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Configuring Reporting Services Components

SQL Server 2005

This topic summarizes the approaches that you can use to configure Reporting Services. It also includes a list of topics that explain how to configure specific components, features, or server capabilities. To configure Reporting Services, you can:

Use the Reporting Services Configuration tool. Many of the topics in this section contain information about how to configure specific features through this tool.
Use Management Studio or Report Manager to enable My Reports, enable trace logs, and set site-wide defaults. For more information about site settings, see Server Properties (General Page) for Management Studio and Site Settings Page (Report Manager).
Modify configuration files to change application settings. For more information about each file and guidelines for modifying them, see Reporting Services Configuration Files.
Create and run script that sets server properties. To view a sample script, see Scripting Deployment and Administrative Tasks. To learn more about server properties, see Report Server System Properties.

In This Section

Creating a Report Server Database: Describes how to create a report server database, required for storing server metadata and objects.

Configuring a Report Server Database Connection: Describes how to modify the connection string used by the report server to connect to the report server database.

Configuring Report Server Virtual Directories: Describes how to create the virtual directories used to access the report server and Report Manager.

Configuring Report Manager to Pass Custom Authentication Cookies: Explains how to configure Report Manager to allow the transmission of additional cookies used by custom authentication extensions.

Configuring a Report Server for E-Mail Delivery: Describes how to configure a report server to support e-mail report distribution.

Configuring an Account for Unattended Report Processing: Describes how to configure a user account to process reports in unattended mode.

Configuring a Report Server Scale-Out Deployment: Provides information about configuring multiple report server instances to use a shared report server database.

Configuring a Report Server for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Connections: Explains how to configure a report server connection to use SSL.

Configuring a Report Server for Internet Access: Provides guidelines and instructions for deploying a report server on an Internet-facing Web server.

Configuring Reporting Services to Use SSIS Package Data: Explains how to modify configuration files to use the Integration Services data processing extension.

Configuring Reporting Services to Use the Microsoft .NET Framework Data Provider for mySAP Business Suite: Explains how to modify configuration and policy files so that you can use the Microsoft .NET Framework Data Provider for mySAP Business Suite data processing extension in a Reporting Services installation.

Configuring Reporting Services to Use the Microsoft .NET Framework Data Provider 1.0 for SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence: Explains how to modify configuration and policy files so that you can use the Microsoft .NET Framework Data Provider 1.0 for SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence data processing extension in a Reporting Services installation.

Configuring Reporting Services to Use the Microsoft .NET Framework Data Provider for Hyperion Essbase: Explains how to modify configuration and policy files so that you can use the Microsoft .NET Framework Data Provider for Hyperion Essbase data processing extension in a Reporting Services installation.

Configuring Reporting Services for Teradata-based Report Models: Explains how to modify configuration and policy files so that you can use the .NET Framework Data Provider for Teradata 12.00.00.01 data processing extension to create report models in a Reporting Services installation.

Specifying Rendering Extension Parameters in Configuration Files: Explains how to set device information settings so that you can vary rendering

Reporting Services Configuration Files: Describes the configuration files that store settings and internal data used by the Reporting Services components.

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