Oracle .NET Data Provider not Supported but Necessary for Cube Design

I've decided that from now on, consulting project estimates will be padded for an
additional week to get Oracle connectivity working...

PASS Releases Survey Results & Summit Location – Reactions

The Impetus
So after Andy Warren’s (@SqlAndy) blog post, PASS Update #24, last week and the follow-up posts by myself (A...

Format Date as Week of Month

You can define a calculated field for the datset outside of the query using a Visual
Basic.NET expression. In the Data...

Report Parameter Date Range

A forum poster wanted to use a StartDate parameter to limit the range of dates available
in a second parameter to...

Alternate Row Colors in an SSRS 2000 or 2005 Matrix

To create a "greenbar" report in a table with alternating row colors, you can simply
use the RowNumber function to determine...

Navigating to a Report in a Pop-up Window

When using the Jump to Report action int he web browser, the target report is displayed
in the same browser window...

Creating a Business Scorecard

Report Recipes

This is the second in a series of three articles highlighting the Report Solution
Patterns and Recipes from Chapter 7...

Column Chart with Goal Threshold Line

Chart reports are an effective way to visualize data to show trends and comparisons
in a way that can help the...

Parameterized Top Values Report

Top ranked lists are a common type of report. In many cases business users may want
to see only a specific...

Managing Report Project Deployments & Version Control

What lessons have we learned about managing report projects and what are the best
practices?

Since each report is stored in a...