report server

Use this tool to take a report server instance offline to investigate a security breach or if you think the report server is being attacked.

If Setup did not upgrade the report server database automatically, your report server installation is only partially upgraded.

The utility does not support the SOAP endpoint used for programmatic access to a report server that runs in SharePoint integrated mode.

You can use Initialize to add a report server instance to a scale-out deployment or to troubleshoot a migration or installation problem.

Type the name of a domain user account for a user who has administrative responsibilities for this report server.

Use this page to view the initialization status for a scale-out deployment or to join a report server to a scale-out deployment.

The report server provides a minimal user interface that allows you to see what reports have been deployed and view the reports.

When a report server runs in SharePoint integrated mode, the concept of a resource has a narrower definition.

Script templates allow you to generate ready-to-use scripts for creating, upgrading, and configuring the report server database.

This topic does not describe URL access to Report Builder or to specific reports that are stored on the report server .

They have no effect on connections to the report server database or to external data sources that provide content to reports.

Modifying style sheets has no effect on the appearance of published reports that you run on a report server.

You can search for, view, secure, and manage resources just as you would any item stored on a report server.

You also cannot delete a role definition if it is part of the sole role assignment that provides security for a report server.

You can remove keys to remove a report server from a scale-out deployment or to troubleshoot a migration or installation problem.

The connection to the report server database is usually defined through the Reporting Services Configuration tool.

Reporting Services does not provide a way to turn off application event logging for a report server or control which events are logged.

Each user who requires access to a report server must have at least one item- level role assignment .

A report server requires at least one authentication extension , data processing extension , and rendering extension .

Back up a copy of the symmetric key so that you can use it to recover a report server installation or as part of a planned migration.

The predefined roles describe supported operations on the report server folder hierarchy as well as the system as a whole.

When this condition exists, the report server will disable the subscription the next time the subscription is scheduled to run.

Regardless of the report server mode , references to an external image file in a report must be a fully qualified URL .

This option is available only if the default values used in a report server installation are valid for your system.

In Credentials Type, select the kind of account used to connect the report server to the report server database.

Use the property pages on the General tab to configure deployment properties for a Report Server project .

The report server does not save previous versions of a report snapshot unless you specifically set options to add it to report history.

When you access a report server virtual directory, you see only the folders, reports, and uploaded items to which you have access.

The report server does not lock in a specific instance of a report or its dataset to complete a data - driven subscription .

Indicates that the report server did not connect to the mail server; this message is from the e-mail delivery extension.

Reports that have been published to a report server are accessible through a URL address.

System- level tasks can be combined into role definitions that are used for management of the report server site .

Report servers that share a single database are referred to as a report server scale-out deployment.

The following diagram shows the complete set of databases used in a report server deployment that runs in SharePoint integrated mode.

Type the name of the destination folder for publishing the reports that are contained within the report server project.

A role assignment is always created in the context of a specific item or branch in the report server folder hierarchy.

The report server retains the concept of a resource for storing reports that reference an external image.

When you choose this option, the report server instance is ready to use when Setup is finished.

Provides help for the Reporting Services Configuration tool used for deploying and managing report server instances.

That Web Part is registered when you install the Reporting Services Add-in used for running a report server in SharePoint integrated mode.

The Report Server Web service is no longer used to initialize a Reporting Services installation.

Use the dialog box to browse for a Report Definition Language (RDL) file that you want to upload to your report server, and then click Open.

After running your report, you can save the report to the report server or to your computer.

Preview the report to see the data and layout come together, and then publish your report to a report server.

The first time you print an HTML report, the report server prompts you to install an ActiveX control used for printing.

The report server generates your report as an application file, appends a file extension, and saves the report as a file on your hard drive.

For more information about this scenario, see Configuring a Report Server Scale-Out Deployment.

The Report Server WMI provider and Reporting Services command line utilities can be used for local and remote server configuration.

Describes the Web application tool used to access and manage the contents of a report server database.

Do not set the -u and -v arguments if you are joining report server instances that are installed locally.

A report server always uses the local time of the computer on which it is installed.

When Setup is finished , the report server is running and ready to use .

To run your report server in SharePoint integrated mode, the report server must be added to a SharePoint site or farm.

All requests for a report server item or operation must be a valid authenticated request.

For a report published to a report server configured for native mode , use a full or relative path without the file name extension .

To run script that configures a report server , you must be a local administrator on the computer that you are configuring .

Extracts the symmetric key used to encrypt and decrypt data for the report server instance so that you can copy it to a file .

The report server does not make up scheduled operations that would have occurred had the schedule not been paused.

If the font that you want exists on the report server but not on the local computer, you can type the name of the font.

