Report Publisher Add-In for Visual Studio 2005
Overview
¶
Report Publisher
is an Add-In for Visual Studio 2005 which provides a shortcut for publishing a report to a report server. Like the build-in
Deploy
feature, it uses the
TargetReportFolder
and
TargetServerURL
project properties. It is different from the built-in
Deploy
feature as follows.
Does NOT try to build the project before deploying the report.
Deploys the report with the
.RDL
file extension. (The built-in
Deploy
function deploys the report with no file extension.)
Does NOT deploy the report's data source object.
Provides a link to the report's Property page on the report server.
Allows the developer to more easily publish to multiple environments.
Using the Add-In
¶
Setup
¶
(1) For the report project of interest, open the
Project Properties
dialog, which is available at the very bottom of the
Project
menu, or from the context menu for the project in the
Solution Explorer
.
(2) Create a new configuration or edit an existing on to specify the
TargetReportFolder
and
TargetServerURL
properties. If you specify a
TargetServerURL
as simply
http://
ServerName
the add-in will figure out the rest.
Project Properties Dialog
Publishing a Report
¶
(1) Select the
Publish Report
menu item, which is available in three places: (a) On the
Build
menu; (b) on the context menu for any report (*.rdl file) in the
Solution Explorer
; (c) on the context menu for the report's designer window.
Context Menu
(2) In the
Publish Report
dialog, specify the
Deployment Target
desired and click the
Publish
button.
Publish Report Dialog
(3) At the bottom of the
Publish Report
dialog is a hyperlink to the report's Property page on the report server. You can use this link to adjust the report's Data Source, and also to test the report.
Download
¶
A setup program to install the add-in can be found
here
.
