REport definitions

hi,

I have created a report in RS 2005 but i want to use in RS2003 how i change the report definitions in the current report to make it compatable in RS 2003

Thanks in advance,

Regards,

Somu

You can start by changing the XML namespaces at the top of the definition. Get a sample RS 2000 report to see how. It will take probably a few cycles of trial and error.|||You can manually convert RS 2005 RDLs so that they can be published to the RS 2000 report server by editing the RDL and:

1. Change the overall RDL namespace
Replace <Report xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2005/01/reportdefinition" ... >
With <Report xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2003/10/reportdefinition" ... >
2. Remove the following elements entirely if present in the RDL file:
<InteractiveWidth>21cm</InteractiveWidth>
<InteractiveHeight>29.7cm</InteractiveHeight>

3. Remove all occurences of interactive sort in the RDL file by removing all <UserSort> elements and its inner contents.

These changes are usually sufficient to "downgrade" the RDL so it uploads on a RS 2000 report server.

-- Robert