It really doesn't matter. It all comes down to preference.

I develop reports on my local desktop, and link to the data sources and datasets on the server.  When...

I know this is a very old post, but I thought I would respond to add to the knowledge base:

To see which reports failed, you can save this...

If you are using the web interface for ssrs, there is a search box on the main page.  Just type in a partial name of a report and it will...

Glad we were able to help! 😛

You can try setting the visibility of the row itself.

In the details group properties, select visibility, then select "Show or Hide based on an expression".  In the value field,...

You can try this:
At the bottom of your matrix, add 2 rows inside of the group.  in one of each cell in each row, add a rectangle.  Then go to...

You may have to break it down a little more such as:
MonthName(CDate(mid(Parameters!SearchConditionString.Value,12,10))) & ", " & Year(CDate(mid(Parameters!SearchConditionString.Value,12,10)))

When an image is exported, SSRS does not preserve the size of the image you set it to in the report.  it reverts it back to the original size of...

Well, technically you could.  you can't directly link the second database to the report server, but if you're using the web interface for ssrs (http://Servername/reports) you can configure the...

have you looked at the visibility properties of the cell itself?  You could also throw some conditional expressions to replace the actual value with a space to hide it as...

If the data is grouped, you can try using IIF statements in the background color.

Example:

     =Iif(Fields!YourValue.value) = "Detail", "Blue", Iif(Fields!YourValue.Value) = "Shop", "Green", Iif(Fields!Yourvalue.Value) = "Install",...

It's best to re-configure a new report server, even if the settings are the same.  I've never imported report server settings, always manually setting it up.