoping
> someone can help me fix.
> We use data drive subscriptions pretty heavily which of course require
> cached data credentials. In the "ExecutionLogs" table, these entries
> appear
> as being requested by "System" and the user shows our proxy account. If
> you
> review the "ReportServerService_..." log on the report server, you can
> see
> the actual detail surrounding the processing of the subscription, but I
> can't
> find a way to correlate these entries back to the ExecutionLog table. The
> "ExecutionLogId" in the ExecutionLog table doesn't reference any of the
> uniqueidentifiers that you see in the text ReportServerService log.
> My end goal is to be able to update the User column in the ExecutionLog
> table with the user who was the actual recipient of the report as
> identified
> in the ReportServerService log file.
> Anyone tackle this yet or have any ideas as to how it might be
> accomplished?|||Thanks for the hint, Chris.
Unless I'm missing something, however, that still doesn't provide you with
the ability to cross reference the actual report delivery with the
ExecutionLog record to be able to access the other metrics that are being
captured (TimeDataRetrieval, TimeProcessing, TimeRendering, ByteCount,
RowCount...)
Need to find a way to accurately identify a specific data driven
subscription execution with the corresponding ExecutionLog entry.
Any other ideas? Like I said, all the necessary info is in
ReportServerServices_xxx.log, but I don't see how I can accurately tie that
back to the appropriate ExecutionLogId in the ExecutionLog table. The text
file inlcudes a number of uniqueidentifiers, but none of which match up to
the ExecutionLog. Can't go by exact time either as the text file is not
precise enough in the event of batch data driven subscription processing.
"Chris Conner" wrote:
> I'll give you a big hint.. :)
> Remember, you are not limited to just select statements in your datasets for
> your reports.
> I have a dataset that does INSERTS for my data driven reports... (since it
> is data driven, you KNOW who the users are that are going to get the
> reports)
> cheers!
> =-Chris
>
> "KS" <ks@.community.nospam> wrote in message
> news:C44736CF-304A-4478-98E9-01BDA5A7C0B2@.microsoft.com...
> > We are working on developing some statistical reports to help us to better
> > undertand how our users are (or are not) leveraging our Reporting Services
> > implementation. We have been writing execution log data to a database
> > based
> > on the Msft provided SSIS package that pulls data from the Report Server
> > database and I've discovered a hole in the information that I'm hoping
> > someone can help me fix.
> >
> > We use data drive subscriptions pretty heavily which of course require
> > cached data credentials. In the "ExecutionLogs" table, these entries
> > appear
> > as being requested by "System" and the user shows our proxy account. If
> > you
> > review the "ReportServerService_..." log on the report server, you can
> > see
> > the actual detail surrounding the processing of the subscription, but I
> > can't
> > find a way to correlate these entries back to the ExecutionLog table. The
> > "ExecutionLogId" in the ExecutionLog table doesn't reference any of the
> > uniqueidentifiers that you see in the text ReportServerService log.
> >
> > My end goal is to be able to update the User column in the ExecutionLog
> > table with the user who was the actual recipient of the report as
> > identified
> > in the ReportServerService log file.
> >
> > Anyone tackle this yet or have any ideas as to how it might be
> > accomplished?
>
>|||Hmm... this is a nice challenge.
Let's try this - forget the log for the moment - I know I could look this
up - but I'm not at a report server at the moment - does the report
Globals!ExecutionTime match the time stored in the ExectionLog? I mean, you
know the report name ...
Here is what I was thinking:
select name, b.executiontime
from reportserver.dbo.catalog c
inner join reportserver.dbo.executionlog ex
ON (c.ItemID = ex.ReportID)
inner join BobTable b on (c.name = b.ReportName)
where name = b.ReportName and b.executiontime between c.TimeStart and
c.TimeEnd
Where "BobTable" is your table that you store the report name and report
execution time when the report runs.
=-Chris
"KS" <ks@.community.nospam> wrote in message
news:2E0EE652-8A08-4D89-9DB3-50EB8B367FF6@.microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the hint, Chris.
> Unless I'm missing something, however, that still doesn't provide you with
> the ability to cross reference the actual report delivery with the
> ExecutionLog record to be able to access the other metrics that are being
> captured (TimeDataRetrieval, TimeProcessing, TimeRendering, ByteCount,
> RowCount...)
> Need to find a way to accurately identify a specific data driven
> subscription execution with the corresponding ExecutionLog entry.
> Any other ideas? Like I said, all the necessary info is in
> ReportServerServices_xxx.log, but I don't see how I can accurately tie
> that
> back to the appropriate ExecutionLogId in the ExecutionLog table. The
> text
> file inlcudes a number of uniqueidentifiers, but none of which match up to
> the ExecutionLog. Can't go by exact time either as the text file is not
> precise enough in the event of batch data driven subscription processing.
> "Chris Conner" wrote:
>> I'll give you a big hint.. :)
>> Remember, you are not limited to just select statements in your datasets
>> for
>> your reports.
>> I have a dataset that does INSERTS for my data driven reports... (since
>> it
>> is data driven, you KNOW who the users are that are going to get the
>> reports)
>> cheers!
>> =-Chris
>>
>> "KS" <ks@.community.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:C44736CF-304A-4478-98E9-01BDA5A7C0B2@.microsoft.com...
>> > We are working on developing some statistical reports to help us to
>> > better
>> > undertand how our users are (or are not) leveraging our Reporting
>> > Services
>> > implementation. We have been writing execution log data to a database
>> > based
>> > on the Msft provided SSIS package that pulls data from the Report
>> > Server
>> > database and I've discovered a hole in the information that I'm hoping
>> > someone can help me fix.
>> >
>> > We use data drive subscriptions pretty heavily which of course require
>> > cached data credentials. In the "ExecutionLogs" table, these entries
>> > appear
>> > as being requested by "System" and the user shows our proxy account.
>> > If
>> > you
>> > review the "ReportServerService_..." log on the report server, you can
>> > see
>> > the actual detail surrounding the processing of the subscription, but I
>> > can't
>> > find a way to correlate these entries back to the ExecutionLog table.
>> > The
>> > "ExecutionLogId" in the ExecutionLog table doesn't reference any of the
>> > uniqueidentifiers that you see in the text ReportServerService log.
>> >
>> > My end goal is to be able to update the User column in the ExecutionLog
>> > table with the user who was the actual recipient of the report as
>> > identified
>> > in the ReportServerService log file.
>> >
>> > Anyone tackle this yet or have any ideas as to how it might be
>> > accomplished?
>>

