Pro SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services

CHAPTER 8  DEPLOYING REPORTS

Figure 8-3. Report Manager with a recently uploaded report

This manage option allows you to modify the properties of the report, such as the name and

description, as shown in Figure 8-4.

There is a checkbox in the bottom-center of Figure 8-4, just above the Apply button, that allows you

to do the following:

Hide the report in the tile view: This can be useful if you don’t want users with

access to the SSRS 2012 server to know that certain reports exist or if you don’t

want them to see the detailed information about the report. Remember that

this only hides the report in the tile view and not the detail view. You should use

SSRS security properties when you need to prevent a user from seeing the

contents of folders or running reports they shouldn’t have access to.

Then, the menu going across the top of the screen allows you to:

Delete the report: This gives you the ability to remove reports that are no longer

needed.

Move the report to another location on your report server: This allows you to

organize the reports into folders for organizational and security purposes.

Create a linked report: This option allows you to create a linked report that is

based on the original report. This allows you to keep one copy of the report for