Fast query runs slow in SSRS

Question

I have an SSRS report that calls out to a stored procedure. If I run the stored procedure directly from a query window, it will return in under 2 seconds. However, the same query run from an 2005 SSRS report takes up to 5 minutes to complete. This is not just happening on the first run, it happens every time. Additionally, I don't see this same problem in other environments.

Any ideas on why the SSRS report would run so slow in this particular environment?

Answer 1

I had the same scenario occuring..Very basic report, the SP (which only takes in 1 param) was taking 5 seconds to bring back 10K records, yet the report would take 6 minutes to run. According to profiler and the RS ExecutionLogStorage table, the report was spending all it's time on the query. Brian S.'s comment led me to the solution..I simply added WITH RECOMPILE before the AS statement in the SP, and now the report time pretty much matches the SP execution time.

Answer 2

I simply deselected 'Repeat header columns on each page' within the Tablix Properties.

Answer 3

In my case, I just had to disconnect and connect the SSMS. I profiled the query and the duration of execution was showing 1 minute even though the query itself runs under 2 seconds. Restarted the connection and ran again, this time the duration showed the correct execution time.

Answer 4

Aside from the parameter-sniffing issue, I've found that SSRS is generally slower at client side processing than (in my case) Crystal reports. The SSRS engine just doesn't seem as capable when it has a lot of rows to locally filter or aggregate. Granted, these are result set design problems which can frequently be addressed (though not always if the details are required for drilldown) but the more um...mature...reporting engine is more forgiving.

Answer 5

In our case, no code was required.

Note from our Help Desk: "Clearing out your Internet Setting will fix this problem."

Maybe that means "clear cache."

Answer 6

I had the same problem, here is my description of the problem

"I created a store procedure which would generate 2200 Rows and would get executed in almost 2 seconds however after calling the store procedure from SSRS 2008 and run the report it actually never ran and ultimately I have to kill the BIDS (Business Intelligence development Studio) from task manager".

What I Tried: I tried running the SP from reportuser Login but SP was running normal for that user as well, I checked Profiler but nothing worked out.

Solution:

Actually the problem is that even though SP is generating the result but SSRS engine is taking time to read these many rows and render it back. So I added WITH RECOMPILE option in SP and ran the report .. this is when miracle happened and my problem got resolve.