Report Manager Help

The following topics provide page-level help for Report Manager. There is one topic for each page in the application. Not all pages may be available. Security settings determine the pages that you can access.

To access these topics from within Report Manager, click Help on the main toolbar.

Page-level help is only part of the documentation that is available. The complete product documentation can be found in Reporting Services Books Online. For more information, see Installing and Using Reporting Services BooksOnline.

The following table lists the Report Manager pages that you use for particular tasks.

Use this page To
Choose Link Page Attach a linked report to a different report definition.
Choose Linked Report Location Page Save a linked report to a folder in the report server folder hierarchy.
Contents Page View the contents of a folder, navigate to folders within the current folder, and select the reports you want to run. You can also use this page to delete, move, or view details about items that are contained in a folder.
Create Data-driven Subscription Page Follow a step-by-step approach to define a subscription that gets a subscriber list and values for delivery options at run time.
Data Source Selection Page Select a shared data source to use with a report.
Data Sources Properties Page View or modify properties of data sources that provide content for the current report.
Error Page Show information about an error condition.
Execution Properties Page View or modify run-time execution properties of the current report.
General Properties Page (Folders) View and modify properties of folders that you create.
General Properties Page (Reports) View or modify general properties of the current report, edit or replace the underlying report definition, create a linked report, and delete or move the report.
General Properties Page (Resources) View or modify properties of resources that you upload or that are associated with a report.
General Properties Page (Shared Data Sources) View and modify properties of a shared data source item.
History Properties Page View or modify property settings that automate the generation of report history and set maximum limits for report history storage.
Item-Level Roles Page View item-level roles that are defined for the report server. You can use item-level roles to create role assignments for items that the report server manages.
Manage Jobs Page View in-progress reports and data-driven subscriptions.
Move Items Page Move folders and reports to a different location.
My Subscriptions Page View and modify subscriptions that you own.
New Data Source Page Create or modify a shared data source that can be used to provide content to reports.
New Folder Page Create a new folder at the current location.
New Linked Report Page Create a new linked report from a report that is already published.
New Role / Edit Role Page Create or modify a role definition by selecting the tasks it supports.
New Role Assignment / Edit Role Assignment Page Create or modify the security for an item. Security is defined through role assignments.
New Schedule / Edit Schedule Page Create or modify a schedule by specifying frequency settings.
New Subscription / Edit Subscription Page Create or modify delivery and notification settings of a report subscription.
New System Role / Edit System Role Page Create or modify roles that control user actions on a server-wide basis.
New System Role Assignments / Edit System Role Assignments Page Create or modify role assignments that apply to the report server.
Parameters Properties Page View or modify values of parameterized reports.
Report History Page View snapshots of a report that were taken at specific points in time.
Reports Page View a list of reports that use a shared data source.
Search Page View the results of a search for a report name or description.
Security Properties Page (Items) View or modify security settings for a report, folder, resource, or shared data source.
Shared Schedules Page Create and manage shared schedules that can be defined independently of a report and referenced by many reports that require the same schedule information.
Site Settings Page View or modify the application name and other settings that have a site-wide effect.
Subscriptions Page View or modify all user subscriptions of the current report.
System Role Assignment Page View or modify server-level security policies that enable the generation of application events and define the operations that report server administrators can perform.
System Roles Page View system-level roles that can be used to create security policies for the report server.
Upload File Page Copy a file from a file system to a report folder.
View Page (Reports) View a rendered report.
View Page (Resources) View a resource.

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