Difference between report builder and report designer

Report Builder is a web-based tool to create reports. Report Builder is assessable through the Report Manager so the reports developed are bydefault stored in the Server but reports developed using Report designer of BIDS available in MS Visual Studio can be stored as RDL Files in the local or… Continue reading

Types of SSRS Reports

Parameterized reports: When the output of a report is not static but instead depends on the input parameters supplied to the reports at run time, the report is known as a Parameterized report.Drillthrough reports, linked reports, subreport and all other report types are a kind of Parameterized reports. Linked Report:… Continue reading

SSRS Reporting Lifecycle

To understand the needs of a reporting platform, you need to first understand the reporting lifecycle. Reporting platforms can be evaluated by their support for the following areas: authoring, management, and delivery. You look at each of these phases later to see how Reporting Services implements them. This Figure shows… Continue reading

Authentication types supported by (SSRS) Reporting Services

All users or applications who request access to report server content or operations must be authenticated using the authentication type configured on the report server before access is allowed. The following table describes the authentication types supported by Reporting Services. AuthenticationType Name HTTP Authentication Layer value Used by default Description… Continue reading