Reportserver front end

Hi,
I am new to MS reporting services and after installing Reporting
services and having had a look at it briefly the Report Manager
(http://localhost/Reports/Pages/Folder.aspx) has a pretty decent front
end, but the Report Server (http://localhost/reportserver/) from where
users select reports has pretty dismal front end. Am I missing the
point or is this for us to develop' Please help! I dont want to
develop a front end if this has already be done or I have missed the
user front end altogether. My users wont want to see "<ds>
DataSource1" for example.
Thanks.Hi David:
The Report Manager (/Reports/) is the front end for SSRS. Send the
users to the Report Manager unless you do build a custom front end.
The report server (/reportserver/) doesn't really present much of a UI
unless you send the user to the report server with commands in the
query string (this is known as URL access).
For example:
http://localhost/reportserver?/SampleReports/Sales+Order+Detail&rs:Command=Render&rc:Zoom=110
When the report server sees this incoming URL it knows to render the
report for the user, and the rendering engine knows to zoom the report
to 110%. There is also a web service exposed by the web server if you
want programattic access to all the features of SSRS.
--
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com/blogs/scott/
On 18 Oct 2004 14:42:44 -0700, davidagnew37@.hotmail.com (David) wrote:
>Hi,
>I am new to MS reporting services and after installing Reporting
>services and having had a look at it briefly the Report Manager
>(http://localhost/Reports/Pages/Folder.aspx) has a pretty decent front
>end, but the Report Server (http://localhost/reportserver/) from where
>users select reports has pretty dismal front end. Am I missing the
>point or is this for us to develop' Please help! I dont want to
>develop a front end if this has already be done or I have missed the
>user front end altogether. My users wont want to see "<ds>
>DataSource1" for example.
>Thanks.