A report server requires at least one item-level role assignment and one system-level role assignment.

Navigate to the default location of the bin directory on the report server on which you want to use the. NET Framework data provider.

In Management Studio, role definitions items in the folder hierarchy are created and modified through the Security node of a report server.

A report server can also be integrated with an instance of a SharePoint product or technology.

If a client application connects to a report server in an unsupported language, the neutral resources are returned to the application.

This allows you to set the filter prior to configuring the report server instances that will be included in the cluster.

Initialization errors when you install a report server instance and choose an existing report server database for that instance.

Setup will not delete the report server database or modify the report server instance that was used for integrated operations.

Reports that are delivered through a URL remain connected to the report server and can be updated or deleted between viewings.

The report server URL includes a server name and a virtual directory that you specified in the Reporting Services Configuration tool.

Is the name of the virtual directory used to access the report server endpoint.

However , when published to a report server as a resource, some file types are more optimal than others .

Any fonts used in a report definition must exist on the report server or client computer for the text to display properly.

Report server retrieves and then merges the data into a report layout, and renders it as specified.

Configuring a scale-out deployment requires that you create multiple connections to a report server database.

All users interact with a report server within the context of a role.

The set of data processing extensions used in Report Designer may be identical to those installed with the report server .

Report processing is initiated when a user opens a report or when the report server generates the report through a scheduled operation.

Assign the Content Manager role to a small set of users who will manage content on a report server.

Editing RDL directly can result in a report that cannot be published to the report server or cannot run.

You can embed the Web parts in a Microsoft SharePoint Portal site to easily integrate with a report server deployment.

Report server information displays the user account used to run the report server Windows service and Web service.

Modifying a report server URL will disrupt the connection between the servers, affecting reports and models that are currently processing.

Setup does not configure load-balancing and single-URL addressing for multiple nodes in a Report Server scale-out deployment.

Reporting Services includes server components and client components for authoring reports and models, and for administering a report server.

In a distributed installation, each report server that has a cache will write the cache state file to its local logs directory.

After the configuration information is removed, your security extension is no longer available to the report server.

When publishing to a report server running in native mode, specify the full path of the folder hierarchy starting at the root.

Specifies the name of the remote computer that hosts the report server instance you are joining to the report server scale-out deployment.

This option results in a fully deployed report server that is ready to use once setup is complete.

For more information about using SSL with a report server, see Configuring a Report Server for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Connections.

To generate a report model using SharePoint products and technologies, your report server must be running in SharePoint integrated mode.

Contains overview and administration information about the report server database that provides internal storage for a report server .

After your report looks the way you want, you can publish it to a report server, where it becomes available for general use.

Description of new settings used to create a report server database in SharePoint integrated mode.

Reporting Services provides a fixed set of tasks that describe all possible operations that can be performed on a report server.

Installing the Web front-end allows you to join the report server computer to a SharePoint farm.

All access to a report server database must be handled through the report server.

Settings used for file share delivery configuration, see the report server e-mail configuration settings further on in this table.

To select a report, search for a report by name or description, or browse report server folders to find the report you want.

When you publish the report to the server, you will not be able to manage this parameter from the report server.

To configure a special account that the report server uses to log on to a remote database server when other credentials are not available.

You can only select output formats that are supported by the rendering extensions on the report server.

This section describes HTTP errors that can occur when you attempt to connect to a report server or Report Manager .

A report server URL includes the name of the Web server and the name of the report server virtual directory.

You can only connect to and configure one report server at a time.

The initialization process for a scale out deployment differs in how the report server gets the symmetric key.

There is no synchronization of permissions between a SharePoint site or farm and a report server.

The report server failed to encrypt values for a setting in a configuration file.

Use this topic to troubleshoot problems that you experience when connecting to a report server.

Reporting Services provides several Web Parts that work with specific versions of a report server and in particular deployment modes.

A report server can cache a copy of a processed report and return that copy when a user opens the report.

If Build is selected , Report Designer builds the report project and checks for errors before previewing or publishing to a report server .

If you configured a report server to run in SharePoint integrated mode, you can create and manage shared schedules from a SharePoint site.

It does not confer advanced permissions that grant full control of a report server.

To access and save reports in a SharePoint library, your report server must be configured for SharePoint integrated mode.

If your application connects to a report server that uses forms-based authentication, your application must provide the logon page.

You can generate models automatically based on an existing schema or view, refine the model, and then publish it to a report server.

The default value, Auto, indicates that the report server should attempt to derive the value from the data provider when the report runs.

The report server uses the public keys available to it to update the symmetric key for each server in the deployment.

Removes the symmetric key information for a specific report server instance, thereby removing the report server from a scale-out deployment.

