Q: What is SSRS?
- SSRS or SQL Server Reporting Service is a server-based report
generation software systems from Microsoft and is part of Microsoft BI.
- It is used for preparing and delivering interactive and variety of
reports.
- It is administered through an web based interface.
- Reporting services utilizes a web service interface for supporting
and developing of customized reporting applications.
- SSRS lets you create very rich reports (Tabular / Matrix /
Graphical/Interactive) from various datasources with rich data
visualization (Charts, Maps, sparklines)
- SSRS allows are reports to be exported in various formats
(Excel, PDF, word etc)
Q: Explain SSRS Architecture?
Reporting services architecture comprises of
integrated components. It is a multi-tiered, included with application, server
and data layers. This architecture is scalable and modular. A single
installation can be used across multiple computers. It includes the following
components: -
Report Manager, Reporting Designer, Browser Types
Supported by Reporting services, Report server, Report server command line
utilities, Report Server Database, Reporting Services Extensibility, Data
sources that is supported by Reporting Services.
Q: Explain Reporting Life Cycle?
Reporting Services has mainly three phases:
- Development of Reports (Developer) – First of all a report
needs to be design which is primarily done by report developer
- Management of Reports (DBA) – Once the Report is being
developed, DBA need to ensure
- Security – Only authorized user should access the report
- Execution – How the report will be executed to optimize data
sources performance
- Scheduling of reports – so that report are executed on scheduled
timings
- Report Delivery (DBA + Developer) – Once the report is being
developed and executed now the report should be reached to final
recipients (business users) who are going to understand / analyze report
data. if any changes, we again go back to development stage.
Q: What are the Reporting Services components?
Reporting services components assist in
development. These processing components include some tools that are used to
create, manage and view reports.
- Report Designer is used to create the reports.
- Report Sever is used to execute and distribute reports.
- Report Manager is used to manage the report server.
Q: SQL Server Reporting Services vs. Crystal
Reports.
Crystal reports are processed by IIS while SSRS
have a report server. Caching in Crystal reports is available through cache
server. On the other hand, caching in SSRS is available for Report history
snapshots. Crystal reports have standards and user defined field labels. SSRS
allows only user defined field labels.
Q: How does the report manager work in SSRS?
Report manager is a web application. In SSRS it is
accessed by a URL. The interface of this Report manager depends on the
permissions of the user. This means to access any functionality or perform
any task, the user must be assigned a role. A user with a role of
full permissions can entire all the features and menus of the report. To
configure the report manager, a URL needs to be defined.
Q: How can I add Reporting Services reports to my application?
Visual Studio / SSDT / BI Data Tools (Standard and
Enterprise editions) contains a set of freely redistributable Report Viewer
controls that make it easy to embed Reporting Services functionality into
custom applications. Two versions of the Report Viewer exist, one for rich
Windows client applications and one for ASP.NET applications.
Q: Do I need a report server to run reports in my application?
In addition to publishing reports to a report
server, you can build reports using the Report Designer that is directly
integrated with Visual Studio language projects. You can embed reports directly
in any Windows Forms or ASP.NET Web application without access to a report
server. The data access in embedded reports is a natural extension of the
Visual Studio data facilities. Not only can you use traditional databases as a
source of data for your reports, you can use object collections as well.
Q: What are different types of roles provided by
SSRS?
- Browsers
- Content Manager
- My Reports
- Publishers
- Report Builder
Q: Name and Describe few console utilities for
SSRS?
RSConfig.exe: Configuration of connection
properties between the Report Server to the repository database.
RSKeyMgmt.exe: Management of encryption keys via
command-line
RS.exe: Utility used for deploying the report on
report server
What are the drawbacks of reporting in SSRS?
For many years, Microsoft had no direct solution for reporting with the SQL
Server besides Crystal Reports. Now, they have SQL Server Reporting Services,
but it does have several drawbacks. It is still complex to understand the
complete functionality and structure of this new component, and many users are
still relying on the reporting application they are more familiar with, which
is Crystal Reports. Also, components in SSRS like Report Builder and Report
Designer are meant for different users for different aspects of the report
process, yet complete understanding and exposure to both is important to
utilize both functions fully and extensively. There are also issues when
exporting very large reports to Microsoft Excel, as it can lead to a loss of
data.
Q: What are the three different part of RDL file explain them?
In visual studio RDL files has three parts.
- Data: It contains the dataset on which we write the query.
Data set is connected with data source.
