Databases Reference
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As you create other reports, you will have the opportunity to define your own look and feel by using
fonts, colors, borders, and graphics. The Report Wizard sets many of these properties for you using the
style templates you see on this page. If you like, all of these properties can be changed in the Report
Designer.
Specifying the Deployment Location
The first time the Report Wizard is used in a report, the dialog box shown in Figure 4-18 is displayed,
prompting for the Report server path and Deployment folder name.
Figure 4-18
The default URL is used for the Report server. Unless you intend to use a different server, leave this
value as it is. Enter a folder name for the Deployment folder. This folder will be created and displayed in
the Report Manager and will contain all of the reports defined within this project. It's important to note
that these folders do not correspond with folders in the file system. The hierarchy of folders is actually
stored in the Report Server catalog database and can be based upon functional or operational classifica-
tion. This method simplifies making related reports available to various user roles. Folders may be use-
ful for grouping reports categorically and searching and securing reports as a group.
When Reporting Services is installed, a web folder is created on the server and is managed by Internet
Information Services (IIS)
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which exposes this path as a URL or web folder. The URL you see in Figure 4-19 is
the default location, if you are developing reports on the Report Server. If you are developing on another
computer, you should enter a URL that points to that Report Server's installation path, most likely http://
yourservername/ReportServer. If you're not sure, talk to your server administrator. The Deployment
folder isn't really a physical folder. It's a virtual path that is managed and exposed by Reporting Services
through the web server. You'll see this folder when you use the Report Manager later on.
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