Any ideas

I need for a database to give my users and indication that a renewal has been complete. Basically what happens is every year once a month a report is generated from sql of how many employees need their gaming license renewed the filter is based off of a field called final suit. I need to find a way to let them know through the database that an employee has been renewed. anyone got any ideas??My first idea (and I like this one the best) was to shake up a margarita...

Then I read your question

I would have a column in a table for Renewal Date. When they get renewed, update it with that date. Since the renewal is for 1 year anything that is not renewed would be earlier than today - 1 year

I still like my first idea|||How are you doing?? Nice to hear from you.
Well they have to be renewed every 2 years, there is a column in the table with the renewal date on it already, so your saying that should be their indication that they have been renewed already??|||USE Northwind
GO

SET NOCOUNT ON
CREATE TABLE myEmployee99(LastName varchar(30), FirstName varchar(30), RenewalDate datetime)
GO

INSERT INTO myEmployee99(LastName, FirstName, RenewalDate)
SELECT 'Johnson', 'Arnie' , '10/31/2001' UNION ALL
SELECT 'Kaiser' , 'Brett' , '10/31/2002' UNION ALL
SELECT 'Lynn' , 'Connie' , '10/31/2003' UNION ALL
SELECT 'More' , 'Desiree', '10/31/2004'
GO

SELECT 'Employees that Need to Renew: ' + LastName + ', ' + FirstName
+ ' --> ' + CONVERT(varchar(5), DATEDIFF(dd,RenewalDate,GetDate())-730) + ' Days Late'
FROM myEmployee99
WHERE DATEDIFF(dd,RenewalDate,GetDate())-730 > 0
GO