- Design: In design you can design report. Can create tables and
matrix reports. Drag columns values from source.
- Preview: to check the preview after the report run.
Q: Which language rdl files made of?
RDL files are written in XML.
Q: Can you edit the .rdl code associated with a linked report?
No, because a linked report has no .rdl code of its own. It refers to the .rdl
code of the base report
Q: What is report rendering ?
Exporting a report data with design o different type of file types is knows as
Report rending. SQL Server Reporting Services supports multiple rendering
extensions like Word, Excel, CSV, PDF, HTML etc.
Q: What are the different types of data sources in SSRS?
SSRS use different data source. Some of them are listed below.
- Microsoft SQL Server
- OLEDB
- Oracle
- ODBC
- SQL Server Analysis Service
- Report Server Model
- SAP Net weaver BI
- Hyperion
- Teradata
- XML
Q: What is the name of reporting services config file
and what’s it’s used for?
Reporting service config file is used for report configuration
details. It contains the report formatand also the report import types.
Report service config reside at ISS.
Q: What are Advantages of SSRS or why we should use SSRS?
The SQL Server Reporting Services or SSRS has some Advantages
- It is faster and cheaper
- Efficient reporting access to information residing in both Oracle
and MS SQL Server databases
- No need for expensive specialist skills
- The default report designer is integrated with Visual Studio .NET
so that we can create application and its reports in the same environmen
- The security is managed in a role-based manner and can be applied
to folders as well as reports
- Once parameters are defined, the UI for these parameters is
automatically generated
- Subscription based reports are automatically sent by mail to the
users
Q: What are the limitations/drawbacks or SSRS 2008
R2?
The SSRS 2008 R2 has some limitations. Some limitations are given below:
- There is no print button. In order to print need to export
excel, PDF or others format
- It is very hard to debug expression or custom code
- Its does not use page number or total pages in report body
- Don’t support rounding rectangle
- There is no way to pass values from sub-reports to main report
- It is not possible to insert a sub-report into the page header or
page footer
- Page header creates extra spaces in the next pages
Q: What are the Export Options of SSRS?
SSRS allow many ways of rendering the reports:
- HTML (MHTML)
- Excel
- Acrobat
- Tiff (image)
- XML
- CSV
Q: What is report snapshot?
Snapshot means a instance of a report for future
reference, that means a copy of report (data is freezed) will be saved on a
report server for future reference.
Q: What are Data Driven Subscriptions?
Reporting Services provides data-driven
subscriptions so that you can customize the distribution of a report based on
dynamic subscriber data. Data-driven subscriptions are intended for the
following kinds of scenarios: Distributing reports to a large recipient pool
whose membership may change from one distribution to the next. For example
distribute a monthly report to all current customers. Distributing reports to a
specific group of recipients based on predefined criteria. For example send a
sales performance report to the top ten sales managers in an
organization.
Q: When to Use Null Data driven Subscription?
Create a data-driven subscription that uses the
Null Delivery Provider. When you specify the Null Delivery Provider as the
method of delivery in the subscription, the report server targets the report
server database as the delivery destination and uses a specialized rendering
extension called the null rendering extension. In contrast with other delivery
extensions, the Null Delivery Provider does not have delivery settings that you
can configure through a subscription definition.
Q: How to fine-tune Reports?
To tune-up the Reporting Services, follow the below
mentioned ways: - Expand the Server or utilizing the reporting services of
another database server. For better embedding of report contents, report
application’s logic and characteristics can have a duplicate copy of data. -
Replication of data continuously. Using (nolock), the issues of locking can
well be resolved and the performance of the query can be improved. This can be
done by using dirty read at the time of duplicating the data is unavailable.
Q: User wants only to display only PDF as export option in report Manager. How
to achieve this?
You need to edit RsReportServer.Config file to
limit the exporting extensions to only PDF.
You can find the file under;
%Program Files%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10.\Reporting
Services\ReportServer\
Q: Can you import Microsoft Excel data to SSRS?
Reporting Services does not import data. It only
queries data in whatever format it is stored in their native storage system. I
will assume that you're asking whether you can create reports and use Excel
spreadsheets as data sources. The answer is Yes, Reporting Services supports a
wide variety of data sources, including Excel files. You'll get the best
performance with the built-in native .NET providers but you should be able
to connect to any ODBC or OLE-DB data source, whether it comes from Microsoft
or a third-party company.
Q: Difference between Logical Page and Physical Page in SSRS.
