interactive sorting in sql reporting 2000

hi all

how can i get interactive sorting in sql reporting 2000 that is available in sql reporting 2005

plz suggest me the solution for same.

Most people approximated this behavior by using a series of parameters which allowed a user to select which columns to sort on. Then, you'd use the parameter values and inject their values into a custom built expression and/or expressions behind a data region. For example:

= "SELECT MyField, MyField1, MyField2 FROM MyTable ORDER BY " & Parameters!SortParameter.Value

...which would resolve to Select....From MyTable ORDER BY SomeColumn.

The example above is very simple...you'd have to make it fancier and use IIF statemetns to check for empty values, etc. etc..

Interactive Sorting

I know this is not available now, but is it plan in the near future:

I want to be able to set the initial sort order on the interactive sort.

for example, I have a report sorted Asc by Rank. If I click on the interactive sort button on the Rank column, it resorts ascending... totally pointless, and my customers point this out on a weekly basis...

Any plans to add this feature? If not, I will go to connect and suggest it.

Also, does anyone else find this annoying?

Thanks!

BobP

So you are saying that when you click the sort button on a report that is already sorted ascending, you want it to sort descending and vice versa?

Right click the field you want to interactively sort. Click Properties. Go to the interactive sort tab.

Is this not what you want?

By the way, how does this work? I'm trying to get one of my drilldowns to interactively sort by transaction amount. It won't seem to sort it. I think I just don't have it set up properly.

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It is exactly what i want, and it works great EXCEPT... If the report is sorted by default on Column A ascending, and I click on the sort button on column A, it tries to sort it asc first. I have to push it twice to sort desc.

To get it to sort, you have to select the correct grouping to sort, and the correct grouping for the sort expression.

Generally, if I have 1 group, I can sort on the table level, and leave the bottom selection default.

BobP

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BobP - BIM wrote:

It is exactly what i want, and it works great EXCEPT... If the report is sorted by default on Column A ascending, and I click on the sort button on column A, it tries to sort it asc first. I have to push it twice to sort desc.

To get it to sort, you have to select the correct grouping to sort, and the correct grouping for the sort expression.

Generally, if I have 1 group, I can sort on the table level, and leave the bottom selection default.

BobP

I got it to sort for me. But I see what you're talking about now. That is somewhat annoying. Especially when you go sort happy.

|||Is there any way to change the default order of the button? I need a report to display descending first, then ascending if clicked a second time. However, I am unable to find any setting in the report designer that allows me to change this.|||

That's what this thread is about. No, it does not exist now.

https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=249537

BobP

Integrating SSRS with SAP

Hi ,

I can see that there is an adapter description for SAP is available [although commented] in rsreportserver.config.

Can anybody suggest what i need to followup to call the SAP interfaces[i alreday have RFC and SAP.NET connector avialable with me] and i am calling the SAP interface thru custom assembly.

If the adapter is available can anybody suggest some how can i activate the adapter to call the SAP interfaces directly from SSRS and how the credentila flows from SSRS to SAP.

Have you reviewed the SAP topic in BOL?|||

Teo,

Thansk for the reply.BOL was pointing to the netweaverBI sys but for our case the netweaver frx was not inplace...however i found the link http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms141761.aspx and it was mentined that it came as a separate download.

The Microsoft .NET Data Provider for mySAP Business Suite is not included in SQL Server 2005, you must download it from http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/.

thanks again for the reply though.