What is NULL data-driven subscription in SSRS?
Apart from having two standard delivery modes (email delivery or windows file share delivery), data-driven subscription has one more specialized delivery mode extension (called NULL delivery extension) that instead of sending reports to file share or email, it preloads a parameterized reports cache.
How do I check my SSRS data-driven subscription error?
Finding Report Subscription Errors
- Find the Trace Log. The Trace log files can be found on the SharePoint server, usually here: C:Microsoft SQL ServerMSRS10_50.MSSQLSERVERReporting ServicesLogFiles.
- Find the ScheduleID for your Subscription.
- Search for the ScheduleID in your Trace Log and find the Error message.
- Credits.
What is data-driven subscriptions in SSRS?
A data-driven subscription provides a way to use dynamic subscription data that is retrieved from an external data source at run time. A data-driven subscription can also use static text and default values that you specify when the subscription is defined.
How many types of subscriptions are there in SSRS?
two types
SSRS allows you to create two types of subscriptions, i.e., standard subscriptions, and data-driven subscriptions. Having this kind of flexibility in SSRS subscriptions caters to all businesses and helps in their decision-making.
How do I create a subscription to SSRS report?
To create an e-mail subscription. Browse the web portal of a report server (SSRS Native Mode). Navigate to the desired report. Right-click the report and select Subscribe.
How do I check the SSRS error log?
If you are still having trouble finding your SSRS error log files try the following:
- launch the SQL Server Error and Usage Report Settings application (Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft SQL Server 2005 -> Configuration Tools -> SQL Server Error and Usage Reporting)
- Click the Options button.
How does SSRS subscription work?
Standard subscription In the standard report subscription, SSRS generates a report and delivers it based on schedule and delivery method (email or file share). Click on Edit schedule and specify the details as per your requirements. Define the subscription frequency in terms of hour, day, week, month or once.
Can a SSRS report be a data driven subscription?
Previously, we used a standard subscription for our SSRS report. In a data-driven subscription, we can use data or the report parameters values from the SQL query. Suppose you have hundreds of reports in your SSRS. It is not easy to manage the subscriptions manually for each report.
How are data-driven subscriptions created and maintained?
Data-driven subscriptions are typically created and maintained by report server administrators. The steps to create data-driven subscriptions require building queries, knowledge of data sources that contain subscriber data, and elevated permissions on a report server.
How are subscriptions used in SQL Server Reporting Services?
Subscriptions are useful in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) for report scheduling and delivering reports as per a defined criterion. Users might want the reports in a specific format such as Word, Excel, HTML, PDF, etc.
Is there an edition of SQL that supports data driven subscriptions?
An edition of SQL Server that supports data-driven subscriptions. For more information, see Editions and Features of SQL Server 2017. The report server must be running in native mode. The user interface described in this tutorial is based on a native mode report server.