A few things have disappeared in Reporting Services 2012. In particular, if you are still using Semantic Model Definition Language (SMDL) report models, Microsoft's advice is to update your reports to remove the dependency on them. In line with this, the Report Model Designer is not supported by SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), nor can existing report model projects be opened using SSDT—so you will have to update your reports using the tools from SQL Server 2008 R2 or earlier.
Another change that might catch you out may happen when installing SQL Server from the command line using setup.exe
. If you want to install SSRS in either the default NativeMode,
or FilesOnly
mode, use the /RSINSTALLMODE
flag on the command line. Conversely, if you wish to switch to a SharePoint installation, use the new flag /RSSHPINSTALLMODE
to specify a SharePoint installation.
Another feature that has been deprecated from Reporting Services 2012 is Custom Report Items (CRI). We can see the logic...