How to deploy a custom report item

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To deploy a custom report item in Reporting Services, you must modify the report server configuration files and copy the design-time and run-time component assemblies into the appropriate application folders for both Report Designer and the report server.

Deploy a custom report item

  1. Edit the Rsreportdesigner.config file to configure the custom report item run-time and design-time components for use in the designer. The ReportItemName entry must match the CustomReportItemAttribute attribute used in your CustomReportItemDesigner class. For example:

    <ReportItems>  
   <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsCRI,PolygonsCRI"/>  
</ReportItems>  
<ReportItemDesigner>  
   <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsDesigner, PolygonsDesigner" />  
</ReportItemDesigner>  
<ReportItemConverter>  
   <Converter Source="Chart" Target="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsConverter, PolygonsDesigner" />  
</ReportItemConverter>

  2. Edit the Rsreportserver.config file to register the custom report item run-time component. For example:

    <ReportItems>  
   <ReportItem Name="Polygons" Type="PolygonsCRI.PolygonsCRI,PolygonsCRI"/>  
</ReportItems>

  3. Edit the Rsssrvpolicy.config file to add a CodeGroup that grants the proper permissions to the custom report item. For example:

    <CodeGroup   
   class="UnionCodeGroup"   
   version="1"   
   PermissionSetName="FullTrust"  
   Description="This code group grants MyCustomReportItem.dll FullTrust permission. ">  
   <IMembershipCondition   
      class="UrlMembershipCondition"  
      version="1"  
   Url="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\ MSRS10_50.SQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin\MyCustomReportItem.dll" />  
</CodeGroup>

  4. Copy the custom report item run-time component DLL to the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies and \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10_50.SQLSERVER\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin directories.

  5. Copy the custom report item design-time component DLL to the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies directory.

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