Logical page breaks are page breaks that you insert
before or after report items or groups. Page breaks help to determine how the
content is fitted to a report page for optimal viewing when rendering or
exporting the report. The following rules apply when rendering logical page
breaks: Logical page breaks are ignored for report items that are constantly
hidden and for report items where the visibility is controlled by clicking
another report item. Logical page breaks are applied on conditionally visible
items if they are currently visible at the time the report is rendered. Space
is preserved between the report item with the logical page break and its peer
report items. Logical page breaks that are inserted before a report item push
the report item down to the next page. The report item is rendered at the top
of the next page. Logical page breaks defined on items in table or matrix cells
are not kept. This does not apply to items in lists.
Q: Name few Endpoints exposed by SSRS 2012?
- Management Endpoints
- Execution Endpoint
- SharePoint Proxy Endpoints
Q: What are the new features are introduced in SQL
Server 2012 reporting services?
- Power View - interactive data exploration
- SQL Server 2012 is fully integrated with SharePoint
- Introduction to Data Alerts, data alerts are a data-driven alerting
solution that informs you about changes in report data that are of
interest to you, and at a relevant time
- SQL Server Data tool
- New rendering extensions supports MS Office 2010
- Project Crescent is being introduced
Q: What new data source types were added in SSRS
2014?
In addition to the data source types available in
SSRS (SQL Server, Oracle, ODBC, OLE DB), the following have been added in SSRS
2012: SQL Server Analysis Services SQL Server Integration Services SQL Server
Report Builder Models XML (through URL and Web services)
Q: Is SSRS support other database except MS SQL
Server?
Yes. SSRS can be building based on relational or multidimensional data source
like Oracle, OLEDB. ODBC etc
Q. What is Tabular Report in
SSRS?
Tabular report is the simplest of the SSRS Report. It lets you just simply
display the data using table.
Tabular Report
Step by Step Example...
Q: What is a matrix in SSRS?
A matrix is a data region linked to a report
set. Matrix allows us to create crosstab reports with the report
variables displaying on rows and columns. It allows us to drag and drop fields
into it.
Matrix Report
Step by Step Example...
Q: What is Query parameter in
SSRS?
Query parameter is mentioned in the query of the datasource that is to be
included in the SQL script’s WHERE clause of the SQL that can accept
parameters. Query parameters begin with the symbol @.The name should not
contain spaces and can not begin with numeral. For clarity, we use only
letters.
Query Parameter
Step by Step Example...
Q: What are sub reports and how to create them?
A sub report is like any other reports which can be called in main
report and can be generate through main report. Parameters can be passed from
main report to sub report and basis of that report can be generated.
Q: What is the chart in report?
Chart reports are for graphical representation. You can get pie charts columns
harts and various other options. 3d charts are also available in reporting
services.
Q: How to add the custom code in Report?
To add the custom codes in report go to report tab on top then properties and
there you will find the options for custom code.
Q: In case you have filters in your report, when filters will be applied in
Cached Report instance?
Filters are applied when a report is rendered, Filters will not create a new cached
instance on the Report Server.
Q: What are data regions?
Data regions are report items that display repeated rows of
summarized information from datasets.
Q: You want to generate a report that is formatted as a chart. Can you use the
Report Wizard to create such a report?
No, the Report Wizard lets you create only tabular and matrix reports.
you must create the chartreport directly by using the Report Designer.
Q: Can we use datagrids for our report in SSRS?
We have an ASP.NET project that populates a datagrid. Using datagrid as my
datasource for my report using SQL Server Reporting Services. Is this possible?
The simple answer is no. However, nothing's ever simple. A set of reporting
controls was added in Visual Studio 2010 allowing you to report in a dataset,
on data that was supplied by you. So, if you retrieved your data into a
dataset, bound the datagrid to the dataset so it had data to display, you could
then use that dataset as the datasource for the reporting controls. These are
then client-side reports, not server reports though.
Q: Describe different Processing Modes offered by
SSRS?
- Local
Processing Mode: Processes reports in the client application.
- Remote
Processing Mode: Renders server reports that are processed on a SQL
Server Reporting Services report server.
Q: What is ReportServer and ReportServerTempDB ?
Reporting Services uses two SQL Server databases for storage by default, the
databases are named ReportServer and ReportServerTempdb.
ReportServer is a main database, which store all internal configuration and
report meta data whereas ReportServerTempdb is used to store temporary data,
session information, and cached reports.
