Hiding and shrinking the width of the Column in SSRS 2008


Hi,

 We recently had a requirement wherein we were hiding few columns of our SSRS report dynamically based on value of a parameter.

The problem was that the hidden column although not visible was still consuming the space.

To solve this issue

  • Select Advanced Mode in the report Column Groups


  • Select the static column referring to the column we want to hide and set its Hidden property


The helpful post

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robertbruckner/archive/2010/05/02/report-design-shrinking-hidden-static-columns.aspx

Bye.

Extending Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 (Exam MB2-876) exam has released.


Hi,

The extending exam for CRM 2011 has finally released. It was released on 29th Dec 2011, came to know about few days back.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?id=mb2-876&locale=en-us#tab1

Had been waiting for this exam for quite some time now. Would be taking it soon.

Bye.

Images not showing up in CRM 2011


Hi,

One of our clients was having issue wherein images in CRM 2011 were not appearing.

To resolve this issue we need to open Internet Explorer.

Then ToolsàInternet OptionsàAdvanced Tabà check Show Pictures option

Hope this helps.

Update Rollup 6 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is available


Hi,

Get the update rollup 6 for CRM 2011.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28712

More information on the fixes and updates

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2600640

Bye.

Error :- ‘ConvertUtcToLocalTime’ is not a member of ‘Microsoft.Crm.Reporting.RdlHelper.DateTimeUtility” while creating report using Report Wizard – CRM 2011


Hi,

I got the following error while creating report using report wizard

“Web service request CreateReport to Report Server http://servername/ReportServer/ReportService2005.asmx failed with SoapException. Error: The Value expression for the textrun ‘txtExecutionDateTimeLabel.Paragraphs[0].TextRuns[0]’ contains an error: [BC30456] ‘ConvertUtcToLocalTime’ is not a member of ‘Microsoft.Crm.Reporting.RdlHelper.DateTimeUtility'”

Re installing Reporting Extensions resolved the issue.

http://yellowduckguy.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011-reporting-extensions-is-not-installed/

Hope it helps.

Sample Data for Grants Manager Accelerator


Hi,

I’ve recently started working on the Grants Manager Accelerator

http://grantsmanager.codeplex.com/

After deploying the solution from cloud to on-premise, i had to populate the on premise instance with some sample data.

For this i exported the data from online for most of the entities and converted them to csv.

I am just sharing all the csv files that i have used. (might be helpful)

https://nishantrana.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/grants-management-sample-data.doc

After downloading the file change the extension from .doc to .zip

Bye.