Developing SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Applications Brian Welcker Group Program Manager SQL Server Reporting Services Microsoft Corporation

Reporting Platform Opportunities.NET-based solutions (non-reporting) with reporting needs.NET-based solutions (non-reporting) with reporting needs Report Authoring and Publishing Tools Report Authoring and Publishing Tools Delivery, Data and Rendering Extensions (Add-ons) Delivery, Data and Rendering Extensions (Add-ons) Server Management Applications Server Management Applications Portals and Collaboration Applications Portals and Collaboration Applications

SQL Server Catalog Report Server Reporting Services Architecture Delivery Delivery Targets ( , File share, Custom) Security Services (NT, Passport, Custom) Security Data Sources (SQL, OLE DB, ODBC, Oracle, Custom) Output Formats (HTML, Excel, PDF, Custom) Report Processing BrowserManagementCustom App URLWMIWeb Service Data Retrieval Rendering

Programmatic Interfaces Customizable XML report definition Customizable XML report definition  Open Schema Viewing Interfaces Viewing Interfaces  URL Addressability  Web Service / SOAP Management Interfaces Management Interfaces  Web Service / SOAP  WMI Interface Extension Interfaces Extension Interfaces  Data, Delivery, Rendering and Security

Generating Reports Application specific report authoring requirements Application specific report authoring requirements Reports are defined in Report Definition Language (RDL), a customizable XML format Reports are defined in Report Definition Language (RDL), a customizable XML format Use.NET XML classes to generate report definitions Use.NET XML classes to generate report definitions  Leverage RDL Schema Description (XSD)

Report Generation

URL Addressability Virtual Roots Report Server Report Server  Web Service Interface  Parameter directives Report Server Web Application Report Server Web Application SSL Support SSL Support Fully localized Fully localized  Based on language in HTTP header

URL Addressability

URL Parameter Directives Report Parameters Report Parameters  Parameter names must match report definition  Example: CategoryID=1&EmployeeID=1 User Credentials (dsu: and dsp:) User Credentials (dsu: and dsp:)  Credentials for each report data set  Example: dsu:DataSet1=MyUserName& dsp:DataSet1=MyPassword  Can also use HTTPS POST  Use Secure Protocols!

URL Parameter Directives Report Server Parameters (rs:) Report Server Parameters (rs:)  Performance optimization avoids item type check  Example: rs:Command=Render Rendering Device Info (rc:) Rendering Device Info (rc:)  Name/Values pairs specifying information about the format being rendered to (i.e., FindString, Section, Zoom, etc.)  Unique per Rendering Extension  Example: rc:Section=7&rc:HTMLFragment=true

Web Service Interfaces Namespace Management Namespace Management Item Properties Item Properties Report Execution Report Execution Report Parameters Report Parameters Report History Report History Data Source Management Data Source Management Scheduling Scheduling Subscriptions and Delivery Subscriptions and Delivery Linked Reports Linked Reports Job Management Job Management Security Management Security Management

Getting Started Web Service Reference Reportservice.asmx?wsdl Proxy generated by Visual Studio.NET Proxy generated by Visual Studio.NET  Complex types defined in XSD  Synchronous and asynchronous support  Update operations may be batched SOAP Headers SOAP Headers  Session ID  Server Info  Batch ID

Getting Started Web Service - Authentication Authentication Authentication Basic Authentication Basic Authentication  System.Net.NetworkCredentials Dim rs As New MyServer. RSWebService() ‘ Prompt user for credentials rs.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential ("user", "pwd", "domain") Integrated Authentication Integrated Authentication  System.Net.CredentialCache Dim rs As New MyServer. RSWebService() rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

Basic Web Service Client Application

Extending the Report Server Extensions provide a way to extend the Reporting Services Platform Extensions provide a way to extend the Reporting Services Platform  Managed code runs in server process  Published CLR interfaces 5 Extension Types (Processing, Data, Delivery, Rendering, Security) 5 Extension Types (Processing, Data, Delivery, Rendering, Security) Covered in Session 129 – Extending Reporting Services Covered in Session 129 – Extending Reporting Services

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