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SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook

By : Dinesh Priyankara, Robert Cain
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SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook

By: Dinesh Priyankara, Robert Cain

Overview of this book

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services comes with many new features. It offers different types of reporting such as Production, Ad-hoc, Dashboard, Mash-up, and Analytical. SQL Server 2016 also has a surfeit of new features including Mobile Reporting, and Power BI integration. This book contains recipes that explore the new and advanced features added to SQL Server 2016. The first few chapters cover recipes on configuring components and how to explore these new features. You’ll learn to build your own reporting solution with data tools and report builder, along with learning techniques to create visually appealing reports. This book also has recipes for enhanced mobile reporting solutions, accessing these solutions effectively, and delivering interactive business intelligence solutions. Towards the end of the book, you’ll get to grips with running reporting services in SharePoint integrated mode and be able to administer, monitor, and secure your reporting solution. This book covers about the new offerings of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services in comprehensive detail and uses examples of real-world problem-solving business scenarios.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
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Preface

Editing existing roles in Reporting Services


In addition to adding new roles, it is possible to modify existing roles. Doing so is handled in much the same way as adding new ones.

Getting ready

Just as with adding roles, modifying roles is handled within SQL Server Management Studio. You must have administrative rights to the reporting server to create new roles.

How to do it...

  1. Open SQL Server Management Studio.

  2. Connect to the instance of Reporting Services you wish to add new roles to.

  3. Expand the Security branch.

  4. Expand the Roles branch.

  5. Right-click on the Report Builder predefined role.

  6. Select Properties in the pop-up menu.

  7. Place a check mark beside View data sources:

    Figure 11.07

  8. Click OK to save the changes.

How it works...

There will be times when you need to modify a role already in existence. Perhaps it lacked a required permission, or when it was created, a permission was given in error. Using the steps in this recipe, you can control the exact set of tasks granted. In addition to granting...