Database Reference
In-Depth Information
There are three main uses for schedules in SSRS, which we will explore in the rest of
this section:
• Subscriptions
• Snapshots
• Caching
One important distinction between these three items is that the first one is a
business process enhancement, while the second and third items are performance
enhancement techniques.
Subscriptions
A subscription defines the execution and delivery of a report on a schedule. For
example, a user might define a subscription to have a daily report executed each
morning and delivered to their e-mail inbox so that they can review the information
when they get into the office. This capability saves the business a lot of time because
users are not required to manually navigate to the report server and run the reports
every time they need to review the information to see how some aspect of the
business is doing.