SET NOCOUNT ON
DROP TABLE myEmployee99
GO|||Was that what you were looking for?|||I dont think thats what I am looking for Brett but thank you anyways, I do appreciate it :)
You see I have a query that runs off the team members Final suit date. (by the way all the dates data types are DATETIME). I need something that tells the users as soon as they go in the database looking for whether a renewal has been completed or not. YOu see they get a report every month that tells them what renewals need to be pulled (files from filing cabinet) and renewed but I need something that tells them if they have already completed the renewal or not. Does that make sense??|||Is a renewal in your case a proces or is it enough to have it all on the 'final suit' field? How does the field 'final suit' work (when is it set the first time) and how does it change? If the 'final suit' can indicate when a license is renewed, why can it not tell if a license has been renewed in the past?|||If you post some DDL, sample data and the expected results you have (like the code I posted). I'm sure we can figure something out.

It's easier to see with samples...|||Hi there,
This all sounds extremely odd.
To me, it sounds as though you want to notify the customer as soon as the renewal happens. This can be done with a trigger.

You can create an update trigger that will use the SQL sendmail to send a email to the customer perhaps?

Even better - write a VB app for Outlook that will check the SQL table and send a mail to the customer if there renewal was done in the last 24 hours|||I use to have a drop down box that said yes or no to indicate if the renewal was complete or not??

Any help solidifying the following?

I am trying to create a table structure that would allow users to define custom formulas for computing 1 or more values for any given number of variables.

Table Structure

FORMULA
ID | Descr
-----
1 | Rectangle

FORMULA_VARIABLE
fkID | Dimension | Variable | Expression
------------
1 | Side A | X |
1 | Size B | Y |
1 | Height | Z |
1 | Area | A | X * Y
1 | Volume | V | A * V

FORMULA_VARIABLE_VALUE
fkID | Variable | Value
-------
1 | X | 10
1 | Y | 10
1 | Z | 2

In the above, notice on FORMULA_VARIABLE the field named expression. If this is NULL, this will be a parameter that must be specified by the user, else, this value from the expression must be evaluated using the variable values.

Notice the Volume expression uses the expression for the variable A. This is where the fun begins...

I have produced the following using the code below. If you could please look at it and let me know if there are any ways to make this more effective, efficient, and stable. That would be greatly appreciated.

The code is a first time run-through!

USE Northwind
GO

CREATE TABLE FORMULA
(
FormulaID int NOT NULL,
Descr char(30)
)
GO

CREATE TABLE FORMULA_VARIABLE
(
fkFormulaID int NOT NULL,
Dimension char(30),
Variable char(10),
Units char(5),
Expression char(255)
)
GO

CREATE TABLE FORMULA_VARIABLE_VALUE
(
fkFormulaID int,
Variable char(10),
Value float
)
GO

INSERT INTO FORMULA (FormulaID, Descr)
SELECT 1, 'Rectangular'
GO

INSERT INTO FORMULA_VARIABLE (fkFormulaID, Dimension, Variable, Units, Expression)
SELECT 1, 'Side 1', 'X', 'IN', NULL UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Side 2', 'Y', 'IN', NULL UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Height', 'Z', 'IN', NULL UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Area', 'A', 'SI', 'X * Y' UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Volume', 'V', 'I3', 'A * Z'GO
GO

INSERT INTO FORMULA_VARIABLE_VALUE (fkFormulaID, Variable, Value)
SELECT 1, 'X', 10 UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Y', 10 UNION ALL
SELECT 1, 'Z', 2
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE usp_BuildExpressions
@.iFormula int
AS

CREATE TABLE #TempFormulaResults
(
Dimension char(30),
Value float
)

DECLARE @.cDimension char(30), @.cOldExp varchar(255), @.cNewExp varchar(4000), @.cVariable char(5)

DECLARE OldExpCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT Dimension, Expression FROM FORMULA_VARIABLE WHERE fkFormulaID = 1 AND Expression IS NOT NULL
OPEN OldExpCursor