Adding a report server to a scale-out deployment requires that you initialize the report server.

On the Preview tab , you render the report to see what the actual report will look like when it is saved to the report server .

Select this option to have the report server automatically create a My Reports folder for each user who logs on to the report server.

Reporting Services is installed with a single role assignment that grants report server access to members of the local administrators group.

Do not write applications that run queries against the report server database.

Specifies encrypted values used internally by a report server to connect to a report server database.

The account that the report server runs under cannot be used to access external data sources .

When the user clicks a link to a report URL, the report is processed on the report server and then returned to the client browser.

All resources originate as files on a file system that are subsequently uploaded to a report server.

You can specify additional SMTP settings to further configure how the SMTP server is used for report server e-mail delivery.

Storing internal copies improves performance by minimizing the number of times a file has to be sent to the report server for processing .

If you created a report server database in SharePoint integrated mode, you cannot use it with a native mode report server.

When publishing to a report server running in native mode, use the URL of the virtual directory of the report server.

Extracts internal data from the report server database and copies it to a user-defined database that contains report execution log data.

All users who run your application and require access to a report must have permission to access the report server.

Depending on your domain configuration, the report server and the SMTP server may need to be members of the same domain.

User-defined folders include any folders created by a user or report server administrator with permission to add items to a folder.

Removing a report server instance from a scale0out deployment requires you to specify an installation ID.

In a Reporting Services installation, only the Report Server Windows service can perform encryption operations.

Export on the Actions menu shows application formats that are associated with rendering extensions deployed on a report server.

If you add a report server to a collection, project members can use default reports to track progress on team projects in that collection.

Use role assignments and workflow processes to ensure that only trustworthy reports are published to a report server.

In Management Studio, connect to a report server, expand Home, and navigate to the Employee Sales Summary report.

Because encryption is performed only by the Report Server Windows service, the keys must be updated when you reset the Windows service.

This step is only necessary if you deploy the report server and the SharePoint technology instance on separate computers.

In this scenario, the Presentation layer (Report Server) JVM was unable to create the login page before users failed out.

The Reporting Services Configuration tool is installed with a report server instance.

The rs utility can be used to run scripts on a report server.

Continue with the steps in the next section to deploy the AdventureWorks sample reports to the report server.

The report definition you create is stored in the report server database to be retrieved and combined with data during report processing.

Allows a user to load a published report from the report server into a local Report Builder instance.

Stored credentials that are used by a report server to connect to external data sources that provide data to a report.

Default indicates that the report server should attempt to derive the value from the data provider when the report runs.

The account that the report server runs under if the snapshot is created by the report server as a scheduled operation.

Provides guidelines and instructions for deploying a report server on an Internet-facing Web server.

When a report runs as a background process, the report server is the agent that executes the report.

If you cannot see any items at all, check with your report server administrator.

Utility from the computer on which a report server instance is installed.

The report server impersonates the user account before the data processing extension is called.

Specifies a user name, password, and domain used by the report server to run a report in unattended mode.

In the Report Server Installation Options page, select Install but do not configure the server.

Switching from a test report server database to a production report server database is typically how production servers are rolled out.

When publishing to a report server running in SharePoint integrated mode, use a URL to the SharePoint library.

When you update a model, the report server compares the identity numbers between the updated and previously saved versions of the model.

The number of times you regenerate and run the script depends on how you configured the report server database connection.

To access and store reports on a SharePoint site, your report server must be configured for SharePoint integrated mode.

The Oracle client must be installed on the report server and on any client computers that will access the report server remotely.

Mapping a report server virtual directory to shared folder through a UNC path or a mapped drive is not supported .

You can create and save reports directly to a report server using a ClickOnce application called Report Builder.

If it is set another value, the report server is not configured to use a remote SMTP service.

If inheritance is unbroken throughout the report server folder hierarchy, the security settings of the top-level folder, Home, are used.

Report Builder is an ad hoc reporting tool that business users can use to create and save reports on a report server.

Create or select a domain account that has access to computers and servers that provide data or services to a report server.

The last step for updating the report definition is to publish it back to the report server.

This task allows users to run a report in Report Builder (that is, in a client application that is separate from a report server).

This should also remove any entries you made for your extension in the Report Server or Report Manager configuration files.

NB: You may find that the report server fails at this point.

Report Server E- mail is the default delivery extension for subscriptions , but it must be configured before you can use it .

Specifies the name of the report server instance on a remote computer.

Start execution for report definition without publishing it to a report server.

If it is set another value, the report server is not configured to use a local SMTP service.

The credentials that you provide must be granted access to the report server database.

Except for report server administrators, other users cannot access the contents of the My Reports folder that belongs to you.

