Calling an executable from within SSRS

  • Hello

    Is it possible to call/run a dot net exe routine stored on the SQL server running SSRS from the command which runs the rdl and includes parameters from the stored procedure/dataset?

    We have a reporting system which shows budget data held within the SQL 2008 database and we want to shell out to a separate system that shows individual invoices using a unique value linking the budget data from SQL to invoice data in the separate system.

  • Disclaimer: I'm not sure if I got you right 😀

    Yes, you can use the SQL Server procedure xp_cmdshell to execute your tool, but I wouldn't suggest to do this from a report. A report should collect existing data and render them into a desired form, but nothing else.

    If you need to access data from another data source check out linked servers or collect your data into a warehouse database.

    Greets

    Flo

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