27. to 28. March 2007 | Geneva, Switzerland
A202 : INTEGRATION MOSS - SQL SERVER 2005 REPORTING SERVICES
Fabrice Romelard
ilem SA
Level 200
Presentation MVP since 2003
ASP.NET 2003-2006SQL Server Since 2006
French communities memberASP-PHPCodes SourcesGUSS
.NET developer, SQL Server DBA and Sys. Admin
Coworkers ilem SA at Geneva (Suisse)
Key Takeaways Deep integration of Reporting Services 2005 with
SharePoint Technologies Enables publishing, viewing, management, and
delivery of SSRS reports in SharePoint libraries Report web part for hosting rich reports in BI
dashboards including filter Web Part integration Leverage SharePoint collaboration and workflow
capabilities with rich reporting
SharePoint Integration Today
SSRS Integration with SharePoint ‘v2’ Report Explorer allows users to browse and subscribe to reports Report Viewer allows for users to view and navigate reports
• Separate content stores
• Different security models
• Different management UI
• Not deployable outside of firewall
• No filter web parts
• Limitations
• Seamless integration with SharePoint Document Library in Office SharePoint Server 2007• Report server namespace and security is
hosted in WSS content database
• SharePoint database stores Report Server reports, data sources, models, resources etc.
• Report Server database used for additional metadata (schedules, caching, subscriptions)
• Enables collaboration, workflow, versioning
SSRS & SharePoint IntegrationSSRS & SharePoint Integration
• Rich reporting experience to “light up” Office SharePoint Server 2007• Filter web parts enhancing dashboards in Office
SharePoint Server 2007
• Centralized user interface for Report Management through Office SharePoint Server 2007 • Upload, manage, render and deliver Reports all
through Office SharePoint Server 2007 UI
• Administration using Office SharePoint Server 2007
SSRS & SharePoint IntegrationSSRS & SharePoint Integration
SSRS Add-In Install
WSS 2007Reporting Services Add-in
Report Viewer Web Part
Report Management
UI
WSS Object Model
SharePoint Content DB
SSRS 2005
SQL Server 2005 SP2
SP2 Report Server
Security Extension
Catalog Management
WSS Object Model
Report Server DB
ArchitectureArchitecture
Database Integration WSS Content Database stores the master
copy of SSRS items
• Schedules, caching, and subscriptions are stored in SSRS database only
Get Master Copy from
WSS DB
Run Report
Exists?
Master?
NO
Yes YesON
• No automated migration path from existing SSRS installations
Report ToolsReport Tools
Report Designer, Report Builder, Model Designer are updated to work in SharePoint Integration mode.
Report Manager, Management Studio, My Reports, Linked Reports, and Job Management SSRS features not supported in SharePoint Integration mode
Reports, data sources, and report models are managed via the SharePoint user interface.
ReportViewer Web Part Used in full page view or on Web Part Pages Wraps the ReportViewer ASP.NET Control Handles report rendering calls to report server Supports Filter consumer and Row consumer
interfaces for specifying report parameter values via filter web partsCan slice Excel Workbooks and reports
together
Programmability Details New report server SOAP endpoint for use in
SharePoint Integrated mode only. Database integration in SharePoint Integrated
mode results in SOAP APIs call into WSS DB’s using WSS OM
Updated WMI provider for use in Native or SharePoint Integrated mode
Reporting Services security role definitions are replaced with SharePoint roles.
SSRS security operations map to SharePoint Web or List rights.
Security MappingSecurity Mapping
• Model Item security is still managed by SSRS.
CreateReportoperation
CreateReport( )
• New Site permissions replace System permissions.
CreateSchedules operation
CreateSchedule( )
Add Items
Manage Web Site
Windows Integrated & Trusted Account
Security ModesSecurity Modes
SSRS SP2
WSS Web Application
with Windows Authentication
WSS Web Application
(non-Kerberos or Custom
Authentication)
Non-Windows
User
Windows User
Trusted Account &
SharePoin
t User token
Windows User
Summary Seamless integration with SharePoint
Document Library in Office SharePoint Server 2007
Centralized user interface for Report Management through Office SharePoint Server 2007
Rich reporting experience to “light up” Office SharePoint Server 2007
Resources
Reporting Services on the web : http://www.microsoft.com/SQL/Reporting
Blogshttp://blogs.developpeur.org/fabrice69/http://blogs.developpeur.org/christian/
Technethttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/
2005/technologies/rptsvcs.mspx NewsGroups SQL Server et SharePoint Forums SQL Server et SharePoint