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SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook

You're reading from   SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services Cookbook Your one-stop guide to operational reporting and mobile dashboards using SSRS 2016

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786461810
Length 596 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Robert Cain Robert Cain
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Dinesh Priyankara Dinesh Priyankara
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting It Ready – Configuring Reporting Services FREE CHAPTER 2. Authoring Reports with SQL Server Data Tools 3. Advanced Report Authoring with SQL Server Data Tools 4. Authoring Reports with Report Builder 5. Improving User Experience – New Designing and Visualization Enhancements 6. Authoring Reports with the Mobile Report Publisher 7. Consuming Reports – Report Access Enhancement 8. Reporting Solutions for BI – Integration 9. SharePoint Integration 10. Administering and Managing Reporting Services 11. Securing Reports in Reporting Services 12. Custom Programming and Integration to .NET Applications

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:

    How to do it...

    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...

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