Q: What is encryption key?
Encryption keys are used by the report server so that items such as connection
strings are maintained securely. These keys are required in case you want to
perform restoration of report server databases
Q: How to backup encryption key ?
Encryption Keys backup, use SQL Server Reporting
Services Configuration tool to backup symmetric keys.
Q: What are the key configuration files for SQL Server Reporting
Services ?
Mostly all Configuration files located at Install Directory:
\Microsoft SQL Server\\Reporting Services\ReportServer and ReportManager
RSReportServer.config stores configuration settings for feature areas of
the Report Server service: ReportManager, the Report Server Web service, and
background processing.
RSSrvPolicy.config stores code access security policies for the server
extensions.
RSMgrPolicy.config stores code access security policies for Report Manager
ReportingServicesService.exe.config stores configuration settings that
specify the trace levels and logging options for the Report Server service.
RSReportDesigner.config contains settings for Report Designer and this
file is located in the..\Program Files\Visual Studio
9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies
RSPreviewPolicy.config stores server extensions used during report preview
and this file is located in ..\Program Files \Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools
\ReportDesigner
Q: What is Report Builder?
Report Builder is a business-user, ad-hoc report design client that allows
users to design reports based on the business terms (Report Builder model) they
are familiar with, but without needing to understand database schemas or how to
write SQL or MDX queries. Report Builder works with both SQL Server and
Analysis Services data sources.
Q: In which SQL Server version report builder introduced?
Report builder introduced in SQL Server 2005. While creating or deploying
report model project on report server you can get error or it might not get
created. For this you need to check whether the service pack 22 is installed or
not.
Q: How does Report Builder support Analysis Services cubes?
Report Builder supports relational SQL and Analysis Services data sources in
SQL Server. To create a model for Analysis Services cube, go to Report Manager
or Management Studio, create a data source for your Analysis Services database,
and then select the Generate Model option to create the model.
Q: How do users use Report Builder with SQL Server data sources?
While models that provide access to SQL Server Analysis Services are
automatically generated on the report server, the Report Builder Model Designer
can be used to generate or modify the models that are built on top of SQL
Server relational databases. These model-building projects are a new type of
project within a Visual Studio–based development shell.
Q: How do I get Report Builder to generate a parameter that can be set by users
viewing the report?
In the filter dialog box, click the name of the criteria that you would like to
prompt the user for when viewing the report. For example, for the criteria
Order Year=2000, click Order Year. Select the Prompt option in the drop-down
list.
Q: Can we run Reporting Services with SQL Server
express edition, which is a free version of SQL Server?
Yes we can. SQL Server Express Edition with Advanced Services support Reporting
Services. These is the free version.
Q: What are the limitations in SSRS on SQL Server express edition?
Microsoft offers reporting services free as part of SQL Server Express with
Advance Services edition. But it has the following limitations:
- Management
Studio cannot be used to administer report server
- Report
Models will not be available
- Report
Builder is not available
- Caching,
History and Delivery of Report is not available.
- SQL Server
agent is not available
- No
scheduling is possible
- Remote
server database is not available for Report Data Source (Local SQL Server
is a only option,)
- We cannot
store the report server database on a remote server (it has to be local
only)
- Reports can
be rendered only in Excel, PDF, Image formats only
- Reporting
Services will not be able to use more than 1 GB of RAM
- No
Subscriptions (Standard and Data Driven) can be made
- Can not be
integrated with Share Point
- Can not
implement Role based security
- Only named
instances is supported
- Scale-out
Report Servers will not be available
Q: What are the tools available in market as an
Alternative to SQL Server Reporting Services?
- Non-Open
Source:
- Actuate
- Hyperion
(BRIO)
- SIEBEL-CRM
- BusinessObjects
- Oracle Express
OLAP
- Qlikview
- Cognos
- Informatica
Power Analyzer
- Proclarity
- IntelliView
- Dundas
Chart for .NET
- MS-Excel
- SAS
- MicroStrategies
- Pentaho
- Open
Source:
- Jasper
Reports
- JFreeReport
- BIRT
(Business Intelligence Reporting Tools)
- OpenReport
- DataVision
- Pentaho
Q: How to deploy the Report?
We can deploy SSRS report in three ways.
- Using
Visual Studio: In visual studio we can directly deploy the report
through Solution explorer by providing the report server URL in project
properties at Target Server URL. As our choice this will deploy entire
project or single report as.
