Managing Reports and Models

The SharePoint integration with Reporting Services and the content types associated with the report objects extend the capabilities for managing report objects in your SharePoint library. Once a report has been uploaded or published to your library, you can perform the following management actions in addition to the standard document library options such as viewing and editing the items:

  • Manage Subscriptions: Subscriptions trigger report processing and the resulting report can be published to file shares or SharePoint libraries in several different formats. SharePoint allows you to view and add subscriptions for your reports.

  • Manage Data Sources: From within SharePoint, you can modify which data source is used for your report. This capability applies even if your report was uploaded with a custom data source.

  • Manage Parameters: If your report contains parameters, you can manage the order in which they are displayed, default values for those parameters, and the behavior for displaying the parameters from the SharePoint interface.

  • Create Historical Snapshots: SharePoint allows you to create and view historical snapshots of your reports.

  • Manage Processing Options: Each report has its own processing options so that you can manage how often the data is refreshed, the processing time, and the behavior of the snapshot capabilities.

The extended management options apply to models as well so you can perform the following management tasks for models in your document ...

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