FETCH NEXT FROM OldExpCursor INTO @.cDimension, @.cOldExp
WHILE (@.@.FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
-- Iterate through expresions, build new cursor where dimension is not equal
-- Replace expression variable with expressions
DECLARE NewExpCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT Variable, Expression FROM FORMULA_VARIABLE
WHERE fkFormulaID = @.iFormula AND Expression IS NOT NULL AND NOT (Dimension = @.cDimension)

OPEN NewExpCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM NewExpCursor INTO @.cVariable, @.cNewExp
WHILE (@.@.FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
SELECT @.cOldExp = REPLACE(RTRIM(@.cOldExp), RTRIM(@.cVariable), RTRIM(@.cNewExp))
FETCH NEXT FROM NewExpCursor INTO @.cVariable, @.cNewExp
END
CLOSE NewExpCursor
DEALLOCATE NewExpCursor

-- Get the variable values, replace values in expression and calcluate result
DECLARE @.fValue float, @.cVarName char(5)
DECLARE ValueCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT Variable, Value FROM FORMULA_VARIABLE_VALUE
WHERE fkFormulaID = @.iFormula

OPEN ValueCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM ValueCursor INTO @.cVarName, @.fValue
WHILE(@.@.FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
SELECT @.cOldExp = REPLACE(@.cOldExp, RTRIM(@.cVarName), CONVERT(VARCHAR, @.fValue))
FETCH NEXT FROM ValueCursor INTO @.cVarName, @.fValue
END

DECLARE @.cSelect nvarchar(4000), @.param nvarchar(4000), @.Eval float

SET @.cSelect = 'SET @.fResult = ' + @.cOldExp
SET @.Param = '@.fResult float OUTPUT'

EXEC sp_executesql @.cSelect, @.Param, @.Eval OUT
INSERT INTO #TempFormulaResults (Dimension, Value) VALUES (@.cDimension, @.Eval)
FETCH NEXT FROM OldExpCursor INTO @.cDimension, @.cOldExp
CLOSE ValueCursor
DEALLOCATE ValueCursor
END

CLOSE OldExpCursor
DEALLOCATE OldExpCursor

SELECT * FROM #TempFormulaResults
DROP TABLE #TempFormulaResults
GO

EXEC usp_BuildExpressions 1

DROP TABLE FORMULA
GO
DROP TABLE FORMULA_VARIABLE
GO
DROP TABLE FORMULA_VARIABLE_VALUE
GO
DROP PROCEDURE usp_BuildExpressions

Any thoughts?

Mike BOn flaw I see, but I am not sure how to fix is if the "nested" variables are more then 2 deep. What if I used Volume from above in a different formula?

FORMULA_VARIABLE
fkID | Dimension | Variable | Expression
------------
1 | Side A | X |
1 | Size B | Y |
1 | Height | Z |
1 | Area | A | X * Y
1 | Volume | V | A * Z
1 | 1/2 Vol | v | V / 2

Now after executing the stored proc usp_BuildExpressions, the expression for 1/2 Vol would not work and end up looking like
A * 2 / 2.

It will stop short of replacing all the variables with the appropriated nested expressions.

Any ideas?

Mike B

Any free reporting tool you recommend?

dun need sophisticated interactive reports, but just simple basic rigid reporting will do :D
looking for a simple tool for my end users. Crystal Reports a bit overkill....MS Access?
MS Excel?|||How about Reporting Services on SQL Server 2005

Regards
Kris Zywczyk|||yah, still trying out to set up the report server in SQL 2005, initial trial on the BI visio studio failed, dunno why.

Is the reporting services included in SQL 2005 express?|||What do you mean you want this for your users?

"are those rocks up ahead?"

"I don't know, but if they are, we all be dead"

OK, what movie.|||"No more rhymes now. I mean it!"

"Does anyone want a peanut?"|||"aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh"

"What are you doing?"

"I think someone is following us"

"That would be inconcceivable"|||I personally love it when non-developers write production sql. I have project managers who do it for word merges. i have report writers who do not understand group by. It gives me plenty of things to fix and server slow downs to diagnose.|||"I'm not left-handed either."|||"How do you write women so well?"
"I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability."|||"How do you write women so well?"
"I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability."
Great !! :D