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Creating a shared data source
Before you can start authoring custom reports based on SQL Server Reporting Services, it
is recommended that you create a shared data source that you will use for all your reports.
It is recommended that you use the SCOM Data Reader account inside your data source, as
appropriate permissions have already been granted in SQL servers. Let's take a look at the
following steps that illustrate the process of creating a shared data source and the usage of
SCOM Data Reader:
1. Open your web browser and navigate to
http://[SCOMRS]/Reports
. Re-
place
[SCOMRS]
with the Fully Qualified Domain Name of the SQL Server Re-
porting Server used for SCOM. If SQL Server Reporting Service is running as a
named instance, the syntax of the URL will be
http://[SCOMRS]/Re-
ports_[InstanceName]
.
2. Click on
New Data Source
and complete the form as follows:
◦ Name:
OperationsManagerDW
◦ Description: Optionally type a description
◦ Data source type:
Microsoft SQL Server
◦ Connection String:
data source=[SCOMSQL];initial cata-
log=OperationsManagerDW
(replace
[SCOMSQL]
with the Fully
Qualified Domain Name of the SQL Server that hosts the
Operation-
sManagerDW
database)
Now perform the following steps:
1. Select
Credentials stored securely in the report server
.
2. Enter the username and password of the SCOM Data Reader account.
3. Select
Use as Windows credentials when connecting to the data source
.
3. Click on
Test Connection
to validate the connection.
4. Click on
OK
to save the new data source, as shown in the following screenshot:
