Datasheet

Part I: Getting Started
20
Managing and Customizing
the Report Server
Reports may be delivered in a variety of ways (not just when a user navigates to a report in real
time). Reports may be automatically rendered to the server cache so that they open very quickly and
don t burden data sources. They may be delivered via e - mail and to file shares on a regular schedule.
Using data - driven subscriptions, reports may be broadcast to a large audience during off - hours. Each
user may receive a copy of the report rendered in a different format or with data filtered differently. You
will learn to plan for, manage, and configure these features.
Chapter 14 guides you through report server administration. You learn how to optimize, back up, and
recover the ReportServer database, web service, and Windows service. You also learn to use the
management utilities, configuration files, and logs to customize the server environment and to prevent
and diagnose problems.
Chapter 17 covers programmatic extensions to the Report Server. You learn to write custom data source,
rendering, delivery, and security extensions. That chapter shows you how to build new features on top
of the Reporting Services architecture. As a report designer or business manager, you learn how these
Figure 1 - 6
c01.indd 20c01.indd 20 11/13/08 4:23:44 PM11/13/08 4:23:44 PM