Chapter 24. RS Utility

The RS utility is a handy little scripting utility that you can use to programmatically administer the Report Server. The utility basically executes a VB.NET script against the web service endpoints. It can be used to do things such as deploy reports, list running jobs, cancel running jobs, and configure system properties.

Inside the Reporting Services Script Files

The RS utility basically runs scripts that have an extension of .rss (RSS files). The script is essentially a Visual Basic.NET executable, in a single code file, which is written against the web service endpoint. The endpoint class ...

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