Question

Do Reporting Services in SQL Server 2008 support export to CSV? I only see Excel/Word/PDF in the dropdown list on in the SSRS localhost server when previewing report. I found in internet that SSRS 2008 seems to support CSV but I don’t see it; is it Express limitation? I haven’t found any notes about this limitation.

Answer 1

CSV export is not supported in the Express edition:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc281020.aspx

The following list describes the features that are documented in SQL Server Books Online, but cannot be used in this edition:

• Scheduled report processing, caching,
  snapshots, subscriptions, and
  delivery are not supported.
• Analysis Services, Oracle, XML, SAP,
  SQL Server Integration Services
  (SSIS), OLE DB, and ODBC data sources
  are not supported.
• Remote data sources are not
  supported. Reports that are hosted in
  a SQL Server Express report server
  must retrieve SQL Server relational
  data from a local SQL Server Express
  Database Engine instance.
• Ad hoc reporting through semantic
  models and Report Builder is not
  supported.
• TIFF (Image), XML, and CSV rendering
  extensions are not supported.
• The Reporting Services API extensible
  platform for delivery, data
  processing, rendering, and security
  is not supported.
• Custom authentication extensions and
  custom role assignments are not
  supported. You must map existing
  Windows domain user and group
  accounts to predefined role
  definitions.
• Custom report items are not
  supported.
• Managing a long-running report
  process is not supported.
  Specifically, you cannot use the
  Manage Jobs feature in Report Manager
  to stop report processing.
• Scale-out deployment is not
  supported.
• SharePoint integrated mode is not
  supported.
• Report Builder 2.0 is not supported.
  Report Builder 2.0 can connect to a
  SQL Server Express database on the
  local computer or on a remote report
  server.