Selecting Reports and Scripts

From the Step 1: Select Reports and Scripts page, you can select the required script files to be executed and custom report files to be deployed, and also provide credentials to connect to the Report server.

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Steps to select reports and scripts
  1. Click the Reports tab.

The Standard window opens.

  1. In the Actions menu, click Custom Report Deployment.

The Custom Report Deployment - Step 1: Select Reports and Scripts page opens.

  1. In the Files section, do one of the following:

Note: The Files section is displayed as per the Microsoft Report Builder hosting scenario value selected in the Setup > Reports Settings > Edit Custom Reports and BI Access Settings.

a.    If the Microsoft Report Builder application is installed on the FASTER Web application server, do the following:

i.      Click next to the Custom Report Development Files.

The Custom Report Folder tree view is displayed.

ii.     In the Custom Report Folder tree, click the following check box (es):

o     A single folder or multiple folders containing .sql files (scripts) and .rdl files.

o     A single or multiple .sql files (scripts) of the custom reports that you want to execute on the FASTER Web database.

o     A single or multiple .rdl files of the custom reports that you want to deploy on the report server.

Note: If the Custom Report Development Files folder does not contain any .rdl files or .sql files, an error message is displayed, and a Validate button is disabled.

b.    If the Microsoft Report Builder application is installed on individual client machine, do the following:

§      In the Files section, click Browse and select any of the following files:

o     A single or multiple .sql files (scripts) of the custom reports that you want to execute on the FASTER Web database.

o     A single or multiple .rdl files of the custom reports that you want to deploy on the report server.

o     The CustomReports.xml file that contains the custom report’s folder format. This file is optional.

  1. In the Report Server Credential section, provide the credentials of the user with deployment rights on the Report server:
  1. In the Report Server Domain box, type the report server domain name.
  2. In the Report Server User and Report Server Password boxes, type the user name and password to connect to the Report server, respectively.

Note:

  • The following report server roles have deployment rights on the report server:

    • Content Manager

    • Publisher

    • My Reports

  • FASTER Web fetches the value of Report Server URL and the name of the Report Sub Folder from the Web.config file and displays in the Application Configurations section.
  1. Click Validate.

FASTER Web validates the specified information and checks whether the Custom Report folder exists inside the Report Sub folder. If the Custom Report folder does not exist, a folder {Report Sub Folder}\ {Custom Report Folder} is created.

Note: To clear the files selection, click the Reset button.

  1. Click the Proceed button to go to the Step 2: Fill Reports Information page.

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