Moving reports backward from RS2005 to RS2000

Is there a nice way to get reports from an RS2005 project into an RS2000 project? I know this sounds like an odd request but I have built reports in RS2005 that need to be deployed to a server with only 2000 on it. I don't really want to have to go in and re-draw all those reports. Any ideas would be most appreciated!

Thanks, Eva

Hi Eva,

Charlie Maitland once posted a hint how this could be achieved - but this is not a supported scenario....

http://charliem.wordpress.com/2006/04/12/reporting-services-2005-into-2000/

cheers,
Markus

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YAY!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! for taking the time to post that link. It worked like a charm and I just saved countless hours of work when this literally took seconds a report.

You honest, really, and truly made my day

Eva

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Eva, that′s what community is for...
That means that the posted hints are working properly?
If you have developed a kind of rdl-downsizer, you could post the code here...

Enjoy your weekend with the saved time!

cheers,
Markus

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ok...

I have read your comment in Charlie's article - you entered your sql-statements right in the reports without using stored procedure. Best way for the downsizing-option...

If you think about a scenario with stored procedures I think it would be worth thinking about a little "rdl-preparator-dwonsize-application" if you would have to downsize more than 15 reports because of the annoying steps....

cheers,
Markus