Features Supported by Reporting Services in SharePoint Integrated Mode

Feature Summary

Configuring a report server to run in SharePoint integrated mode provides the following additional functionality that is only available when you deploy a report server in this mode:

• Use document management and collaboration features, including alerts and version control. A SharePoint site provides a unified portal for accessing and managing all documents in one place.

• Use SharePoint permissions and authentication providers to control access to reports, models, and other items.

• Use SharePoint deployment topologies to distribute reports over an Internet connection outside the firewall. A report server provides report and data processing services in the context of a larger SharePoint deployment that is configured for Internet access.

• Manage reports, models, data sources, schedules, and report history in custom application pages on a SharePoint site. You can set properties, define schedules and subscriptions, and create and manage report history on a SharePoint site the same way you create and manage them from other tools in SQL Server.

• Use Management Studio to configure or view report server properties for a report server that runs in SharePoint integrated mode. You can also view permission levels for a site that is integrated with Reporting Services, and create and manage shared schedules that run on a report server that is configured for integrated operations. You can view job status and cancel jobs that are taking too long to complete.

• View a report in a new customizable Report Viewer Web Part. The Web Part includes page navigation, search, print, and export features.

• Publish or upload reports, report models, resources, and shared data source files to a SharePoint library, including Report Center in Office SharePoint Server.

  Use Report Designer, Model Designer, and Report Builder 1.0 to create report server items. You can publish items directly to a SharePoint library. You can also use the Upload action on a SharePoint site to add any report definitions and report models to a SharePoint library.

  Because the report server processes report definitions in the same way regardless of the server mode you use, the report data and layout is unaffected by server mode. Any report that you can run in a native mode report server can run on a report server that is configured for SharePoint integrated mode.

• Create ad hoc reports using report models and Report Builder 1.0. You can generate models and start Report Builder 1.0 from a SharePoint site. You can add, open, and save ad hoc reports to a SharePoint site. If you are using the Enterprise edition, you can deploy ad hoc reports that support infinite clickthrough functionality.

• Subscribe to and deliver reports to a SharePoint library using a new SharePoint delivery extension. You can also deliver reports through e-mail or to a shared folder. The report server delivery extensions are used to deliver reports. You can create data-driven subscriptions for large-scale report distribution using subscriber data queried at run time.

• In Office SharePoint Server , connect a Report Viewer Web Part to a Filter Web Part or a Library Web Part in dashboards or Web Part pages.

• Program against a new SOAP endpoint to create custom applications that integrate with a SharePoint site. You can also use the updated Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider to programmatically configure a report server instance that runs in SharePoint integrated mode.

Unsupported SharePoint Features

Not all features are available for integrated operations. On the SharePoint site, you cannot use SharePoint Outlook calendar integration or SharePoint scheduling for report server document files. Personalization is also not supported.

Report Server integration is not supported if the SharePoint Web application is enabled for Anonymous access.

Unsupported Reporting Services Features

The following features are not available on a report server that runs in SharePoint integrated mode:

• URL addressing is different in SharePoint integrated mode. SharePoint URLs are used to reference reports, report models, shared data sources, and resources. The report server folder hierarchy is not used. If you have custom applications that rely on URL access as supported on a native mode report server, that functionality will no longer work when the report server is configured for SharePoint integration.

• Reporting Services custom security extensions cannot be deployed or used on the report server. The report server includes a special-purpose security extension that is used whenever you configure a report server to run in SharePoint integrated mode. This security extension is an internal component, and it is required for integrated operations.

• Report Manager cannot be used to manage a report server instance that is configured for SharePoint integration.

• The rs.exe command line utility is not supported. The utility does not support the SOAP endpoint used for programmatic access to a report server that runs in SharePoint integrated mode.

• Linked reports are not supported.

• My Reports is not supported.

• Batching methods are not supported.

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