Data Retrieval

Our production environment has multiple SQL Servers installed and running and
i need to retrieve data from multiple different servers and databases. We
have established multiple Web Service DAL's to retrieve data for out
applications but i cannot see how to leverage that into Reporting Services.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Goaler...Read up on data processing extentions. That should fullfill your needs.
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Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"goaler" <goaler@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:92060CC9-0812-4BCB-A4D8-E69FF51C58D2@.microsoft.com...
> Our production environment has multiple SQL Servers installed and running
and
> i need to retrieve data from multiple different servers and databases. We
> have established multiple Web Service DAL's to retrieve data for out
> applications but i cannot see how to leverage that into Reporting
Services.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks in advance
> Goaler...|||Thaks Bruce
"Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
> Read up on data processing extentions. That should fullfill your needs.
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> "goaler" <goaler@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:92060CC9-0812-4BCB-A4D8-E69FF51C58D2@.microsoft.com...
> > Our production environment has multiple SQL Servers installed and running
> and
> > i need to retrieve data from multiple different servers and databases. We
> > have established multiple Web Service DAL's to retrieve data for out
> > applications but i cannot see how to leverage that into Reporting
> Services.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Goaler...
>
>|||As a follow-up, I think i need a bit more clarification and understanding.
Here is the issue
I need to be able to read multiple predefined shared data sources from
within MS-Reporting Services, to avoid the configuration of connection
information out side of the product. Then to combine the result set and
return it into a new report object.
There must be a way to do this, the designer allows you to create multiple
data sources but you cannot join the data together. Additionally, linked
servers are not an option in my environment.
Thanks again,
"Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
> Read up on data processing extentions. That should fullfill your needs.
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> "goaler" <goaler@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:92060CC9-0812-4BCB-A4D8-E69FF51C58D2@.microsoft.com...
> > Our production environment has multiple SQL Servers installed and running
> and
> > i need to retrieve data from multiple different servers and databases. We
> > have established multiple Web Service DAL's to retrieve data for out
> > applications but i cannot see how to leverage that into Reporting
> Services.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Goaler...
>
>|||You can not join datasets together.
Your clarification confused me, I thought you had web services that you
wanted to use to return the data? If so then data processing extensions are
the way to go.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
"goaler" <goaler@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C959BD5-C681-4E15-96EE-78EA69C282BA@.microsoft.com...
> As a follow-up, I think i need a bit more clarification and understanding.
> Here is the issue
> I need to be able to read multiple predefined shared data sources from
> within MS-Reporting Services, to avoid the configuration of connection
> information out side of the product. Then to combine the result set and
> return it into a new report object.
> There must be a way to do this, the designer allows you to create multiple
> data sources but you cannot join the data together. Additionally, linked
> servers are not an option in my environment.
> Thanks again,
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" wrote:
>> Read up on data processing extentions. That should fullfill your needs.
>> --
>> Bruce Loehle-Conger
>> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>> "goaler" <goaler@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:92060CC9-0812-4BCB-A4D8-E69FF51C58D2@.microsoft.com...
>> > Our production environment has multiple SQL Servers installed and
>> > running
>> and
>> > i need to retrieve data from multiple different servers and databases.
>> > We
>> > have established multiple Web Service DAL's to retrieve data for out
>> > applications but i cannot see how to leverage that into Reporting
>> Services.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> > Goaler...
>>