Table of Contents for PDF/Printed Report in SSRS

Question

Here\'s what I do know:

1. I know that document maps and bookmarks can be utilized on screen but not in a pdf.
2. SSRS does not have an out of the box ability t

Answer 1

This is what I was able to do with the help of colleagues and coworkers. It works well.

1. Create Main report with 1 sub report per section listed in the TOC

2. Create this table to hold the data the dll needs.

   CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tbl_TOC](
   [RID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
   [TOCExecutionID] [varchar](50) NULL,
   [AssessmentID] [int] NULL,
   [ReportName] [varchar](50) NULL,
   [GlobalsTotalPages] [int] NULL,
   [LoadDate] [datetime] NULL DEFAULT (getdate())
   ) ON [PRIMARY]
   

3. Create this stored procedure to add the data necessary. We’ve got a unique ID being sent from the interface that runs the report. We are also using another parameter (AssessmentID) that is unique to our report.

   create proc rpt_dsTOC
   @TOCExecutionID varchar(50)
   as
   if OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#temp') is not null drop table #temp
   create table #temp (
       ord int NOT NULL,
       ReportName varchar(50) NULL,
       PageCnt int NULL,
       PageNo int null )
   
   ;with ctePageCount as (
   select distinct t.ReportName
       , t.GlobalsTotalPages PageCnt
       , t.TOCExecutionID
       , t.AssessmentID
   from        tbl_TOC t
   where        TOCExecutionID=@TOCExecutionID
   )
   insert into #temp
   select case when ReportName like 'Plan%' then 1  --List all of the          names of the subreports here
           when ReportName like 'Busin%' then 2
           when ReportName like 'Threa%' then 3
           when ReportName like '%Manag%' then 4
           when ReportName like '%Monit%' then 5
           when ReportName like 'Pande%' then 6
           when ReportName like 'Emerg%' then 7
           when ReportName like 'Key%' then 8
           when Reportname like 'Netw%' then 9
           else 10 end ord
       , ReportName
       , PageCnt
       , 0 PageNo
   from ctePageCount
   
   --This section calculates the pagenumber by using the total number of pages in each section
   
   declare @run int = 3
   declare @ord int, @ReportName varchar(50), @PageCnt int, @PageNo int
   declare     c cursor for
       select    ord
       , ReportName
       , PageCnt
       , PageNo
   from #temp
   order by ord;
   open c
       fetch next from c into @ord, @ReportName, @PageCnt, @PageNo
       update #temp set PageNo=@run
       set @run = @run + @PageCnt--5
   while @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 --EOF
   begin
       fetch next from c into @ord, @ReportName, @PageCnt, @PageNo
       if @PageNo=0
       set @PageNo = @run
       update #temp set PageNo=@PageNo where ord=@ord 
       set @run = @PageNo + @PageCnt
   end
   close c
   deallocate c
   select * from #temp order by ord
   

4. That stored procedure becomes a dataset for the TOC in the main report.

5. Put a Table for Table of Contents that references the dataset.

6. Create dll ReportTOC.ClassTOC:

   using System;
   using System.Data;
   using System.Data.SqlClient;
   
   namespace ReportTOC
   {
   public class ClassTOC
   
   {
       public static string logReportAttributes(string TOCExecutionID, int AssessmentID, string ReportName, int GlobalsTotalPages)
       {
           string retValue = String.Empty;
           try
           {
              // long TOCExecutionID = long.Parse(DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss"));
               using (var conn = new SqlConnection("Server=10.2.36.11;Database=InternalApps;User Id=webclient;Password=webclient;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"))
               using (var command = new SqlCommand("usp_LogReportAttributes", conn) { CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure })
               {
                   conn.Open();
                   command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@TOCExecutionID", TOCExecutionID);
                   command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@AssessmentID", AssessmentID);
                   command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ReportName", ReportName);
                   command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@GlobalsTotalPages", GlobalsTotalPages);
                   command.ExecuteNonQuery();
               }
               retValue = "Sent Successfully";
           }
           catch (Exception ex)
           {
               retValue = string.Format("{0} \n\r {1}", ex.Message != null ? ex.Message : "", ex.InnerException != null ? ex.InnerException.Message : "");
           }
           return retValue;
       }
   }
   }
   

7. We used .NET Framework 3.5

8. In each subreport: Set references to the assembly: ReportTOC, Version 1.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
9. Save the dll on your local (developer) computer here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies
10. Save the dll on your report server here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS11.MSSQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin\ReportTOC.dll