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    The error we will be discussing in this article is: ‘[rsInvalidReportParameterDependency] The report parameter ‘X’ has a DefaultValue or a ValidValue that depends on the report parameter “Y”. Forward dependencies are not valid.‘

  • How to freeze rows or columns in SSRS?

    Freezing a row or column is something you may already be familiar with if you worked with Excel sheets in the past.

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    When Sophos is installed as an antivirus, you may run into issues when importing *.csv (comma separated values) files in Microsoft Excel.

  • Entity Framework connection string in Azure issues

    I had an Azure Web Job in Azure which was using an Entity Framework connection string. After a while it stopped working and threw the exception below. 

  • Cannot select dataset for table in table or list of SSRS report?

    If you use a table in your SSRS report as a root element and specify a dataset for it; it will cause problems down the road when you need to update your SSRS report to add a second table with a different dataset. SSRS will disable the dropdown selection and grey out the control for the second table, which will make you unable to add the second dataset to your newly added table.

  • Cannot open SSRS/SSIS projects with VS2017

    When you’re trying to open your SSIS or SSRS solution, you will get a message that the migration has failed or ‘The application which this project type is based on was not found.‘

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