Creating Template Reports in RS 2005

I am tired of creating reports from scratch that contain essentially the
same elements, i.e. page footer with DateTime printed, page numbering, and
headers with report file names, setting the same margins and grid spacing
EACH AND EVERYTIME I write a report.
I want to create a template report that I can select from the Add New Item
report dialog. You can do this in SQL 2000 with RS 2000. You put the RDL
file into the following directory:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Report
Designer\ProjectItems\ReportProject
But HOW do you do that in SQL 2005 Reporting Services?
I am stumped... :)
The closest I have come to finding it is in this directory:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\ProjectItems\ReportProject
But I don't think I should be using that folder...
Can any Microsoft Reporting Services Developers answer this question please?
Sincerely,
=-ChrisYou know, sometimes in frustration solutions come to mind... :)
It occured to me that perhaps I was not looking in the right place, so on a
hunch, I did a search for ReportProjectItems.vsdir in Google and came across
Peter Blackburn's book index. I have a copy of Peter Blackburn's book - and
DOH! It shows me what I need to do to get my report templates to show up in
SQL 2005. If the report items are not listed in this file, they do not show
up, whereas in SQL 2000 Report Designer, they did. I also can see I made a
mistake of adding RDL files to this folder without updating the
ReportProjectItems.vsdir file.
Now I am happy!
=-Chris
"Chris Conner" <Chris.Conner@.NOSPAMPolarisLibrary.com> wrote in message
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>I am tired of creating reports from scratch that contain essentially the
>same elements, i.e. page footer with DateTime printed, page numbering, and
>headers with report file names, setting the same margins and grid spacing
>EACH AND EVERYTIME I write a report.
> I want to create a template report that I can select from the Add New Item
> report dialog. You can do this in SQL 2000 with RS 2000. You put the RDL
> file into the following directory:
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Report
> Designer\ProjectItems\ReportProject
> But HOW do you do that in SQL 2005 Reporting Services?
> I am stumped... :)
> The closest I have come to finding it is in this directory:
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\ProjectItems\ReportProject
> But I don't think I should be using that folder...
> Can any Microsoft Reporting Services Developers answer this question
> please?
> Sincerely,
> =-Chris
>

Creating report template

HI

I want to create a report template in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

The template will have a fixed header and footer.I want to use this template in all my reports.

How to do so?

Its very simple. Just design the report header and footer as you want.
Deploy the Report.rdl. Take a copy of this Report.rdl form your working folder and paste it in
D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\ProjectItems\ReportProject

The path is the place where your vusual studio is installed.

Enjoy...

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Hey

Here is step by step tutorial to help you create a basic table report based on theAdventureWorks database using Report Designer.

Tutorial: Creating a Basic Report

Lesson 1: Creating a Report Server Project

Lesson 2: Setting Up Connection Information

Lesson 3: Defining a Query for the Report

Lesson 4: Adding a Table Data Region

Lesson 5: Previewing the Basic Report

Hope this helps.

Creating Report Server 2005 Report Totals

I have a table in my report. In it, I have 2 headers, a group and 1 footer at the bottom.

How do I sum my columns in the footer?

so nobody has tried adding totals in a table before or what?|||Uhm. Why don't you try
=sum(Fields!MyFieldToSum.Value)
typed in the footer field? Or do I miss something here?