Use the New Role Assignment or Edit Role Assignment page to define security for a specific report, folder, resource, or shared data source. Reporting Services security is enforced through role assignments that you apply to reports or folders. A role assignment matches a group or user to a role definition, where each role definition identifies the tasks that groups or users can perform with regards to a specific item.
To open this page, select any item, click the Properties tab at the top of the page, and then click the Security tab at the side of the page. You must have permission to set security at the item level. If an item currently inherits security from a parent item, click Edit Item Security to change the security settings.
Item-level role assignments can have a broad impact. Although they can be associated with a single report or folder, they can also be defined at a high level in the folder hierarchy and be inherited by folders and items that are lower in the tree.
Group or User Name
Type the name of a group or user account for which the role assignment is being created. The group or user name must be a valid system account. If the report server is running under a local account, you must specify local groups or users. If the report server is running under a domain account, you must specify domain groups or users. Later, if you want to view or edit the role assignment, click the group or user name to open the Edit Role Assignment page.
Role
Shows all roles defined on the report server that can be used to define security for items. When you create or edit a role assignment for a report or folder, select one or more roles until the combined set of tasks describe the actions that the user should be allowed to perform. To view the set of tasks that each role supports, click the role name.
Description
Shows additional information about the role. For predefined roles such as Browser or Content Manager, the description summarizes the tasks that each role supports.
New Role
Click New Role to create a custom role that contains the set of tasks that you want a user or group to be able to perform. For more information, see New Role / Edit Role Page.
Delete
Click Delete to delete an existing role assignment. Before clicking Delete, select the check box next to the group or user name, and then click Delete. You cannot delete a role assignment if it is the only one left (each item must have a minimum of one role assignment).
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