I don't know what the issue was, but I just created a brand new report that looks like the original one with the exact same parameters and queries and this...

Thank you for that script. I hadn't tried to actually print the report that I had linked yet just viewed it and made sure permissions carried over correctly, etc....

Thanks Daniel, the create linked report button worked perfectly for what I needed!

Thanks again.

Sherri

Thank you for that. I was afraid that would be the case, but was hoping for something easier since I have 2 reports to copy and I only wrote...

Within SQL Server I am a sysadmin (I also added bulkadmin based on other posts I saw), and I am also a local admin to the server itself.

Thanks everyone. I will work with my server guys to see if I can get them to uncompress that folder.

Thanks again.

Sherri

It is a compressed folder. So I am guessing that I am going to have to either work with the server team and see if we can uncompress that...

Native SQL Server backup.

Gail, here is what the event log says (I blocked out the database name otherwise it is exactly what the message says):

BackupMedium::ReportIoError: write failure on backup device 'E:\SQLBackups\UserDB\<databasename>\<databasename>_backup_201010290100.bak'. Operating system...

Thanks Roy. I just verified on the server that it is NTFS. The drive has over 500 GB free (it is a SAN Blade attached to this server).

Thank you. I thought I tried that, but I must not have tried that combination. :blush:

Thank you all for the suggestions. I decided to go with "Abs-225476" suggestion and it worked perfectly.

Thank you both for your answers. I was figuring I would have to write a script to accomplish what I was trying to do but I wanted to make...

Thank you for the suggestion, I will give that a try.

Thanks Gail and Paul. I restored the database from backup last night and everything is going well now. I also have the server team looking into what caused...