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# About the Report Tab

The Report tab of the Run Microsoft Reporting Services dialog box provides a number of options for running a report depending on where the report resides:

Run Report on a Microsoft Report Server

|  | Report Details — This area contains the following items for selecting a report to be run:
|  | Report Server — Displays a list of available Report Servers for which connections have been previously configured through the Global Configuration dialog box.
|  | Report (read only) and Select — Clicking on the Select button displays the Report Selection dialog box through which a Report available on the Report Server can be selected. The report path and name is then displayed in the Report field.
|  | Data Source Credentials — This area contains the following for managing access to a data source:
|  | Data Source Logon Information — Displays the credentials for all data sources provided by the reporting server for the selected report, if they are available, under the following column headings: Data Source Name User Name Password
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|  | Edit — Displays the logon credentials for the data source selected in the table in the Data Source Credentials dialog box. The Username and Password credentials may then be manually edited if required.

Run Imported Report in Local Mode

|  | Report (read only) and Import — Clicking on the Import button displays a file browser dialog box through which a report stored on the local network may be located and selected. The report is then imported into the King Task Centre server and the report data added to the Step configuration data held within the King Task Centre store. The report name is displayed in the Report field.
|  | Edit — Clicking on the edit button opens the report in the default editor application installed on your computer. If a suitable editor is not installed then a warning popup window displays to advise you of this.
|  | Export — Clicking on the Export button displays a file browser dialog box through which a location on the local network to store the report file and a file name may be selected. The report is saved with the file extension `.rdlc`. Note that this button is disabled if a report has not been previously imported.
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Run Report Held Centrally in Local Mode

|  | Obtain report from network location — Selecting this option allows you to define the path and name for the report to be used at Task run time.
|  | File Path and Browse — You may manually enter the path and name for the report into the field or locate and select it through the Browse button which opens a file browser dialog box.
|  | Data Source Credentials — This area contains the following for managing access to a data source:
Data Source Logon Information — Displays the credentials for all data sources provided by the reporting server for the selected report, if they are available, under the following column headings: Data Source Name Username Password | Click the image to view full size.

|  | Edit — Displays the logon credentials for the data source selected in the table in the Data Source Credentials dialog box. The Username and Password credentials may then be manually edited if required.

|  | Obtain report file from a URL — Selecting this option allows you to define a URL to be used at Task run time to access the report.

|  | URL and Enter URL — You may manually enter URL into the field or locate and select it through the Enter URL button which opens a Select URL dialog

|  | Data Source Credentials — This area contains the following for managing access to a data source:

Data Source Logon Information — Displays the credentials for all data sources provided by the reporting server for the selected report, if they are available, under the following column headings:

Data Source Name

Username

Password

|  | Edit — Displays the logon credentials for the data source selected in the table in the Data Source Credentials dialog box. The Username and Password credentials may then be manually edited if required.

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