- Using
Report Server: We can directly go to the report server and deploy the
report by browsing the report from the disk location of server.
- Creating
the Utility: SQL server provides the facilities to Create a customize
utility to deploy the report.
Q: What are the new features of SQL Server 2008 R2
reporting service?
The SQL Server 2008 R2 has introduced a lot of new features. Some of them are
given below:
- New Report
Types – Table, Matrix, List, Chart, and Sub report
- Some New
Tools is added to report designer Toolbox
- Report Data
Panel – built in page numbers
- Report
Builder 3.0
Q: What are the new features of SQL Server 2012
reporting service?
The SQL Server 2012 has introduced a lot of new features. Some of them are
given below:
- Power View
– interactive data exploration
- SharePoint
integration
- Introduction
to Data Alerts
- SQL Server
Data tool
- New
rendering extensions (supports MS Office 2010)
- Project
Crescent is being introduced
Q: How to backup SQL Server Reporting Services ?
There are mainly three things, which should be backed up as part of reporting
services backup
- Report
Server Databases, which can be backed up by SQL server backup and restore
method.
- SQL Server
Reporting Services Configuration, SQL Server Reporting Services
Configuration is saved in config files, which can be copied as
part of backup. look for other to know configfiles and there
location.
- Encryption
Keys backup, use SQL Server Reporting Services Configuration tool to
backup symmetric keys.
Q: What is the web service used for reporting
services?
Reporting Service Web Service used in SSRS. By accessing this web service you
can access all report server component and also get the report deployed on
report server.
Q: What is a cache in SSRS?
Report server can lay up a copy of processed report in a memory and return the
copy when a user opens the report. This server memory is known as cache and the
process is called caching.
Q: Can you always create a cache of a report?
No, you can create a cache of a report only when certain requirements, such as
having credentials stored in the Report Server, are met.
Q: What are the Types of SSRS?
The types of SSRS are given below:
- Parameterized
reports
- Linked
reports
- Snapshot
reports
- Cached
reports
- Ad hoc
reports
- Clickthrough
reports
- Drilldown
reports
- Drillthrough
reports
- Subreports
Q: What is Parameterized Reports in SSRS ?
A parameterized report uses input values to complete report or data processing.
With a parameterized report, you can vary the output of a report based on
values that are set when the report runs. Parameterized reports are frequently
used for drillthrough reports, linked reports, and subreports, connecting and
filtering reports with related data.
Q: What is Linked Report?
A linked report is a report server item that provides an access point to
an existing report. Conceptually, it is similar to a program shortcut that you
use to run a program or open a file.
A linked report is derived from an existing report and retains the original's
report definition. A linked report always inherits report layout and data
source properties of the original report. All other properties and settings can
be different from those of the original report, including security, parameters,
location, subscriptions, and schedules.
You can create a linked report on the report server when you want to create
additional versions of an existing report. For example, you could use a single
regional sales report to create region-specific reports for all of your sales
territories.
Although linked reports are typically based on parameterized reports, a
parameterized report is not required. You can create linked reports whenever
you want to deploy an existing report with different settings
Q: What is Snapshot Report?
A report snapshot is a report that contains layout information and query
results that were retrieved at a specific point in time. Unlike on-demand
reports, which get up-to-date query results when you select the report, report
snapshots are processed on a schedule and then saved to a report server. When
you select a report snapshot for viewing, the report server retrieves the
stored report from the report server database and shows the data and layout
that were current for the report at the time the snapshot was created.
Report snapshots are not saved in a particular rendering format. Instead,
report snapshots are rendered in a final viewing format (such as HTML) only
when a user or an application requests it. Deferred rendering makes a snapshot
portable. The report can be rendered in the correct format for the requesting
device or Web browser.
Report snapshots serve three purposes:
- Report
history: By creating a series of report snapshots, you can build a
history of a report that shows how data changes over time.
- Consistency: Use
report snapshots when you want to provide consistent results for multiple
users who must work with identical sets of data. With volatile data, an
on-demand report can produce different results from one minute to the
next. A report snapshot, by contrast, allows you to make valid comparisons
against other reports or analytical tools that contain data from the same
point in time.
- Performance: By
scheduling large reports to run during off-peak hours, you can reduce
processing impact on the report server during core business hours.
Q: What is Cached Report?
A cached report is a saved copy of a processed report. Cached reports are used
to improve performance by reducing the number of processing requests to the
report processor and by reducing the time required to retrieve large reports.
