Pro SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services

CHAPTER 8  DEPLOYING REPORTS

Figure 8-7. Report Builder 3.0 save options

Using BIDS and Visual Studio 2012

You also can deploy reports using the Deploy option in BIDS (Business Intelligence Development
Studio), which is integrated directly into Visual Studio 2010. This is convenient, because it is the most
robust environment and you will be developing your reports with this tool in most cases.

Configuring Report Deployment Options

BIDS/Visual Studio 2010 allows you to configure a different set of properties for each project in your
solution. You also can set these properties for each configuration available for your project, such as
Debug, DebugLocal, and Release. For each configuration of a report project, you can define values
uniquely for the following properties:

• Start Item: The name of the report to be displayed in the preview window or in a
  browser window when the report project is run.


• OverwriteDataSets: A Boolean value that configures whether to overwrite existing
  data set definitions on the report server. Setting this value to true will overwrite
  any data set definitions when deploying.