CHAPTER 8 DEPLOYING REPORTS
Figure 8-6. Loaded report in Report Builder 3.0You have the ability to perform most of the functionality that is included with BIDS/Visual Studio
2010 in Report Builder 3.0. From this program, you can add data sources, make report design changes,
manage parameters, and deploy reports. The only drawback is that this application only allows for one
report to be modified at a time. To perform mass deployments or manage multiple reports for a project,
you would still need to use Visual Studio 2010/BIDS or the RS utility, which we will cover later in this
chapter. To deploy the report you have just opened, and assuming that you have opened the report from
the report server directly, return to the Pearl menu and choose Save. If you have opened the RDL file
from your hard drive, then use the Save As option and make sure that you are connected to a report
server first. To connect to a report server, simply click the connect link in the bottom status bar of the
Report Builder 3.0 interface. Once you are connected to your report server, you can choose that server as
the destination for your report to be saved. See Figure 8-7 to see the Pearl menu options that you will be
using. Since we launched Report Builder from the web interface directly, we are already connected to the
report server and will not be required to specify a server to publish to. Go ahead and make a small
change to your report and deploy it to see the changes on the report manager web interface.