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# Connecting to a Microsoft Report Server

If a report is held locally, it can be either imported into King Task Centre or run from its existing location without having to configure a Microsoft Report Server connection. Alternatively, if required, you can configure a connection to a Microsoft Report Server where the report is hosted, before adding a Run Microsoft Reporting Services task step.

You open the Run Microsoft Reporting Services Global Configuration dialog by either:

|  | Going to Manage > Tools > Format > Run Microsoft Reporting Services

|  | From the , expanding King Task Centre > System > Tools > and double-clicking Run Microsoft Reporting Services in the

The dialog box consists of the following:

Report Server Mode Tab

|  | Connections — The table displays a list of currently available connections to Report Servers under the following column heading:
|  | Connection Name
|  | Report Server Location
|  | Properties — Opens the Connection Properties dialog box through which details for an existing connection selected in the table may be viewed and edited.
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|  | Test — Tests the selected server connection and if successful confirms that the credentials supplied are correct.

|  | Add — Opens a new unpopulated Connection Properties dialog box into which the new connection details may be added.

|  | Remove — Removes the selected connection from the table. A confirmation dialog box is displayed before the connection is removed to avoid any accidental removals.

|  | General settings — This area contains the following:

|  | Connection timeout time — The idle time, in seconds, after which the connection to the Report Server is dropped

Local Mode Tab

Although there are no mandatory global requirements required before using the Tool in Local Mode, you may add custom outputs or configure the content types of one of the standard outputs
|  | Output Formats — Opens the Output Formats dialog box which allows the user to specify additional custom output formats of the Tool and the Reporting Services properties that define them and set the Content Type of any of the tool’s output formats.
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