They have a mandatory expiration period, usually in minutes.
Q: Whar are Clickthrough Reports?
A clickthrough report is a report that displays related data from a report
model when you click the interactive data contained within your model-based
report. These reports are generated by the report server based on the
information contained within the report model. The person who created the model
determines which fields are interactive and which fields are returned when a
clickthrough report is opened. These field settings cannot be changed in the
report authoring tools. Clickthrough reports are autogenerated. However, you
can create an alternative customized report to the model for interactive data
items that is displayed instead. The custom report is a standard Reporting
Services report.
Q: What are Drilldown Reports?
Drilldown reports initially hide complexity and enable the user to
toggle conditionally hidden report items to control how much detail data they
want to see. Drilldown reports must retrieve all possible data that can be
shown in the report.
For reports with large amounts of data, consider drillthrough reports instead.
Q: What are Drillthrough Reports?
Drillthrough reports are standard reports that are accessed through a hyperlink
on a text box in the original report. Drillthrough reports work with a main
report and are the target of a drillthrough action for a report item such as
placeholder text or a chart. The main report displays summary information, for
example in a matrix or chart. Actions defined in the matrix or chart provide
drillthrough links to reports that display greater details based on the
aggregate in the main report. Drillthrough reports can be filtered by
parameters, but they do not have to be. Drillthrough reports differ from
subreports in that the report does not display within the original report, but
opens separately. They differ from clickthrough reports in that they are not
autogenerated from the data source, but are instead custom reports that are
saved on the report server. They differ from drilldown reports in that they
retrieve the report data only for the specified parameters or for the dataset
query.
Q: What is Subreport?
A subreport is a report that displays another report inside the body of a main
report. Conceptually, a subreport is similar to a frame in a Web page. It is
used to embed a report within a report. Any report can be used as a subreport.
The subreport can use different data sources than the main report. The report
that the subreport displays is stored on a report server, usually in the same
folder as the parent report. You can set up the parent report to pass
parameters to the subreport.
Although a subreport can be repeated within data regions using a parameter to
filter data in each instance of the subreport, subreports are typically used
with a main report as a briefing book or as a container for a collection of
related reports.
For reports with many instances of subreports, consider using drillthrough
reports instead.
Q: What is Data Set in report?
Data set is a set of data which we want to show in report. Data source is the
source of data from where we are getting this data (database server name,
database name, connection string).
Q: Are there issues when exporting SSRS reports
into Microsoft Excel? When my users are trying to export a SSRS
report into Microsoft Excel, one or two columns in the report appear to
merge together. Why might this be?
Exporting from SSRS is not always perfect, even if you stay within the
Microsoft range of products. If you have extra resources, you could splurge for
an add-on that offers much better control over exporting to Excel, such as
OfficeWriter. From my experience, though, it is usually headers orfooters that
cause exporting issues. If any of these headers or footers overlap
with data columns in your report, you will find that the exported version of
the report has merged cells. Also, check columns next to each other to make sure
that there is no overlap, as well.
Q: What is report subscription?
Subscriptions are standing requests to deliver report data to requested
recipients. Once the report is being subscribed and subscriber will get updates
from report server on scheduled interval.
Q: Can you use a stored procedure to provide data to an SSRS report?
Yes, you can use a stored procedure. However, your stored procedure should
return only a single result set. If it returns multiple result sets, only the
first one is used for the report dataset.
Q: How to send a SSRS report from SSIS?
Often there is a requirement to be able to send a SSRS report in Excel, PDF or
another format to different users from a SSIS package one it has finished
performing a data load. In order to do this, first you need to create a
subscription to the report. You can create a SSRS report subscription from
Report Manager. At the report subscription you can mention the report format
and the email address of the recipient. When you create a schedule for the SSRS
report, a SQL Server Agent Job will be created. From the SSIS, by using
sp_start_job and passing the relevant job name you can execute the SSRS report
subscription.
Q: You want to use BIDS to deploy a report to a different server than the one
you chose in the Report Wizard. How can you change the server URL?
You can right-click the project in Solution Explorer and then change the
Target-Server URL property.
Q: Can we deploy SSRS reports on our personal website?
Your reports can only be deployed on a reporting services site. Your only
option for viewing them from other sites is an HTTP link. Some tools, like
SharePoint offer controls allowing you to view reports in the context of the
other websites, but the report is still deployed to and hosted from reporting
services.
