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Your SQL Inventory Manger installation includes the IDERA Reports Utility. You can use this tool to deploy the included reports on your SSRS Instances. You can also use the IDERA Reports Utility to deploy other custom reports, to learn how to do it refer to Adding custom reports.
Use the IDERA Reports Utility to deploy custom reports on your SSRS Instances. This utility is already included in your SQL Inventory Manger installation.
Note
IDERA Reports Utility needs to be present on the same server as the SIM services.
Accessing the report deploy utility
To access the IDERA Report Utility go to the ReportUtility folder inside the SQL Inventory Manager installation path. The default location for the IDERA Reports Utility is C:\Program Files\Idera\SQLInventoryManager\ReportUtility
You may need to run it as Admin
Deploying reports
To deploy reports on your instances follow these steps:
- Open IDERA Report Utility.
- Type the required information.
- Report Server Web Service URL: The location of the report server.
- Target SQL Server: The server that hosts the SSRS service.
- SQL Database: The Inventory Manager repository database, the default name is SQLInventoryManagerRepository.
- Login ID: A user ID with access rights to the Report Server.
- Password: A valid password for the previous user ID.
- Click Next.
- Select the reports you want to deploy and click Next.
- Click Finish to close the window.
Adding custom reports
You can add customs reports to your installation
To add custom reports follow these steps.
Place the reports inside the Reports folder located at Idera\ReportUtility
Open the file rdl.xml located at Idera\ReportUtility. You may need admin privileges.
At the end of the file add and customize the following code
<reportfile> <name>The name of a Report</name> <file>Reports\filename.rdl</file> <description>Enter a description for your report.</description> </reportfile> </folder>
Save the file and close it.
Run the IDERA Reports Utility