The initial connection can be created during a report server installation if you are installing the default configuration.

Provides information about settings used to configure a report server.

Use this page of the Report Wizard to set the deployment server and folder for the report server project.

Reporting Services requires a dedicated virtual directory for a report server.

All requests are directed to the report server, which in turn accesses the report server databases using its own connection settings.

For more information about a report server database connection, see Configuring a Report Server Database Connection.

Describes different approaches for monitoring report server performance and provides information about performance counters.

In Business Intelligence Development Studio, the Output window displays actions and messages as the report deploys to the report server.

Type the number of seconds that the report server waits for a response from the database.

For more information about URLs used in Reporting Services, see Configuring Report Server Virtual Directories.

When publishing to a report server running in SharePoint integrated mode, type a URL to a library or library folder.

You can upload a report definition file, an image, a document, or any file that you want to make available on the report server.

Typically, you choose an existing report server database because you are creating a node for a report server scale-out deployment.

The data processing extension that you want to use must be available to the report server.

A system-level task is a collection of permissions that relate to operations that apply to the report server site as a whole.

The report samples need to be published to the report server where the AdventureWorks report model is deployed.

You must be a local administrator to run the tool, and you must run it locally on the computer that hosts the report server.

Describes the preset role assignments and role definitions that control access to a report server.

By scheduling large reports to run during off-peak hours, you can reduce processing impact on the report server during core business hours.

Describes the security systems that are used in a report server installation.

After you have designed and tested a report or set of reports, use Report Designer to publish the reports to a production report server.

Output formats that you select for a subscription are based on rendering extensions that are installed on the report server.

Reporting Services custom security extensions cannot be deployed or used on the report server.

Reporting Services Configuration can be used to configure a local or remote report server instance.

Report is already published on a report server, and you want to include it an application that you create and deploy.

Interface. You can add it if you want to store the temporary streams that are sent by the report server rather than hold them in memory.

You can then back up the report server database and store the backup in a safe location for future use.

Report engine is extracted into a separate report server process.

Reporting Services requires service accounts to run the Report Server Web service and Microsoft Windows service.

A local system administrator can always set security for a local report server, even if system role assignments are deleted.

Resources are items stored on a report server that contain content from a file that you upload.

You must have installed the AdventureWorks sample reports and sample database, and published the sample reports to a report server.

A report server administrator can specify device information settings that override default rendering behavior.

The name of the report as it is stored in the report server database.

The Windows SharePoint Services or Office SharePoint Server instance does not add or retrieve data from the report server databases.

You can set server properties on a report server to return additional information about error conditions that occur on remote servers.

It may be that the report server requires additional role assignments that provide access to users.

Credentials are also used to authenticate users who access a report server.

Use the System Role Assignments page to view the system role assignments that control access to the report server site.

Describes the configuration tool used to deploy and maintain a report server.

Specifies the name of the report server database that stores server data.

Create or identify the accounts used in a report server deployment.

Subscription information is stored with individual reports in a report server database.

Permissions that are defined on the site or library can be used to grant access to report server items.

In contrast with previous releases of Reporting Services, you can no longer use Setup to deploy all possible report server configurations.

For more information about how the symmetric key is created, see Initializing a Report Server.

After you upgrade a report server database, you cannot roll it back to a previous version.

The value must be a valid URL address to a report server.

During report execution, the report server processes a report in three stages: report processing, data processing, and rendering.

Performing a file system search will not return search results for items managed by a report server.

If the report server is part of the scale-out deployment, only the report server whose service account you are updating is affected.

On a report server, the trusted account is a Windows user with permission to impersonate SharePoint Web application.

The path consists of folders in the report server folder namespace and the name of the report.

Report Manager or Management Studio cannot be used to manage a report server instance that is configured for SharePoint integration.

A report server instance is only available if you have previously configured a connection to the shared report server database.

If you change the user identity used to run the Report Server Windows service, you must update the keys accordingly.

Service accounts are trusted accounts that provide a low- maintenance approach to managing a report server database connection .

Running a report unattended requires that you store credentials in the report server database.

Specifically, do not use a batch file to copy the file to another report server.

The management endpoint of the Report Server Web service allows developers to programmatically manage objects on a report server.

It connects to the local Report Server Windows service through a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) endpoint.

The Web service provides complete programmatic access to a report server instance.

Back up the symmetric key that supports encryption on a report server.

Specifies the account used to run the Report Server Web service.

The best way to recreate an existing report server environment is to copy the report server database to a new report server instance.

Report server items are always stored in libraries or in a folder within a library.

In Report Processing Log, specify whether the report server generates trace logs and the number of days the log is kept.