Report Listing Method

[greggranger]

I've developed a variety of reports using 2005 MSS Reporting Services and searching for a visually appealing method to list the reports to the consumers.

Initially, I created a simple list report with the individual rows of the list report hyperlinked to the actual Reporting Services reports.

Is anyone aware of a different method or technique to create a listing of Reporting Services reports that's more visually appealing than a standard list report?

Any info is greatly appreciated!

 

[RiverGuy]

What's wrong with the Report Manager home page?

 

[bburnell]

You could create a .net Windows application to list/run them from. I'm not sure that's what you are looking for though.
~Brett

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Web/.net Programmer & DBA
Central PA

 

[greggranger]

Thanks for both the replies.

The home page of the Report Manager is not preferred due to the limited info describing the report; and the appearance is pretty bland.

How complex would creating a ".net Windows application to list/run them from"?

 

[RiverGuy]

Is the Details View button on the Report Manager still too bland? It shows more information than the standard view. And you can supply a URL directly for the Details View.

If Details View still doesn't work for you, I would either opt for your first option with a report to display links to your reports, or, creating an ASP.Net style page.

 

[greggranger]

Unfortunately, the additional information provided by revealing the 'Details View' button on the Report Manager is insufficient.

Where can I obtain more info on "creating an ASP.Net style page."

Thanks again for your help

 

[RiverGuy]

Actually, I should back up a little bit. If you're content with creating a web page with links and descriptions and are fine with editing the page by hand any time you have a new report to list or when something changes, then just create a regular HTML web page. You can get help for that in the HTML forum (assuming one exists here).

If you would like to create a web page which is more dynamic and pulls information from a database, you need to create a server side web page. The current Microsoft technology for that is ASP.Net. To create applications in ASP.Net, you should really know some C# or VB.Net. There's a forum for that here forum855, although if you've never attempted that type of programming before, you should read some tutorials. Here's a Microsoft site for beginners:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/default.aspx.

Also, to create an ASP.Net application, it's best to have full fledged Visual Studio.

 

[bburnell]

Yeah,

You're probably better making it in asp.net. Here's a link to look at to get you started. There's lots of information out there.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/reporting-services/ReportViewer2005.aspx

~Brett

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Web/.net Programmer & DBA
Central PA