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3. Module 05—Publishing and Accessing Reports with Reporting Services Name Title Microsoft Corporation

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5. Where Are We? Data Sources Staging Area Manual Cleansing Data Marts Data Warehouse Client Access 5

6. Module Overview Reviewing Report Deployment Options Accessing Reports in SSRS Accessing Reports in Office SharePoint Server Accessing Reports Programmatically Embedding Reports in.NET Applications 6

7. Reviewing Report Deployment Options Understanding Report Deployment Deploying Resources from BIDS Deploying Resources from Report Builder 2.0 Uploading Resources in Report Manager Scripting Resource Deployment 7

8. Understanding Report Deployment HTTP Listener Report Manager Report Server Report Designer BI Developer Studio Report Server Catalog MSSQL Deploy RDL Upload RS Utility Script 8

9. Deploying Resources from BIDS Open a Report Server project in BIDS Define deployment properties for each project −Specify the TargetServerURL at minimum −Provide an alternative TargetReportFolder and TargetDataSourceFolder if desired −Set OverwriteDataSources as necessary Select items to be deployed −Single object −Selected objects −All objects in project or solution Use the Deploy command 9

10. Deploying Resources from Report Builder 2.0 Open a report in Report Builder 2.0 Define deployment settings for the report −Specify the Report folder at minimum −Provide an alternative Report Server URL and Report name if desired Use the Save As command 10

11. Uploading Resources in Report Manager Open Report Manager Upload items individually −Click the Upload File button −Navigate to a local or network file −Provide a name for the resource −Specify whether to overwrite an existing item 11

12. Scripting Resource Deployment Create a script file −Write instructions by using Visual Basic.NET −Save file with.rss file extension Execute the RS utility on the command line −Provide at least two arguments −Script filename −Report Server URL −Provide optional arguments as needed: −User name and password for server login −Timeout (in seconds) for server connection −Variable name and value to pass to script −Trace level for error messages rs –i PublishReports.rss –s http:// /ReportServer 12

13. Accessing Reports in SSRS Report Properties Affecting Access Report Manager Access URL Access 13

14. Report Properties Affecting Access General Properties −Name −Linked Report Data Sources −Connection String −Credentials Parameters −Default Value −Prompt 14 Execution −On Demand −Scheduled History −Snapshot History −Manual History Security −Item Security −Role Assignment

15. Report Manager Access Report Manager −Open http:// /Reports −Navigate folder hierarchies to report or use Search feature HTML Viewer −View reports online in HTML format −Select parameter values, if applicable −Use report toolbar to explore report or change viewing option 15

16. URL Access Display a Report Override Parameter Values Use URL Access Parameters http:// /ReportServer?/Adventure Works Sales/Sales Person Directory http:// /ReportServer?/Adventure Works Sales/ Sales Person Directory&EmployeeKey=289 http:// /ReportServer?/Adventure Works Sales/ Sales Person Directory&EmployeeKey=289 &rc:Parameters=false&rc:Toolbar=false 16

17. Accessing Reports in Office SharePoint Server View all BI content in SharePoint −Access reports in Report Center −Integrate with other content by using dashboards −Collaborate, manage workflow, and track versions Manage SSRS using Windows SharePoint Services −Report server namespace and security are hosted in WSS content database −Additional metadata for schedules, caching, and subscriptions are hosted in the ReportServer database 17

18. Deploying and Accessing Reports

19. Accessing Reports Programmatically Understanding the SSRS Web Service Interfaces Exploring Common Scenarios 19

20. Understanding the SSRS Web Service Interfaces Namespaces for viewing reports and managing the report server for SSRS 2005 and SSRS 2008 −ReportExecution2005 to process and render reports −ReportService2005 to manage SSRS −ReportService2006 to manage SSRS in SharePoint integrated mode Original 2000 web service interface is available also SSRS Web services allow seamless integration of reports and reporting functionality into applications All SSRS functionality is available through the Web service interfaces 20

21. Exploring Common Scenarios Browsing the catalog Rendering reports 21

22. Common Scenarios Browsing the catalog Use the ReportService2005 Web service to call these methods: −FindItems −ListChildren Dim rs As New ReportService.ReportingService2005() rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials Dim catalogItems As ReportService.CatalogItem() catalogItems = rs.ListChildren("/Sales", False) For Each item As ReportService.CatalogItem In catalogItems If item.Type = ReportService.ItemTypeEnum.Report Then ' Do something with the item.Name property End If Next 22

23. Common Scenarios Rendering reports Use the ReportExecution2005 Web service to call the Render method Dim rs As New ReportExecution.ReportExecutionService() rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials Dim format As String = "PDF" Dim deviceInfo As String = Nothing Dim extension As String = String.Empty Dim encoding As String = String.Empty Dim mimeType As String = String.Empty Dim warnings() As ReportExecution.Warning = Nothing Dim streamIDs() As String = Nothing Dim results() As Byte Dim parameters(0) As ReportExecution.ParameterValue parameters(0) = New ReportExecution.ParameterValue() parameters(0).Name = "EmployeeKey" parameters(0).Value = -1 rs.LoadReport("/Sales/Sales Person Directory", Nothing) rs.SetExecutionParameters(parameters, "en-us") results = rs.Render(format, deviceInfo, extension, encoding, mimeType, warnings, streamIDs) ' Do something with results... 23

24. SSRS Reports (RDL) SSRS Report Models Deployment / Management Data Platform Microsoft BI Platform Integration – Reporting SharePoint Report Libraries 24 Information Worker Platform Performance Management Integrated BI Solution

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